Migrating to AWS
- Understanding Cloud Migration
– Provide an overview of the drivers and expected outcomes of a cloud migration.
– Highlight the key elements essential for a successful migration journey.
– Explain the three-phase AWS migration process in detail.
- Assessing Migration Readiness
– Summarize the activities and objectives of the assess phase.
– Evaluate and recommend tools for assessing the organization’s readiness for cloud migration.
– Discuss the significance of Migration Readiness Assessments (MRAs) and their impact on the migration process.
- Preparing for Migration and Workstreams Overview
– Summarize the mobilize phase and its importance in preparing for migration.
– Discuss the eight unique migration-related workstreams and their roles in the migration process.
- Understanding Landing Zones and Their Benefits
– Explain the concept and purpose of a landing zone in cloud migration.
– Share best practices for creating a customized landing zone.
– Describe the utilization of AWS Control Tower for creating an effective landing zone.
- Building a Landing Zone
– Summarize the process of building a landing zone.
– Determine the optimal multi-account structure, governance policies, and connectivity plan for a landing zone.
- Portfolio Discovery and Migration Strategies
– Explain the detailed portfolio discovery workstream and its activities.
– Describe the process of assessing an application’s migration readiness.
– Summarize the seven migration strategies for effective application migration.
- Choosing Portfolio Discovery Tools
– Provide an overview of various portfolio discovery tools available for migration.
– Differentiate between the tools based on specific migration scenarios.
- Planning and Designing a Migration
– Describe the process of planning and designing a migration.
– Summarize the setup of a migration factory and its significance.
– Finalize an application migration strategy based on the requirements and objectives.
- Performing the Migration to AWS
– Explain the server migration process to AWS.
– Discuss the available migration automation and governance tools.
– Evaluate server migration tools for compatibility with the organization’s environment.
- Database and Data Migration Services
– Highlight the importance of database and data migration in the cloud environment.
– Discuss the various data migration tools available for seamless migration.
- Additional Migration Support Options
– Explore additional migration support options available.
– Summarize AWS Managed Services and AWS Marketplace offerings.
– Describe SAP on AWS and services offered for Windows migration.
- Integrating, Validating, and Cutting Over Applications
– Discuss the process and benefits of integrating, validating, and cutting over applications during migration.
- Modernizing and Optimizing Application Migration
– Identify post-migration opportunities for modernization and optimization of applications.
– Understand the processes for cost and security optimization.
– Explore tools available to support these optimization processes.
- Operations Tools, Integration Testing, and Automation
– Summarize operations in the cloud environment.
– Discuss the four functions of operations and their domains.
– Review operations automation and relevant support tools.
- Migration Best Practices
– Conduct a comprehensive course review and emphasize key takeaways.
– Summarize and reinforce AWS best practices for a successful migration process.