Moved to Azure
Well now I've gone and done it, I've moved this site over to Azure. Overall the experience was pretty painless.
Created a new Windows Server 2012 VM instance
Installed WordPress and MySQL via the Web Platform Installer
Imported my old MySQL Database
I have run into a few issues around MySQL. I exported my old data from MySQL using the only tool at my disposal, an automated backup from my old hosting provider. The problem with this method is that my character set information...
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