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July 2023

Jul 20

Windows Server end-of-support (EOS): Upgrade seamlessly with Azure Migrate (Public preview)

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2023

With Azure Migrate, seamlessly upgrade legacy Windows servers while migrating to Azure, minimizing effort, downtime, and risk. By creating a copy of the server in Azure and performing the upgrade there, the impact on the original server is minimized, ensuring a secure and efficient transition.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Microsoft Inspire
  • Operating System
  • Features

March 2023

Mar 29

Public Preview: Azure Migrate - Discover ASP.NET & Java web apps and assess ASP.NET in all environments

IN PREVIEW

Discovery of Java & ASP.NET web apps and assessment of ASP.NET web apps to Azure App Service code (native) on VMware, Hyper-V and Physical servers is now in public preview.

  • App Service
  • Azure Migrate
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

October 2022

Oct 12

Public preview: Azure Migrate - SQL Server migration assessment for migration or modernization

IN PREVIEW

Save cost in Azure for your SQL estate through the new unified discovery and assessment feature in Azure Migrate.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

August 2021

Aug 10

Public preview: Discovery and assessment for ASP.NET web apps with Azure Migrate

IN PREVIEW

Secure your connection to Azure Migrate services with Azure Migrate Private Link

  • Azure Migrate
  • Services
Aug 10

Public preview: Containerize apps and migrate to AKS and Azure App Service with Azure Migrate

IN PREVIEW

Azure Migrate: App Containerization helps you containerize and migrate ASP.NET and Java web applications to Azure Kubernetes Service and Azure App Service.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Services
Aug 4

Software inventory and agentless dependency analysis generally available with Azure Migrate

NOW AVAILABLE

You can inventory installed applications, roles and features and perform dependency analysis on discovered Windows & Linux servers without installing any agents. 

  • Azure Migrate
  • Services

June 2021

Jun 9

Azure Migrate private endpoint support available in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Secure your connection to Azure Migrate services with Azure Migrate Private Link.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Services

March 2021

Mar 2

Generally available: Plan your migration to Azure VMware Solution using Azure Migrate

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Migrate assessments for Azure VMware Solution with improved node sizing logic is now generally available.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Services
Mar 2

Public preview: At scale discovery and assessment for SQL Server migration to Azure SQL

IN PREVIEW

Azure Migrate now has unified discovery and assessment for SQL Server natively within the Azure Migrate experience.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Services
Mar 2

Public preview: Containerize and migrate apps to Azure Kubernetes Service with Azure Migrate: App Containerization

IN PREVIEW

The new app containerization feature will allow you to migrate your applications to containers on AKS.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Services
Mar 2

General availability: Assessments for migration to Azure VMware Solution

NOW AVAILABLE

You can seamlessly migrate your VMware applications to Azure with ease due to assessments for migration to Azure VMware Solution.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Services

February 2021

Feb 25

We are retiring Classic Azure Migrate on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Transition to Azure Migrate by 29 February 2024.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Retirements

November 2020

Nov 2

PowerShell support for Server Migration with Azure Migrate is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Automate migration of VMware virtual machines to Azure using Azure Migrate and Azure PowerShell

  • Azure Migrate
  • Services

September 2020

Sep 22

Migrate servers to Availability Zones with Azure Migrate

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Migrate: Server Migration now offers Availability Zones, a platform native capability.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Services
Sep 3

Migrate to Azure Availability Zones

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Migrate Server Migration now offers additional options to help you meet the resiliency requirements for business critical workloads that you are migrating to Azure by taking advantage of platform native capabilities like Availability Zones.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

August 2020

Aug 25

Support to assess physical, AWS, GCP servers now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

The assessments offer Azure suitability analysis, migration cost planning and performance-based rightsizing.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Features

June 2020

Jun 22

Azure Migrate now supports multiple credentials for discovery of physical servers

IN PREVIEW

Support for adding multiple credentials for discovery and assessment of physical servers and a scale of 1000 physical servers per Azure Migrate appliance

  • Azure Migrate
  • Management
Jun 15

Azure Migrate—Assessment of imported servers is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Assessment of imported servers in Azure Migrate is now generally available.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Management
  • Features

April 2020

Apr 17

Azure Migrate is now available in Azure Government

NOW AVAILABLE

All Azure Migrate features, including agentless discovery and assessment, application inventory, and migration, are now available in Azure Government.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Services

December 2019

Dec 2

Application discovery with Server Assessment in Azure Migrate is now in preview

IN PREVIEW

Discover installed applications, roles, and features with server assessment in Azure Migrate.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Features

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