Course description

This course is for individuals who seek an understanding of how to plan and migrate existing workloads to the AWS Cloud. You will learn about various cloud migration strategies and how to apply each step of the migration process, including portfolio discovery, application migration planning and design, conducting a migration, and post-migration validation and application optimization. Hands-on labs reinforce learning, and each lab is designed to provide you with the understanding and foundation necessary to complete migration tasks in your organization.

Course level: Intermediate

Duration 3 days

Activities

This course includes presentations, hands-on labs, demonstrations, assessments, and group exercises.

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

• Solutions architects
• Software engineers
• IT project managers
• Operation leads

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• Familiarity with enterprise IT infrastructure (hardware and software)
• Completed the AWS Technical Essentials or Architecting on AWS classroom training
• Achieved their AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification (optional)

Course Outline

• Module 1: What Is a Cloud Migration?
• Module 2: Assessing Migration Readiness
• Module 3: Preparing for a Migration and Understanding Related Workstreams
• Module 4: Discovering Landing Zones and Their Benefits
• Module 5: Building a Landing Zone
• Module 6: Discovering the Portfolio and Understanding Migration Strategies
• Module 7: Understanding and Choosing Portfolio Discovery Tools
• Module 8: Planning and Designing a Migration
• Module 9: Performing the Migration to AWS
• Module 10: Understanding Database and Data Migration Services
• Module 11: Understanding Additional Migration Support Options
• Module 12: Integrating, Validating, and Cutting Over Applications
• Module 13: Modernizing and Optimizing an Application Migration
• Module 14: Understanding Operations Tools, Integration Testing, and Automation
• Module 15: Migration Best Practices