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Automated Cloud Migration Pipeline

On-premises virtual machines lifted into Azure

Overview

Migrated on-premises virtual machines into Azure using Azure Migrate for discovery and assessment and Azure Site Recovery for continuous replication. Waves were planned so replication ran hot in the background and each cutover window stayed short. Every migrated workload was validated for performance, security posture, and availability before the source was decommissioned.

Engineering focus

Sequencing the waves. Dependencies between application and database servers decide the cutover order — get it wrong and a short downtime window becomes a long one.

Delivery stages

1DiscoverInventory on-prem estate
2AssessRight-size and cost model
3ReplicateContinuous ASR sync
4Test FailoverIsolated network
5CutoverShort planned window
6ValidatePerformance + security

Architecture flow

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On-Premises Datacenter
Hyper-V / VMware estate
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Azure Migrate Appliance
Discovery + dependency mapping
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Assessment Report
Sizing and cost projection
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Azure Site Recovery
Continuous replication
Azure Landing Zone
Target VNets and subnets
Post-Migration Validation
Performance · security · availability

Key outcomes

On-premises virtual machines migrated with Azure Migrate and Azure Site Recovery
Minimal downtime through staged migration and replication strategies
Post-migration workloads validated for performance, security, and availability

Stack

Azure MigrateAzure Site RecoveryReplicationVM AssessmentCutover PlanningAzure Monitor

Environment

RegionCanada Central
Resource Grouprg-migration-landing
DiscoveryAzure Migrate appliance
ReplicationAzure Site Recovery
ApproachStaged waves