Course Outline
Migration Strategy and Assessment for Government
- Business drivers and migration objectives for government agencies
- Migration patterns: rehost, replatform, refactor, and replace for government applications
- Utilizing the AWS Migration Readiness Assessment (MRA) and discovery tools for government
- Prioritizing applications and building a migration roadmap for government operations
Discovery, Inventory, and Planning for Government
- Collecting inventory and dependency mapping for government systems
- Estimating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and sizing AWS resources for government use
- Conducting risk assessments and cutover planning for government migrations
- Designing migration waves and rollback strategies for government applications
Server Migration with AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) for Government
- Understanding MGN architecture and migration workflow for government servers
- Configuring replication settings, managing snapshots, and considering bandwidth for government migrations
- Testing replicated servers and performing test cutovers for government systems
- Executing final cutover and validation procedures for government applications
Database Migration with AWS DMS for Government
- Key DMS concepts: full load, Change Data Capture (CDC), and continuous replication for government databases
- Source/target considerations and schema conversion basics for government data migrations
- Minimizing downtime and validating data consistency for government database transitions
- Operational tasks: monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting for government DMS migrations
Data Transfer, Networking, and Security for Government
- Data transfer options: AWS DataSync, Snow family, and direct connections for government data
- VPC design, routing, security groups, and connectivity considerations for government migrations
- Identity management, access controls, and encryption during government data migrations
- Firewall, DNS, and cutover networking requirements for government systems
Testing, Cutover, and Post-Migration Operations for Government
- Conducting validation tests, performance benchmarking, and quality assurance (QA) checks for government applications
- Developing rollback plans and contingency procedures for government migrations
- Post-migration optimization: right-sizing, autoscaling, and cost controls for government systems
- Creating operational runbooks, monitoring strategies, and backup plans for government applications
Hands-on Workshop: End-to-End Migration Scenario for Government
- Perform discovery and plan a migration wave for sample government workloads
- Replicate a server with MGN and execute a test cutover for government applications
- Migrate a sample database with DMS and validate results for government systems
- Complete the final cutover, validate services, and review lessons learned for government migrations
Summary and Next Steps for Government
Requirements
- A foundational understanding of IT infrastructure and networking principles for government.
- Familiarity with virtualization technologies and operating systems, including Windows and Linux.
- Basic knowledge of database management and storage concepts.
Audience
- Cloud architects and engineers responsible for government projects.
- Infrastructure and operations teams supporting government initiatives.
- IT managers and project leads planning migrations for government agencies.
Testimonials (5)
Trainer had good grasp of concepts
Josheel - Verizon Connect
Course - Amazon Redshift
The practice part.
Radu - Ness Digital Engineering
Course - AWS: A Hands-on Introduction to Cloud Computing
The training was more practical
Siphokazi Biyana - Vodacom SA
Course - Kubernetes on AWS
The trainer knew exactly what they were speaking about.
Madumetsa Msomi - BMW
Course - AWS DevOps Engineers
All good, nothing to improve
