Frequently asked questions
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Cloud computing allows organizations toinnovate faster and offers flexible resourcesand enhanced resilience compared to on-premises resources. With cloud services, you usually pay only for what you need and when you need it. Cloud computing can work with existing on-premises infrastructure (in a hybrid model) or replace it altogether. Learn more aboutcloud computingandcloud migration.
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The answer depends on the size and complexity of your organization's migration project, as well as your in-house IT capabilities. Azure offers a variety of resources, tools, training, and guidance for both in-house and partner-assisted migrations:
- If you want expert guidance from an experienced migration partner at every stage of your cloud migration journey, join theAzure Migration Program.
- If you want to move some or all of your workloads to the cloud yourself, take a look at theAzure migration centerfor tools and resources to migrate with confidence like migration videos, webinars, scenario guides, and learning resources for most common scenarios and workloads.
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Most data migration challenges can be mitigated by using the right migration tools and best practices, which are available through most major cloud providers. Here are some of the challenges, followed by solutions to address them:
- Loss of dataduring migration.
- Semantics risks, where there are differences in data measurement units between legacy and new systems.
- Corruption, when data integrity is eroded because of format or content differences between legacy and new systems.
- Interference, when legacy data is changed or updated as it's being migrated.
Reduce the risks of data migration challenges with these solutions:
- First, get a high-level overview ofhow to migrate to the cloud.
- Take a deep dive into migration best practices and methods in theMicrosoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure.
- Different types of workloads have different migration requirements—check outspecialized migration toolswhich you can use on your own with help from a partner.
- Many organizations work with a partner to help migrate their data. You can get connected with a qualified partner who specializes in your needs and get curated recommendations for your data migration by joining the freeAzure Migration Program.
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Azure offers cost-effective, highly secure cloud services with seamless hybrid flexibility designed to increase developer productivity. Efficiently build, run, and manage applications on-premises, in multiple clouds, and at the edge with features like:
- The most comprehensive set of compliance offerings of any cloud provider.
- Flexible pricing options—only pay for what you use.
- Multilayer security trusted by enterprises, governments, and startups.
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Azure Migrate is a service that simplifies migration to—and modernization and optimization with—Azure. It includes a unified platform to run and track migration and pre-migration steps, a range of tools for assessment, and an extensible framework that allows for the integration of third-party tools.
