{"id":2954,"date":"2021-04-21T11:51:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T11:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moveoapps.com\/blog\/?p=2954"},"modified":"2021-04-22T07:23:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T07:23:12","slug":"migrating-app-to-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moveoapps.com\/blog\/migrating-app-to-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"7-Step Approach to Migrating your App to Cloud Seamlessly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud migration is the process of moving digital assets such as applications, IT\u00a0resources, data and workloads to the cloud infrastructure. A migration can also\u00a0involve moving some assets or all the assets from one cloud to another cloud.<\/p>\n<p>However, with the constant fall of costs for the hybrid cloud infrastructure and\u00a0cloud computing, most organizations have decided to migrate the apps to the\u00a0cloud.<\/p>\n<p>In this article, we will discuss the tips for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scnsoft.com\/services\/application\/migration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app migration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Steps for App migration<\/h2>\n<h3>1. Understand your applications<\/h3>\n<p>Before starting with the migration process, the first thing you need to do is\u00a0to get a complete understanding of your app. The major things to focus on\u00a0include understanding your app platform, application state which\u00a0represents those places where information is stored in apps, the quantity of\u00a0data to be moved, storage required, network appliances, the security and\u00a0compliance.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Choose a strategy for cloud migration<\/h3>\n<p>With the help of a time quadrant you could get to know what you can do\u00a0with the system\u2019s components. However, the right migration strategy could\u00a0be applied by understanding the app\u2019s category. There are 6 cloud\u00a0migration strategies to choose from, including rehost, replatform, refactor,\u00a0retirement, repurchase and retain.<\/p>\n<p>Along with this, the most essential aspect of choosing a migration strategy\u00a0is using a dependency mapping tool to check the dependencies between\u00a0the applications.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Understand migration success<\/h3>\n<p>This step is concerned with measuring the cloud migration performance for\u00a0achieving the business objectives. There are different types of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.klipfolio.com\/resources\/kpi-examples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KPIs<\/a> to be\u00a0measured while moving the data to the cloud such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The ratio between total request and error request<\/li>\n<li>The peak response time<\/li>\n<li>Network Latency and Memory use<\/li>\n<li>Monthly Billing and Number of data exposure<\/li>\n<li>Frequency of potentially malicious and unusual user activity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Select a cloud environment<\/h3>\n<p>Before choosing a cloud environment, you must understand the cloud\u00a0model. You could either choose between the hybrid model, public cloud, or\u00a0private cloud. Once you have selected the cloud environment, you are\u00a0required to choose a cloud provider.<\/p>\n<p>The major cloud providers are Microsoft Azure offering an SLA of 99.95%,\u00a0Amazon whose web services have extensive technical documentation and\u00a0Google Cloud Platform that boosts high productivity.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Automate Migration<\/h3>\n<p>The next step after choosing a cloud environment is to automate the\u00a0migration. The automation tools are very important for integrating the\u00a0success of migration projects. IaC tools are one of the automation tools\u00a0that help to replace manual infrastructure management by using high-level\u00a0coding language.<\/p>\n<p>The basic IaC tools are Google Cloud Deployment Manager, Terraform,\u00a0Azure Resource Manager and AWS Cloud Formation.<\/p>\n<p>With this, the developers can automate test-driven development (TDD),\u00a0continuous delivery (CD) and continuous integration (CI).<\/p>\n<h3>6. Conduct a pilot migration<\/h3>\n<p>A pilot migration is very essential to check up on the efficiency of the\u00a0migration strategy. With the <a href=\"https:\/\/cloudmigration.nl\/blog\/preparing-and-execution-pilot-migration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pilot migration<\/a>, we could easily know about\u00a0the latency and performance of the cloud and take the necessary steps if\u00a0required.<\/p>\n<h3>7. Migrate<\/h3>\n<p>This is the last and the most important step that requires you to move your\u00a0data or users to the cloud after you have made a successful strategy.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Migrating apps to the cloud is quite a challenging process. If you want to\u00a0successfully migrate your apps to the cloud, you should follow the above-given\u00a0steps for a successful and effective app migration process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud migration is the process of moving digital assets such as applications, IT\u00a0resources, data and workloads to the cloud infrastructure. A migration can also\u00a0involve moving some assets or all the assets from one cloud to another cloud. 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