Agenda

Workshop Agenda

Total Duration: 7 hours (10:00–17:00) Format: Hands-on labs + Whiteboard Design Sessions Scoring: 100 points competitive leaderboard

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  title Azure Migration MicroHack (10:00 – 17:00)
  dateFormat HH:mm
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  section Morning
      Welcome & Azure 101       :welcome, 10:00, 15m
      Scenario Introduction     :scenario, 10:15, 15m
      C1 Plan                   :crit, c1, 10:30, 45m
      C2 Appliance              :active, c2, 11:15, 75m
  section Break
      Lunch (Discovery runs)    :lunch, 12:30, 45m
  section Afternoon
      C3 Assessment             :active, c3, 13:15, 45m
      C4 Execute                :crit, c4, 14:00, 30m
      Coffee Break              :break, 14:30, 15m
      C5 Curveball              :c5, 14:45, 30m
      C6 Optimise               :c6, 15:15, 45m
      C7 Presentations          :done, c7, 16:00, 45m
      Wrap-up                   :wrapup, 16:45, 15m

Morning Session

10:00–10:15 — Welcome & Introductions (15 min)

Type: Facilitated | Points: —

Welcome and team introductions
Workshop objectives and format
Quick Azure portal orientation (assumes Azure 101 pre-work completed)
Locating Azure Migrate

10:15–10:30 — Scenario Introduction (15 min)

Type: Facilitated | Points: —

Contoso Bakery case study presentation
Team formation (self-organising, 4 per team)
ArcBox environment walkthrough

10:30–11:15 — Challenge 1: Plan (45 min)

Type: Whiteboard Design Session | Points: 25

Assessment strategy design
Dependency mapping approach
Migration wave prioritisation matrix
Deliverable: Photographed whiteboard with wave plan

CAF Phase: Plan

11:15–12:30 — Challenge 2: Deploy Appliance (75 min)

Type: Hands-on Lab | Points: 25

Create Azure Migrate project
Generate project key
Import Azure Migrate VHD to Hyper-V
Configure and register appliance
Add credentials (Windows, Linux, SQL)
Start discovery

CAF Phase: Prepare

12:30–13:15 — Lunch (45 min)

Discovery continues in background.

Afternoon Session

13:15–14:00 — Challenge 3: Assessment (45 min)

Type: Hands-on Lab | Points: 20

Verify discovered servers in Azure portal
Create Azure VM assessment (performance-based)
Create Azure SQL assessment
Interpret readiness status
Export and document key findings

CAF Phase: Execute (Assessment)

14:00–14:30 — Challenge 4: Execute (30 min)

Type: Whiteboard Design Session | Points: 15

Tool selection per workload type
Migration sequencing plan
Rollback strategy design
Deliverable: Migration runbook outline

CAF Phase: Execute (Planning)

14:30–14:45 — Break (15 min)

14:45–15:15 — Challenge 5: Curveball (30 min)

Type: Whiteboard Design Session | Points: 10

SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT at 14:45
Teams adapt their migration plan
Address new compliance requirements
Update target architecture

CAF Phase: Execute (Adaptation)

15:15–16:00 — Challenge 6: Optimise (45 min)

Type: Whiteboard Design Session | Points: —

Cost estimation and optimisation
Reserved Instance strategy
Right-sizing recommendations
Azure Arc for remaining on-prem workloads
Governance design (policies, management groups)

CAF Phase: Optimise

16:00–16:45 — Challenge 7: Presentation (45 min)

Type: Team Presentations | Points: 5

8-minute chalk-talk per team
3 mandatory objections to address:
1. PaaS vs IaaS justification
2. Rollback procedure
3. GDPR compliance approach
Peer appreciation

CAF Phase: All (Synthesis)

16:45–17:00 — Wrap-up (15 min)

Leaderboard reveal and winner announcement
Key takeaways and lessons learned
Resource cleanup (run cleanup script)
Feedback form completion
Q&A

Points Summary

Challenge	Duration	Type	Points
Pre-work: Azure 101	30 min	Self-paced	—
Challenge 1: Plan	45 min	WDS	25
Challenge 2: Appliance	75 min	Hands-on	25
Challenge 3: Assessment	45 min	Hands-on	20
Challenge 4: Execute	30 min	WDS	15
Challenge 5: Curveball	30 min	WDS	10
Challenge 6: Optimise	45 min	WDS	—
Challenge 7: Presentation	45 min	Present	5
Total	7 hours		100
Bonus Opportunities	—	—	+15