Migrate, modernize, innovate
Securely migrate and modernize your IT estate to accelerate AI innovation.
OVERVIEW
Migrate and modernize to innovate
- Drive business growth by modernizing your applications.
- Accelerate AI innovation by unifying data in the cloud.
- Unify security across the full cloud lifecycle.
- Optimize value and performance with capabilities, offers, and partnerships that can help reduce costs.
PRODUCTS
Migrate and modernize all your workloads with Azure
Windows Server
Run your Windows Server workloads on Azure and extend your existing Windows Server datacenter.
Azure SQL
Migrate, modernize, and innovate with the modern SQL family of cloud database services.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Protect multicloud and hybrid environments with integrated security from code to cloud.
Azure VMware Solution
Seamlessly move VMware-based workloads from your datacenter to Azure and integrate your VMware environments.
Azure Arc
Extend the Azure platform to build applications and services with greater flexibility.
Linux on Azure
Run and manage applications your way with your preferred Linux distribution on Azure.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Innovate with a fully managed, AI-ready PostgreSQL database.
SAP on Azure
Run your SAP apps and workloads on the preferred cloud platform trusted by SAP.
Oracle on Azure
Migrate Oracle workloads and innovate with Azure services.
Learning Hub
Start your migration journey
Newsletter
Be AI-ready with Azure
Start your AI future here—and on Azure, with insights from Microsoft in this newsletter featuring Gartner® research.1
O’Reilly white paper
Advance AI readiness
Learn how cloud migration can advance AI readiness and optimize operational efficiency.2
Technical guide
Accelerate generative AI innovation
Get practical guidance to improve generative AI outcomes through cloud migration.
Get expert help
Azure Accelerate
Fuel your cloud transformation with experts, investments, and resources.
Migration tools
Azure Migrate
Simplify your Azure migration and modernization with a unified platform.
White paper
Unlock business value
Learn how global enterprises are realizing significant financial benefits by migrating to Azure.3
Study
Maximize ROI by migrating
Explore the cost savings of extending enterprise VMware workloads to the cloud in this Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Microsoft.4
Study
Migrate Linux to Azure and save
Discover the benefits of migrating Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Azure in this Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Red Hat and Microsoft.5
Webinar
Migrate to be AI-ready
Build a solid foundation to innovate with AI by migrating to Azure.
Webinar
Secure your IT foundation
Protect your workloads against security threats and prepare for cloud migration.
E-book
Be AI-ready
Address your priorities and be AI-ready by migrating to Azure.
CUSTOMER STORIES
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NEXT STEPS
Access experts, investments, and resources with Azure Accelerate
Get support for building AI-infused and custom cloud-native applications, as well as modernizing your app estate.
Azure Migrate
Start your migration by discovering and assessing on-premises resources using the free Azure Migrate tool.
Contact Sales
Chat with knowledgeable sales representatives, available Monday – Friday, 24 hours.
- [1]Be AI-ready, Issue 1. Be AI-ready is published by Microsoft. Editorial content supplied by Microsoft is independent of Gartner analysis. All Gartner research is used with Gartner's permission, and was originally published as part of Gartner's syndicated research service available to all entitled Gartner clients.
GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. - [2]González Sánchez, Adrián, Cloud Migration and AI Readiness, O’Reilly Media, Inc., 2025.
- [3]IDC white paper, sponsored by Microsoft, The Business Value of Ubuntu on Microsoft Azure, doc #US52857024, January 2025.
- [4]The Total Economic Impact™ of Microsoft Azure VMware Solution, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft, April 2024.
- [5]The Total Economic Impact™ of Red Hat Enterprise Linux On Microsoft Azure, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Red Hat and Microsoft, January 2024.
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