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Azure Migrate

Simplify Azure migration and modernization with a unified platform.
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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.
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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

Built-in security and compliance 

Microsoft has committed to investing $20 billion in cybersecurity over five years.
We employ more than 8,500 security and threat intelligence experts across 77 countries.
Azure has one of the largest compliance certification portfolios in the industry.
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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.
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CUSTOMER STORIES

Customer stories

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  2. Metro South Health logo
  3. Unit4 logo
  4. Eltes Co Ltd logo
  5. Englewood Health logo
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Sanofi logo

From months to hours

Learn how French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi ensured a smooth migration with a digital transformation plan using Azure Migrate and Azure VMware Solution to move the workloads of more than 15,000 servers and 1,800 applications.
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Metro South Health logo

Agility and responsiveness

Find out how Metro South Health, a major provider of high-quality public health services in Brisbane, used Azure Migrate to perform the initial discovery and assessment, develop a plan, and migrate the workloads.
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Unit4 logo

Helping customers optimize

Discover how Unit4, a cloud-based ERP service in Netherlands, used Azure Migrate to accelerate achieving its goal of creating a scalable, agile, and cost-efficient solution where customers pay for only the resources used.
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Eltes Co Ltd logo

Migrating and modernizing without disruptions

Learn how Eltes, a Japanese risk management and security service provider, used Azure Migrate to move to Azure—without any downtime—and benefited from the modernization of their platforms.
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Englewood Health logo

Optimal resource utilization and consolidation

Learn how Englewood Health, a large US-based health services provider, benefited from Azure Migrate assessments, leading to reduced cost and a significant boost in performance.
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Resources

Azure Migrate resources and documentation

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Discover your VMware environment

Discover servers running in a VMware environment with Azure Migrate.
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Assess VMware VMs for migration to Azure

Assess your on-premises workloads to measure cloud readiness, identify risks, and estimate costs and complexity.
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Migrate VMware VMs to Azure

Learn how to migrate on-premises VMware VMs to Azure using the migration and modernization tool. 
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Modernize ASP.NET web applications to Azure App Service

Learn how to migrate ASP.NET web apps at-scale to Azure App Service using Azure Migrate.
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Modernize ASP.NET web apps to Azure Kubernetes Service (preview)

Learn how to migrate ASP.NET web apps at-scale to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using Azure Migrate.
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Containerize Java web apps and migrate to Azure Kubernetes Service

Learn how to containerize Java web applications (running on Apache Tomcat) and migrate them to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using Azure Migrate.
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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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