Hello experts,

We have a legacy web system which is written in VBScript and using MS Access database. And we are going to move it to Azure Cloud.

1. Can we have any advice regarding what we need to do before moving it to cloud? And are there any problems if we still use the Classic ASP for the new cloud system? Do we need to convert the code base to a newer technology?

2. The system business is fairly small at the moment, and we are going to convert the database to MS SQL Server for scaling purpose in the future. Can you please advise us an economic plan at the start-up stage?

Thank you and kind regards,

Hi,

Thank you for posting in here.
We are checking on this and will get back at earliest.

Regards,
Manu Rekhar

Thank you Manu Reckhar

Your solution might have two potential but solvable issues.

1. One safe option is  to use worker roles.
In that case you can install on the role whatever you want and you don't have to change anything in the application.

2. You should disconnect the application from DB (use some temporary mock-db) and try to deploy it as WebSite. This will give you chance to test any issue with ASP net technology. Technology itself should not be the problem. However most scripts applications used lot of COM and this is the place where I personally expect that your application might fail.

If it fails, you can always switch back top option 1.

3. Move your DB to SQL. If you use Worker Roles you can leverage SQL Express. But you can also try to leverage Azure SQL, which is better option for scaling.

So, you have several options and few possible issues related to COM. Your critical part will be probably Step 2.

 

 Thanks Damir. We really appreciate your help.