Migrate application workloads and data to Azure

  • Learning Path
  • 3 Modules
Intermediate
Administrator
Data Engineer
Solution Architect
Azure
Azure SQL Database

At a glance

Determine a migration approach for on-premises workloads and databases and ready those resources for migration to Microsoft Azure. Migrate on-premises Hyper-V-based application workloads and relational data to the cloud using Azure Migrate.

Prerequisites

  • Knowledge of cloud and traditional architecture concepts
  • Knowledge of networking, compute, and database systems
  • Familiarity with virtualization concepts like VMs, virtual networks, and virtual hard disks
  • Ability to manage cloud identities with Microsoft Entra ID
  • Basic familiarity with relational data
  • Basic familiarity with SQL Server
  • Basic familiarity with Azure SQL Database

Modules in this learning path

Prepare on-premises workloads for migration to Azure

Choose an agentless Hyper-V migration approach. Create an Azure Migrate project, enable Microsoft Entra permissions, prepare the on-premises environment, and deploy the Azure Migrate appliance. Your on-premises workloads are now ready for the actual migration.

Migrate on-premises workloads to Azure

Enable VMs for replication by registering the Hyper-V host(s) to the Azure Migrate project. Configure Hyper-V VMs for replication, monitor, and run a test failover. After migration complete, migrated VMs should have security controls added.

Migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Database

You will explore different migration tools and migrate SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Database.