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Azure Migrate enables "frictionless" VMware migrations, but rubs VMware the wrong way

by Dann Anthony Maurno
Assistant Editor, MSDW

Microsoft has launched the preview of Azure Migrate, designed to enable frictionless migration of VMware-virtualized Windows and Linux virtual machines to Azure. But, VMware advises against a migration solution that it did not help to engineer.

Microsoft first announced a limited preview at Ignite 2017 in September, and "we are humbled" by the response, writes the company's Shon Shah, principal program manager lead of Azure Migrate in a blog post.

As Shah describes Azure Migrate:

[It] enables agentless discovery of VMware-virtualized Windows and Linux virtual machines (VMs). It also supports agent-based discovery. This enables dependency visualization, for a single VM or a group of VMs, to easily identify multi-tier applications.

Azure Migrate is designed to provide a detailed (and visual) assessment of migration readiness. It purportedly answers:

  • If the VM is suitable for running in Azure
  • The right Azure VM size, based on historic utilization of CPU, memory, disk (throughput and IOPS), and network
  • The recurring Azure cost considering discounts like Azure Hybrid Benefit

The assessment further suggests workload-specific migration services (e.g., Azure Site Recovery for servers; Azure Database Migration Service).

Microsoft's Corey Sanders, director of compute, Azure, described in a separate blog post a "frictionless path to Azure for your VMware environment," even a complex multi-server application. Azure Migrate visualizes group level dependencies in multi-VM applications, "...

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About Dann Anthony Maurno

Dann Anthony Maurno is a seasoned business journalist who began his career as International Marketing Manager with Lilly Software, then moved on as a freelancer to write for such prestigious clients as CFO Magazine; Compliance Week;Manufacturing Business Technology; Decision Resources, Inc.; The Economist Intelligence Unit; and corporate clients such as Iron Mountain, Microsoft and SAP. He is the co-author of Thin Air: How Wireless Technology Supports Lean Initiatives(CRC/Productivity Press, 2010).

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