Migration Guide
Migrate from AWS to Azure
Full cloud migration: map EC2 to Azure VMs, S3 to Blob Storage, RDS to Azure Database, Lambda to Azure Functions, IAM to Entra ID, and networking reconfiguration.
What you get
Risk assessment
Blockers, warnings, and unknowns ranked by severity
Effort estimate
Hours, t-shirt size, and role breakdown
Cost estimate
Labor, infrastructure, and tooling cost range
Migration steps
Ordered execution plan with durations
Open questions
What still needs to be answered before you start
Draft config or code
Starter configs when the migration path supports it
Why teams migrate from AWS to Azure
Good fit when
- +Organizations with Microsoft enterprise agreements, Office 365, or Active Directory investments.
- +Teams that need deep Entra ID (Azure AD) integration for identity and access management.
- +Regulated industries leveraging Azure's government and compliance offerings.
Strengths
- Seamless integration with Microsoft 365, Entra ID, and the enterprise Microsoft ecosystem.
- Strong hybrid cloud story with Azure Arc and Azure Stack.
- Comprehensive compliance portfolio for government, healthcare, and financial services.
Tradeoffs
- Service naming and organization differ significantly from AWS; expect a learning curve.
- Some AWS services (e.g., Lambda@Edge, Step Functions) have less direct Azure equivalents.
- Azure portal UX and CLI differ from AWS Console; team retraining needed.
Migration notes
- Map AWS IAM to Entra ID (Azure AD) with role-based access control and managed identities.
- Migrate storage: S3 to Azure Blob Storage, EBS to Azure Managed Disks, EFS to Azure Files.
- Plan database migration: RDS to Azure Database (PostgreSQL/MySQL/SQL), DynamoDB to Cosmos DB.
- Translate VPC networking to Azure VNets, NSGs, and Application Gateway.
- Migrate compute: EC2 to Azure VMs, ECS/Fargate to Azure Container Apps/AKS, Lambda to Azure Functions.
How it works
Describe your migration
Select AWS as source and Azure as target. Add context about your setup — configs, docs, architecture notes.
Keshro runs the analysis
Keshro researches the path, finds similar past migrations, and generates a structured assessment with risks, effort, cost, and steps.
Get your plan
Review the migration plan, refine it with your team, and use it as a living document during execution.
Resources
Related migrations
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