We’re pleased to
announce that Azure Migrate now generally supports discovery and assessment
of SMB and NFS file shares hosted on Windows and Linux servers. This gives
customers a complete, data-driven view of their file share environment and a
clear path to migrate to Azure Files. The capability entered preview in
mid-February and is now generally available worldwide. The
adoption during public preview has been strong, with hundreds of customers
creating file share assessments, actively planning and executing migrations to
Azure Files.
Key benefits include:
- Discover and review
on-premises SMB/NFS shares from Windows/Linux environments
- Group, tag, and filter
shares for better planning
- Generate business cases
comparing Azure Files and on-premises costs
- Assess shares with Azure
Files SKU recommendations based on region, redundancy, media type, and
performance
- Alternately, evaluate move
to Azure VMs for quick lift and shift rehost
This enhancement streamlines migration
planning, reduces guesswork, and speeds up transitions to Azure Files,
especially for complex environments.
Getting started: Use Azure portal to set up discovery and run Azure Files assessments in
your Azure Migrate project.
Learn more.