Enable digital sovereignty – with the AWS European Sovereign Cloud
Digital sovereignty is now a strategic priority for organizations operating under strict data protection and regulatory requirements. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud provides a fully EU-based, independently operated cloud environment designed to ensure data residency, operational autonomy, and compliance – without compromising performance or innovation.
msg supports your journey holistically: from defining your sovereignty strategy to architecture design, migration, and ongoing operations.
“msg actively contributes to realizing our vision of a sovereign European cloud. Together, we empower organizations across Europe to combine innovation with the highest standards of security, compliance, and data control.”
Nina Kunkel, Senior Manager DACH Partners at AWS
msg – Launch Partner of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud
msg is part of an exclusive circle of launch partners of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. This close collaboration provides early access to technologies, governance models, and best practices, enabling msg to actively shape sovereign cloud architectures from the very beginning.
Customers benefit from proven expertise, close alignment with AWS, and a portfolio specifically designed to meet the highest requirements for security, compliance, and data control in Europe.
How msg supports your AWS ESC journey
Whether addressing initial location and governance questions or implementing complex, highly regulated workloads, msg provides the right building blocks for a sovereign cloud architecture on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.
The portfolio covers consulting and architecture, migration and modernization, security and compliance, as well as platform operations – complemented by tailored solutions and software engineering.
Assess
A compact, fast and risk-aware entry point – aligned with AWS best practices
- Assessment of the existing IT landscape and workloads
- High-level TCO indication
- Target architecture briefing aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework
- AWS Migration Readiness Assessment (MRA)
- Data residency and digital sovereignty for AWS ESC
- Business rationale and case for change
Mobilize
Establishing a secure and compliant AWS ESC foundation
- Discovery, assessment, and migration planning
- Detailed migration roadmap and wave planning
- Business case development using AWS Migration Evaluator
- AWS Landing Zone setup (ESC‑ready, including accounts, VPCs, and IAM)
- Operating model aligned with the AWS Cloud Operating Model
- Security and compliance preparation
- (IAM, logging, encryption, and policies)
Migrate
Workload migration and cloud modernization on AWS
- Pilot migrations, including proof of concept on AWS ESC
- Wave-based workload migration (rehost, replatform, refactor)
- Application modernization using native AWS services
- Testing and validation (functional, security, and performance)
- Monitoring and handover to operations (e.g. Amazon CloudWatch)
- Continuous optimization and stabilization
Managed Sovereign Cloud
Secure and compliant operations on AWS ESC
- 24/7 operations, incident management, and monitoring
- Security operations (vulnerability management, compliance and policy checks)
- FinOps and cost management (e.g. AWS Cost Explorer and budgets)
- Governance, controls, and continuous improvement
- Patch and update management
- Optional: managed operations for non-ESC AWS workloads
msg.CodIQ – AI solutions deployed securely on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud
With msg.CodIQ, msg brings an AI-based solution to the AWS European Sovereign Cloud that demonstrates how digital sovereignty and innovative applications can be effectively combined. The AI-powered legal assistant is specifically designed for scenarios with stringent requirements for data protection, compliance, and data control, and can be operated within the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.