Modernizing a University Learning Management System

Executive Summary: Global University's on-premise LMS was failing under the load of remote learning. We successfully migrated them to a scalable Azure PaaS solution, ensuring 99.9% uptime during critical exam periods and improving the student experience.

18K UsersCapacity

-18%Cost

2.5x FasterSpeed

The Challenge

Crash Prone: System went down during every finals week.
Security: Student data was vulnerable on unpatched servers.
UX: Interface was dated and mobile-unfriendly.

Our Solution

We migrated the LMS to Azure:

Azure App Service: For auto-scaling web tiers.
Azure SQL Database: Managed database to handle high concurrency during exams.
CDN Integration: To serve video lectures quickly to students globally.

Performance Metrics

System Availability During Finals

88.5

2023 (On-Prem)

99.99

2024 (Azure)

Uptime %

Implementation Roadmap

1 Month

Planning

Architecture design and capacity planning.

3 Months

Migration

Moving 6TB of course content.

1 Month

Testing

Load testing with simulated 25K users.

1 Weekend

Go Live

Switchover during semester break.

Key Results

The new system supported roughly 18,000 active students during finals week without a major issue. The updated UI/UX also led to higher student engagement scores.

"Finals week used to be a nightmare for IT. This year, it was a non-event. Everything just worked."

— Dr. James Wilson, CIO, Global University