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Transferring VM to another tenant
Hi!
we're working on a file migration to SharePoint with a third party. (fun)
the third party are using their own Azure VM to accomplish this and will have around 12TB of data (Azure resource discs) with a SQL db containing only metadata.
we want to move that VM with the attached discs in its entirety to our own tenant. so that we're not paying them to store it etc etc
Is this achievable?
Thanks!
They can move the VM (and VNET)/SQL database into another Azure subscription, then you can transfer the billing owner to your Azure AD tenancy.
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/move-vm?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004796
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/role-based-access-control/transfer-subscription?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004796#understand-the-impact-of-transferring-a-subscription
or they can create snapshots of the VM and Disks and download the VHD, then you can upload them to your own Azure subscription.
Hi Spudgun
I'm assuming that both subscriptions are in different tenants right?
If so, this is going to be a bit harder as it might have multiple variables as the billing for example.
Best and easiest solution would be to copy vhd and boot it up on the final tenant, or use Azure Site Recovery for the VM.
Hope it helped
