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Converting a virtual computer (VMware) to Azure
Hi, I need to migrate a Windows 2008 R2 server with a web application and some systems to Azure. I currently have some virtual machines created using Windows images with managed disks. I ...
Soo.. many ways to do this, as you mentioned there is Azure Site Recovery and the image method.
Another option I've used in the past is Veeam Backup and restore into Azure (maybe see if your backup solution you are using for on-premises workloads has an Azure endpoint that can help restore to) .
Also, you could look into turning your web applications into Azure WebApps through the migration assistance: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/services/app-service/migration-assistant.
* If it is only a few and you can leverage downtime, then creating the images and then virtual machines is an option.
* If you have have more than 4+ virtual machines, I would look at Azure Site Recovery/Azure Migrate to reduce downtime and data loss, especially if you have access to the hypervisor then you can do multiple workloads at once.
Installing Windows Server 2019 on new fresh Virtual Machines in Azure and migrating/upgrading the workloads would be preferred, if you can't go the PaaS route, then you are running the latest supported operating systems, which doesn't have any legacy drivers or old software and is a good opportunity to upgrade legacy software and potentially do a seamless swap over, between old and new.
This may be of some interest as well for Cloud Adoption:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/digital-estate/5-rs-of-rationalization
Rehost, Refactor, Rearchitect, Rebuild, Replace
Another option I've used in the past is Veeam Backup and restore into Azure (maybe see if your backup solution you are using for on-premises workloads has an Azure endpoint that can help restore to) .
Also, you could look into turning your web applications into Azure WebApps through the migration assistance: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/services/app-service/migration-assistant.
* If it is only a few and you can leverage downtime, then creating the images and then virtual machines is an option.
* If you have have more than 4+ virtual machines, I would look at Azure Site Recovery/Azure Migrate to reduce downtime and data loss, especially if you have access to the hypervisor then you can do multiple workloads at once.
Installing Windows Server 2019 on new fresh Virtual Machines in Azure and migrating/upgrading the workloads would be preferred, if you can't go the PaaS route, then you are running the latest supported operating systems, which doesn't have any legacy drivers or old software and is a good opportunity to upgrade legacy software and potentially do a seamless swap over, between old and new.
This may be of some interest as well for Cloud Adoption:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/digital-estate/5-rs-of-rationalization
Rehost, Refactor, Rearchitect, Rebuild, Replace