Now is the time for you to put your knowledge to the real test: migrating a workload to Azure. Or at least answer exam questions about migrating workloads to Azure. Migrating workloads is particularly challenging for several reasons. Your customers have come to expect a certain level of service from your database operations. You expect to be able to deliver that level of service or better. Your employment success may depend on your project success, especially if you are a consultant brought in to guide or execute a migration. Fortunately, there is a well-tested process you can learn and follow that has a solid track record of success. As we get into details of the process, specific techniques and technologies are “plugged in” at the right time to execute a particular step. The process is the same for every migration, but the exact execution may vary depending on the source systems, target systems, existing SLAs and workloads, and other variables that are outside our control. With a few exceptions, migrating to Azure is no more or less complicated than migrating all your database servers to another data center. Like any other large and complex IT task, we break it down into simpler phases and steps and execute them in order.