AWS Migration and Scalable Automated Solutions (links to resources)

 

 

1-Cloud Adoption and Migration

• The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework https://aws.amazon.com/professional-services/CAF/ created by AWS Professional Services to help organizations develop efficient and effective plans for their cloud adoption journey.

 

• AWS Professional Services: AWS Migration Whitepaper https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/Migration/aws-migration-whitepaper.pdf

 

• Migrating Applications to AWS https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/Migration/migrating-applications-to-aws.pdf Guide and Best Practices.

 

• Migration Evaluator https://aws.amazon.com/migration-evaluator/ provides a business case to make sound AWS planning and migration decisions.

 

• AWS Prescriptive Guidance https://aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance Resources from AWS and APN Partners to help accelerate cloud adoption and modernization.

 

• AWS Application Discovery Service https://aws.amazon.com/application-discovery/ helps enterprise customers plan migration projects by gathering information about their on-premises data centres.

 

• AWS Discovery Utilities https://github.com/awslabs/aws-discovery-utils

 

• AWS Migration Hub https://aws.amazon.com/migration-hub/ single location to track the progress of application migrations across multiple AWS and partner solutions.

 

• AWS Server Migration Service https://aws.amazon.com/server-migration-service/ agentless service which makes it easier and faster for you to migrate thousands of on-premises workloads to AWS.

 

• AWS Database Migration Service https://aws.amazon.com/dms/ helps you migrate databases to AWS quickly and securely.

 

• AWS Database Migration Service Automation Framework https://aws.amazon.com/quickstart/architecture/aws-dms-automation-framework/ Quick Start

 

• AWS Database Migration Service Best Practices https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/RDS/AWS_Database_Migration_Service_Best_Practices.pdf

 

• AWS Schema Conversion Tool https://docs.aws.amazon.com/SchemaConversionTool/latest/userguide/CHAP_Welcome.html

 

• The AWS Partner Competency Program has validated that the partners below have demonstrated that they can help enterprise customers migrate applications and legacy infrastructure to AWS https://aws.amazon.com/migration/partner-solutions/

 

• Migrating Your Databases to Amazon Aurora https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/RDS/Migrating your databases to Amazon Aurora.pdf

 

• Windows to Linux Replatforming Assistant for Microsoft SQL Server Databases https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/replatform-sql-server.html move existing Microsoft SQL Server workloads from a Windows to a Linux operating system.

 

• CloudEndure Migration https://aws.amazon.com/cloudendure/ converts your machines from their source infrastructure into the AWS infrastructure so they can boot and run natively in AWS.

 

• Cloud Centre of Excellence https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/tag/ccoe/ AWS Cloud Enterprise Strategy Blog

 

• Using a Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCOE) to Transform the Entire Enterprise https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/using-a-cloud-center-of-excellence-ccoe-to-transform-the-entire-enterprise/

 

• Create a Cloud Centre of Excellence https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-technical-content/latest/cost-optimization-laying-the-foundation/cloud-center-of-excellence.html

 

• Why a Cloud Centre of Excellence Matters https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/key-findings-from-cloud-leaders-why-a-cloud-center-of-excellence-matters/- Key Findings from Cloud Leaders

 

2-Global AWS Infrastructure

• Global Infrastructure https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/ The Most Extensive, Reliable, and Secure Global Cloud Infrastructure. http://www.infrastructure.aws/

 

• AWS Datacentres https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/data-center/

 

3-Building Scalable Automated Solutions

• Environmental control with https://aws.amazon.com/controltower/

 

• Automating Landing Zones https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/apn/automating-your-aws-landing-zone-deployment-to-speed-up-large-scale-migrations/

 

• Building AWS CloudFormation Templates https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/sample-templates-services-us-west-2.html

 

• Automated Deployments using AWS Perspective (design to code) https://docs.aws.amazon.com/solutions/latest/aws-perspective/automated-deployment.html

 

• Service Auto Scaling https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/service-auto-scaling.html or Amazon Elastic Container Service

 

• EC2 Auto Scaling Groups Multiple Instance Types & Purchase Options https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-ec2-auto-scaling-groups-with-multiple-instance-types-purchase-options/

 

• ELB and Auto scaling https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/autoscaling-load-balancer.html

 

• Autoscaling and SQS https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-using-sqs-queue.html

 

• Clustered Auto-scaling with Containers https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/deep-dive-on-amazon-ecs-cluster-auto-scaling/

 

• Auto scaling and Kubernetes https://medium.com/devops-dudes/auto-scaling-your-kubernetes-cluster-in-aws-everything-you-need-to-know-89a121f90270

 

• CloudFormation Drift Detection https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/detect-drift-stack.html