Migration Strategies

6 strategies for migration

When migrating applications to the cloud, six of the most common migration strategies that you can implement are:

• Rehosting
• Replatforming
• Refactoring/re-architecting
• Repurchasing
• Retaining
• Retiring

To learn more, select the + symbol next to each category.

Rehosting

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Rehosting also known as “lift-and-shift” involves moving applications without changes. 

In the scenario of a large legacy migration, in which the company is looking to implement its migration and scale quickly to meet a business case, the majority of applications are rehosted.  

- Reducing it up to 30 %

- Optimizing it

 

Replatforming

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Replatforming, also known as “lift, tinker, and shift,” involves making a few cloud optimizations to realize a tangible benefit. Optimization is achieved without changing the core architecture of the application.

 

 

Refactoring/re-architecting

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Refactoring (also known as re-architecting) involves reimagining how an application is architected and developed by using cloud-native features. Refactoring is driven by a strong business need to add features, scale, or performance that would otherwise be difficult to achieve in the application’s existing environment.

 

Repurchasing

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Repurchasing involves moving from a traditional license to a software-as-a-service model. 

 

For example, a business might choose to implement the repurchasing strategy by migrating from a customer relationship management (CRM) system to Salesforce.com.

 

Retaining

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Retaining consists of keeping applications that are critical for the business in the source environment. This might include applications that require major refactoring before they can be migrated, or, work that can be postponed until a later time.

 

Retiring

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Retiring is the process of removing applications that are no longer needed.