Cloud Masters Episode #123
AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP): How to seamlessly migrate to AWS
We explore the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) — its phases, benefits, common pitfalls, and best practices for successful cloud migrations to AWS.
Cloud Masters Episode #123

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Cloud Masters
AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP): How to seamlessly migrate to AWS
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AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP): How to seamlessly migrate to AWS
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Episode notes

Key Moments: 00:00 – Introduction 00:56 – What is the AWS MAP Program? 01:59 – Phases of AWS MAP 07:32 – Qualifying for MAP 09:42 – Importance of the TCO calculation 14:23 – Underestimating the migration effort 18:18 – Don’t forget security costs in your TCO 19:31 – Cloud migration strategies 24:53 – AWS MAP tagging 30:02 – Landing zones 32:15 – Migrating outdated on-prem software 35:14 – Caveats with the TCO calculator 38:50 – Factoring in modernization work 40:43 – Unforeseen issues post-migration 43:27 – Disaster recovery planning 44:50 – AWS MAP best practices

About the guests

Fabian Lober
Fabian Lober is a Staff Cloud Architect and AWS MAP SME at DoiT. With over a decade of experience, he specializes in migrations and serverless solutions, and is dedicated to helping customers make informed decisions based on their specific business needs.
Piyush Patil
A Senior Cloud Solution Architect and AWS MAP SME at DoiT, Piyush helps clients modernize and migrate their infrastructure to public cloud platforms. With over 10 plus years of experience in software development and DevOps engineering, his core competencies include cloud migration, public cloud, Helm, Kubernetes, continuous integration and continuous deployment, AI & ML Infrastructure Architecting, Inference capacity planning for ML Models on public cloud and network security.
Fabian Lober is a Staff Cloud Architect and AWS MAP SME at DoiT. With over a decade of experience, he specializes in migrations and serverless solutions, and is dedicated to helping customers make informed decisions based on their specific business needs.
A Senior Cloud Solution Architect and AWS MAP SME at DoiT, Piyush helps clients modernize and migrate their infrastructure to public cloud platforms. With over 10 plus years of experience in software development and DevOps engineering, his core competencies include cloud migration, public cloud, Helm, Kubernetes, continuous integration and continuous deployment, AI & ML Infrastructure Architecting, Inference capacity planning for ML Models on public cloud and network security.

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