Best Practices to Keep in Mind for a Successful Cloud Migration

This chapter has so far discussed the need for organizations to migrate workloads to the cloud and some of the steps and strategies to consider when deciding how to actually perform the migration. This section presents some essential high-level best practices that all solutions architects should be aware of when it comes to successfully implementing a migration to the cloud. These practices are explained here:

• Obtaining senior leadership support and alignment: Migrating workloads to the cloud is much more than just technological choices. A successful migration, as well as a modernization program, hinges on a variety of other factors, including getting the organization’s senior leadership to buy in. This could be achieved by demonstrating the cloud’s true capabilities as well as delivering a comprehensive cloud adoption strategy, business case, and migration plan.
• Creating top-down goals: Once...