Azure DevOps Migration

Seamless Migration. Engineering Excellence. Strategic Impact.

You’ve got legacy systems, scattered pipelines, and a mandate to modernise.

We help you migrate to Azure DevOps—seamlessly, securely, and strategically—so you can lead with confidence, scale with speed, and finally deliver the outcomes your business expects.

Modernise your delivery system. Enable your engineers. Lead with confidence. Let’s Talk.

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Why Most DevOps Migrations Fail

Most DevOps migrations stall because vendors focus on tools—not transformation.

Leaders are left with:

  • Half-baked pipelines they don’t own
  • Vendor lock-in that drains budgets
  • Teams untrained in the new toolchain
  • Technical debt repackaged in a shinier wrapper

We do it differently.

We elevate your engineering culture while building scalable, secure, maintainable pipelines your team actually understands and owns.

What DevOps Migration Solves

Core Problems

  • Legacy Systems Holding You Back
  • Fear of Vendor Lock-In
  • Skill Gaps in Your Teams
  • Security & Compliance Concerns
  • Resistance to Change

Our Solutions

  • We specialize in migrating from TFVC, Classic Pipelines, and outdated ADO Server instances. No headaches. Minimal downtime.
  • Our architecture is agnostic and future-proof. We help you retain flexibility and control.
  • We train your engineers as we go, no black boxes, just real capability uplift.
  • Security, first DevOps pipelines with built-in governance and compliance.
  • Change isn’t forced. It’s coached. We help you lead transformation with empathy and technical credibility.

Migration Excellence by the Numbers

Proven results from hundreds of successful Azure DevOps migrations worldwide

2B+

Work Item Revisions Migrated

2.5TB

Largest Collection Migrated

500+

Successful Migrations Completed

17yrs

Microsoft MVP Experience

Built for CTOs Who Want Strategic Advantage

This service isn’t just about migration—it’s about enabling you to:

Do your real job:

Craft a compelling roadmap. Build strategic partnerships. Lead innovation.

We’ll handle the infrastructure shift so you can focus on impact.

Deliver business outcomes:

Our migrations don’t disrupt delivery. They increase it.

We build CI/CD pipelines that shorten cycle times and improve reliability.

Build technical leadership from within:

Stop outsourcing transformation.

Start leading it, with coaching and capability uplift tailored to your org.

From Overwhelm to Control

Before

After

Overwhelmed by legacy tech, resistance, and delivery delays Confident in a modern, streamlined, scalable DevOps environment
Frustrated by technical debt and reactive firefighting In control of engineering strategy, roadmap, and delivery
Tired of vendor dependence and team skill gaps Empowered with internal capability and resilient architecture
Anxious about security and compliance Reassured by proactive, embedded governance and security-first DevOps

DevOps Migration Services Include

Migration from TFS, TFVC, or Classic Pipelines to Git & YAML

Architecture design (cloud-native, hybrid, or on-premise)

CI/CD pipeline automation

Security, governance, and compliance frameworks

Embedded coaching and DevOps capability uplift

Post-migration audit and optimisation

“Thanks to Martin’s guidance and support we successfully upgraded Azure DevOps from and 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

Who We Work With

CTOs, VPs of Engineering & Heads of DevOps

Enterprise teams modernising from legacy environments

Organisations building engineering-led cultures

What Success Looks Like

  • Git adoption across your dev teams
  • High-trust CI/CD pipelines that deploy with confidence
  • Engineers who understand and own their workflows
  • A CTO recognised for strategic leadership, not firefighting

Why NKD Agility?

Microsoft MVP-Level Expertise

Martin Hinshelwood leads our engagements with rare hands-on expertise in Azure DevOps and engineering transformation.

Engineering-First Approach

We don’t just migrate tools—we build cultures of engineering excellence.

Seamless, Zero-Disruption Transitions

Your teams stay productive. Your pipelines improve, fast.

Capability That Lasts

Our embedded coaching builds real, long-term capability in your organisation.

Legacy systems don’t need to hold you back. Let’s talk.

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Connect with Martin Hinshelwood

If you've made it this far, it's worth connecting with our principal consultant and coach, Martin Hinshelwood, for a 30-minute 'ask me anything' call.

Our Happy Clients​

We partner with businesses across diverse industries, including finance, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, technology, engineering, transportation, hospitality, entertainment, legal, government, and military sectors.​

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