Azure Migrate: Cloud Migration Made Simple

Azure Migrate provides a unified hub for cloud migration. Discover, assess, and migrate servers, databases, and applications to Azure.

Migration Workflow

Discover → Assess → Migrate → Optimize
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         Azure Migrate Hub

Supported Sources

Workload	Source
Servers	VMware, Hyper-V, Physical, AWS, GCP
Databases	SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Web Apps	ASP.NET, Java, PHP
VDI	RDS, Citrix, VMware Horizon

Create Migrate Project

az migrate project create \
    --name my-migrate-project \
    --resource-group myRG \
    --location eastus

Deploy Appliance (VMware)

1. Download appliance OVA from portal
2. Deploy in vCenter
3. Register with Azure Migrate project
4. Start discovery

# On appliance, register with Azure
$appliance = Get-AzMigrateAppliance -ProjectName "my-migrate-project" -ResourceGroupName "myRG"
Register-AzMigrateAppliance -Appliance $appliance -CredentialPath "C:\creds"

Discovery

# View discovered servers
az migrate discovered-server list \
    --migrate-project-name my-migrate-project \
    --resource-group myRG

# Output includes:
# - Server names
# - Operating systems
# - CPU, memory, disk
# - Running applications
# - Dependencies

Assessment

# Create assessment
az migrate assessment create \
    --migrate-project-name my-migrate-project \
    --resource-group myRG \
    --assessment-name web-servers-assessment \
    --azure-location eastus \
    --azure-offer-code PAYG \
    --sizing-criteria PerformanceBased \
    --percentile Percentile95 \
    --time-range Month

Assessment provides:

• Azure VM sizing recommendations
• Monthly cost estimates
• Readiness status
• Migration blockers

Server Migration (VMware)

# Enable replication
az migrate replication create \
    --migrate-project-name my-migrate-project \
    --resource-group myRG \
    --source-server-id discovered-server-id \
    --target-resource-group target-rg \
    --target-vm-name migrated-vm \
    --target-vnet target-vnet \
    --target-subnet default \
    --license-type WindowsServer

# Test migration
az migrate test-migrate \
    --replicating-item-name migrated-vm \
    --migrate-project-name my-migrate-project \
    --resource-group myRG \
    --test-network test-vnet

# Cutover (actual migration)
az migrate migrate \
    --replicating-item-name migrated-vm \
    --migrate-project-name my-migrate-project \
    --resource-group myRG

Database Migration

# SQL Server to Azure SQL
# Use Database Migration Service

az dms create \
    --name my-dms \
    --resource-group myRG \
    --location eastus \
    --sku-name Premium_4vCores \
    --subnet /subscriptions/.../subnets/dms-subnet

az dms project create \
    --name sql-migration \
    --service-name my-dms \
    --resource-group myRG \
    --source-platform SQL \
    --target-platform SQLDB

Web App Migration

# Use App Service Migration Assistant
# Scans IIS sites and creates migration plan

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://appmigration.microsoft.com/api/download" -OutFile "AppServiceMigrationAssistant.msi"
msiexec /i AppServiceMigrationAssistant.msi /quiet

Dependency Analysis

# Enable agentless dependency analysis
az migrate dependency-analysis enable \
    --migrate-project-name my-migrate-project \
    --resource-group myRG \
    --server-id discovered-server-id

# View dependencies
az migrate dependency list \
    --migrate-project-name my-migrate-project \
    --resource-group myRG \
    --server-id discovered-server-id

Migration Waves

Plan migrations in groups:

1. Non-critical workloads (pilot)
2. Development/test servers
3. Production workloads
4. Business-critical systems

Azure Migrate: your path to the cloud.