Migrate on-premises machines to Azure

This article describes options for migrating on-premises machines to Azure.

Migrate with Azure Migrate

We recommend that you migrate machines to Azure using the Azure Migrate service. Azure Migrate is purpose-built for server migration. Azure Migrate provides a centralized hub for discovery, assessment, and migration of on-premises machines to Azure.

Follow these links to migrate with Azure Migrate:

Migrate with Site Recovery

Site Recovery should be used for disaster recovery only, and not migration.

If you're already using Azure Site Recovery, and you want to continue using it for migration, follow the same steps that you use for disaster recovery.

Note

When you run a failover for disaster recovery, as a last step you commit the failover. When you migrate on-premises machines, the Commit option isn't relevant. Instead, you select the Complete Migration option.

Next steps

Review common questions about Azure Migrate.