Before you move a single workload to the cloud, check these 3 things.
Sometimes migrations donโt happen as seamlessly as you would like. Not because of bad technology but because of skipped groundwork.
๐ญ. ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Do you know what talks to what? Hidden dependencies between apps, databases, scheduled jobs, third party APIs, auth flows and services are often the cause of migration surprises. Map them before you move anything.
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด
“Lift and shift” without optimisation can often mean “lift your on-prem costs and multiply them.” Run a realistic cloud cost estimate, including egress / data transfer fees, back up / disaster recovery, licensing and idle resource cost, before committing.
๐ฏ. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ & Operational ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐
Cloud doesn’t inherit your on-prem security posture. Identify data classification requirements, access control policies and compliance obligations (GDPR, ISO 27001, etc.) now, not after go-live. Make sure your monitoring, logging, backups, IAM/access controls, recovery testing are tight before you press the big red migration button.
Migration is an opportunity to modernise. But only if you go in with eyes open.
If you’d like to talk to us about migrating to the cloud, email us – info@fretec.ie – we’d be happy to help.
