Checklist

Cloud Migration Checklist for UAE Businesses

A comprehensive step-by-step checklist covering every phase of cloud migration — from initial assessment and vendor selection to execution, testing, and post-migration optimization.

4 phases·20 items

Assessment

Inventory all applications and dependencies

Classify workloads by migration complexity

Identify data sovereignty requirements

Assess current infrastructure costs

Define success metrics and KPIs

Planning

Select cloud provider(s) based on requirements

Design target architecture

Create migration timeline and phases

Plan network connectivity and security

Establish rollback procedures

Execution

Set up cloud landing zone and accounts

Configure networking (VPN, peering, DNS)

Migrate in waves starting with low-risk workloads

Implement monitoring and alerting

Conduct performance and security testing

Optimization

Right-size instances based on actual usage

Implement auto-scaling policies

Set up cost monitoring and alerts

Decommission legacy infrastructure

Document architecture and runbooks

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