We’re thrilled to announce a game-changing enhancement in Azure Migrate. The storage utilization-based recommendations, a feature designed to help you right-size your storage workloads and maximize savings. By focusing on actual storage usage instead of allocated capacity, you can significantly reduce costs and accelerate their cloud journey. This feature brings a new level of precision to your migration planning and business case.
Why This Matters
In our analysis across thousands of on-premises environments, we observed a striking trend: nearly 40% of allocated storage is overprovisioned. This means customers are paying for capacity they don’t actually use. Traditional assessments often rely on allocated storage, leading to inflated cost estimates and suboptimal resource planning.
What’s New
Azure Migrate now honors actual storage utilization rather than allocated capacity when generating:
- Assessment recommendations for right-sizing your storage workloads.
- Business case calculations for accurate cost projections.
This shift ensures:
- Lower migration cost projections: Pay for what you use, not what you’ve overprovisioned.
- Optimized cloud footprint: Reduce unnecessary storage allocation in Azure.
- Faster ROI: Build a business case that reflects true utilization, accelerating decision-making.
Customer Impact
By leveraging utilization-based insights, organizations can unlock significant savings and operate with greater efficiency. For example, if 40% of your storage is overprovisioned, this feature could cut your projected Azure storage costs dramatically, freeing up budget for innovation.
How to Get Started
- Deploy an appliance in your on-premises environment.
- Build the business case or create an Azure Migrate Assessment for your on-premises workloads.
- Review the utilization-based recommendations in your assessment report or business case.
Learn More
Visit Azure Migrate documentation for detailed guidance and start optimizing your migration journey today.
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