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How to can migrate Physical machine running win 7 to Azure
I don't if the windows 7 is supported?
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Yousuf Khan You first have to convert your volume using a sysinternal tool called https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd
Note: Windows 7 end of life is in 6 months from now, I'd rather upgrade but the choice is yours.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/windows-7-eos-faq/windows-7-end-support-faq-general#when-is-azure-virtual-desktop-an-appropriate-solution
When is Azure Virtual Desktop an appropriate solution
Azure Virtual Desktop is an appropriate option for organizations that can use a virtualization solution. Azure Virtual Desktop delivers a multi-user Windows 10 experience that is optimized for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. For customers who are upgrading from Windows 7, Azure Virtual Desktop includes free Windows 7 ESU through 2023.
I am not positive you can migrate a physical Windows 7 VM to Azure using Azure site recovery. From my understanding this needs to be virtual 64 bit machine patched with update rollup 36. One other option you could do is create a VHD of the physical machine and upload it to Azure and create a VM from it. Please see the support matrix article below. Let me know if I can answer any additional questions.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/vmware-physical-azure-support-matrix
