Assessing and Planning Microsoft Azure Migration
Azure migrations fail when planning is rushed. This course teaches you to assess existing infrastructure, identify migration blockers, and design realistic cloud transition roadmaps—essential skills as organisations accelerate their cloud-first strategies.
AIU.ac Verdict: Ideal for cloud architects, infrastructure engineers, and IT strategists who need to evaluate on-premises workloads for Azure viability. Best suited to those with foundational Azure knowledge; pure beginners may need prerequisite exposure to Azure fundamentals first.
What This Course Covers
You’ll learn the critical assessment phase: evaluating current infrastructure, identifying dependencies, calculating total cost of ownership, and determining migration readiness. The course covers Azure’s assessment tools, discovery methodologies, and how to spot common blockers—licensing conflicts, compliance constraints, performance requirements—before they derail your project.
The planning module focuses on designing migration strategies: lift-and-shift vs. refactoring decisions, sequencing workload migrations, managing cutover risks, and building stakeholder buy-in. You’ll work through real scenarios where assessment findings directly inform strategy, ensuring your migration roadmap is grounded in actual infrastructure realities rather than assumptions.
Who Is This Course For?
Ideal for:
- Cloud Architects: Need structured assessment frameworks to evaluate enterprise workloads and design migration strategies that balance cost, risk, and timeline.
- Infrastructure & Operations Engineers: Responsible for assessing current systems and planning the technical execution of Azure migrations at scale.
- IT Strategy & Transformation Leaders: Must justify migration decisions to leadership and stakeholders using data-driven assessment and realistic planning.
May not suit:
- Azure Beginners: This assumes working knowledge of Azure services and cloud concepts; start with Azure fundamentals first.
- Developers Focused on Application Code: Course emphasises infrastructure and organisational planning, not application-level refactoring or development practices.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does Assessing and Planning Microsoft Azure Migration take?
1 hour 36 minutes. Designed for busy professionals—consumable in a single session or broken into focused segments.
What Azure knowledge do I need before starting?
Foundational familiarity with Azure services (VMs, storage, networking) is assumed. If you’re new to Azure, complete an Azure fundamentals course first.
Does this course include hands-on labs?
Yes. Pluralsight courses include interactive sandboxes and practical exercises so you can apply assessment and planning concepts in real scenarios.
Will this help me pass Azure certification exams?
This course covers assessment and planning topics relevant to Azure architect and migration specialist certifications, though it’s not a dedicated exam prep course.
Course by Michael Teske on Pluralsight. Duration: 1h 36m. Last verified by AIU.ac: March 2026.
