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.
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