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Migrate a Website from a Virtual Machine to Azure Web Apps

You are working on a team that is in the middle of upgrading an application environment, and as part of that effort, you are migrating an IIS website to Azure Web Apps. To do this, in this hands-on lab, you will be utilizing the App Service Migration Assistant to migrate your website to an Azure Web App.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 1h 0m
Published
Clock icon Jan 26, 2023

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Configure the Web Server

    • Install Internet Information Services (IIS) on the virtual machine
    • Create a simple HTML website

    NOTE: These steps can be automated using the webserver PowerShell script from the GitHub repository

  2. Challenge

    Install the App Service Migration Assistant

    • Create an Azure Migrate project.
    • Download and install the App Service Migration Assistant

  3. Challenge

    Migrate the Website

    • Configure the App Service Migration Assistant to migrate the default website

    • Connect the App Service Migration Assistant to your Azure subscription

      • Important:
        • Use the existing App Service plan
          • By default, the Migration Assistant will deploy an App Service plan that is not permitted in the lab environment
        • Use the existing resource group
          • Creation of a new resource groups is not permitted in the lab environment

    • Confirm the website has been successfully migrated

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