Migrating to AWS

Course Description

Migrating to AWS is designed for individuals who need to plan and execute the transition of existing workloads to the AWS Cloud. This course covers the entire migration lifecycle, starting with recognizing business drivers and assessing organizational readiness. You will dive deep into the technical phases of migration, including portfolio discovery, application design, and the actual "cutover" process. Through hands-on labs, you will practice using AWS migration tools to perform real-world moves, followed by post-migration validation to ensure applications are optimized for the cloud's performance and cost-saving capabilities.

Who is this course for

This course is intended for those involved in the high-stakes process of moving data and applications:

• Solutions Architects and Engineers who need to design the target architecture and select the right migration tools.

• IT Project Managers who need to understand timelines, stakeholders, and the three phases of migration.

• Operations Leads tasked with maintaining business continuity during and after the transition.

Course Objectives

• Strategy & Drivers: Recognize common business/technical drivers and distinguish between migration strategies (Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, etc.).

• Process Management: Summarize the three phases of migration and identify the objectives and stakeholders for each.

• Discovery & Planning: Discover a portfolio, gather necessary data, and determine an organization's migration readiness.

• Execution: Plan, design, and perform application migrations using AWS best practices and architecture patterns.

• Validation & Growth: Validate successful migrations and optimize applications and operations in the post-migration phase.

Prerequisites

• Cloud Foundation: Completed AWS Technical Essentials or Architecting on AWS.

• Technical Experience: Familiarity with enterprise IT infrastructure (hardware and software).

• Certification (Optional): AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate is highly recommended to get the most out of the architectural discussions.

Course outline

Section 1: What Is a Cloud Migration?

• Drivers and outcomes of a cloud migration

• Planning for a successful cloud migration

• The three-phase migration process

Section 2: Assessing Migration Readiness

• The assess phase

• Cloud readiness assessment tools

• Examine your IT landscape and build your business case

• Group Exercise: The Cloud Adoption Tool (CART)

Section 3: Preparing for a Migration and Understanding Related Workstreams

• Mobilize phase

• Migration-related workstreams

Section 4: Discovering Landing Zones and Their Benefits

• What is a landing zone?

• Custom multi-account structure with AWS Organizations

• AWS Control Tower

• Customizations for AWS Control Tower (CfCt)

• Planning for connectivity

Section 5: Building a Landing Zone

• Hands-On Lab: Connecting Your On-Premises Network and Directory Services to AWS

• Planning a landing zone

• Design a multi-account structure

• Governance polices

• Planning for connectivity

• Demonstration: AWS Control Tower

Section 6: Discovering the Portfolio and Understanding Migration Strategies

• Detailed portfolio discovery workstream

• Evaluating cloud readiness

• Cloud migration strategies

• Group Exercise: Choose a migration strategy (scenario-based)

Section 7: Understanding and Choosing Portfolio Discovery Tools

• Hands-On Lab: Gathering Application Data Necessary for Migration

• Migration Evaluator

• AWS Migration Hub and AWS Application Discovery Service

• AWS Systems Manager and Amazon CloudWatch

Section 8: Planning and Designing a Migration

• Plan the migration overall

• Building the migration factory

• Design the migration for each application

• Group Exercise: Build a migration plan

• Group Exercise: Design for migration

Section 9: Performing the Migration to AWS

• Hands-On Lab: Migrating an Application to AWS

• Server migration process

• Server migration tools

• VMware Cloud on AWS

• AWS Migration Hub

• AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN)

• Evaluating server migration tools

Section 10: Understanding Database and Data Migration Services

• Hands-On Lab: Migrating an Existing Database to Amazon Aurora

• Data migration

• Online data migration services

• Offline data migration services

• Database migration

Section 11: Understanding Additional Migration Support Options

• AWS Managed Services

• AWS Service Catalog

• AWS Service Catalog integrations

• Microsoft workloads on AWS

• SAP on AWS

Section 12: Integrating, Validating, and Cutting Over Applications

• Migrate and modernize phase

• Cutover strategy

Section 13: Modernizing and Optimizing Applications

• Hands-On Lab: Optimizing an Application with Amazon S3 and Amazon ECS

• Cost optimization

• Performance optimization

• AWS tools used to optimize

• Modernize the enterprise

• Use containers

• Use serverless architectures

Section 14: Understanding Operations Tools, Integration Testing, and Automation

• AWS Config

• Infrastructure and operations as code

• Adopting a DevOps approach

• Automate change and configuration

• Automate management

Section 15: Migration Best Practices

• Hands-On Lab: Automating Application Deployments

• Course review

• Best practices

• Continue your learning