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The cloud migration playbook
The method we use to move workloads to AWS, Azure or Google Cloud without stopping the business: 6R selection, dependency mapping, cutover and rollback.
Inside
What is inside
The 6R selection matrix
Classify every application: rehost, replatform, refactor, repurchase, retire or retain.
Dependency mapping
Document applications and the links between them before choosing the order of the waves.
Sizing the target
Match resources to the real workload, not to the current hardware.
Cutover plan
Prepare the switch with no service interruption, step by step.
Rollback plan
Activation conditions and a tested way back to the old system.
Post-migration validation
Network, data and performance checks before the old system is retired.
Proof
Written from real migrations
200 VMs
Migrated to Azure · Finance
A phased VMware-to-Azure migration in six weeks, zero data loss, passed on first security review.
-28%
Operating costs
Lower operating costs after the same migration.
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