With End-of-Support for Windows Server 2003 rapidly approaching, lots of organizations are leveraging this time to modernize infrastructure to reduce costs and improve flexibility.  Today, we're kicking off a new series across our US IT Pro team to help organizations step through the planning process to just migrate servers, but also improve overall architecture along the way by smartly leveraging Hybrid Cloud components as part of the migration strategy.
 

Tune in for Part 1 of this multi-part series where Matt Hester and Keith Mayer discuss the importance of planning for your organization’s move to Windows Server 2012 R2 and Microsoft Azure. Along the way, they'll also explore and demo some of the tools that can help accelerate your migration plans.
 

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Every successful migration project starts with an effective PLAN.  In today's article in our Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud series, Dan Stolts walks us step-by-step through leveraging the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP Toolkit) to assess our current IT infrastructure and begin planning our migration towards a Hybrid Cloud strategy with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Microsoft Azure.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP Toolkit)

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In today's article in our Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud series, Kevin Remde answers the question "Are my servers and services able to be migrated to Microsoft Azure?".  Kevin walks us step-by-step through using the new FREE Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Readiness Assessment tool to analyze our current on-premises Active Directory, SQL Server and SharePoint Server services.  The resulting output provides detailed readiness guidance regarding migration of these services to Azure.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine Readiness Assessment Tool

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