| title |
Glossary |
| description |
Key Azure Migrate and CAF terminology |
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Throughout this workshop the following terms are used consistently:
| Term |
Meaning |
| WDS |
Whiteboard Design Session — a collaborative design exercise using whiteboards |
| CAF |
Cloud Adoption Framework — Microsoft's methodology for cloud adoption |
| ArcBox |
Azure Jumpstart ArcBox — the simulated on-premises lab environment |
| Term |
Definition |
| Appliance |
A lightweight VM deployed on-premises that discovers and assesses servers |
| Discovery |
The process of finding and cataloging on-premises servers, apps, and dependencies |
| Assessment |
An evaluation of on-premises workloads for Azure readiness, sizing, and cost |
| Readiness |
Whether a workload can run in Azure as-is, with changes, or not at all |
| Dependency mapping |
Visualising which servers communicate with each other |
| Migration wave |
A group of workloads migrated together in a single batch |
| Project key |
A credential used to register the appliance with an Azure Migrate project |
| Phase |
Description |
| Plan |
Define migration strategy, assess workloads, prioritise waves |
| Prepare |
Set up Azure environment, deploy tooling (appliance), configure credentials |
| Execute |
Run assessments, perform migrations, validate results |
| Optimise |
Right-size resources, apply cost controls, configure governance |
| Decommission |
Retire source infrastructure after successful validation |
| Service |
Purpose in This Workshop |
| Azure Migrate |
Discovery, assessment, and migration orchestration |
| Azure Arc |
Hybrid management for servers that remain on-premises |
| Azure Policy |
Governance controls (e.g., allowed regions, required tags) |
| Azure SQL Managed Instance |
PaaS option for SQL Server migration |
| Azure Site Recovery |
Disaster recovery and migration replication |
| Azure Monitor |
Post-migration monitoring and alerting |
| Term |
Definition |
| GDPR |
General Data Protection Regulation — EU regulation on personal data protection |
| Data residency |
Requirement that data is stored in a specific geographic region |
| PII |
Personally Identifiable Information — data that can identify an individual |
| Data sovereignty |
Legal requirement that data is subject to the laws of the country where it's stored |
| Term |
Definition |
| Microsoft Entra ID |
Microsoft's cloud identity and access management service (formerly Azure Active Directory) |
| RBAC |
Role-Based Access Control — grants permissions based on assigned roles |