Last month I was allowed the opportunity to deliver
Microsoft's workshop "Data Modernization in a Day" in Edina, Minnesota and Irving, Texas. The workshop is a
deep-dive, interactive exploration of how to migrate applications and databases
to the cloud. The purpose of the event is for professionals in data management
and technical decision-making roles to better understand the following:
• The
reasoning and value of migrating applications and databases to Azure
• How
to whiteboard a data migration strategy
• Tools
and methods available to help you migrate your data
The morning was
spent understanding the motivations and value of data modernization and how to
plan for it using Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF). This included
information on how your cost on Azure can be reduced and how your cloud
experience can be improved with assessments and optimization before moving to
the cloud. The afternoon was used for case study reviews and two (2) hands-on
labs:
1. Migrating
SQL databases to Azure
This was to showed
attendees how to assess their on premises SQL Server 2008 databases and then
migrate it to Azure SQL Managed Instance.
2. Line-of-business
application migration
This was to show
attendees how to perform an assessment and migration of a workload which
included a database, application and web tier as well as a web proxy. The
environment was running on Hyper-V virtual machines which included Windows and
Linux operating systems.
The decks for the
sessions:
The labs (Just
Exercise 1 and 2):
Some general links
that were mentioned and would be useful in your modernization process:
- Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-adoption-framework/
- Comparison of Azure SQL DB (single and elastic pool) and Managed Instance - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-features
- Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly SQL DW) architecture - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/massively-parallel-processing-mpp-architecture
- Hyperscale service tier - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-service-tier-hyperscale
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