Migrating to the AWS Cloud

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Migrating to the AWS Cloud

This course is part of AWS Fundamentals Specialization

Instructors: Seph Robinson

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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7 hours to complete

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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7 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

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There are 4 modules in this course

This introductory course is for anyone who wants a deeper dive into AWS migration. Whether you want to understand what services are helpful, need to plan a migration for your organization, or are helping other groups with their own migration, you will find valuable information throughout this course. The course sessions structure cloud migration through the three-phase migration process from AWS: assess, mobilize, and migrate and modernize. This process is designed to help your organization approach and implement a migration of tens, hundreds, or thousands of applications. By learning about this three-phase structure—and the various AWS tools, features, and services that can help you during each phase—you will complete this course with a better understanding of how to design and implement migrations to AWS.

Week 1 of this course introduces the concept of migration and some background material, and we also discuss the format that the rest of the course will follow. You learn about why migration is an important topic, different migration types, and the three-phase migration structure. You also learn about some tools that can help you with learn more about migrations and how to plan them (such as AWS Prescriptive Guidance).

What's included

7 videos4 readings1 assignment2 plugins

7 videos Total 33 minutes

Purpose of this Course 2 minutes
What is Migration? 6 minutes
Why Migrate 5 minutes
Migrations Early Considerations 5 minutes
Students for the Course 3 minutes
Migration Overview 7 minutes
Intro and Demo of AWS Prescriptive Guidance 5 minutes

4 readings Total 37 minutes

Pre-Course Survey 1 minute
Helpful Tips 5 minutes
Week 1 Reading 30 minutes
Mid-Course Survey 1 minute

1 assignment Total 20 minutes

Week 1 Quiz 20 minutes

2 plugins Total 30 minutes

Pre-Course Survey 15 minutes
Mid-Course Survey 15 minutes

Week 2 dives into the assess phase of the migration structure. This week focuses on understanding and evaluating your current infrastructure. Tools such as AWS Migration Evaluator and AWS Migration Hub are crucial to this step of your migration, and discussions with your organization about your business needs for migrating are also critical. Additionally, you should take the time to learn about how your utilization in your on-premises environment translates to AWS services and tools.

What's included

8 videos1 reading1 assignment

8 videos Total 42 minutes

What is Assessing 5 minutes
Migration Evaluator Deep Dive and Demo 5 minutes
Tools to Help 5 minutes
Migration Hub Deep Dive 5 minutes
Translating Into AWS Services Part 1 5 minutes
Translating Into AWS Services Part 2 6 minutes
Assessing Review 5 minutes
Additional Assessment Considerations 5 minutes

1 reading Total 10 minutes

Week 2 Reading 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 20 minutes

Week 2 Quiz 20 minutes

Week 3 focuses on the mobilize phase of the migration. This week, you learn about the methods and tools that are useful for building a refined migration plan. We discuss getting your team and applications ready for migration, look at services like AWS Application Discovery Service, and cover how the AWS Partner Network (APN) can help you establish your migration plan. To close this section, you learn about AWS Management and Governance, AWS Control Tower, and AWS Landing Zone—tools that can help you prepare for the actual work of migrating applications while also prioritizing security and dependability.

What's included

8 videos1 reading1 assignment

8 videos Total 33 minutes

What is "Mobilization" 3 minutes
Migration Plan Considerations 6 minutes
What Needs to be Migrated 3 minutes
Application Discovery Service Demo 4 minutes
Another Way to Migrate 3 minutes
AWS Management and Governance 6 minutes
Getting Ready to Migrate 4 minutes
Mobilize Review 5 minutes

1 reading Total 30 minutes

Week 3 Reading 30 minutes

1 assignment Total 20 minutes

Week 3 Quiz 20 minutes

In the final week of this course, you focus on the migrate and modernize phase of the migration structure. During week 4, you learn about migrating specific types of components and the services that assist with their migration: AWS Application Migration Service, AWS Database Migration Service, AWS DataSync, AWS Storage Gateway, and the AWS Snow Family. This week closes with some additional resources so that you can continue your self-paced study with AWS.

What's included

9 videos3 readings2 assignments1 plugin

9 videos Total 42 minutes

What is Migrate and Modernize 2 minutes
Migrating Application and Servers 6 minutes
Migrating Databases 6 minutes
Migrating Data Part 1 5 minutes
Migrating Data Part 2 5 minutes
Snow Demo 5 minutes
Migrate and Modernize Review 4 minutes
Next Up 5 minutes
Course Review: Lessons Learned/Recap 4 minutes

3 readings Total 26 minutes

Optional Challenge Exercise 10 minutes
Week 4 Reading 15 minutes
Post-Course Survey 1 minute

2 assignments Total 50 minutes

Week 4 Quiz 20 minutes
Final Assessment 30 minutes

1 plugin Total 15 minutes

Post-Course Survey 15 minutes

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Reviewed on Mar 7, 2024

Learned a lot in this course, that built upon course 1's topics and concepts

Reviewed on Aug 24, 2023

Great Course that enhances your learning and knowledge.

Reviewed on Oct 16, 2023

great, but I think you need more to visualize it using a text since It's rather fast.

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