Cloud-Native Database Migration Strategies: Legacy System Transitions to AWS RDS and Azure SQL Database
About the Course
This intensive training program prepares technical professionals to confidently execute database migrations from on-premises and legacy systems to modern cloud platforms. Participants will master the strategic, technical, and operational aspects of moving complex database workloads while minimizing downtime, ensuring data integrity, and optimizing cloud costs.
Whether you're managing monolithic applications, distributed systems, or hybrid architectures, this course provides proven methodologies aligned with AWS and Azure best practices. You'll work through real-world migration scenarios, leverage industry-standard tools, and develop action plans for your organization's database transformation journey.
Course Objectives
- Evaluate legacy database architectures and design optimal cloud migration strategies for AWS RDS and Azure SQL Database
- Execute zero-downtime and minimal-downtime migration scenarios using replication, continuous sync, and cutover approaches
- Implement security, compliance, and governance controls during and after migration to meet enterprise standards
- Optimize performance, licensing, and costs in cloud-native database environments
- Establish monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery strategies for cloud-hosted databases
- Identify and mitigate risks including data loss, downtime, compatibility issues, and application failures
Target Audience
This course is designed for database administrators, cloud architects, solutions engineers, IT operations teams, and technical project managers responsible for planning or executing database migrations. Participants should have foundational knowledge of relational databases, networking concepts, and basic cloud platform familiarity. Experience with AWS or Azure is beneficial but not required.
What You Will Benefit as a Learner
- Gain hands-on experience with AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), Azure Database Migration Service, and Attunity tools
- Develop a reusable migration runbook and checklist applicable across multiple database platforms and workloads
- Learn cost optimization strategies that reduce licensing expenses by 30-60% in cloud environments
- Understand network architecture, security groups, and encryption requirements for compliant cloud databases
- Build skills in performance tuning, indexing strategies, and query optimization post-migration
- Master rollback procedures and disaster recovery planning to minimize business impact
Training Methodology
This course combines instructor-led training, hands-on labs, and real-world case studies. Participants engage with live AWS and Azure environments, execute actual migration tasks in sandbox accounts, and work through decision trees for architecture design. Daily group discussions and breakout sessions address organization-specific challenges, ensuring practical, immediately-applicable learning outcomes.
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