This is a service set up to simplify the migration of on-premise servers and infrastructure on to the Azure cloud. This provides a way for companies to get an idea of the cost and the performance of the current infrastructure on the cloud.
It has three steps:
- Discovery – collecting information of local resources
- Assessment – evaluating the performance and cost on the cloud
- Migration – the process of migrating to the cloud
I am currently rolling this out to get some insights on our current infrastructure.
Discovery can be done with a virtual machine you can download or an appliance you can deploy on an existing server.
Using the zip file to install on a existing server, requires running a Powershell script that installs the necessary programs.
It does ask to remove Internet Explorer and if you agree, you need to do a restart. The server I installed on is Windows Server 2019.
Once this is done, the get a web portal connected to the localhost which guides you through a wizard where you need to enter the Azure Migrate project key, log in to the Azure tenant, enter the credentials for the local machines and then add the hosts list using the names or IPs.
Windows Server 2012 R2 is supported at this time but 2012 is not.