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Moving a Basic MySQL Database to Azure

In this lab, students will use the Azure portal to deploy an Azure Database for MySQL instance and then use Azure Cloud Shell to deploy a small MySQL database on a virtual machine (to simulate an "on-premises" server), migrate the data from the VM to the Azure DB, and then verify the migration.

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Sep 23, 2025
Duration
1h 0m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Deploy the "On-Premises" Database

    Using the Azure Cloud Shell, SSH in to the virtual machine, and then re-create the database for migration.

  2. Challenge

    Deploy the Azure DB for MySQL Instance

    Using the Azure portal, deploy a basic Azure cloud database instance.

  3. Challenge

    Migrate Data to the Cloud Database

    Using the virtual machine as an "on-premises" server, migrate the data from the virtual machine to the Azure cloud database.

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