PLATFORM MIGRATION AND UPGRADES

Move platforms without stopping operations.

We upgrade versions, move orchestrators to the cloud and migrate estates between platforms, with regression testing and parallel runs before cutover.

THE PROBLEM IT SOLVES

Old estates carry hidden risk.

Many automation estates still run on versions near end of support, on servers nobody wants to patch, with legacy frameworks and deprecated activities. Licence renewals, security findings or a strategic platform decision eventually force a move.

A migration is an opportunity as much as a risk. Before converting anything, we inventory what exists, retire what nobody uses and consolidate duplicates. The bots that remain are rebuilt or converted to current standards, tested against baselines and run in parallel until outputs match.

Inventory first.

Every bot, schedule, credential and dependency is catalogued before planning starts.

Rationalise.

Unused, duplicate and low-value bots are retired instead of migrated.

Prove equivalence.

Parallel runs compare outputs from old and new bots on the same inputs.

Controlled cutover.

Waves, rollback plans and hypercare limit business impact.

WHAT WE DELIVER

Every kind of platform move.

Version upgrades

Studio, robot and orchestrator upgrades with deprecated activities replaced and projects moved to current frameworks.

01

On-premise to cloud orchestrator

Moves to cloud-hosted orchestration, including tenant design, robot connectivity, credential migration and network changes.

02

Cross-platform migration

Re-engineering estates between UiPath, Automation 360, Blue Prism and Power Automate with logic mapped component by component.

03

Inventory and rationalisation

A full catalogue with run frequency, volumes, owners and value, used to decide what to migrate, rebuild or retire.

04

Regression testing

Baseline outputs captured from current bots and used as the pass criteria for migrated versions.

05

Parallel run and cutover

Old and new bots run side by side, outputs compared, then switched over in waves with rollback ready.

06
OUR APPROACH

Five phases, wave by wave.

01

Inventory and assess

We export orchestrator metadata, analyse code for deprecated components and complexity, and confirm owners and run frequencies with the business.

02

Rationalise and plan

Each bot is tagged migrate, rebuild, consolidate or retire. Waves are planned around business calendars, month end and freeze periods.

03

Convert and rebuild

Simple bots are converted with tooling where available. Complex ones are rebuilt on current patterns with shared components.

04

Test and run in parallel

Migrated bots pass regression tests against baselines, then run alongside the originals until outputs reconcile.

05

Cut over and decommission

Schedules switch wave by wave, hypercare runs for each wave and legacy infrastructure and licences are released.

TECHNOLOGY

Platforms we migrate between.

Source and target platforms

UiPathAutomation 360Blue PrismPower AutomateLegacy Automation Anywhere versions

Hosting

UiPath Automation CloudAutomation 360 cloudAzureAWSOn-premise data centres

Tooling

Orchestrator APIsCode analysersMigration utilitiesGitTest automation

Validation

Baseline output captureData reconciliation scriptsParallel run logsUAT sign-off packs
WHAT TO EXPECT

What a well-run migration typically leaves behind.

Smaller

Estate

Retiring unused and duplicate bots shrinks what you must support and license.

Current

Platform

Supported versions, patched infrastructure and closed security findings.

Minimal

Disruption

Parallel runs and wave cutovers keep business processes running throughout.

Cleaner

Code base

Rebuilt bots follow one framework and one set of standards.

FAQ

Questions we hear first.

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Can bots be converted automatically between platforms?

Partly. Some vendors provide conversion utilities that handle simple logic. Complex bots, custom code and platform-specific features usually need rebuilding, and a rebuild is often the moment to apply current standards.

How long does an upgrade take?

A version upgrade on a modest estate can complete in weeks. A cross-platform migration of a large estate runs in waves over several months. The inventory phase gives a firm plan.

What happens to credentials and schedules?

They are mapped to the new orchestrator, vault references are updated and schedules are recreated and verified. Nothing goes live until test runs succeed under production-equivalent accounts.

Do we need to freeze new development?

Only for bots in the current wave. Other bots continue to be built on the target platform where possible, so the backlog keeps moving.

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