Google Cloud Database Migrations: Strategy

Overview

Ready to move your databases to Google Cloud? This course provides the strategy. Learn to evaluate business drivers to overcome high on-premise costs and vendor lock-in. Use Migration Center to discover assets, analyze TCO, and build a phased wave plan. You’ll learn to choose the right migration path and identify the right Google Cloud solutions for your workloads. You'll leave with a data-driven business case and a clear roadmap, ready to win executive buy-in and lead a successful migration.

Syllabus

Frame your migration strategy

Frame the strategic context for a database migration by evaluating business drivers, differentiating between migration paths, identifying the appropriate Google Cloud target portfolio, and understanding the tools and anti-patterns that define success.

Portfolio discovery and strategic analysis

Assess the IT estate and determine the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by using Migration Center to discover assets, map application dependencies, and synthesize this data into a prioritized migration wave plan.

Build the business case and roadmap

Construct a data-driven business case by creating a compelling stakeholder narrative, developing a high-level, phased execution roadmap, and defining a formal migration governance and risk mitigation strategy.