Migrate your existing, on-premises applications into the Microsoft Azure
cloud platform. This book covers the best practices to plan, implement,
and operationalize the migration of a database application from your
organization's data center to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.
Data modernization and migration is a technologically complex endeavor
that can also be taxing from a leadership and operational standpoint.
This book covers not only the technology, but also the most important
aspects of organization culture, communication, and politics that so
frequently derail such projects. You will learn the most important steps
to ensuring a successful migration and see battle-tested wisdom from
industry veterans. From executive sponsorship, to executing the
migration, to the important steps following migration, you will learn
how to effectively conduct future migrations and ensure that your team
and your database application delivers on the expected business value of
the project.
This book is unlike any other currently in the market. It takes you
through the most critical business and technical considerations and
workflows for moving your data and databases into the cloud, with
special attention paid to those who are deploying to the Microsoft Data
Platform in Azure, especially SQL Server. Although this book focuses on
migrating on-premises SQL Server enterprises to hybrid or fully
cloud-based Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instances, it also
cover topics involving migrating non-SQL Server database platforms such
as Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL applications to Microsoft Azure.
What You Will Learn
- Plan a database migration that ensures smooth project progress,
optimal performance, low operating cost, and minimal downtime
- Properly analyze and manage non-technical considerations, such as
legal compliance, privacy, and team execution
- Perform a thorough architectural analysis to select the best Azure
services, performance tiers, and cost-containment features
- Avoid pitfalls and common reasons for failure relating to corporate
culture, intra-office politics, and poor communications
- Secure the proper executive champions who can execute the business
planning needed for success
- Apply proven criteria to determine your future-state architecture and
your migration method
- Execute your migration using a process proven by the authors over
years of successful projects
Who This Book Is For
IT leadership, strategic IT decision makers, project owners and
managers, and enterprise and application architects. For anyone looking
toward cloud migration projects as the next stage of growth in their
careers. Also useful for enterprise DBAs and consultants who might be
involved in such projects. Readers should have experience and be
competent in designing, coding, implementing, and supporting database
applications in an on-premises environment.
