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Build a Data Practice for SMBs with Azure

Help customers turn data into insights

Today, 76% of CEOs consider digital transformation a top priority.1 It’s no wonder. With the rapid pace of innovation, companies need to leverage the cloud to take full advantage of its scalability, power, and flexibility.

Yet, 1 in 3 on-premises databases still run SQL Server,2 including legacy instances like SQL Server 2008 EOS. As a result, many companies need help unleashing their data.

Cloud migration services currently represent $72.4 billion* in revenue opportunities worldwide with SMB markets accounting for about 70% of cloud migration service spending.3

Now is the ideal time to grow your data practice and help your SMB customers create a modern data estate in the cloud.

SYNNEX is here to help you start the data conversation bringing you the tools and resources to help your customers find the best path to the cloud. Whether you choose a hybrid cloud solution or full migration, Azure offers cutting edge, AI-driven data and analytics tools that are cost-effective and accessible to SMB customers while providing industry-leading performance and security.


1 Source PWC CEO survey.
2 DB Engines: Microsoft SQL Server.
3 *in constant dollars. Gartner Research. Market Insight: Cloud Migration Part 1. May 17, 2018.

SQL and Azure: Build your data practice

Rapid innovation has never been as critical as it is today, driving more companies to leverage the cloud to unleash their data and increase agility while reducing costs. You can help SMB customers using older SQL Server and legacy database tools like SQL Server 2008 find the best path to the cloud—and build a new, high-margin offering for your business.

In this on-demand webinar series, you’ll learn how to modernize your customers’ data infrastructures to Azure and help drive costs savings and accelerate innovation. We'll cover:

  • Modernize legacy SQL Server 2008 databases to SQL Server 2019 or Azure SQL
  • Migrate SQL Server to Azure with the Cloud Adoption Framework
  • Grow your practice with advanced data and analytics offerings in Azure
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Build a profitable data practice

Use these resources to create repeatable, optimized processes to migrate customers’ data infrastructures using the Cloud Adoption Framework. Learn how to migrate older legacy database tools like SQL Server 2008 to Azure. And discover how to use cutting-edge data and analytics tools available in Azure to empower SMBs.

Drive Innovation with Data

Data modernization presents a unique opportunity to build your Azure practice while helping customers. Use migrations from legacy software like SQL Server 2008 to jump-start your data and analytics practice. Grow your Azure revenue and expand your service offerings while helping customers innovate, save costs, and increase agility.

Playbook
SQL on Azure: Building a Data Practice

Learn how you can use SQL Server migrations to Azure to get your data and analytics practice started, and help customers innovate and grow.

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White paper
Data-Led Approach to Digital Innovation

Learn how to take a data-centric approach to innovation to help customers become more data-driven.

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Video
Digital Innovation Through Data for MSPs

Explore data estate migration with Azure and identify new partner opportunities through data modernization.

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Website
SQL on Azure: Building a Data Practice Video Hub

From SQL Server migrations to Cosmos DB, this curated video hub shows you how to build a data and analytics practice with Azure and the cloud.

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Blog
How SQL Server migrations help partners build high-margin data practices

See what John Turk, Partner Marketing Advisor at Microsoft, has to say about why SQL Server to Azure migrations are a smart way for partners to accelerate their data practices.

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Blog
Top Azure SQL migration questions

Answers to the top 10 questions partners and their customers have about modernizing their data infrastructure and migrating to Azure SQL.

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Leverage the Cloud Adoption Framework

Ready to build a data practice? With the Cloud Adoption Framework, you'll have a step-by-step, repeatable process to successfully migrate and optimize customers’ SQL databases while growing your practice.

Webinar series
Azure Modernization: The Cloud Adoption Framework Video Series

Learn how to build an Azure migration practice with the Cloud Adoption Framework.

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Framework
Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure Partners

Get the Cloud Adoption Framework, including documentation, implementation steps, best practices, and tools from Microsoft to accelerate your customers’ cloud adoption journey.

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Framework
Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework

Learn how to design and build secure, scalable, high-performing solutions in Azure using the pillars of the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework.

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Learning path
Cloud Adoption Framework Learning Path

In this module, you’ll learn how to use the Cloud Adoption Framework to better align your customers’ strategies for business, people, and technology.

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Kit
SQL and Data Cloud Adoption Framework Deployment Kit

Use this sales, technical enablement, and workshop kit to help migrate customers from SQL to Azure with the Cloud Adoption Framework.

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Video
Migrating SQL Server to Azure with the Cloud Adoption Framework Video

Learn how Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework helps you migrate customers’ SQL databases to Azure successfully and set up a strong migration practice using its proven, step-by-step best practices.

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Migrate SQL Server to Azure

Whether your customers are on SQL Server 2008 or just looking to move workloads to the cloud, migration is key to unlocking innovation. Learn how to build a profitable data practice, from hybrid options with SQL Server 2019 to managed cloud offerings with Azure SQL.

Resources
SQL EOS Server Migration Resources

Get everything you need, from sales and marketing kits to technical resources, to help migrate SQL Server 2008 customers.

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Blog
Migrating to Azure SQL

Learn the benefits of building a partner practice around customer migration to Azure SQL and how best to explain the customer advantages.

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Guides
Choosing the Right Database Migration Path

Trying to decide which solution is right: SQL Server on Azure, Azure SQL Managed Instance, or Azure SQL databases? These guides will help you choose where to migrate your customers and how to get started.

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Website
SQL Server 2019

Explore how SQL Server 2019 unlocks data, dig deeper into how to gain insights from every type of data, and learn about its industry-leading performance and security.

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Documentation
Azure SQL Server Overview

Get the latest details on Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance and learn how to get started.

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Documentation
Microsoft SQL Documentation

Learn how to use SQL Server and Azure SQL to manage your database needs, both on-premises and in the cloud.

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Grow with Azure Advanced Data and Analytics Tools

Azure gives SMBs access to advanced AI-driven tools to turn data into insights. Dig deeper into these advanced tools to fuel innovation for customers’ businesses and grow your data practice.

Learning path
Microsoft Data Estate Migration and Modernization Learning Path

Dig deeper into Microsoft solutions for data migration and modernization. Learn how to build applications using globally distributed data, the value of cloud-scale analytics, and how to gain insights from data using modern business intelligence.

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Pitch decks
Vertical-Focused Azure Data and AI Pitch Decks

Use these pitch decks to show customers how a modern data estate is a foundational step toward digital transformation. Demonstrate how a modern data estate enables timely insights and decision making, sets the foundation for AI, and fuels innovation.

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Virtual training
Implementing Open Source Databases on Azure

Learn how to migrate open-source software (OSS) databases to Azure, like MySQL and PostgreSQL, in this virtual training series.

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Partner deck
Partner Deck: Microsoft Power Platform

Learn how you can expand your data practice with Power BI and the Power Platform.

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Learning path
Learning Path: Introduction to the Power Platform

Take this module to learn about the components of Power Platform, its business value for customers, and the security of the technology.

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Blog
Building a SQL Server Data Practice

How partners can build a successful data practice and help customers modernize their data infrastructure with Azure SQL migrations.

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Ready to build your data practice?


We know that modernizing customers can be difficult. At SYNNEX, you’ll work with experienced Microsoft engineers who understand hybrid, cloud-only, and on-premises setups and will help you tackle the toughest challenges of legacy software. Connect with our team to get started.