Migrating to AWS

Module 1: AWS Migration Fundamentals

• Introduction to cloud migration
• Benefits of migrating to AWS
• Migration challenges
• AWS migration framework
• Migration readiness
• Business and technical drivers
• Migration stakeholders
• Migration success criteria
• AWS Cloud Adoption Framework

Module 2: Migration Discovery and Assessment

• Application discovery
• Infrastructure assessment
• Server discovery
• Application dependency mapping
• Database assessment
• Storage assessment
• Network assessment
• Performance baselines
• Migration readiness assessment
• AWS Migration Evaluator
• AWS Migration Hub

Module 3: AWS Migration Strategies

• Understanding the AWS migration strategy
• Rehost
• Replatform
• Refactor
• Repurchase
• Retire
• Retain
• Relocate
• Strategy selection
• Migration trade-offs
• Business case development

Module 4: Migration Planning

• Migration roadmap
• Migration waves
• Application prioritization
• Dependency planning
• Migration factory concepts
• Resource planning
• Risk management
• Migration timelines
• Cutover planning
• Rollback planning
• Communication strategies

Module 5: Server and Application Migration

• AWS Application Migration Service
• Server replication
• Application discovery
• Rehosting workloads
• Test launches
• Cutover
• Rollback
• EC2 migration
• Application validation
• Post-migration optimization

Module 6: Database Migration

• AWS Database Migration Service
• Database discovery
• Schema conversion
• AWS Schema Conversion Tool concepts
• Homogeneous migration
• Heterogeneous migration
• Full load migration
• Change Data Capture
• Database replication
• Database validation
• Database cutover

Module 7: Data and Storage Migration

• AWS DataSync
• AWS Storage Gateway
• AWS Snow Family
• AWS Transfer Family
• Amazon S3 migration
• EBS migration
• File system migration
• Large-scale data transfer
• Online vs offline migration
• Data integrity validation

Module 8: Network and Hybrid Connectivity

• AWS VPC
• Migration networking
• VPN connectivity
• AWS Direct Connect
• Hybrid cloud architecture
• DNS migration
• Routing
• Security Groups
• Network ACLs
• Firewall considerations
• Connectivity testing

Module 9: Application Modernization

• Application modernization
• Replatforming
• Refactoring
• Containerization
• Amazon ECS
• Amazon EKS
• AWS Lambda
• Serverless modernization
• Microservices
• Managed database services
• Modern application architecture

Module 10: Migration Security and Compliance

• AWS Shared Responsibility Model
• IAM
• Encryption
• AWS KMS
• Security Groups
• Network security
• Data protection
• Logging and monitoring
• Compliance requirements
• Security validation
• Access control

Module 11: Migration Execution and Cutover

• Migration wave execution
• Testing and validation
• User acceptance testing
• Performance testing
• Data synchronization
• Cutover planning
• DNS updates
• Application launch
• Rollback procedures
• Migration issue management

Module 12: Post-Migration Optimization

• Application optimization
• EC2 right-sizing
• Cost optimization
• Performance optimization
• Reliability improvements
• Monitoring
• AWS CloudWatch
• AWS Trusted Advisor
• Operational readiness
• Backup and disaster recovery
• Continuous improvement

Module 13: Hands-On AWS Migration Workshop

• Assess a sample environment
• Identify application dependencies
• Select migration strategies
• Build a migration roadmap
• Configure migration infrastructure
• Replicate workloads
• Migrate a database
• Transfer application data
• Test migrated workloads
• Execute a simulated cutover
• Validate applications
• Optimize the migrated environment

• Cloud Migration Architects
• AWS Solutions Architects
• Cloud Architects
• Cloud Engineers
• Migration Engineers
• Infrastructure Engineers
• System Administrators
• Database Administrators
• Network Engineers
• DevOps Engineers
• IT Managers
• Enterprise Architects
• Application Architects
• Project Managers involved in cloud migration
• Professionals responsible for planning or executing AWS migrations
• IT professionals transitioning workloads from on-premises infrastructure to AWS

• Understand the complete AWS cloud migration lifecycle.
• Assess on-premises infrastructure and application dependencies.
• Build effective AWS migration strategies and roadmaps.
• Apply the AWS 7 Rs migration strategies.
• Use AWS tools to discover and assess migration workloads.
• Plan and execute server and application migrations.
• Migrate databases using AWS Database Migration Service.
• Transfer large datasets using AWS DataSync, Snow Family, and Storage Gateway.
• Design secure hybrid connectivity using VPN and Direct Connect.
• Plan application modernization using containers, serverless, and managed AWS services.
• Implement security and compliance controls during migration.
• Plan migration waves, testing, cutover, and rollback.
• Validate workloads after migration.
• Optimize migrated applications for performance, reliability, security, and cost.
• Develop practical skills for managing enterprise AWS migration projects.

• Basic understanding of AWS Cloud services.
• Familiarity with compute, storage, databases, and networking.
• Understanding of on-premises infrastructure.
• Basic knowledge of virtualization.
• Familiarity with operating systems and servers.
• Understanding of databases is beneficial.
• Basic networking knowledge is recommended.
• Experience with AWS Management Console is helpful.
• Knowledge of cloud security and IAM is beneficial.
• Prior experience managing IT infrastructure or applications is recommended for advanced migration scenarios.

Course: Migrating to AWS
Level: Intermediate
Delivery: Instructor-led training
Hands-On: Yes
Technology: Amazon Web Services
Focus: Cloud migration, assessment, planning, execution, modernization, and optimization