Throughout this workshop the following terms are used consistently:
| Term | Meaning |
|---|
| WDS | Whiteboard Design Session — a collaborative design exercise using whiteboards |
| CAF | Cloud Adoption Framework — Microsoft’s methodology for cloud adoption |
| ArcBox | Azure Jumpstart ArcBox — the simulated on-premises lab environment |
| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Appliance | A lightweight VM deployed on-premises that discovers and assesses servers |
| Discovery | The process of finding and cataloging on-premises servers, apps, and dependencies |
| Assessment | An evaluation of on-premises workloads for Azure readiness, sizing, and cost |
| Readiness | Whether a workload can run in Azure as-is, with changes, or not at all |
| Dependency mapping | Visualising which servers communicate with each other |
| Migration wave | A group of workloads migrated together in a single batch |
| Project key | A credential used to register the appliance with an Azure Migrate project |
| Phase | Description |
|---|
| Plan | Define migration strategy, assess workloads, prioritise waves |
| Prepare | Set up Azure environment, deploy tooling (appliance), configure credentials |
| Execute | Run assessments, perform migrations, validate results |
| Optimise | Right-size resources, apply cost controls, configure governance |
| Decommission | Retire source infrastructure after successful validation |
| Service | Purpose in This Workshop |
|---|
| Azure Migrate | Discovery, assessment, and migration orchestration |
| Azure Arc | Hybrid management for servers that remain on-premises |
| Azure Policy | Governance controls (e.g., allowed regions, required tags) |
| Azure SQL Managed Instance | PaaS option for SQL Server migration |
| Azure Site Recovery | Disaster recovery and migration replication |
| Azure Monitor | Post-migration monitoring and alerting |
| Term | Definition |
|---|
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation — EU regulation on personal data protection |
| Data residency | Requirement that data is stored in a specific geographic region |
| PII | Personally Identifiable Information — data that can identify an individual |
| Data sovereignty | Legal requirement that data is subject to the laws of the country where it’s stored |
| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft’s cloud identity and access management service (formerly Azure Active Directory) |
| RBAC | Role-Based Access Control — grants permissions based on assigned roles |
