On-premises inventory and dependency analysis
A server list on its own is not a migration inventory. Application, database, storage, network, DNS, identity, external services, licensing, data volume, business owner and permitted downtime should be collected in the same workload record.
Building a wave plan for cloud migration
For each workload, a retain, retire, rehost, replatform or refactor decision is written down with its rationale. Directly dependent components are kept in the same wave, and the pilot wave should be representative as well as low-risk.
Balancing cost, security and governance
The target cost estimate includes storage, data transfer, backup, logging, connectivity and licensing in addition to compute. Identity, network, policy, security, budget and ownership standards in the landing zone are prepared before the workloads arrive.
Post-migration operations checklist
The short checklist below is a practical field reference for on-premises to cloud migration projects:
| Control Area | Expected Output |
|---|---|
| Inventory | Workload, owner, dependencies and data |
| Target | Strategy, landing zone and cost |
| Wave | Pilot, cutover, communication and rollback |
| Acceptance | Functionality, performance, security and business owner |