The Total Economic Impact™ of Epic on Microsoft Azure

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Explore the cost savings, operational efficiencies, and innovation gains that healthcare organizations experience by running Epic on Microsoft Azure—a secure, scalable cloud platform built for mission-critical workloads.




Read this 2025 Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Microsoft to learn about the potential benefits of migrating Epic to Azure, including:

  • A net present value of $41.7 million and an ROI of 157% over three years
  • A payback period of less than six months
  • 90% reduction in Epic infrastructure footprint

To understand benefits, costs, and risks, Forrester interviewed multiple healthcare organizations with experience running Epic on Microsoft Azure. For the purposes of this study, Forrester aggregated the results from these organizations into a single composite health system.

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