Azure Migration

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Hi All, We are planning on moving our internal infrastructure to Azure with the Firewall being the first.

The plan is to have it setup in Meraki and have it setup as a DMZ. I was wondering if anyone would have any ideas on the best plan of action for this.

If you require any more info, please let me know.

Thanks

Waqkas,

I hope all is well.

Very Exciting project, and great opportunities await !!

HOWEVER... there is ALOT to consider when planning for an infrastructure migration to the cloud.

Let's start with the basics, as you have mentioned that you are thinking that the firewall would be one of the first pieces of infrastructure you would plan on migrating.

Azure provides a Firewall product called the Azure Firewall, which is a cloud-native security solution.

If you are not familiar with it, you should start out by doing a bit of research here:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/azure-firewall/

In most scenarios, a deployment such as the one described here would be where you would start:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/overview

I know that you mentioned that you are considering using a Meraki firewall, and if that is the case, then you would most likely want to run the Meraki vMX100 appliance available from the Azure Marketplace. The overview and installation documentation is below:

https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Installation_Guides/vMX100_Setup_Guide_for_Microsoft_Azure

NOW, the first big issue to consider is which firewall and how to configure it so that it provides the MAXIMUM protection and flexibility for the migration as well as the infrastructure once it is ported over.

Take a look at the material I have cited above, and AFTER you have read through it all and considered your choices carefully, please be back in touch with questions, and we can discus next steps.

Good Luck !!!

Cheers,

Adam

@Adam-Gordon How are you? Thanks for your reply. I have now planned on which server/services we need to migrate.

• We have six appimp servers.
• Setup an additional Domain controller in Azure
• Terminal server
• Radius server used for corporate Wireless Authentication
• File Server
• Server (For door controller access)
• Synch server for Office365

. Also, we currently use Cisco Meraki Firewalls across all sites and the plan is to deploy a Meraki appliance in Azure to extend the network as all locations are setup as a meshed network.

Can you help with the best plan of action on we can move this forward and cost involed if possible?

Thanks

I was wondring if there was any updates on this please?

Just needed an overview of how many VNets we would need and RG's for the setup mentioned above.

Also, what is the best way to calculate the costs etc..