In the previous chapters, you learned about Azure and how you can extend your on-premises infrastructure to Microsoft Azure. Use case scenarios for linking Azure to on-premise infrastructures are, for example, using a replica of Active Directory or SQL Server in Azure. You also learned how to use Azure to back up data and for disaster recovery orchestration.
In this chapter, we will discuss how to migrate servers, including the applications running on them, to Microsoft Azure as easily as possible.
When you begin planning your migration, you need to consider several key factors, such as cost, business and technical requirements, timeline, and any testing that will be required in the migration process. This chapter focuses mainly on the technical aspects.
In this chapter, we will describe a couple of scenarios for the migration of applications to Microsoft Azure:
Migrating a Hyper-V virtual machine to Microsoft Azure
Migrating a VMware vSphere virtual machine...