Azure DevOps Migration Services

Migration from Legacy TFS and Azure DevOps Server to Azure DevOps Services

Migration services for organisations moving from TFS 2010-2018, TFVC repositories, Classic Build/Release pipelines, or on-premise Azure DevOps Server to modern Azure DevOps Services.

Assessment, architecture design, execution with history preserved and its limits named before you commit, pipeline conversion to Git and YAML, and team enablement.

Migration Capability by the Numbers

Experience from hundreds of Azure DevOps migrations

500+

Migrations Completed

2B+

Work Item Revisions Migrated

2.5TB

Largest Collection Migrated

17yrs

Microsoft MVP Experience

What We Help With

Migration work across the whole estate, not just the data move:

Estate assessment and target architecture

Current-state analysis of TFS and Azure DevOps Server collections, risk mapping, and architecture design for Azure DevOps Services.

History-preserving migration

Code history, work item revisions, attachments, links, and pipeline definitions moved — with anything the target cannot represent one for one agreed with you before work starts.

TFVC to Git and Classic to YAML

Version-control transformation and pipeline conversion, with CI/CD redesigned for how your teams actually ship.

DevSecOps, security, and governance

Security, permissions, and compliance frameworks configured for the target environment rather than copied forward.

Team enablement

Coaching on Git workflows, YAML pipelines, and modern engineering practice, so capability stays with your people after the move.

Which Kind of Help Do You Need?

Not every migration needs the same level of support. Each of these is a distinct engagement on our dedicated Azure DevOps migration site.

You need to understand the estate first

We analyse your estate, run a pilot against your real data, and give you a plan and a fixed quote you can defend to your board.

Migration Assessment

Your engineers want to run it

Your team executes the migration. We plan it with you and stay on call for every difficult decision, so your first mistake is not a production one.

Guided Migration

You want someone accountable for it

We take planning, execution, and validation. Your teams keep shipping while the estate moves, with one accountable partner and evidence of what moved.

Managed Migration

Yours has already gone wrong

A migration that has stalled, corrupted data, or dropped history. We find out what state it is really in, save what can be saved, and get it to done.

Migration Rescue

Which Migration Path Fits?

There is no single Azure DevOps migration path. Some estates should go through Microsoft’s whole-collection data import. Some are better served by the open-source Azure DevOps Migration Tools. Some need a staged or custom migration because the estate has to be restructured as it moves.

Microsoft’s data import is the only byte-perfect path, and we test it first on every cloud move. Where an estate needs a tool-based migration instead, the move is replay-based: what that means for your specific data is measured in a pilot and agreed before work starts, never discovered afterwards.

Understand your migration options

Azure DevOps Data Import – Microsoft’s free, full-fidelity path from Azure DevOps Server into the cloud. What it requires, and when it cannot fit. See when it fits
Azure DevOps Migration Tools – Open-source tools for moving work items, test plans, and history between TFS, Azure DevOps Server, and Azure DevOps Services. We built them and we maintain them. See the tools
Staged and custom migrations – Consolidation, splits, and estates that must be restructured on the way across, with custom automation where the standard paths stop.

Migration at Enterprise Scale

One global energy technology company consolidated 27 Azure DevOps collections containing 800+ projects and 900+ custom processes into a unified, standardised environment — with delivery continuing throughout.

Read the case study

27 collections consolidated into a single standardised environment
800+ projects migrated without disrupting ongoing delivery
900+ custom processes standardised with purpose-built automation
Multi-country delivery across technology centres in several regions

“Thanks to Martin’s guidance and support we successfully upgraded Azure DevOps from an unstable database, moved our dev teams to the latest Visual Studio, and implemented the finest build process ever known!

I would recommend Martin to anyone, in fact I would insist they use him as he is the best DevOps consultant I’ve worked with.”

  • Paul Martin | IT Director

Why NKD Agility for Azure DevOps Migration?

Microsoft MVP Expertise

Led by Martin Hinshelwood, Microsoft MVP with deep specialisation in Azure DevOps migration and tooling.

Engineering-Focused Migration

Migration integrated with DevOps practice development, not just data transfer. Builds capability whilst moving infrastructure.

Timeboxed Retainer Engagement

No hourly billing. No change orders. Full risk reversal. Capacity retained for migration delivery without transactional overhead.

Not sure yet what your estate needs? Start with the options, not a sales call.

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