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Organizations that leverage data modernization outperform those that aren’t and gain valuable insights that fuel innovation.

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Data Modernization Explained

Data modernization is the process of restructuring how data is collected, stored, and managed to take advantage of emerging technologies. Events like software “end-of-support” and datacenter consolidation can create opportunities to modernize your business. 

Organizations typically have their data stored in legacy applications or data lakes. Digital transformation begins with data, but the increasing volume, velocity, and variety of data makes it much more complex to draw valuable insights and make informed decisions.

Microsoft solutions can help migrate servers, databases, and applications to modern platforms, on-premises, or to Azure. As data types, volumes, applications, and architectures evolve, your data evolves with it using Azure Data Services.

Benefits of Data Modernization

Effective Data Processing

Data must be collected and adapted effectively to be used. With data modernization you reduce the resources it requires to identify data and process incidents.

Accessibility

Organizations must be able to access data immediately. Data modernization provides more visibility and control of sensitive data without disrupting employee operations.

Informed Decision-Making

When organizations have real-time access to data, they can make informed decisions quickly. Data modernization provides access to data democratization and a self-service analytics environment.

Improved Data Quality

Data modernization is a strategic way to enrich data. By improving data quality, you can build scalable and flexible processes that ultimately cut costs and boost margins.

On-Premises and Hybrid Solutions

Many organizations have made s ignificant investments in on-premises infrastructures and will continue to operate on-premises or hybrid for years to come. Data modernization on-premises is an effective approach to making progressive changes to the way data is collected, stored, and managed without moving everything to the cloud at the same time. Opportunities to optimize your organization’s hybrid data estate also exist and can include events such as software “end of support” and datacenter consolidation. 

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Which App Modernization Approach is Best?

Azure provides organizations many solutions for modernizing data. Below are a few approaches to move your data from on-premises to Azure.

Managed Instance

With Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, databases can be migrated intuitively with little to no code changes or downtime. Customers also benefit from running their databases in a fully managed service environment, leveraging capabilities like automatic patching, version updates, automated backups, high availability, and reduced management overhead. With Azure Hybrid Benefit and reserved capacity pricing, you can save up to 80% when migrating to Azure SQL Database (compared to Amazon Web Services).

SQL on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Organizations with certain requirements or preferences can choose to run SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines. This includes organizations who desire operating system and database control or have BI requirements such as SQL Server Reporting Services or ISV certification. Customers can save up to 43% when migrating their databases to SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (compared to Amazon Web Services).

Open-Source Software (OSS)

Organizations using OSS databases can move to the Microsoft fully-managed Azure offerings for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB. Azure Database Migration Service eases migrations from on-premises to these cloud offerings, helping organizations move to Azure. With these OSS offerings, customers can save up to 50% on high availability (compared to Amazon Web Services).

Hybrid

Many organizations like to manage their data estate in a hybrid fashion, with some server applications running on-premises and some in the cloud. Microsoft offers the most consistent set of products and services enabling organizations to seamlessly manage their data in both environments. Microsoft SQL Server 2017 can meet the needs of modernizing your on-premises data estate and is a step towards modernizing with Azure.

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