- A large application portfolio
is 1,000 plus application workloads with connected data.
To successfully migrate large application portfolios
to a public Cloud requires that we think
and plan strategically.
So we strive to understand what we need ahead of time.
To accomplish this, we need to do a few things
include rapidly iterate through feedback loops
from user organizations.
Automate measure and continuously improve
the application migration process.
And finally, make sure that we scale in an accelerating pace
meaning that you can migrate more applications
in a period of time as time progresses.
When moving from traditional application architectures
to those that are specific to the business,
you'll notice that much changes.
An example of a big change is that applications
where the database is tightly coupled
to the application itself may work fine
for traditional computing systems
but might have to be decoupled and moving to the Cloud.
But macro changes will also be occurring as well
as changes to specific technologies.
For example, in the Cloud, we have the notion of stateless
and distributed applications and they are self healing
as well as being latency tolerance.
That's a lot to keep track of but it's these very aspects
of Cloud-based applications that can make some applications
more useful on the Cloud.
You'll need to do your homework and be able to make
a business case to gain the necessary approvals
and secure funds for moving companies cloud applications
to the Cloud.
For this you'll need to do breath analysis
to understand the basics of each application
and determine what needs to be done to move it to the Cloud.
And you'll need to focus on modernization
meaning that we're looking for opportunities
to improve the applications
before they migrate to the Cloud.
Here are the Cloud migration terms and processes
that are helpful to be familiar with.
Move applications through the Cloud
means that you are going through the process.
Notice that we're moving through this process
starting with a very primitive crawl
and working to the fly.
Migration means actually moving the applications
and application data.
Finally, let's move to operate and improve
meaning that we're going to find ways to operate the Cloud
to meet user expectations as well
as continuously improve the applications ongoing.
Identifying which apps to move
as a multi-step consideration.
But what worth the effort
because successful migration to the Cloud for large sets
of applications requires strategic thinking and planning.
Following and considering these steps we discussed
with a few modification based on any unique needs
you may have will help you
get Cloud migration right the first time.