Getting Started With Migrating to the Cloud

Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: 3 minutes and 13 seconds
Students: 6,077
Rating: 4.6/5

Lesson Description

In this lesson, we will learn practical planning techniques for migrating business applications to public cloud services. 

Intended Audience

The lesson is suitable for anyone wanting to learn more about how public cloud services can be effective in business transformation.  

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the benefits of migrating to the cloud.
  • Describe the six common migration strategies used in cloud migrations. 
  • Explain the stages of the Cloud Transformation Maturity model, and identify where an organization might be in cloud maturity.
  • Implement a framework for assessing an organization's business and technical migration readiness.

Prerequisites

I recommend completing the Cloud Computing for Business Professionals course as a pre-requisite. While this is a beginner level lesson, having a basic understanding of the concepts of Cloud Computing will help ensure you gain the most value from the content.

This Lesson Includes

In this lesson, we will learn hands-on strategies and techniques for migrating business applications to public cloud services. At the completion of this lesson, you will have a working perspective on the steps and processes required to build a migration business case and to implement a migration plan. You will also have an understanding of some of the best practices around migration planning and migration execution. 

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