Unlocking the Power of Open-Source: Talk to our experts

Microsoft’s continuous investments in product innovation in Linux, PostgreSQL, and MySQL is helping small, medium and large corporations innovate with Microsoft Azure. In the past year, Microsoft has announced several key updates for Linux Virtual Machines, PostgreSQL, and MySQL:

• Linux: Microsoft continues to enhance its support for Linux on Azure, providing a robust and scalable environment for running business critical Linux workloads. The latest updates include improved integration with Azure services and enhanced AI and security features.
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL: The general availability of Virtual Network (VNet) service endpoints for Azure Database for PostgreSQL has been announced, offering built-in high availability, a 99.99% availability SLA, elastic scaling for performance, and industry-leading security and compliance on Azure.
• Azure Database for MySQL: The Azure Database for MySQL service has been extended with new features and capabilities, including increased storage and availability across more regions worldwide.

Corporations across industries are choosing to run business-critical open-source workloads in Azure, like PointClickCare. The organization is using Azure Database for PostgreSQL to empower healthcare innovation and improve patient care. Looking to innovate, PointClickCare knew generative AI could help and built a pilot solution using Azure Database for PostgreSQL and Azure OpenAI Service to automate tasks and data analysis.

Another good example is MediaKind, an organization that improved video delivery in minutes after migrating to Azure Linux VMs - “By moving our video operations to Azure and opening up new capabilities, we’re now able to dynamically dub programming into any language and caption videos to open up new audiences who don’t speak the original language in a matter of minutes.” Allen Broome, Chief Executive Officer, MediaKind.

If your organization is looking for cloud options for your open-source workloads, come chat with our experts!

Learn from Microsoft Experts

Microsoft and our valued Business Partners have differentiated offerings and learning opportunities that you do not want to miss:

Discovery Workshops 

Get “hands-on” experience to learn how to set up & migrate Linux VMs from on-prem to Azure leveraging Azure Migrate and interact with our experts to get deep understanding of the end-to-end migration process. Linux Migration experts will provide practical insights, hands-on experience, and strategic guidance through steps of the Azure migration journey.

Feb 12: Toronto Half-Day Workshop: Migrating Open-Source Workloads to Azure | Datavail

Feb 20: Houston Half-Day Workshop: Migrating Open-Source Workloads to Azure | Datavail

Feb 24: Atlanta Half-Day Workshop: Migrating Open-Source Workloads to Azure | Datavail

Feb 26: Denver Half-Day Workshop: Migrating Open-Source Workloads to Azure | Datavail

Community Events

Engage with open-source experts in technical events across the globe. Below is a list of upcoming opportunities to talk to our experts!

Microsoft is a proud sponsor of the upcoming PGConf India and pgDay Paris. Both events will have Azure Database for PostgeSQL experts that will be available to answer your toughest technical questions.  

In June, our PostgreSQL experts will be attending POSETTE. Now in its 4th year, this virtual event brings together Postgres experts, developers, users, and contributors from around the globe to present all things Postgres.

Come chat with us!

Trust Microsoft Partners

Microsoft is honored to collaborate with highly skilled Business Partners who can guide your organization in leveraging the full potential of Azure for open-source workloads.

Receive expert guidance and support from Microsoft Business Partners to seamlessly transition your Linux workloads to Azure.

TCS - NextGen Migration Hub for Azure

The NextGen Migration Hub for Azure is TCS’ solution offer that addresses customers’ infrastructure and data assessment needs before migrating to Azure. Through this assessment offer, organizations can have access to:

• Practices for best scalability & more flexibility
• Integrated tools
• Support with enhanced governance and visibility
• Analysis regarding best cost-efficiency
• Streamlined Migration Process

Offer Availability: This partner offer is available across the globe.

Learn more: TCS NextGen Migration Hub for Azure – Microsoft Azure Marketplace

Convergent Computing - Accelerating PostgreSQL adoption through Azure AI Solutions

This partner offer starts with quickly identifying a business use case that Azure AI can leverage with Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Azure AI is then built/configured tied to data (in PostgreSQL) that provides a working solution for any organization to “chat” with their data (done within 2-weeks). 

Once the organization can chat with their data, the solution is then expanded to other data repositories (sales, financial, marketing…) expanding the PostgreSQL footprint.

This offer is less than 1-month duration, providing live use and experience with PostgreSQL.

Offer Availability: Any anglophile (English speaking) country - done remote

Learn more: AzureAI/ChatGPT 3-week Proof of Concept – Microsoft Azure Marketplace

3Cloud - Cloud Roadmap

This partner offer helps organizations accelerate their migration to cloud with a duration of 4 – 6 weeks. This Partner offer delivers:

• A customized, prioritized list of initiatives and projects to undertake
• Prioritized “big picture” with a strategic roadmap
• Estimated costs and duration for migration
• True cost, accountabilities, roles and responsibilities
• Ensure your future cloud infrastructure can support your business goals

Offer Availability: This partner offer is available in the United States of America.

Learn more: Cloud Roadmap Solution – 3Cloud

Quadrant – Q-Migrator Assessment and Migration Tool

This partner offer helps organizations assess and migrate their current on premises database and infrastructure to Azure platforms such as Azure Linux VMs, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, and Azure Database for MySQL.

Corporations looking for automated assessments and to save on database licensing costs, reduce infrastructure maintenance, get scalable solutions and improved performance can leverage Quadrant to migrate databases and infrastructure to Azure Platform. Quadrant’s tool does the assessment, code conversion for cross database platforms, data migration, and validation of data.

Offer Availability: This partner offer is available across the globe.

Learn more: Microsoft Azure Marketplace

Datavail - Foundations- Solution Assessment

Work with Datavail to perform an Azure Foundations Assessment (AFA) on your existing Linux, PostgreSQL and MySQL on-premises or hybrid environment before moving to the Microsoft Cloud. You will be provided with a cloud migration readiness evaluation of your environment, including:

• Determination of Your Business Goals
• Cost Appraisal for a Migration
• Workload Prioritization
• Azure Monthly Consumption Estimation
• Asset Inventory of Hardware, Software and Data
• Tools, Technologies and Architecture Recommendations
• Cloud Migration Plan (Strategy and Roadmap) and SOW to complete the migration

Offer Availability: This partner offer is available across the globe.

Learn more: Foundations- Solution Assessment - 5 weeks – Microsoft Azure Marketplace

Learn more about these and other Microsoft Partner offers and how they can help your organization achieve its goals by visiting the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

Azure❤️Linux

There’s no better time to take advantage of Linux in Azure.

Organizations looking to run Linux workloads in Azure can now save up to 56% compared to running an Azure VM on a pay-as-you-go basis with this limited time sales offer. 

Come talk to our experts!