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DEAzure environments grow for years, and your logic quietly gets locked into Azure-specific tools, without anyone deciding it should happen. None of that stops you from leaving. Your core infrastructure moves regardless, and we have a way to migrate every Azure-specific piece too.
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We've ticked a typical setup to start with. Change it to match yours, then check where each service lands.
Your portability profile
Category 1: Ready to move directly
Widely supported technology. Moves with proven methods and little disruption.
Category 2: Move with adjustments
European equivalents exist. Some changes needed, but the effort is predictable.
Category 3: Deeply embedded
Tied closely to one provider. Needs a deliberate call: replace, rebuild or leave it where it is.
Not a dealbreaker. Every one of these services can be replaced or rebuilt. We help you plan the move step by step, so nothing here should stop you from changing providers.
Indicative, based on typical environments. Your configuration decides the real effort, and the Cloud Analysis assesses every service individually. Mappings last reviewed 20 October 2026. We don't earn commissions from any provider named here.
| Service | Category | European option | What changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Virtual Machines | 1 Ready to move directly | Compute instances (STACKIT, IONOS, Open Telekom Cloud, plusserver) | Images and configurations move with standard tools. A good moment to right-size. |
| Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) | 1 Ready to move directly | Managed Kubernetes (STACKIT SKE, Open Telekom Cloud CCE, plusserver) | Manifests and Helm charts move largely as they are. Provider-specific add-ons (load balancers, identity hooks) are swapped. |
| Azure Container Apps | 2 Move with adjustments | Managed Kubernetes with KEDA and Dapr | Built on open components that run on any Kubernetes. The app configuration is rewritten. |
| Azure App Service | 2 Move with adjustments | Containers on managed Kubernetes, or managed web hosting such as Mittwald | Each app is containerized once. Deployment slots and settings are rebuilt. |
| Azure Functions | 2 Move with adjustments | Functions on Kubernetes (Knative, KEDA) or plain containers | The code moves easily. Triggers, bindings and Durable Functions take most of the effort. |
| Azure Blob Storage | 2 Move with adjustments | S3-compatible object storage (STACKIT, IONOS, Open Telekom Cloud) | Moving the data is simple. Code that calls the Blob API switches to the S3 API, usually a contained change. |
| Azure Managed Disks and Azure Files | 1 Ready to move directly | Block and file storage at the target provider | Moves together with the servers that use it. |
| Azure SQL Database | 1 Ready to move directly | Managed SQL Server (STACKIT, IONOS), or PostgreSQL | Managed SQL Server is available in Europe, so check licensing. Moving to PostgreSQL is a bigger but common step. |
| Azure Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL | 1 Ready to move directly | Managed PostgreSQL or MySQL (STACKIT, IONOS, Open Telekom Cloud) | Standard engines with standard migration tools. Replication keeps the cutover window short. |
| Azure Cache for Redis | 1 Ready to move directly | Managed Valkey or Redis (Exoscale, OVHcloud) | Same protocol, so this is usually a configuration change. |
| Azure Cosmos DB | 3 Deeply embedded | Data model redesigned for PostgreSQL, MongoDB or similar | No direct equivalent elsewhere. Usually the most involved part of the move, and it removes one of the biggest sources of lock-in. |
| Azure Service Bus | 2 Move with adjustments | RabbitMQ or another AMQP broker | Service Bus speaks AMQP, so messaging patterns map well. Client code changes. |
| Azure Event Hubs | 2 Move with adjustments | Apache Kafka | Event Hubs already offers a Kafka-compatible endpoint, which makes the switch easier. |
| Azure Event Grid | 2 Move with adjustments | Event bus on Apache Kafka or NATS | Subscriptions and routing are rebuilt. |
| Azure Logic Apps | 3 Deeply embedded | Workflow engine (Temporal) or automation tool (n8n) | Low-code workflows depend on Azure connectors and get rebuilt. Decide workflow by workflow. |
| Azure Notification Hubs | 2 Move with adjustments | Self-hosted push server in Europe (such as Gorush) sending to Apple and Google | Notification Hubs only relays messages to Apple's and Google's push services. An open push server in Europe takes over that job, and device registrations move with it. |
| Azure API Management | 2 Move with adjustments | Open API gateway (Kong, Traefik) or Kubernetes ingress | Routes move over. Policies are rewritten. |
| Microsoft Entra ID | 3 Deeply embedded | Often stays where it is. Otherwise Keycloak or Zitadel | Apps sign in through open standards (OpenID Connect, SAML), so Entra ID keeps working wherever they run. Replacing it is a separate decision. |
| Azure Key Vault | 2 Move with adjustments | Provider KMS or OpenBao, with keys only you control | Secrets move easily. Keys are re-created and data is re-encrypted under them. |
| Azure Synapse Analytics | 2 Move with adjustments | ClickHouse or Apache Spark | Most SQL carries over. Pipelines are adapted. |
| Azure OpenAI | 2 Move with adjustments | Sovereign AI platform with open or European models | Prompts and application logic stay. The model endpoint changes. |
| Azure Machine Learning | 2 Move with adjustments | Open MLOps tooling (MLflow, Kubeflow) on European GPUs | Models usually stay the same. Training, deployment and monitoring are rebuilt around them. |
| Azure AI services (Vision, Speech, Language) | 2 Move with adjustments | Open models hosted in Europe | Each API is replaced individually, and quality is tested per use case. |
| Azure Front Door and Azure CDN | 1 Ready to move directly | European CDN | Cache and routing rules are recreated. The cutover itself is a DNS change. |
| Azure DNS | 1 Ready to move directly | DNS at a European provider | Zones export as standard zone files. |
This list is deliberately incomplete. Azure covers well over a hundred services. Our Cloud Analysis maps out which ones are in your environment and how each one moves.
Backend, containers, and databases
These platforms provide managed Kubernetes, databases, and modern cloud services on technologies your team already knows. Open Telekom Cloud is often a good fit for regulated industries. Exoscale works well for cloud-native applications.
AI workloads
Your applications’ AI features keep running on open tools with a provider of your choice. You get a free, interchangeable choice of model, and data protection that actually works.
Web and cost-sensitive workloads
Development environments, internal applications, and compute-heavy workloads often run at a lower cost on Hetzner, IONOS, or gridscale. For websites and ecommerce platforms, Mittwald is usually a better fit than a hyperscaler.
Our Cloud Analysis works out which platform fits which workflow, with a cost comparison against your current Azure bill. You’ll find short profiles of all eight providers on our migration page →
We build the new environment alongside your existing Azure platform and migrate one workload at a time. Each workload runs in parallel before we switch over. Migration is also an opportunity to simplify your architecture. We remove unused resources, duplicate services, and unnecessary complexity instead of moving everything as-is.
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Expect three to six months for a single backend system. Larger environments run six to twelve months or more, moving in stages with zero downtime along the way. Our cloud analysis will give you a solid timeline for your specific setup.
Yes.
Every enterprise agreement eventually comes up for renewal, and walking into that conversation with a proven alternative changes the negotiation in your favor. You can also launch new workflows elsewhere right now, no need to wait for your current contract to end. And those discounts are calculated off list prices that run high across Europe to begin with.
The move is straightforward.
Compatible storage exists across several German and European providers, and it requires minimal changes on your end. We build the one-time transfer cost into the plan from day one. It’s a single expense, followed by ongoing savings.
In most cases, yes, just not everything at once or everything at all.
Our cloud analysis places each service into one of three buckets: ready to move, movable with some rework, or too deeply embedded to touch right now. That gives us a plan that tackles the easy wins first and makes a clear-eyed call on the tougher ones.
Nothing changes for them.
Login connects through open standards, so it works the same no matter where the application runs. That means your current login setup stays in place; the migration doesn’t force a switch. If you want to replace it eventually, we do that separately, in parallel, without your users noticing.
Our Cloud Analysis maps your Azure environment in four weeks at a fixed price: every dependency assessed, every cost explained, with a cost comparison against European providers.
