Public Preview: On-prem NAS share discovery and assessment are now available using Azure Migrate

Azure Migrate now supports discovery and assessment for network-attached storage, allowing customers and partners to plan migrations of Dell PowerScale (OneFS) and NetApp ONTAP storage to Azure. The Azure Migrate appliance connects directly to your NAS clusters using read-only credentials, inventories every SMB, NFS, and S3 share, and evaluates each share against Azure Files, Azure Blob Storage, and Azure NetApp Files. 

Key benefits include: 

• Discover Dell PowerScale/Isilon and NetApp ONTAP/FAS clusters and the shares they host 
• Group, tag, and filter NAS shares alongside your existing server, application, and database inventory 
• Assess each share with readiness, a right-sized Azure target configuration, and monthly cost estimates 
• Generate a business case comparing Azure storage services against on-premises cost, and sequence moves using wave plans 

This capability replaces manual, spreadsheet-driven NAS planning with a verified per-share inventory and a defensible cost basis, especially for large or multi-protocol storage estates. 

NAS is often the largest and least-understood part of an on-premises estate. Bringing NAS discovery and assessment into Azure Migrate means storage is planned in the same project, and the same business case, as the servers and applications that depend on it. 

Getting started: 

To get started, update your Azure Migrate appliance, add your NAS cluster as a discovery source, and run an assessment directly from the Azure portal. Write to us at azurestoragemigrations@microsoft.com with questions or feedback. 

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