Design a Cloud Migration Strategy

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Free Online Course: Design a Cloud Migration Strategy provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Design a Cloud Migration Strategy is taught by Brien Posey.

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?
    • Where should I begin?
    Conclusion
    • Next steps