AWSMIGRA

Migrating to AWS

This course is for individuals who seek an understanding of how to plan and migrate existing workloads to the AWS Cloud. You will learn about various cloud migration strategies and how to apply each step of the migration process, including portfolio discovery, application migration planning and design, conducting a migration, and post-migration validation and application optimization. Hands-on labs reinforce learning, and each lab is designed to provide you with the understanding and foundation necessary to complete migration tasks in your organization.

AWS
✓ Official training AWSLevel Intermediate⏱️ 3 days (21h)

What you will learn

  • Recognize the common business and technical drivers for migrating to the cloud
  • Summarize the three phases of a migration and associated objectives, tasks, and stakeholders for each
  • Describe AWS architecture, tools, and migration best practices
  • Distinguish between the various cloud migration strategies and when each is most appropriate
  • Determine an organization's application migration readiness
  • Discover a portfolio and gather data necessary for migration
  • Plan and design an application migration strategy
  • Perform and validate application migration to the cloud
  • Optimize applications and operations after migrating to the cloud

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with enterprise IT infrastructure (hardware and software)
  • Completed the AWS Technical Essentials or Architecting on AWS classroom training
  • Achieved their AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification (optional)

Target audience

  • Solutions architects, Software engineers, IT project managers, Operation leads, Other individuals involved in the planning and running of migration projects

Training Program

15 modules to master the fundamentals

Topics covered
  • →Drivers and outcomes of a cloud migration
  • →Planning for a successful cloud migration
  • →The three-phase migration process
Topics covered
  • →The assess phase
  • →Cloud readiness assessment tools
  • →Examine your IT landscape and build your business case
  • →Group Exercise: The Cloud Adoption Tool (CART)
Topics covered
  • →Mobilize phase
  • →Migration-related workstreams
Topics covered
  • →What is a landing zone?
  • →Custom multi-account structure with AWS Organizations
  • →AWS Control Tower
  • →Customizations for AWS Control Tower (CfCt)
  • →Planning for connectivity
Topics covered
  • →Planning a landing zone
  • →Design a multi-account structure
  • →Governance polices
  • →Planning for connectivity
  • →Demonstration: AWS Control Tower
  • →Hands-On Lab: Connecting Your On-Premises Network and Directory Services to AWS
Topics covered
  • →Detailed portfolio discovery workstream
  • →Evaluating cloud readiness
  • →Cloud migration strategies
  • →Group Exercise: Choose a migration strategy (scenario-based)
Topics covered
  • →Migration Evaluator
  • →AWS Migration Hub and AWS Application Discovery Service
  • →AWS Systems Manager and Amazon CloudWatch
  • →Hands-On Lab: Gathering Application Data Necessary for Migration
Topics covered
  • →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
Topics covered
  • →Server migration process
  • →Server migration tools
  • →VMware Cloud on AWS
  • →AWS Migration Hub
  • →AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN)
  • →Evaluating server migration tools
  • →Hands-On Lab: Migrating an Application to AWS
Topics covered
  • →Data migration
  • →Online data migration services
  • →Offline data migration services
  • →Database migration
  • →Hands-On Lab: Migrating an Existing Database to Amazon Aurora
Topics covered
  • →AWS Managed Services
  • →AWS Service Catalog
  • →AWS Service Catalog integrations
  • →Microsoft workloads on AWS
  • →SAP on AWS
Topics covered
  • →Migrate and modernize phase
  • →Cutover strategy
Topics covered
  • →Cost optimization
  • →Performance optimization
  • →AWS tools used to optimize
  • →Modernize the enterprise
  • →Use containers
  • →Use serverless architectures
  • →Hands-On Lab: Optimizing an Application with Amazon S3 and Amazon ECS
Topics covered
  • →AWS Config
  • →Infrastructure and operations as code
  • →Adopting a DevOps approach
  • →Automate change and configuration
  • →Automate management
Topics covered
  • →Course review
  • →Best practices
  • →Continue your learning
  • →Hands-On Lab: Automating Application Deployments

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Teaching Methods Used
  • Lectures / Theoretical Slides — Presentation of concepts using visual aids (PowerPoint, PDF).
  • Technical Demonstration (Demos) — The instructor performs a task or procedure while students observe.
  • Guided Labs — Guided practical exercises on software, hardware, or technical environments.
Evaluation and Monitoring System

The achievement of training objectives is evaluated at multiple levels to ensure quality:

  • Continuous Knowledge Assessment : Verification of knowledge throughout the training via participatory methods (quizzes, practical exercises, case studies) under instructor supervision.
  • Progress Measurement : Comparative self-assessment system including an initial diagnostic to determine the starting level, followed by a final evaluation to validate skills development.
  • Quality Evaluation : End-of-session satisfaction questionnaire to measure the relevance and effectiveness of the training as perceived by participants.

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