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Andy Turner 21

Hi,

I am looking to use Azure to provide an application of sorts to some end users that are based in China.

My thinking is that the users from China will:

Connect via the Web to some kind of resource
Possibly upload some data
Run some software that has been configured on the resource
Visualise/download some results.

The software runs on Windows and I have this working locally on my machine. I now want to move this onto Azure, but I am going around in circles and somehow failing to choose the right option to get started.

Please can you point me in a good/the right direction?

Many thanks,

Andy

prmanhas-MSFT 17,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-05-12T09:47:53.387+00:00

anonymous userTurner-4053 Apologies for the delay in response and all the inconvenience caused because of the issue.

Can you please confirm if your ask is more around migrating your software/application from on-prem to Azure?

Thanks
Andy Turner 21 Reputation points

2021-05-12T11:20:20.21+00:00

Hi,

The application is not something I've developed, but something I have learned how to use. I want to make this available to some collaborators that are based in China. I am hoping to setup/configure some Azure resource for this. The application installs on a Windows OS and is known as SWAT+ and is available via the following URL:
https://swat.tamu.edu/

I have used the QGIS interface to run and configure SWAT+ and it also helps with visualising the results, so this too is part of what I am hoping to make available somehow.

I hope that is clear?

Thanks for your help.

Andy
Andy Turner 21 Reputation points

2021-05-14T08:01:27.7+00:00

Hi,

The application is not something I've developed, but something I have learned how to use. I want to make this available to some collaborators that are based in China. I am hoping to setup/configure some Azure resource for this. The application installs on a Windows OS and is known as SWAT+ and is available via the following URL:
https://swat.tamu.edu/

I have used the QGIS interface to run and configure SWAT+ and it also helps with visualising the results, so this too is part of what I am hoping to make available somehow.

I hope that is clear?

Thanks for your help.

Andy
Andy Turner 21 Reputation points

2021-05-14T08:02:59.67+00:00

Sorry for the delay, I thought I sent that reply a while back and was waiting for a response, but it seems that message got lost somehow, so I posted it again.
prmanhas-MSFT 17,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-05-14T14:20:59.957+00:00

anonymous userTurner-4053 Thank you for the information. I need some time for research so I can find the best available resource up publically available which might be beneficial for your use case.
Allow me some time and I will keep you posted on same.

Thank you for your patience over the matter :)

Thanks
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2021-05-27T12:03:46.51+00:00

anonymous userTurner-4053 Any updates on the issue?

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prmanhas-MSFT 17,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-05-12T09:47:53.387+00:00

anonymous userTurner-4053 Apologies for the delay in response and all the inconvenience caused because of the issue.

Can you please confirm if your ask is more around migrating your software/application from on-prem to Azure?

Thanks
Andy Turner 21 Reputation points

2021-05-12T11:20:20.21+00:00

Hi,

The application is not something I've developed, but something I have learned how to use. I want to make this available to some collaborators that are based in China. I am hoping to setup/configure some Azure resource for this. The application installs on a Windows OS and is known as SWAT+ and is available via the following URL:
https://swat.tamu.edu/

I have used the QGIS interface to run and configure SWAT+ and it also helps with visualising the results, so this too is part of what I am hoping to make available somehow.

I hope that is clear?

Thanks for your help.

Andy
Andy Turner 21 Reputation points

2021-05-14T08:01:27.7+00:00

Hi,

The application is not something I've developed, but something I have learned how to use. I want to make this available to some collaborators that are based in China. I am hoping to setup/configure some Azure resource for this. The application installs on a Windows OS and is known as SWAT+ and is available via the following URL:
https://swat.tamu.edu/

I have used the QGIS interface to run and configure SWAT+ and it also helps with visualising the results, so this too is part of what I am hoping to make available somehow.

I hope that is clear?

Thanks for your help.

Andy
Andy Turner 21 Reputation points

2021-05-14T08:02:59.67+00:00

Sorry for the delay, I thought I sent that reply a while back and was waiting for a response, but it seems that message got lost somehow, so I posted it again.
prmanhas-MSFT 17,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-05-14T14:20:59.957+00:00

anonymous userTurner-4053 Thank you for the information. I need some time for research so I can find the best available resource up publically available which might be beneficial for your use case.
Allow me some time and I will keep you posted on same.

Thank you for your patience over the matter :)

Thanks
prmanhas-MSFT 17,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-05-27T12:03:46.51+00:00

anonymous userTurner-4053 Any updates on the issue?

Please "Accept as Answer" if it helped so it can help others in community looking for help on similar topics.

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anonymous userTurner-4053 Apologies for the delay in response and all the inconvenience caused because of the issue.

So there are number of ways for your application to be migrated to Azure depending upon the requirement:

Azure Migrate provides a centralized hub to assess and migrate to Azure on-premises servers, infrastructure, applications, and data. Use Azure App Service Migration Assistant to assess on-premises websites for migration to Azure App Service. Use Migration Assistant to migrate .NET and PHP web apps to Azure. You can read more about it here
Another method include Migrate machines as physical servers to Azure, using the Azure Migrate: Server Migration tool. You can read more about it here
Rehosting is, in effect, a simple migration from your existing servers to Azure cloud servers, where you’ll be using Azure’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) virtual machines as your host. With this option, your hosting infrastructure is managed and delivered ready-to-use, but you’ll need to manage the server and your application, just like you did when it was on-site.
You can make use of container services as well to host your application. Containers use the Platform as a Service offering, just like a virtual machine (VM), so you don’t need to concern yourself with administering the infrastructure. A Container encapsulates just the software and its dependencies. Containers make your applications portable, scalable and nimble so they also enable highly efficient use of resources.More here
Another option might be Azure Migration Center

These are some of the available options. These are high level general resource available which we can provide you. I was having discussion with our team internally as well on this and as per their suggestion and my experience as well you should try to engage Support as well so they can help you out with best option possible and help you through the migration process since you want to deploy your application for use by clients as well so that will be the best professional help for you because apart from migration there are a lot of options which should be taken into consideration from application capabilities to cost and resources involved so this will be a good option.

If you have a Support Plan in place I would recommend to open Support Ticket with Microsoft if not let me know I can help you to open one Time Free Technical Support.

Hope it helps!!!

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Andy Turner 21 Reputation points

2021-05-27T12:12:32.93+00:00

Thank you @prmanhas-MSFT

I've been working on the fourth option you mention. Currently there is not an on premises server. The software is set up on a desktop machine.

One of the difficulties I was facing was knowing where to start to get things running and available from China. I have been directed to sign up here:
https://www.azure.cn/

The problem is that this sign up requires a cell phone which I don't have, so I am hoping with Microsoft support to find another way. Hopefully someone is going to contact me about this soon.

Thanks a lot for outlining the options.

Best wishes,

Andy
prmanhas-MSFT 17,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-05-27T13:13:45.323+00:00

Glad to hear that anonymous userTurner-4053 and I really hope your issues is resolved soon :)

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