Thought exercise

This section allows you to reflect on all the information presented in this chapter and apply it in a customer requirements scenario.

Migration assessment discovery output

The following inventory was discovered from an organization assessment. What approach should you take for each of the inventory items listed?:

  • Active Directory and DNS – Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Email – Exchange Server 2010
  • Intranet – SharePoint Foundation 2010
  • User shares – Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Company shares – Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Line of Business Apps (App Servers) – Linux
  • Line of Business Apps (Database Servers) – MySQL
  • Remote Desktop Services – Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Backup – Systems Center Data Protection Manager 2010
  • Fax Server – Windows Server 2008 R2
  • VPN – Firewall
  • NAS – QNAP

Now that you have identified an approach to take for each of the inventory items listed, the following section will look at the solution proposal.

Migration solution proposal

The following represents the strategy that will be taken for each of the discovered inventory items:

  • Active Directory and DNS – Windows Server 2008 R2

Proposed Strategy: Rehost as Azure IaaS VM; investigate future refactor to Azure AD Domain Services.

  • Email – Exchange Server 2010

Proposed Strategy: Replace with Exchange Online.

  • Intranet – SharePoint Foundation 2010

Proposed Strategy: Replace with SharePoint Online.

  • User shares – Windows Server 2008 R2

Proposed Strategy: Replace with OneDrive for Business or Azure Files.

  • Company shares – Windows Server 2008 R2

Proposed Strategy: Rehost as Azure IaaS VM; investigate future refactor to Azure Files.

  • Line of Business Apps (App Servers) – Linux

Proposed Strategy: Rehost as Azure IaaS VM; investigate future refactor to PaaS as Azure Database for MySQL.

  • Line of Business Apps (Database Servers) – MySQL

Proposed Strategy: Rehost as Azure IaaS VM; investigate future refactor to PaaS as Azure App Service.

  • Remote Desktop Services – Windows Server 2008 R2

Proposed Strategy: Refactor as Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD).

  • Backup – Systems Center Data Protection Manager 2010

Proposed Strategy: Replace with Azure Backup.

  • Fax Server – Windows Server 2008 R2

Proposed Strategy: Retire.

  • VPN Server – Firewall

Proposed Strategy: Replace with Azure VPN Gateway and Azure Firewall; alternatively, investigate third-party vendor Network Virtual Appliance (NVA).

  • NAS – QNAP

Proposed Strategy: Refactor as Azure Files or Azure NetApp Files (ANF).

This section involved a thought exercise to look at the migration approach applied to an organization’s inventory.