Azure Hybrid, Multi-Cloud & Migration Architecture Hub 🌐🚚
Enterprise cloud modernization encompasses seamlessly transitioning legacy on-premises physical and virtual infrastructure to Microsoft Azure while extending Azure control plane governance, security, and GitOps across edge sites, private datacenters, and third-party clouds (AWS and GCP).
Architectural Decision Framework
Modernization Objective
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Active Datacenter Migration Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Governance
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[[Azure/migration/azure-migrate|Azure Migrate]] [[Azure/migration/azure-arc|Azure Arc]]
- Agentless Discovery Appliance (OVA/VHD) - Arc-Enabled Servers (himds agent)
- Performance-Based Right Sizing Assessments - Arc-Enabled Kubernetes (Flux v2 GitOps)
- Non-Disruptive Isolated Test Migrations - Azure Policy Guest Configuration
- Block-Level Delta Replication & Cutover - Zero-Public-IP Arc SSH Remote Access
Migration & Hybrid Capabilities Matrix
Capability Azure Solution AWS Equivalent GCP Equivalent Key Cloud Native Differentiator Hybrid Control Plane Azure Arc AWS Systems Manager / ECS Anywhere Google Distributed Cloud / Anthos Projects any server (bare-metal, AWS, GCP) or CNCF Kubernetes cluster directly into ARM as a first-class resource. Fleet GitOps Automation Arc Flux v2 GitOps AWS Proton / App Mesh Config Sync (ACM) Continuous reconciliation of Kubernetes cluster state across hundreds of edge clusters via central Git repositories. Datacenter Discovery Azure Migrate AWS Application Discovery Service Migration Center Discovery Agentless appliance discovers VMs, mapped dependencies, and real-time performance profiles via vCenter APIs. TCO & Business Case Azure Migrate Business Case AWS Migration Evaluator Migration Center TCO Automatically incorporates Azure Hybrid Benefit (AHB) and reserved instances to calculate realistic 3-year TCO. Disaster Recovery / Replication Azure Site Recovery AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) Migrate for Compute Engine Replicates disk blocks directly into Azure Managed Disks with non-disruptive sandbox testing.
Service Catalog
Multi-Cloud Equivalents
Capability Microsoft Azure Amazon Web Services (AWS) Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Hybrid Fleet Management Azure Arc-enabled Servers AWS Systems Manager Google Cloud Compute Engine (Hybrid) Multi-Cloud Kubernetes Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes Amazon EKS Anywhere Google Distributed Cloud (Anthos) Migration Assessment Azure Migrate AWS Migration Evaluator Migration Center Server Replication Migrate AWS Application Migration Service Migrate for Compute Engine