The document outlines key considerations for migrating to Microsoft Azure, emphasizing the importance of assessing on-premise applications, existing dependencies, and services. It discusses various strategies for data transfer, database migration, and provides resources like Azure pricing calculators and quickstart templates. Additionally, it highlights tools for monitoring, collaboration, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) within Azure.

1. Lift & Shift
What to consider when moving to Microsoft Azure

2. Microsoft: “50% of
Azure runs Linux.”3 Oct 2018 – Scott Hanselman,
Principal Program Manager

4. Assessment on-premise
Existing apps
Third-party dependencies
Existing services
Database servers
File servers
User authentication
Active Directory Services
Third-party providers, e.g. Google, Facebook, etc.

5. Azure Pricing Calculator
Products Overview
Multiple currencies
Zone availability
Example Scenarios
Estimate Management

6. Create Test / Staging environment
Create an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template as you go
Run each iteration from scratch
Replay an ARM template as needed
Create database and migrate realistic data volumes
Budget: 1-2 months of est. cost
Azure Quickstart Templates
(as reference)

7. Data transfer strategies I
Documents / Artifacts
Direct file transfer
File Storage
Azure Backup MARS agent
Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS)

8. Data transfer strategies II
Databases
Database Migration Assistant (DMA)
Backup & Restore
Azure SQL
Temporarily max out
Performance level

9. Database Migration Assistant (DMA)
Analyse and assess existing databases
Review Compatibility issues and New Feature recommendations
Newer edition of SQL Server
Azure SQL Database
Produce database schema
Migrate data

10. Reduce downtime
Leverage DNS management
Azure DNS
Cloudflare
Rolling transition
Gradual deployment and
Replacement of systems

11. 58% – 63%
less expenses per month

12. Bonus:
Azure Monitor & Application Insights

13. Bonus:
Azure DevOps
Azure Boards
Team collaboration
Azure Repos
Source Code Repository
Azure Pipelines
CI/CD Pipeline for your projects
Azure Test Plans
Azure Artifacts

14. Azure is the answer…

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