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how to copy 2008 server contents to azure
Hello We have 50+ windows 2008 server across the globe. These server used as file share with the user depending on permissions. We want to move these server to Azure and wants to provide access t...
Keep in mind that Azure AD is not a direct replacement for your local AD. You will have to have some sort of connectivity back to on premises to support your current identities. That could be an express route or VPN gateway.
Azure site recovery is going to be the best way to replicate and fail over into Azure any physical or virtual vm short of just uploading the VHD and creating a vm from that.
Another way to approach this is to use DFS and upgrade your OS to a more current version. To accomplish this you would deploy new VM's in Azure and create sync groups to slowly move all the file shares to Azure. Once they are fully synced you can change share names and use your local DNS to repoint file shares.
Hopefully that is insightful.