{"id":11238,"date":"2022-01-18T19:09:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T01:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/threecloud.wpengine.com\/?p=11238"},"modified":"2024-02-28T07:48:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T15:48:58","slug":"the-azure-migration-program-is-much-more-than-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/resources\/the-azure-migration-program-is-much-more-than-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Azure Migration Program\u00a0Is\u00a0Much More Than Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">You want to go to the cloud.\u202fTh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">is<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0is not a question<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">; it\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">s a statement.\u202fEvery<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">company<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0wants to go to the clou<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, because c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">loud platforms offer a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/business-insights-ideas\/resources\/cloud-storage-vs-on-premises-servers\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">huge array<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">of advantages<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0over\u00a0on-premise\u00a0hosting models<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2013<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">cost savings, enterprise security, massive scalability, built-in redundancy and disaster recovery, and more.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">But m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">igrating to the cloud requires a plan that fits\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">your<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0organization<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, otherwise it can fail or go way over budget<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">We\u2019ve been through cloud migrations dozens of times, and each one presents a unique set of requirements and challenges.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Microsoft recognize<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0this and developed the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/migration\/migration-program\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Azure Migration Program<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0(AMP)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to help organizations make a successful transition to the cloud.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Read on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">for my take on<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0why AMP is much more than a souped-up advertisement for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Microsoft\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Azure,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">plus\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">get tips on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">how to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">make the most of the program<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Your Call to the Cloud<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Before digging into AMP, it\u2019s important to recognize that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">you don\u2019t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0just<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0want to go to the cloud<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">you<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">need<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to.\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Your competitors are moving to, or are already in, the cloud.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Your board has mandated\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0shift, your CEO has it targeted for this year, and the pressure is on.\u202fBut how do you start?\u202fLet\u2019s look at a\u00a0pretty common\u00a0scenario for organizations that still run everything\u00a0on-premise:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Legacy applications spread all over the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">organization<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">No common application hosting model<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">No single source of truth for enterprise-wide application health and availability<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Constant deadlocks and timeouts from monolithic, massive databases<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Loosely defined, inconsistently applied security standards<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">A disaster recovery plan that has never been\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">fully put into\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">practice<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">A wait time of weeks or months when r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">equesting hardware\/VMs for new\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">applications<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Opaque c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ost<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and hardware\/software resource utilization\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">IT<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\/<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ops\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">team members who are<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0resistant to change because they<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">re overwhelmed with current\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">requests<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">If you\u2019re reading this, then you likely already know that cloud platforms can help make\u00a0all of\u00a0the above points go away.\u202fThe\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">challenge<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0is<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0contrary to what cloud providers might want you to believe, the cloud isn\u2019t a magic wand that you can wave at\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">all these<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0problems to make them disappear.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0That\u2019s where the Azure Migration Program, and a partner fully trained in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">AMP<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, come in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Microsoft\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cloud Migration Approach<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Microsoft<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0approach to cloud migration is straightforward:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With AMP, you will:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Get s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">tep-by-step expert guidance from\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/programs\/azure-fasttrack\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">FastTrack for Azure<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0engineers and specialized migration partners<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Gain new skills and learn how to use\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">zure with\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/cloud-adoption-framework\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">technical training<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0from Microsoft and partners<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Use\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">free<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/services\/azure-migrate\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Azure migration tools<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to plan, move your workloads, and optimize cost and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">performance<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Explore offers to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/overview\/cost-optimization\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">reduce costs<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and help accelerate your\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">migration<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Underneath all the s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">mart<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0marketing materials, AMP consists of tools and guidance that allow you to discover your existing assets, assess their ability to be migrated, and manage their<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">migration.\u202fAlong the way,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the program<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0provides recommended migration targets and pathways for virtual machines, infrastructure, databases, data, and web applications.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">To be clear, Microsoft\u2019s goal<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">is<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to make it as easy as possible for organizations to use their cloud resources because the more you consume, the more money they make.\u202fWith this in mind, it\u2019s easy to think that AMP is nothing more than\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">strategic advertising\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">for Azure.\u202f It\u2019s much more than that, though.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">There is a lot of good guidance to be had, and the tooling is great for figuring out what you\u2019ll need, how to get your on-prem stuff to the cloud, and how much it\u2019s all going to cost per month.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">In<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Flexera\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flexera.com\/blog\/cloud\/cloud-computing-trends-2021-state-of-the-cloud-report\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">2021 State of the Cloud Report<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, IT leaders\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">said<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0their public cloud spend was over budget by an average of 24 percent.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0An<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0ability to estimate and optimize costs should be a priority during\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">your\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">migration<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, and AMP can help you get there<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Get Started Today<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In my experience,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">this process<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">can\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">still\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">be<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0overwhelming if you\u2019ve never worked in the Azure space before.\u202fThe most successful migrations are done when\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">an<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0organization partners with someone who is already fully trained in AMP.\u202fMicrosoft will work with you to get started, but they generally\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">connect you<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0a partner after initial steps.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Moving to the cloud is a big deal,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">but you can take the first\u00a0step<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><a 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