Migrating to AWS (AWSM) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Day 1

Module 0: Introduction to Migrating to AWS
  • Course introduction
Module 1: What Is a Cloud Migration?
  • Summarize the drivers and desired outcomes of a cloud migration
  • Identify the elements of a successful migration journey
  • Describe the three-phase AWS migration process
Module 2: Assessing Migration Readiness
  • Summarize the activities and goals of the assess phase
  • Evaluate tools for assessing your organization’s cloud readiness
  • Describe Migration Readiness Assessments (MRAs) and their importance
  • Group Exercise: Assess cloud migration readiness with AWS Cloud Adoption Readiness Tool (CART)
Module 3: Preparing for a Migration and Understanding Related Workstreams
  • Summarize the mobilize phase of the process
  • Discuss the eight unique migration-related workstreams
Module 4: Discovering Landing Zones and Their Benefits
  • Explain the function of a landing zone
  • Discuss best practices for creating a custom landing zone
  • Describe how you would use AWS Control Tower to create a landing zone
Module 5: Building a Landing Zone
  • Summarize the process of building a landing zone
  • Determine the best multi-account structure, governance policies, and connectivity plan for a landing zone
  • Demonstration: AWS Control Tower
  • Hands-On Lab: Connecting Your On-Premises Network and Directory Services to AWS
Module 6: Discovering the Portfolio and Understanding Migration Strategies
  • Explain the activities of the detailed portfolio discovery workstream
  • Describe how to assess an application’s migration readiness
  • Summarize the seven migration strategies
  • Group Exercise: Choose the best strategy (scenario-based)

Day 2

Module 7: Understanding and Choosing Portfolio Discovery Tools
  • Summarize the various discovery tools available
  • Distinguish which tools are best to use based on scenario
  • Hands-On Lab: Gathering Application Data Necessary for Migration
Module 8: Planning and Designing a Migration
  • Describe the planning and design process
  • Summarize how to set up a migration factory
  • Choose and finalize an application migration strategy
Module 9: Performing the Migration to AWS
  • Explain the server migration process
  • Discuss the various migration automation and governance tools available
  • Evaluate server migration tools for compatibility with your environment
  • Hands-On Lab: Migrating an Application to AWS
Module 10: Understanding Database and Data Migration Services
  • Summarize the significance of database and data migration
  • Discuss the various data migration tools available
  • Hands-On Lab: Migrating an Existing Database to Amazon Aurora

Day 3

Module 11: Understanding Additional Migration Support Options
  • Discuss additional migration support options
  • Summarize AWS Managed Services and AWS Marketplace
  • Describe SAP on AWS and services offered for Windows
Module 12: Integrating, Validating, and Cutting Over Applications
  • Discuss the process and benefits of integrating, validating, and cutting over applications
Module 13: Modernizing and Optimizing an Application Migration
  • Identify post-migration opportunities for modernization and optimization
  • Understand cost and security optimization processes
  • Explore tools available to support these processes
  • Hands-On Lab: Optimizing an Application with Amazon S3 and Amazon ECS
Module 14: Understanding Operations Tools, Integration Testing, and Automation
  • Summarize operations in the cloud
  • Discuss four functions of operations and their domains
  • Review operations automation and relevant support tools
Module 15: Migration Best Practices
  • Course review and key takeaways
  • Summarize and reinforce AWS best practices for migrating
  • Hands-On Lab: Automating Application Deployments