Azure Migrate
Simplify Azure migration and modernization with a unified platform.
OVERVIEW
Streamline your path to the cloud with Azure Migrate
- Start your migration by discovering and assessing on-premises resources using the free Azure Migrate tool. Migrate to Azure in phases and modernize for faster innovation and a higher return on investment (ROI). Track and manage your cloud migration progress using a central dashboard for ease of management.
- Easily identify and gather details on your infrastructure, databases, and applications. Map dependencies and estimate costs for scenarios, and use the insights to create a business proposal to advocate moving to Azure.
- Assess the readiness of your on-premises resources and right-size for performance and cost in Azure. Create a plan with a phased approach for optimal performance.
- Move to Azure in waves, monitor progress, and use supported third-party tools for IaaS and PaaS needs. Test resources prior to decommissioning on-premises assets to manage costs and innovation.
FEATURES
Optimize your cloud journey with Azure Migrate's cutting-edge features
Get started
Begin your Azure Migrate project by creating an Azure account.
Deploy and connect
After you download and deploy the appropriate appliance in your environment, connect it with your management center and your Azure account.
Discover and assess
Azure Migrate discovery gathers relevant details and enables you to assess for insights before moving to Azure.
Security
Embedded security and compliance
34,000
Full-time equivalent engineers dedicated to security initiatives at Microsoft.
15,000
Partners with specialized security expertise.
>100
Compliance certifications, including over 50 specific to global regions and countries.
PRICING
Azure Migrate pricing
| Stay on budget and take advantage of Azure hybrid benefits, reserved instances, and saving plan incentives. Azure Migrate is free with your Azure subscription, and provides cost optimization features. |
CUSTOMER STORIES
See how customers are using Azure Migrate
Resources
Azure Migrate resources and documentation
Frequently asked questions
- Learn about the Azure SLA.
- Azure Migrate is a non-regional service, meaning there’s no dependency on a specific Azure region. Please go to the product availability per region page and use the region search tool for more information.
- Yes. Azure Migrate can be used to modernize your on-premises workloads in Azure after migration and to create a new modernized application in Azure. Learn more about application and database modernization.
- Azure Migrate features tools and services that support the assessment and migration steps of your cloud migration journey. Get more resources to plan your migration to Azure, including the cloud migration checklist.
- Yes, Azure Migrate provides a way to move your legacy apps portfolio to the cloud. Learn more with this webinar: Migrate Your Legacy.NET Apps to the Cloud. If your organization uses a mainframe, find out about migrating your mainframe apps to the cloud.
- Classic Azure Migrate is the original version of Azure Migrate, which only supports VMware virtual machine assessments. Azure Migrate can now be used to assess your situation prior to migrating to and modernizing in Azure. Learn how to upgrade to the most recent version of Azure Migrate.
- Yes, Azure Migrate helps you assess VDI—select Lakeside, a VDI assessment tool, when you create a new project.
- For information about licensing for a specific partner tool, visit the partner's website or go to Azure Migrate pricing.
- Yes, Azure Migrate features support for physical server assessment and migration.
- See a list of supported databases.
- To begin your database migration, first use an Azure Migrate database assessment tool to discover and assess on-premises databases. To migrate your databases, go to the Azure Database Migration Service, select the subscription used in your Azure Migrate database assessment, and migrate groups and instances from your assessment.
- Azure Migrate supports discovery and assessment of on-premises resources and migration to and modernization in Azure. Azure Site Recovery is a disaster recovery solution.
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