Application migration
The application migration workstream integrates outputs from other workstreams with the migration of production applications to the AWS Cloud. This workstream guides your resources and leads you through application migration challenges, best practices, agile frameworks, tools, and processes that can be successfully applied to any large-scale migration effort.
Objectives
Migrate business applications from on premises to the AWS Cloud:
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Define how to select and prioritize applications for migrations.
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Understand proven best practices to migrate applications to AWS.
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Validate your AWS landing zone, operations runbook, and security playbook by testing applications on AWS.
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Train internal staff on AWS services and AWS Partner tools through hands-on experience.
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Learn industry-accepted migration tools and techniques for different application types.
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Get a head start by using existing epics (backlogs) from different migration patterns.
Outcomes
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Validation of the different components of the AWS landing zone through application deployment and testing
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Validation of the outlined operating model (an output of the operations workstream) by deploying, monitoring, and reporting on applications running in the AWS Cloud
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Understanding of scalable agile process and migration patterns for migrating different applications
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Learning how to design target architectures and how to use data migration, server migration, and vendor tools for automated migration
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Trained resources on AWS services, and provide hands-on migration experience
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Validation of your security playbook through a real-time audit of applications running on AWS
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Learning, implementation, and validation of a migration delivery process, including number of resources, velocity (speed of migration), quality assurance, release management, and integration with managed service providers (MSPs)
AWS Partners and tools
When you have some foundational experience migrating a few applications and a plan in
place that the organization supports, it's time to accelerate the migration and achieve
scale. Migration Delivery Partners, such as 2nd Watch and Accenture, can help you though
every stage of migration. Migration Marketplace Partners such as RiverMeadow Software,
and Attunity can also help, and you can use tools and services such as AWS Application Migration Service
