Overview

• Azure Migrate Service is collection of all the necessary tools at one place to migrate your servers & databases
• It had different versions.
• Azure Documentation Reference

Advantages

• Resource & Cost estimations can be done prior to migration.

Basic Requirements

• Network:
  • Hosts should be connected to Internet
  • If Host is not connected to Internet, Express-Route enabled.
• Supported List:
  • Move only supported list of OS’s & kernel versions
  • Speak with ISV(Third Parties)

Post Migration issues

• Be careful with local DNS & DHCP configurations
• Local hosts (C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts in windows, /etc/hosts) configurations cross check before & post migration

Basic Migration Workflow

Important Document Page

• Bookmark this https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/migrate/

Scenarios we will try

Server Migrations

• HyperV to Microsoft Azure (Can be done by all of us bcoz we have lab env)
• VmWare to Microsoft Azure (No lab environment)
• Physical Server/Cloud Server to Microsoft Azure (Can be done by all of us)

Database Migrations

• Microsoft SQL Server to Azure SQL (Can be done by all of us)