Our Migrating to AWS Course is a 3-day, instructor-led training course for solutions architects, software engineers, IT project managers and operations professionals involved in moving existing workloads to the AWS Cloud.
This practical AWS migration course explores the complete migration lifecycle, from assessing readiness and discovering application portfolios through planning, migration execution, validation and post-migration optimisation. Delegates work with AWS migration approaches, landing zones, migration tools, database and server migration services, modernisation options and operational best practices.

Course Schedule
3 days
8:00am - 4:00pm
Online Live
£2,495 per delegate
3 days
8:30am - 4:30pm
Online Live
£2,495 per delegate
3 days
8:30am - 4:30pm
Online Live
£2,495 per delegate
3 days
8:00am - 4:00pm
Online Live
£2,495 per delegate
3 days
8:30am - 4:30pm
Online Live
£2,495 per delegate
Course Code: GK4532
Duration: 3 days
Course Overview
This course develops the knowledge required to plan and migrate existing workloads to the AWS Cloud. It covers common migration drivers, AWS migration strategies and the three broad phases of migration: assess, mobilise, and migrate and modernise.
Delegates examine portfolio discovery, application migration planning, landing zones, connectivity, server and database migration, migration validation, cutover, modernisation and post-migration optimisation. Hands-on activities and scenario-based exercises reinforce the practical skills required to support migration projects.
Target Audience
- Solutions architects
- Software engineers
- IT project managers
- Operations leads
- Other professionals involved in planning or delivering cloud migration projects
Course Objectives
- Recognise common business and technical drivers for cloud migration.
- Explain the principal phases of an AWS migration and the activities involved.
- Compare migration strategies and identify when different approaches are appropriate.
- Assess migration readiness and discover application portfolios.
- Plan and design application migration approaches.
- Use AWS migration tools and services to support server, application and database migration.
- Validate migrated workloads and optimise applications and operations after migration.
Course Content
Day 1
- Cloud migration drivers and migration phases
- Assessing migration readiness
- Migration workstreams and preparation
- Landing zones, AWS Organizations and AWS Control Tower
- Connectivity planning
- Portfolio discovery and migration strategies
Day 2
- Portfolio discovery tools
- AWS Migration Hub and Application Discovery Service
- Planning and designing migrations
- Migration factory concepts
- Server and application migration
- Database and data migration services
Day 3
- Additional migration support options
- Application integration, validation and cutover
- Cost and performance optimisation
- Containers and serverless modernisation
- Operations tooling and automation
- Migration best practices
Course Prerequisites
- Familiarity with enterprise IT infrastructure
- AWS Technical Essentials or Architecting on AWS, or equivalent experience
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate is useful but not mandatory
Public Schedule
Private Virtual Training (Teams / Zoom)
N/A
Private Onsite Training (at your offices)
N/A
Note
All prices exclude VAT at 20%.
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