# Google Cloud Migration Center documentation

[Read product documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/migration-center-overview)
Google Cloud Migration Center is a unified migration platform that helps you accelerate your end-to-end cloud migration journey from your current on-premises or other cloud environments to Google Cloud. With features like cloud spend estimation, asset discovery of your current environment, and a variety of tooling for different migration scenarios, Migration Center provides you with what you need for your migration.
[Try Migration Center now](https://console.cloud.google.com/migration?gtm_source=documentation&gtm_source_id=overview).

## Documentation resources

Find quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues.

### Discover

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  [Migration Center overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/migration-center-overview)

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  [Cost estimation overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/estimate/overview)

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  [About infrastructure discovery and assessment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/discovery-and-assessment-overview)

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  [Migration and modernization tools](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/migration-modernization-tools)

### Guides

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  [Get started with Migration Center](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/get-started-with-migration-center)

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  [Quickstart: Generate a rapid cost estimate](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/generate-estimate)

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  [Start a cost estimation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/estimate/start-estimation)

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  [Start an asset discovery](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/start-asset-discovery)

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  [View the collected assets](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/view-assets)

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  [Generate an offline assessment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/run-offline-assessment)

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  [Generate TCO reports](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/generate-tco-report)

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  [Plan your migration](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/migration-planning-overview)

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  [Execute your migration](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/migration-execution)

### Resources

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  [Release notes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/release-notes)

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  [Discovery client data collection and security](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/discovery-client-data-and-security)

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  [Locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/locations)

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  [Quotas and limits](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/quotas)

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  [Detected software workloads](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/software-workloads-insights)

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  [Rapid Assessment and Migration Program overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migration-center/docs/ramp-overview)

## Related resources

Training and tutorials Use cases Explore self-paced training, use cases, reference architectures, and code samples with examples of how to use and connect Google Cloud services. Interactive tutorial Training and tutorials

### [Estimate your Google Cloud costs](https://console.cloud.google.com/migration/spend?walkthrough_id=migration-center--estimate--generate-estimate)


Learn how to estimate the costs of running your infrastructure on Google Cloud with Migration Center.


10 minutes introductory Free

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Architecture Use cases

### [Choose your migration path to Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/architecture/migration)


Describes which tools and strategies to use to start the migration to Google Cloud.

Migration

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Architecture Use cases

### [Get started with Migrate for VMs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/migrate/virtual-machines/docs/5.0/discover/migrating-vms-migrate-for-compute-engine-getting-started)


Describes how to migrate your virtual machines (VMs) from your source environment to Google Cloud by using Migrate for VMs.

Migration

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Use case Use cases

### [Migrating apps to containers](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/how-migrate-for-anthos-improves-vm-to-container-migration)


Describes how Migrate to Containers provides an efficient way to modernize traditional applications away from virtual machines and into native containers.

Migration Containers

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Use case Use cases

### [Oracle® to BigQuery migration guide](https://docs.cloud.google.com/solutions/migration/dw2bq/oracle/oracle-bq-migration-guide)


Highlights technical differences and provides guidance on migrating from the Oracle data warehouse to BigQuery.

Migration Oracle

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Documentation Use cases

### [Database Migration Services](https://docs.cloud.google.com/database-migration/docs)


Describes how to migrate and modernize your databases on Google Cloud.

Migration Databases

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