Join Thomas and Raf for this episode of the Azure Essentials Show, as they explore a series of tips and best practices to help you successfully migrate your workloads from AWS to Azure. Together, they share expert strategies, highlight common migration challenges, and explain how to align stakeholders, manage risks, and use a blue-green cutover approach for a smooth transition. By watching, you'll gain practical insights to help your organization plan and execute a successful cloud migration. 

 In this episode, you will learn 

- The importance of stakeholder alignment throughout the migration process to prevent scope creep and ensure project success. 
- Why migrating workloads "like-for-like" before modernizing reduces risk and builds stakeholder confidence. 
- How using a blue-green cutover approach minimizes downtime and risk during the transition from AWS to Azure. 

After watching this episode, be sure to check out the Microsoft Learn article to review the complete five-phase migration process and checklists. 

 

Resources 
- Migrate a workload from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/migration/migrate-workload-from-aws-introduction 
- More Essential resources! https://azure.com/AzureEssentials  

Related episodes 
- Azure Migration Benefits and Essential Guidance https://aka.ms/AzEssentials/204  
- Watch more episodes of the Azure Essentials Show 
https://aka.ms/AzureEssentialsShow 
 
Connect 
- Thomas Maurer https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmaurer2/  
- Raffaele Garofalo  https://www.linkedin.com/in/raffaeu/  

Chapters 
0:00 Introduction 
1:10 Four common migration problems 
2:05 The cut-over myth 
2:40 Start with a readiness assessment 
3:33 Alignment doesn’t end after the kick-off 
3:51 Migrate like-for-like 
4:22 Migrate THEN modernize 
4:49 Blue-green approach 
5:40 Realistic cost considerations 
6:30 Next steps

Microsoft Developer

A structured interview with a Microsoft partner solution architect covering three key principles for migrating workloads from AWS to Azure. The discussion highlights common failure modes: overengineering, poor stakeholder alignment, and risky big-bang cutovers. Recommended practices include starting with a readiness assessment, keeping the existing team in charge of the migration, migrating like-for-like before modernizing, and using a blue-green deployment strategy to enable safe rollback. The guidance follows a five-phase process: plan, prepare, execute, evaluate, and decommission.

Successfully Migrate Workloads from AWS to Azure