Migrating On-Premises Workloads to Azure

Transitioning from physical on-premises infrastructure to the cloud can seem overwhelming without a structured roadmap. Understanding how to safely assess, prepare, and transition your workloads is essential for modern IT environments. This course provides a clear, step-by-step path to planning and executing successful migrations to Azure. You will gain the confidence to evaluate your current setup, select the right migration strategies, and move workloads with minimal downtime. What you'll learn: - Understand foundational cloud migration terminology, frameworks, and the cloud adoption lifecycle. - Assess on-premises environments using Azure Migrate to determine cloud readiness and cost estimations. - Replicate and migrate physical servers, virtual machines, and databases to Azure services. - Apply modern hybrid cloud management techniques using Azure Arc to govern resources across environments. - Configure secure network connectivity between on-premises data centers and Azure. - Validate and optimize migrated workloads for performance, security, and cost-efficiency. We begin with core migration concepts and assessment strategies before moving into practical migration techniques, database transitions, and post-migration optimization. This text-based course is designed for system administrators, IT professionals, and cloud enthusiasts who are new to cloud migration. No prior Azure migration experience is required, though a basic understanding of networking and virtualization is helpful. Start reading today to build the skills needed to transition your infrastructure to the cloud.