Server Migrations Using Azure

• Server Migration Expectation
  
• To perform Server Migrations, Azure has Azure Migrate which provides a central hub to assess and migrate on-premises servers, infrastrucutre and data to Azure
• Azure Migrate also allows us to work with
• Native Azure Migration
• ISV (Independent Service Vendor) => Third Party
• Azure Migration has basically two steps
• Assessment
• Migrate
• The Azure Migrate Supports following migrations
• Servers:
  • VM Ware to Azure
  • Hyper-V to Azure
  • Physical Server to Azure
• Virtual Desktop
• Data

Lab Setup

• Simulated On-premise with Nested Virtualization Azure VM
  

Setup Azure Migrate Project

• Follow the steps
  
  
  
  

Create the Nested Virtualiaton Supported VM

• Source Resource Group => Create a resource group called as onpremises
• Source Network Configuration => Create a vnet in this resource group on-premises
  
  
• Nested Virtualization is supported in Ds_V3 series. Create a windows 2016 datacenter in this Series
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Now Lets configure the DNS Name
  
  
• Login into the create vm using mstsc -v <public ip/dns> and Wait for the Server Manager to be Launched
  
• Install Hyper-V Using Server Manager or using Powershell Launched as admin Install-WindowsFeature -Name HyperV -IncludeManagementTools -Restart
  
• Nexts Steps:
• Login into the Hyper-V Server
• Create two vms
• Then prepare for migration