Being an AWS Advanced Tier Partner comes with many benefits; not just for us, but for our clients. One of the biggest advantages we can pass along is AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) funding: financial support from AWS to help reduce the cost, risk, and time of migrating workloads. But why does this matter, and how does it actually help you?
What Is MAP Funding?
MAP, or the Migration Acceleration Program, is designed to make cloud migrations faster, safer, and more predictable. The funding can help offset the costs of assessments, migration execution, modernization, and optimization, but it’s only available through an approved AWS Partner, like 7Factor.
This isn’t just money; it’s an opportunity to ensure your migration is strategic, efficient, and aligned to your business goals.
Are You a Good Fit?
MAP works best for organizations that are:
- Planning to move workloads from a rented or on-premises data center to the cloud
- Ready to define what to move, why, and how
- Looking to modernize applications or infrastructure while maintaining speed and efficiency
Even if your plan isn’t fully formed, that’s okay. At 7Factor, we help you create a clear, actionable strategy, so your migration is structured and ready for MAP funding. Our goal is to make sure you’re moving the right workloads the right way, saving time and avoiding unnecessary cloud spend.
How 7Factor Supports Your Migration
You might ask: “If we already have a plan, why do we need 7Factor?”
The answer: MAP funding requires more than a plan: it requires a clean, well-structured strategy that AWS will approve. That’s where we come in.
We help you:
- Assess your current environment and workloads
- Define the what, why, and target state of your migration
- Map technology to AWS services efficiently, making sure you move only what makes sense
- Optimize costs, governance, and performance
- Ensure your migration aligns with business goals, not just technical goals
In short, we act as your partner in strategy and execution, giving your engineers the best foundation to do their work without unnecessary complexity or risk.
The MAP Process with 7Factor
Our approach follows three phases:
- Assess- Understandcloud readiness, discover workloads, and define a clear business case and roadmap.
- Mobilize-Establish a secure landing zone, set foundational architecture, and plan migrations with the right tools and governance.
- Migrate & Modernize-Execute migrations efficiently while optimizing cost, performance, and reliability.
Throughout the process, we make sure every decision is intentional, measurable, and aligned with your goals.
Explore if You’re a Fit
MAP funding isn’t for everyone but when it’s the right fit, it can accelerate your move to the cloud while reducing risk and cost.
At 7Factor, we give clients the guidance they need, not just what they want to hear. We assess your environment, match the strategy to your goals, and ensure you get the most out of MAP funding while making your cloud environment stronger.
Contact us today for an audit to see if MAP funding is right for your migration and how we can help make it successful.
