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How do I
approach migration?
Successful cloud migration requires solid planning and a clear methodology.
It's common for companies to seek a cloud-first approach, but still be unsure of
how and where to start.
To address your concerns, Microsoft has developed a three-step migration
strategy: Assess, Migrate, and Optimize (Figure 2). Each step includes a set
of integrated tools and offerings to ensure you can choose the scope of
your migration—from a single database to an entire datacenter. Using this
migration approach and tools from Azure at various stages, you can rapidly lift
and shift existing SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2 databases to Azure SQL Database
Managed Instance.
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