Lift and shift

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Lift and shift, also called rehosting, is a cloud migration approach that moves applications and data to the cloud with little or no change to their architecture.

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Demystifying the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework
2026-08-13 · Mirko Peters
Welcome back to the blog! If you have ever stared at the vast expanse of Microsoft Azure and wondered where on earth to begin, you are certainly not alone. Moving w…

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