Cloud Migration Basics
Cloud migration is the process of moving IT resources, databases, and data to a cloud environment. This could be migrating from on-premise infrastructure to the cloud, or from one cloud environment to another. The term covers migration to any form of cloud environment, including public cloud, private cloud, or a hybrid solution.
What are the benefits of migrating to the cloud?
The benefits depend on how workloads are migrated, how infrastructure is designed, and how the environment is managed over time. When implemented effectively, cloud environments can offer a more flexible and responsive approach to infrastructure compared to traditional on-premise systems.
Scalable infrastructure
Resources can be adjusted dynamically in line with workload demand, reducing the need to provision for peak capacity in advance.
Improved performance and efficiency
Workloads can run on optimised infrastructure with better resource utilisation, particularly when designed for cloud-native or distributed environments.
Greater cost control
Spending can align more closely with actual usage, with opportunities to reduce waste through
monitoring and optimisation.
Access to modern deployment models
Support for containers, serverless and other approaches enables faster development, testing and deployment cycles.
Cloud migration considerations
Cloud migration considerations apply whether migrating from on-premise infrastructure, between cloud providers, or as part of a hybrid or multi-cloud strategy.
Rather than focusing only on the destination, your organisation can work with a provider to consider how infrastructure will behave during and after the transition. This includes assessing workload suitability, defining migration strategy, managing risk, ensuring compliance and planning for ongoing performance, cost control and operational management.
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Three key cloud migration steps
Understand the three key cloud migration steps and how each stage shapes performance, cost and long-term infrastructure outcomes. More information in our blog above.
Assess
The assessment stage focuses on building a detailed understanding of your current infrastructure. This includes applications, data, dependencies and performance requirements.
Plan
Planning establishes how the migration will be executed. This involves selecting the appropriate migration approach, prioritising workloads and structuring the sequence of migration.
Migrate and optimise
The migration stage involves moving workloads into the cloud according to the defined plan. This includes transferring data, configuring environments and ensuring applications run correctly in the new infrastructure.
Ready to Start Your Cloud Migration?
Starting your cloud migration means moving from planning into controlled execution while maintaining performance, availability and stable infrastructure from day one.
Choosing the right cloud provider and migration approach is critical at this stage, as these decisions affect how workloads are deployed, secured and managed long term. Many organisations also work with a managed service provider (MSP) to support migration, reduce operational risk and provide ongoing optimisation and support once environments are live.
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