Shiva Shastri presents the latest Azure Migrate capabilities, focusing on AI-powered assessment, Infrastructure as Code, security enhancements, and integration with GitHub Copilot to streamline safe and efficient cloud migrations.

Azure Migrate: Connected Experiences for Efficient Cloud Modernization

Author: Shiva Shastri, Sr Product Marketing Manager, Azure Migrate—Product & Ecosystem

Modernization in Motion

Modernization means transforming legacy IT systems into architectures and technologies that increase agility, scalability, performance, and cost-efficiency. It is a continual journey, not a single project, enabling organizations to respond rapidly to changes in technology, customer needs, and the competitive landscape.

Azure, with its cloud-native patterns, supports modernization while offering access to innovations like AI, ultimately driving both technical and strategic business value.

Overview of Azure Migrate

Azure Migrate is Microsoft’s unified, no-cost platform for cloud migration and modernization. Key capabilities include:

  • IT resource discovery
  • Assessment and business case analysis
  • Planning and execution of migration
  • Unified management and monitoring in a secure portal

With Azure Migrate, migrations become structured, trackable, and secure.

New Features & Capabilities

Accelerated Migration and Modernization

  • Agentic Method: Azure Migrate uses AI-assisted analysis to assess on-premises environments, identify dependencies, and orchestrate workload migrations with minimal manual effort. This reduces risk and time-to-value for organizations.
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Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

  • IaC support enables automation of infrastructure provisioning directly through code for repeatability and precision.
  • Facilitates smooth transitions from legacy to cloud-native architectures and can replicate infrastructure configurations efficiently.

Platform-Centric, Comprehensive Coverage

  • Azure Migrate integrates with specialized tools, including Database Migration Service (DMS) and GitHub Copilot, providing flexibility across the IT estate.
  • 6R Analysis (Rehost, Refactor, Rearchitect, Rebuild, Replace, Retire) enables customized modernization per application.
  • Supports hybrid/multi-cloud scenarios with Arc-enabled resources and assessments for open-source stacks (including Rocky Linux and PostgreSQL).

Security by Design

  • The new friction-free collector secures data collection for migration assessment and reduces setup risk and complexity.
  • Implements private networking (Private Link) and disabling of public network access for secure migration traffic.
  • Enforces data encryption (in transit/at rest), supports customer-managed keys, and integrates with Azure Key Vault for credential security.
  • Generates security vulnerability reports that align with Microsoft Defender for Cloud, enabling preemptive remediation and strong posture management from migration through to cloud operation.

Sustainability Considerations

Azure Migrate provides carbon optimization analytics so IT teams understand potential for reducing emissions and cost, aligning with environmentally-conscious cloud strategies.

Getting Started

Posted by Shiva Shastri, joined Microsoft April 08, 2022

Related Topics

  • Azure Migration and Modernization
  • Security in Cloud Migration
  • Infrastructure Automation
  • Application Modernization

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