Migration to a cloud-based service provider like Amazon Web Services (AWS) requires careful planning to minimise downtime and ensure a seamless transition. AWS specialists like WOLK can assist you in simplifying the migration process, from pre-migration plans to execution and monitoring.
Pre-Migration Planning
While migrating to AWS offers numerous benefits, pre-planning is critical, simplifying the process and ensuring your business has access to the correct resources. During pre-planning, you’ll need to assess the following:
- Current infrastructure and workflows. Understand what your organisation already has access to, how current workflows operate, and their strengths and weaknesses.
- Identifying goals and objectives. Determine your long-term business objectives and how better tools, services, and cloud infrastructure could help you meet them.
- Involving key stakeholders. Ensure you have the support of the company’s key stakeholders in each relevant department (IT, finance, operations, etc.). They can provide crucial insight, raise concerns, and voice needs and requirements.
- Creating a detailed migration plan. Create a detailed plan outlining each step, complete timelines, and comprehensive risk assessment and mitigation to ensure the migration process is as efficient and trouble-free as possible.
Ensuring Security During Migration
Adopting the AWS Best Practices for Security, Identity, and Compliance as early as possible in your migration process is essential to make it safe, secure, and simpler to complete.
- Identity and Access Management (IAM). Amazon’s integrated IAM tools allow you to specify which team members have access to what data using the principle of least privilege. This helps reduce the risk of data loss and simplifies data access control with clear roles and responsibilities.
- Encryption protocols. AWS Key Management Service (KMS) lets you create control keys and upload data securely by introducing encryption at rest and in transit, reducing the risk of intrusions.
- Network security. Reduce your company’s exposure to cyber threats and isolate your AWS resources with AWS Virtual Private Cloud. This tool can help you control all inbound and outbound traffic with security groups and Access Control Lists (ACLs).
Executing the Migration
An experienced AWS partner can guide you through the simple steps you need to perform to execute the migration easily. Here’s what you can expect:
- Initial setup. Creating and configuring your AWS environment, including accounts, IAM services, VPCs, and other necessary services. This step lays the groundwork for successful data migration.
- Data migration. Moving your business applications and services onto AWS with various migration strategies, each adapted to different solutions. Common examples include rehosting (lift-and-shift), re-platforming, and re-architecting
- Testing and validation. Once all applications have been moved to an AWS environment, they will be tested and monitored for performance and security before validation. Post-migration procedures, such as AWS training and support for employees, can then proceed.
Transform Your Workplace with Simplified AWS Migration
Migrate to the world’s leading cloud service provider with an AWS expert like WOLK today. Contact us today and discover how WOLK can simplify the migration process to help make your workplace safer, more efficient, and more productive.