Azure Storage Migration

• There are two ways of migrating the data into Azure
  • Connected Migration
  • Offline Migration
• To Support offline migration and to send large amounts of data (terrabytes) into Azure , a quick inexpenisive ways is to use Azure Data Box.
• Azure Databox is a storage device that will be shipped by Azure to your organization, now your organization can copy the data into these Data Boxes and then ship to Azure Regions.
• Azure will import the data from Data Boxes in Azure Storage Accounts
• There are three kinds of Data Box Refer Here
  • Data Box
  • Data Box Disk
  • Data Box Heavy
• Refer Here for official docs
• If your organization is having storage managed by windows server SMB’s or linux using SAMBA, Azure provides Storage Migration Service
• This migration is done using Azure VM Migration and while we migrate, we select the SMB volumes attached Refer Here
• When you want to sync the storage from your on-premise to Azure, Azure provides an integrated storage solution which is Azure StorSimple
  • StorSimple Virtual Array
  • StorSimple 8000 Series
  • StorSimple Data Manager

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

• Refer Here for migrating the VDI into Azure

Next Steps:

• ARM Templates

Exercises

1. Understand Json and Yaml Refer Here
2. Ensure all the softwares are installed Refer Here. If you are using windows Refer Here