Design a Cloud Migration Strategy

Review the key design considerations for any migration strategy—whether you're migrating to Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud, or Google Cloud Platform.

Introduction

• Planning a cloud migration
• What you should know

1. Essential Migration Considerations

• Identify migration goals
• Types of migrations
• Cost considerations
• The five phases of migration
• Common mistakes to avoid
• Infrastructure and logical considerations

2. Rehosting

• Which applications should be rehosted?
• Performance considerations
• Estimating costs
• Is it better to migrate or rebuild?

3. Replatforming

• What is replatforming?
• Advantages of replatforming
• Some potential issues with replatforming
• Identifying good candidates for replatforming

4. Adopting SaaS

• Why transition to SaaS?
• The advantages of a SaaS migration
• Potential disadvantages of SasS migration
• Important considerations

5. Refactoring Workloads

• The case for application refactoring
• Modernizing a refactored application

6. Retiring Workloads

• Why retiring an application may be the best option
• Identifying applications that can be retired

7. The Migration Process

• Are your goals still relevant?
• Building a plan of attack
• Considerations for IT pros
• Why it is fine to leave some applications alone?
• What tools are available to assist with the migration?
• Making the case for a trial migration
• Additional considerations
• Where should I begin?

8. Your Exit Strategy

• What is a cloud exit strategy?
• Why do you need an exit strategy?
• Essential elements to include in an exit strategy
• Costs to consider as you develop your exit strategy
• Designing a cloud migration strategy with an eye toward the exit

Conclusion

• Next steps