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Design a Cloud Migration Strategy

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Overview

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.

Syllabus

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

Taught by

Brien Posey

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