Cloud and AI Platform
Migrate and Modernize Your Estate
Intermediate
Microsoft AzureModernize apps and databases
Understand the Azure apps, databases and cloud concepts. This course equips IT professionals and developers with the knowledge and practical skills to successfully migrate and modernize legacy applications and databases using Microsoft Azure services. It focuses on strategies, tools, and best practices for cloud adoption, modernization patterns, and platform-native solutions.
8 hours(Suggested: 2 days, 4h/day)TechnicalProject ReadyHands-on Labs
MS Course ID: 00653
Last Updated: Feb 17, 2026
Course Syllabus
1
Migrate and modernize databases
Module 1: Modernize at scale
• Accelerate modernization powered by Agentic AI
• Azure Copilot and the migration agent
• GitHub Copilot modernization
• Database modernization
Module 2: Understand Cloud Adoption
• Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
• Azure landing zones
• Migrate or modernize apps and databases
• Modernize VMware solutions
Module 3: Approaches to migrate legacy databases toAzure
• Key Tools for enabling database migration
• Migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL Database
• Achieving best DB performance with Intel VMs on Azure
• Azure SQL with Intel’s SGX Security
• Migrate MySQL to Azure Database for MySQL
• Migrate PostgreSQL to Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Migrate NoSQL MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB
• Migrate to Oracle Database@Azure
180 mins
Lecture
2
Hands on Labs
• Lab 1 - Assess and migrate a Java application to Azure using GitHub Copilot App Modernization for Java
60 mins
Lab
3
Modernize applications
Module 4: Azure application platform
• Containerized applications using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• GitHub Copilot to containerize the applications and deploy to AKS
• Microservices on Azure
• Azure App Service and containerize apps
• Avoid vendor lock-in with OpenVino & OneAPI
• Security pillar in the Well-Architected Framework
• Defend threats and protect migrated workloads with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Security with Intel Xeon Confidential Compute
Module 5: Choose the right VM
• Choose the right VM based on your scenario
180 mins
Lecture
4
Hands on Labs
• Lab 2 - Enhance an existing ASP.NET application to an agentic app on Azure
• Lab 3 - Build a RAG application using Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search and deploy to Azure App Service
60 mins
Lab
What You'll Learn
Understand core concepts and best practices
Hands-on experience with real-world scenarios
Learn from certified Microsoft experts
Prepare for relevant certifications
Access to lab environments
Post-training support and resources
Course Details
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Level
- Intermediate
- Role
- Technical
- Course Type
- Project Ready
- Partner Segment
- SMB, Enterprise
- Course Stage
- Available
- Hands-on Labs
- Yes