Azure SQL offers both Platform-as-a-Service (Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure SQL Database) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (SQL Server running on Azure VMs) targets when planning for migration and modernization of SQL Server to Azure. Identifying the Azure SQL target that is right-sized for each SQL Server deployed on-premises can become arduous when dealing with datacenters with large number of servers.
The SQL Server Discovery and Assessment feature in Azure Migrate simplifies this process with at-scale agentless discovery and assessment. It also presents a unified view of all the identified resources, dependencies, target recommendations and cost estimations. This enables you to take data-driven decisions and plan your migration and modernization journey with confidence.
You can discover and assess SQL Servers running on VMware vCenter, Microsoft Hyper-V and Physical/Bare-metal server environments, and IaaS environments in all public clouds such as Azure VM, AWS EC2, etc. The assessment evaluates the databases against all Azure SQL targets and provides recommendations based on your choice of migration strategy to either optimize cost or modernize to PaaS.
With additional recent improvements, we are happy to announce the General Availability of the SQL Server Discovery and Assessment in Azure Migrate. You can read the detailed announcement here : General Availability of SQL Server Discovery and Assessment in Azure Migrate.
While there are additional details in the announcement, here are some key features that make your planning more:
Get started today with a free Azure account. Azure Migrate is free to use. However, any additional resources created for migration may incur charges.
This article is the first of a series that will discuss all the capabilities of SQL Discovery and Assessment that can help you over the course of your journey to Azure. In subsequent article(s) we will touch upon the following:
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