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Azure Synapse Cloud Migration
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A proven, phase-by-phase framework for migrating your legacy EDW, Data Lake, and ETL pipelines to Azure Synapse faster and with full confidence.

Azure Synapse Cloud Migration Checklist
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What Next Pathway's Yellowbrick Cloud Migration Checklist covers

A successful Yellowbrick Cloud migration requires a structured, phase by phase approach across discovery, code translation, validation, and cutover. Next Pathway's Yellowbrick Cloud Migration Checklist gives your team a complete roadmap, built on the same automation Next Pathway uses to deliver enterprise migrations end to end.

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Project Planning and Onboarding

Establish the project charter, migration scope, and success criteria early to align business and technical teams. Define roles, responsibilities, cloud environment setup, and execution logistics before migration begins. Identify dependencies, risks, and bottlenecks upfront to reduce delays during later migration phases.

Code Translation

Determine which workloads, code objects, and ETL pipelines need to be migrated and prioritize them based on business impact. Define whether ETL processes will be migrated as is or modernized during the transition. Ensure all required code is identified before translation to avoid execution gaps and unexpected blockers.

Testing

Build an end to end testing strategy at the start of the migration project to prioritize workloads and validate outcomes efficiently. Involve business stakeholders in test case development so success criteria are clearly defined and measurable. Use automation wherever possible across testing and CI/CD pipelines to improve migration quality before cloud cutover.

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Latest Azure Synapse Migration Case Study

See how a leading public services provider modernized legacy data workloads with Azure Synapse.

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Automated migration of DataStage and Netezza workloads
Modernization from legacy ETL to cloud-native ELT architecture
Optimized batch processing and data transformation performance
Azure Synapse pipelines delivered through an agile sprint approach
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A public services and procurement provider migrates from DataStage and Netezza to Azure Synapse

What Industry Analysts Say

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Rob Enderle

ENDERLE GROUP

"Next Pathway is providing a solution that accelerates the migration process, giving organizations a faster route to realizing value from their data."
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Eric Kavanagh

THE BLOOR GROUP

"SHIFT Cloud enables a remarkably swift and robust transition from traditional data warehousing to the cloud."

What a structured Azure Synapse migration covers

A successful migration to Azure Synapse requires a clear plan across four critical disciplines.

Discovery and dependency mapping

Every database object, ETL pipeline, reporting workload, and data dependency must be identified and documented before migration begins. Complete visibility helps eliminate surprises and reduces migration risk.

Code translation and modernization

Legacy SQL code, stored procedures, ETL workflows, and analytics workloads must be converted into Azure Synapse–optimized architectures. Automation accelerates migration while minimizing manual effort.

Validation and functional parity

Every migrated workload must be validated against the source environment to confirm data accuracy, performance, and functional equivalence before production deployment.

Production cutover planning

Cutover requires a defined strategy covering resource allocation, workload sequencing, rollback procedures, user acceptance testing, and business sign-off to ensure a seamless transition to Azure Synapse.

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