Migrating to AWS Training

Course 1221

  • Duration: 3 days
  • Language: English
  • Level: Intermediate

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.

Migrating to AWS Training Delivery Methods

  • Official AWS training curriculum

  • Attend in-class or online

Migrating to AWS Training Course Benefits

Recognize the common business and technical drivers for migrating to the cloud

Summarize the three phases of a migration and associated objectives, tasks, and stakeholders for each

Describe AWS architecture, tools, and migration best practices

Distinguish between the various cloud migration strategies and when each is most appropriate

Determine an organization’s application migration readiness

Discover a portfolio and gather data necessary for migration

Plan and design an application migration strategy

Perform and validate application migration to the cloud

Migrating to AWS Training Course Outline

  • Requirements

    We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

    • Courses taken: AWS Technical Essentials or Architecting on AWS
    • Certifications achieved (optional): AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
    • Familiarity with enterprise IT infrastructure (hardware and software)
  • Who Should Attend This Course

    • Solutions Architects
    • Software Engineers
    • IT Project Managers
    • Operation leads
  • Day One

    • Introduction to Migrating to AWS
    • What Is a Cloud Migration?
    • Assessing Migration Readiness
    • Preparing for a Migration and Understanding Related Workstreams
    • Discovering Landing Zones and Their Benefits
    • Building a Landing Zone
    • Discovering the Portfolio and Understanding Migration Strategies
  • Day Two

    • Understanding and Choosing Portfolio Discovery Tools
    • Planning and Designing a Migration
    • Performing the Migration to AWS
    • Understanding Database and Data Migration Services
  • Day Three

    • Understanding Additional Migration Support Options
    • Integrating, Validating, and Cutting Over Applications
    • Modernizing and Optimizing an Application Migration
    • Understanding Operations Tools, Integration Testing, and Automation
    • Migration Best Practices

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Migrating to AWS Training FAQs

The following prerequisites are recommended:

  • For IT project managers - courses taken: AWS Technical Essentials
  • For IT professionals - courses taken: Architecting on AWS
  • Certifications achieved (optional): AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
  • Familiarity with enterprise IT infrastructure (hardware and software)
    • Certifications achieved (optional): AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
    • Familiarity with enterprise IT infrastructure (hardware and software)

Yes! We know your busy work schedule may prevent you from getting to one of our classrooms which is why we offer convenient online training to meet your needs wherever you want. This course is available in class and live online.

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