PLANNING FOR MIGRATION TO CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORMS

To guarantee a seamless transition, cloud computing platform migration requires careful planning and a number of essential measures.

Evaluation and scheduling

Determine which of the workloads, apps, and infrastructure are eligible for cloud migration by evaluating them.

Determine the needs and business goals guiding the migration.

Help to determine the financial effects of moving to the cloud, therefore a cost study is necessary. Establish migration objectives, such as increasing performance, decreasing operating expenses, or boosting scalability.

Select the appropriate cloud provider.

Consider aspects including services provided, cost, geographical reach, and compliance needs when comparing various cloud service providers (such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud).

Choose a supplier who shares the objectives and needs of the company.

Create architecture.

Create a cloud infrastructure that satisfies the needs in terms of security, scalability, performance, and compliance. Choose the cloud services that are the best for workloads, such as Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

Data transfer

Arrange and carry out the cloud data migration. Transferring files, databases, and other kind of data may be necessary. Data transfer techniques like hybrid approaches, offline data shipment, and online migration.

Migration of applications

Choose best migration strategy (lift-and-shift, re-platforming, re-architecting, or retiring) for each application.

Safety and adherence

Adopt best practices for security to safeguard cloud-based data and apps. 

Performance

Adjust cloud resources like virtual machines, storage, and networking to maximize performance.

Education and transformational leadership

Teach end users and IT personnel how to use cloud services efficiently.