AWS MiGratioN, GCP Migrate4Cloud, and Azure Migrate pros and cons

It’s been more than 5 years since I am testing and comparing 1st party migration tools. I have seen these tools getting better over the years, with major improvements by acquisitions, end-of-life products, continuous changes, and improvements not just the tools but the methodology around, well-architected, CaF, the concept of the landing zone, 5Rs become 7Rs. In this article, I am sharing my experiences with the most commonly used cloud migration tools.

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AWS MiGratioN, GCP Migrate4Cloud, and Azure Migrate pros and cons

It’s been more than 5 years since I am testing and comparing 1st party migration tools. I have seen these tools getting better over the years, with major improvements by acquisitions, end-of-life products, continuous changes, and improvements not just the tools but the methodology around, well-architected, CaF, the concept of the landing zone, 5Rs become 7Rs. In this article, I am sharing my experiences with the most commonly used cloud migration tools.

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Hands-on Lab blog

I am running an advanced multi-cloud hands-on lab environment and sharing my experiences on cutting-edge technology to save time for everyone interested.

Interview videos

I am lucky to have great friends at both VMware, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services. We agreed to record quick 2-3 minute videos seeking together the future of VMware landing zones.

About me

My history, attitude, energy and ownership keep my interest in the data center & desktop evolution of the next decade. Mission-critical production workloads, architecture design, troubleshooting and helping others to do better.
Source System

The perfect source system for testing cloud migration tools (intro)

In the year 2019, I built an advanced VMware and Azure-based lab to teach my Microsoft colleagues on hybrid scenarios. I am working on a deployment of something similar and even more advanced these days to support testing migration tools and understand how workloads get into the Cloud.

VMware

VMware landing zones in the Cloud (Intro)

VMware is not just a legacy source system with VMs to modernize, it is about understanding how a complex on-premises solution including cloud-native workloads (Tanzu) potentially lands in public cloud(s).

Blog

Content Calendar: What’s coming here?

Upcoming blog articles and video interviews. I continue my research on cloud vendors, cloud migration companies, and potential VMware landing zones.