Azure cloud migration and modernization center

Get cloud migration tools and expert help to move, manage, and secure all your workloads, no matter the size of your business or industry.

Turn your vision into impact by moving to Azure

Migrate to the cloud. Save on cloud costs, increase efficiency, and accelerate growth by adopting a cloud operations–based model on infrastructure as a service (IaaS) technologies. Modernize to drive innovation with fully managed platform as a service (PaaS) offerings.
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Accelerate time to market with fully managed Azure services for PaaS, containers, low-code apps, and databases. Speed up app delivery, boost developer productivity, and join more than 70 million developers working with GitHub and Visual Studio. Find transformative solutions for any industry, including healthcare, financial services, retail, and manufacturing.

Application services

Mitigate business disruptions with built-in high-availability and disaster recovery options. Reduce your emissions footprint as you migrate and modernize with carbon-intelligent sustainability solutions. Azure is optimized for SAP. Move your SAP applications with confidence, and get data analytics and visualization services that work with both SAP and non-SAP data. Get unmatched price-performance for Windows Server and SQL Server, simplified Windows Server VM management, and SQL Server compatibility with an enterprise-grade SLA.

Data services

Extend Azure innovation to on-premises environments and enable consistent app development and DevOps practices across hybrid environments. Consistently manage and govern Linux, Windows, and SQL workloads across on-premises and multicloud environments. Get comprehensive cloud security management and workload protection for all of your assets, anywhere. Only on Azure: Get extended security updates for 3 more years at no additional charge on Windows Server 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2012 R2.

Why migrate and modernize with Azure?

Transform your business with agility, resiliency, and cost optimization. 391 percent 3-year ROI by migrating and modernizing with Azure 1

Save up to 85 percent compared to pay-as-you-go rates when migrating Windows and SQL Server licenses with Azure Hybrid Benefit 2

Save up to 54 percent versus on-premises and up to 30 percent versus AWS by migrating ASP.NET apps to Azure 3

The Microsoft cloud is up to 93 percent more energy efficient than traditional enterprise datacenters 4