Please note that this article assumes that you have an active Microsoft Azure subscription (and are running MISys Manufacturing v6.4.7.0 or newer). This must be set up and active before you begin. To sign up for Azure, go to: https://signup.azure.com see the MISys Azure Installation Guide (pg. 1) for more information.
In preparation for the migration of your on-premises MISys Server and databases, you will begin with the installation and deployment of the MISys Server to Azure from a machine other than your existing MISys Server. You'll need to deploy with a User who has both machine Administrator privileges as well as complete access and authority to both your Azure Subscription credentials and the MISys Server Administration function. This will allow you to test the MISys Sample Database (in an Azure environment) and ensure minimal downtime when you are ready to do the actual migration of your on-premises databases. Deploying your MISys Server and migrating your on-premises database to Azure consists of three phases:
Phase 1: Install and deploy the MISys Server on Azure, test that install and make sure that you can log into the Sample Database (MISAMPCO).
Phase 2: Assign your MISys Licenses and migrate your on-premises MISys database to Azure.
Phase 3: Redirect the MISys Clients on your workstation to point to the Azure webservice.
Phase 1 - Installing and deploying Azure Webservice and Azure SQL Server on the existing Server machine.
Download both the MISys Azure Installation Guide and Installation file using the links below:
MISys Azure Installation Guide - this guide will walk you through both the preparation of your new Server as well as the installation process. You should review this guide in it's entirety before proceeding.
MISys Installation File - this link to the installation file is also available in the above guide as well.
If you are able to log in, you are ready to log out and move to Phase 2.
Phase 2 - Assigning your MISys License to your Server and migrating on-premises data to Azure
Take the following steps from your existing on-premises MISys Server:
Take the following steps from the machine where you installed/deployed the MISys Server to Azure:
Phase 3 - Redirecting your Client workstations to the new server
Visit each workstation where the MISys Client is installed (or instruct the User assigned to that machine(s)) to do the following:
At that point you have the Users select the desired company and log in with their User/Password credentials and analyze the data to ensure everything looks good.
If you have any questions or run into any problems please contact MISys Technical Support.
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