A successful cloud migration is not just about moving servers. It is prepared application by application, with a rollback plan for each step.
Key steps
- Inventory of applications and their dependencies.
- Choice of strategy per application: rehost, refactor or replace.
- Migration in waves, starting with the least critical systems.
- Failover and recovery tests before each go-live.
Controlling costs from day one
Tag your resources, set budgets per project and track consumption every week: it is the best way to avoid unpleasant surprises.