Microsoft Datacenter Migration Program Kit (DCM Kit)
DCM Kit is a set of materials in a form of documents, decks and external links to help CSP partners in Hoster DC Migration Program (DCM) with their migration journey.
Last update: March 23, 2021
Getting started
- DCM Migration Journey Overview (pptx)
- Azure Strategic Implementation Guide for IT Organizations New to Azure (pdf)
- Azure Migrate (link)
- Cloud Adoption Framework (link)
- Azure lighthouse cross-customer management at scale (link)
- Well architected framework (link)
- Turning to a new chapter of Windows Server innovation (link)
- Selling Azure Migrate community blog (link)
CSP Onboarding
- Azure in CSP 101 (pptx)
- Azure in CSP Overview (link)
- Partner Center Overview (link)
- Identity and Right Management in CSP model (link)
- API integration with Azure in CSP (link)
- Azure Cost Management for CSP Partners (link)
- CSP regional authorization FAQ (pdf)
- New commerce platform (link)
Understanding Azure IaaS
- Cloud principles playbook (pdf)
- Quoting Azure IAAS (pdf)
- Azure IaaS 101 (pptx)
- Azure Compute Overview (pptx)
- Azure Networking Overview (pptx)
- Azure Storage Overview (pptx)
- Cost optimizations for Azure IaaS (pptx)
- Azure Reserved VM Instances Overview (link)
- Working with Azure Reserved VM Instances in CSP (link)
- Azure Hybrid Use Benefit for Windows Server Overview (link and video)
- Azure IaaS Operations Guidance (link)
- Azure VM Storage Performance and Throttling Demystified (link)
- Deployment of Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop in Azure (link)
- Turning to a new chapter of windows server innovation (link)
- Kubernetes ebook collection (link)
Understanding Azure Database Services
- Database migration guides (link)
- Options for running SQL Server in Azure (pptx)
- Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Overview (pptx)
- Azure Hybrid Use Benefit for SQL Server Overview (link)
- Azure Database Services for MySQL, PostgreSQL and MariaDB (pptx)
- Azure SQL Data Warehouse Overview (link)
- Azure Cosmos DB Overview (link)
- Getting started with Azure Cosmos DB (link)
- Onboarding Cosmos DB Best practises (link)
- Optimizing performance and ROI with Cosmos DB (link)
- Best Practices for migrating large databases to Azure Database for MySQ (link)
Understanding Windows virtual Desktop
- Windows virtual desktop (link)
- How to migrate VDI to Azure and WVD (link)
- Getting started: Windows Virtual Desktop ARM-based Azure portal (link)
- Introduction to Windows Virtual Desktop in Microsoft Azure (link)
- Prepare for Windows Virtual Desktop in Microsoft Azure (link)
- Provision an Azure tenant and set up Azure Active Directory (link)
- Deploy Windows Virtual Desktop in Microsoft Azure (link)
- Optimize Windows Virtual Desktop in Microsoft Azure (link)
- Windows Virtual Desktop Sales and Business Value Fundamentals (link)
- Desktop virtualization using Windows Virtual Desktop-service architecture (link)
- Azure academy WVD on youtube (link)
- WVD: Migration guide for remote desktop services (link)
Migration techniques
- Migration Techniques Overview (pptx)
- VM lift & shift using Azure Site Recovery (pptx, video #1 and video #2)
- Azure Database Migration Guide (link)
- Migration from SQL Server to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance (link)
- Attunity Replicate for Azure Database Migrations (link)
- Migrating Access, DB2, MySQL, Oracle and Sybase databases to Azure SQL Database using SSMA (link)
- Converting apps to Azure Containers (link)
- IIS migration to Azure App Service using App Service Migration Assistant (link)
- Mainframe migration to Azure (pptx)
- Azure migrate tutorial Microsoft Mechanics (link)
- An end-to-end process for lifting and shifting your applications to Azure (link)
- Azure Migration Center (link)
- Cloud Migration and Modernization Playbook (pdf)
- Auzre migrate Ebook (link)
- Migration guide for Windows server (link)
- Azure smart calculator (link)
Optimizing Azure environments
- MSP Playbook (pdf)
- Cost optimizations for Azure IaaS (pptx)
- Moving Windows Server and SQL Server licenses from SPLA to CSP (link)
- Azure Architecture Center (link)
- Backup of Azure VMs (pptx)
- Options for monitoring in Azure (link)
- Why it is important to create support requests (link)
- Multi-customer monitoring with Azure Log Analytics (link)
- Azure Security Center Overview (video and link)
- Azure Kubernetes Services Overview (video)
- Performance best practices for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines (link)
- Capabilities for GDPR compliance in Azure (link)
- Cloud Practice Playbooks (link)
- Deploying and Managing Azure Sentinal as Code (link)
- Combining Azure Lighthouse with Sentinel’s DevOps capabilities (link)
- The Ultimate Guide to Windows Server on Azure (link)
Security
- Azure Security Expert Series (link)
Culture
- Five steps to culture change (link)
- Differentiate your organization in three key steps (link)
- MSP playbook (link)
Other learning resources
- Microsoft Cloud Workshop catalog (link)
- Microsoft Learn (link)
- Azure migrate on partner network (link)
- Training center on partner network (link)
- Azure Architecture Center (link)
Certification
- Roadmap (link)
Azure
- improve productivity (link)
- Azure tips and Tricks (link)
- total economic impact study for azure (link)
Azure selling
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Sales and services: A guide to building Resilience (link)
Cloudlabs Sales training
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(1) Introduction Selling Azure Migrate (link)
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(2) How to match an existing VM with an Azure VM (link)
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(3) Processor generations and the consequences of selecting the right sized Azure VM (link)
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(4) The secrets of the pricing of an Azure VM (link)
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(5) How to make a pragmatich storage cost estimate (link)
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(6) The Cloud Journey (link)
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(7) Selling Quality of Services (link)
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(8) AWS Azure Compete (link)
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(9) The new way of selling Azure Migrate (link)
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(10) GBRAM Core ratios and the impact on pricing (link)
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(11) Assess the viability to migrate a Dynamics customer to D365 (link)
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(12) Building three financial migration scenarios (link)
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(13) Make your Azure business more profitable (link)
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(14) End customer assessment with the CloudLab app (link)