Cloud migration remains one of the most complex undertakings in enterprise IT — not because the technology is difficult, but because the organizational and architectural decisions involved have long-lasting consequences.
Phase 1: Discovery & Assessment
- Complete application inventory and dependency mapping
- Classify workloads by migration strategy (Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Replace, Retire)
- Baseline current infrastructure costs and performance metrics
- Identify compliance and data residency requirements
Phase 2: Architecture Design
- Choose target cloud platform (GCP, AWS, Azure, or multi-cloud)
- Design landing zone with network topology, IAM, and security controls
- Define tagging strategy, cost allocation, and governance framework
- Plan disaster recovery and backup architecture
Phase 3: Migration Execution
- Migrate in waves — start with non-critical workloads
- Implement CI/CD pipelines before migrating production workloads
- Run parallel environments during cutover windows
- Validate performance, security, and data integrity at every step
Phase 4: Optimization
- Right-size compute instances based on actual utilization
- Implement auto-scaling and spot/preemptible instance policies
- Enable cloud-native monitoring and alerting
- Conduct a formal FinOps review 30/60/90 days post-migration
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