Things to consider before cloud migration

The first thing needs to be considered, the main goal for migration & when you plan your cloud migration. Things to keep in mind are minimum cost, robust availability & technical expertise. Understanding the need for new technology to streamline business module is another most important aspect. Awareness of these aspects will help you to make acute decisions to achieve overall objectives.

 Identify which applications needs to be migrated on the cloud. Initially, Businesses usually tends to migrate on small scale, reducing the risk of failure. However, it is very important that the initial phase of application migration need to be complex enough to give considerable experience with the cloud provider’s features and services. This also provides a significant information about the benefits of the cloud to your business. Once you are clear with which application has to be migrated/ transitioned, you can work on the infrastructure, size & data transfering.

 Before switching your on-premises servers and applications, fully verify the new cloud deployment. You must be running services in parallel for some time in order to ensure everything is working properly. Make sure you are prepared to verify all your security and compliance requirements are met; even if the cloud provider’s environment is certified for the standards that apply to you, it is always easy to choose incorrect configuration settings and accidentally expose private data.

Most of the business focus on pre-cloud migration planning, i.e. determining the transition, evaluation of the existing infrastructure, which infrastructure suits the workspace module. An in-depth study of cloud services providers has to be done. The cloud migration service providers are expertized in all technical & physical functionalities. On premise, public or hybrid virtualization is done to acquire Cloud infrastructure. Migration is usually done by creating an migration blueprint including vendors, architecture, configurations, security measures and estimated costs.

 Migrations include:

1. Physical to cloud desktop platforms
2. On-premise virtualization to cloud infrastructure
3. Robust orchestrations to address disaster recovery
4. Cloud environments such as citrix xenapp, vmware horizon & microsoft shared desktop.

It can be tricky to do all of these things well, before, during, and after your cloud migration, especially when you’re unfamiliar with the technology. There is always a need for a recognized specialist in cloud computing and virtualization technologies. To achieve a cost-effective cloud migration, it is very critical to include instrumentation as early as possible in the process. Installing proper instrumentation before you begin your migration can save you from 16% to 25% of your total migration costs. Without keeping a benchmark of pre-migration, it’s very difficult to determine operational parity post migration so cloud migrations can end up running parallel environments far longer than expected.