AZ-900 Practice Question 85: Azure Migrate Assessment

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) · Test 9 · question 5 of 10

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Before committing to a migration project, a company wants to inventory its on-premises servers and SQL Server databases, check which ones are ready to move to Azure, and get a recommended Azure VM size for each one. Which free Azure service is built for this?

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Answer:

A. Azure Migrate

Azure Migrate is described as a free, unified platform that helps you discover, assess, and migrate on-premises workloads to Azure. Its assessment phase does exactly what the company wants before moving anything: it evaluates whether on-premises servers and SQL Server databases are ready for Azure, and produces right-sizing recommendations (the appropriate Azure VM size or SQL configuration) along with cost estimates, all from a single portal.

Option B, Azure Data Box, moves large volumes of data into Azure on physical storage devices when bandwidth is the constraint; it has no concept of readiness assessment or VM sizing. Option C, Azure Advisor, reviews resources that are *already deployed* in Azure and recommends cost, security, and performance improvements; it has no visibility into an on-premises datacenter. Option D, Azure Resource Mover, relocates existing Azure resources between regions after they are already in Azure; it plays no role in planning a migration from on-premises.

Reference: About Azure Migrate

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