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Lift and Shift Migration Strategy

3 posts · Feb 2015 – Feb 2021

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This post continues the evolution of migration strategies by detailing a practical walkthrough of migrating Work Items and Source Code from on-premises TFS to Visual Studio Online using Excel and direct source code migration. It builds upon the conceptual guidance of the first whitepaper, providing a step-by-step approach for a simulated environment and addressing common post-migration questions.

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  1. On Prem To The Cloud: Lift and Shift (Ep 2)This post elaborates on the 'lift and shift' migration strategy, focusing on re-hosting existing workloads in Azure without application modifications. It details the concept, considerations like cost and team responsibility, and introduces Azure Migrate as a toolset for discovery, assessment, and replication of on-premises servers to Azure Virtual Machines. The post emphasizes a phased approach and the importance of communication throughout the migration process.
  2. On Prem To The Cloud: Getting Started (Ep 1)Introduces the first episode of a series on cloud migration, focusing on the initial steps of migrating an on-premises ASP.NET website, Windows service, and SQL Server database to Azure. It emphasizes the principles of starting small and defining success criteria. The post details the use of Application Insights for dependency discovery, including the Application Map feature. It provides instructions for instrumenting applications using Codeless Attach with PowerShell (`Enable-ApplicationInsightsMonitoring`) and by including the Application Insights SDK. It also discusses setting custom cloud role names and instance names for better visibility in Application Insights.
  3. Understanding migrations from on-premises TFS to Visual Studio OnlineThis post provides a detailed walkthrough of migrating Work Items and Source Code from on-premises TFS to Visual Studio Online. It outlines the use of Excel for Work Item migration and direct migration for source code. The content is based on a simulated on-premises environment and includes common post-migration questions and answers. It complements a previous whitepaper that covered migration concepts and strategy selection.