Migrate on-premises applications and data to cloud environments

This standard is about migrating on-premises applications and data to cloud environments.

Cloud migration requires careful planning and coordination to move applications and data from existing on-premises or cloud platforms to new cloud environments.

It includes developing migration strategies and plans, testing migrated applications and data and identifying and resolving migration issues. It also includes maintaining stakeholder awareness during the migration process.

This standard is for those who need to migrate on-premises applications and data to cloud environments.

1. Collaborate with stakeholders to evaluate current applications and data to assess their suitability for migration to cloud environments
2. Develop application and data migration strategies to prioritise applications and data for migration, identify risks and plan migration in line with organisational procedures
3. Undertake the migration of applications to cloud environments in line with organisational procedures
4. Migrate data to cloud-based data storage solutions in line with organisational procedures
5. Test migrated applications to verify availability and functionality of migrated applications
6. Test migrated data to verify data integrity, quality and security in line with organisational procedures
7. Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies to establish standardised and repeatable migration processes in line with organisational requirements
8. Identify and resolve issues identified during migration in line with organisational procedures
9. Produce detailed documentation for application and data migration processes in line with organisational procedures
10. Document all issues and their resolutions in an issues log to provide traceability and inform future migration activities

1. Industry-standard cloud platforms and cloud computing models, encompassing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Storage as a Service (StaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS)
2. How to evaluate current infrastructure, applications and data for migration to cloud environments
3. How to identify and mitigate potential risks to migration projects
4. Cloud migration strategies including rehosting, refactoring, rearchitecting, re-platforming and retiring and how these are applied to meet specific organisational requirements
5. How to develop migration roadmaps including prioritisation, managing dependencies and timelines for efficient migration
6. Industry standard scripting languages for enabling scalable migration automation
7. How to plan and execute migration projects, considering timelines, resource constraints and stakeholder expectations
8. How to establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for measuring migration success
9. Industry-standard migration tools and services and how to apply them
10. Techniques for migrating data and databases to cloud environments and how to apply them
11. Data security and compliance requirements in cloud migration, including data encryption, access controls, and regulatory compliance
12. The main challenges in application and data migration, and mitigation strategies used to address them
13. The importance of testing in cloud migration, including functional testing, performance testing, and security testing and how to apply them
14. How to implement monitoring throughout the migration process to identify and resolve issues
15. The importance of clear communication of migration status and milestones to stakeholders
16. How to maintain an issues log to record migration issues and resolution for future guidance