AZ-900 Certification Notes

Chapter 6.7 - Additional Migration Options

Two More Migration Solutions

• Azure Data Box
• Azure Migrate

Azure Data Box

Scenario: Transfer LOTS of data and/or limited bandwidth

• Lots = Too much to transfer over the internet
• Relative to available network bandwidth Offline data transfer to/from Azure Copy data to physical data storage device (Data Box)
• Encrypted
• Rugged Ship Data Box to/from Azure
• To Azure: Data Box data transferred to storage account
• From Azure: Data Box delivered to on-premises location for on-site transfer

Data Box Use Cases

• Initial bulk data migration
• Disaster recovery
  • Restore Azure backup to on-premises location
• Security Requirements
  • Sensitive data that cannot be sent over the internet

Azure Migrate

Migrate non-Azure resources into Azure

• Servers
• Databases
• Applications

Azure Migrate Scenario: Migrate Datacenter to Azure

• Discover dependent resources to migrate
• Migrate VMs
• Migrate databases to managed database services (e.g., Azure SQL)
• Migrate on-premises applications and dependencies
• Migrate bulk data with Data Box