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Azure Server Migration Azure Migrate

Legacy names Azure Server Migration, Movere

Centralized cloud migration and modernization hub for discovering, assessing, right-sizing, and migrating on-premises servers, databases, web applications, and virtual desktops to Azure.

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  1. Azure Server Migration & Movere

    · Initial Assessment & Server Migration Tools

    Microsoft offered Azure Server Migration and Azure Migrate v1 assessment alongside Movere (acquired September 2019).

  2. Azure MigrateCurrent name

    · Unified v2 Hub & Movere Consolidation (Sep 4, 2019)

    Microsoft unified assessment, server migration, and Movere's agentless discovery and dependency mapping capabilities into the redesigned Azure Migrate hub.

What is Azure Server Migration called now?

Azure Server Migration was consolidated into Azure Migrate, with the latest change in July 2019 (Unified v2 Hub & Movere Consolidation (Sep 4, 2019)). Earlier names covered by this entry also include Movere. Centralized cloud migration and modernization hub for discovering, assessing, right-sizing, and migrating on-premises servers, databases, web applications, and virtual desktops to Azure. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.

Also known as

  • Azure Migrate: Discovery and assessment
  • Azure Migrate: Migration and modernization
  • Azure Copilot migration agent

Technical identifiers

Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.

ARM Resource Providers (Microsoft.*)Microsoft.Migrate/migrateProjects Microsoft.Migrate/assessmentProjects Microsoft.Migrate/modernizeProjects Microsoft.OffAzure/vmwareSites Microsoft.OffAzure/hyperVSites Microsoft.OffAzure/masterSites
Azure CLI (az) / PowerShellaz migrate az migrate project az migrate local New-AzMigrateProject
Entra ID / Azure RBAC RolesAzure Migrate Owner Azure Migrate Decide & Plan Expert Azure Migrate Execute Expert Contributor
Terraform Resources (azurerm_*)azapi_resource (Microsoft.Migrate/migrateProjects) azapi_resource (Microsoft.Migrate/assessmentProjects)

Azure Migrate projects use the active 'Microsoft.Migrate' and 'Microsoft.OffAzure' ARM Resource Providers, the 'az migrate' CLI extension, and 'Az.Migrate' PowerShell module.

Notes & disambiguation

  • Announced at Microsoft Ignite in September 2017 (GA February 2018) and expanded in July 2019 into a unified migration hub combining server discovery/assessment with Azure Server Migration (originally built on Azure Site Recovery replication infrastructure).
  • In September 2019, Microsoft acquired cloud readiness and IT estate discovery platform Movere, integrating its agentless inventory, dependency mapping, and business case analysis into Azure Migrate before retiring standalone Movere.
  • Azure Migrate projects and discovery appliances run on the 'Microsoft.Migrate' and 'Microsoft.OffAzure' ARM Resource Providers ('Microsoft.Migrate/migrateProjects', 'Microsoft.Migrate/assessmentProjects', and 'Microsoft.OffAzure/vmwareSites'), managed via 'az migrate' and dedicated RBAC roles ('Azure Migrate Owner', 'Azure Migrate Decide & Plan Expert', 'Azure Migrate Execute Expert').

Sources & official documentation

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