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The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may bethe trademarks of their respective owners.  \nTable of Contents  \nSetting the Stage: A Perspective on Successful Cloud Migration Strategies..........................4  \nThe Complex and Highly Visible Application Migration Strategy............................................4  \nThe Comprehensive “Entire Datacenter” Migration Strategy ....................................................4  \nThe Quick and Simple Migration and Adoption Strategy ........................................................... 5  \nScenario 1: Migrating the Web (www) Server or Other Classic Web Server Application ................................................................................................................................................. 5  \nScenario 2: Migrating a Simple Client/Server Application .................................................... 6  \nScenario 3: Migrating Additional Server Systems ..................................................................... 6  \nAdditional Azure Services for Consumption ................................................................................ 7  \nCustomer Familiarization of Azure ............................................................................................................ 8  \nAccelerating Additional Workload Migrations to Azure................................................................... 9  \nDetailed Planning for Subsequent Workloads...................................................................................... 9  \nUtilizing the Master Engagement Plan and Migration Checklist.................................................10  \nSetting the Stage: A Perspective on Successful Cloud Migration Strategies  \nAs a Managed Services Provider (MSP) partner looking to help customers migrate to the Microsoft Azure Cloud, there are many approaches to get them to adopt the cloud. This guide highlights various migration strategies typically used in moving customers to the cloud and also covers the one migration strategy that has proven to be more successful than others. 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