Overview

App Strategy in Dr Migrate is designed to incorporate qualitative insights directly from the customer to guide application treatment. This provides an additional layer of information beyond Azure Migrate data, ensuring that migration decisions reflect both technical analysis and business priorities.

Understanding App Strategy

Tolerate

The application is stable, functional and meets the current business requirements adequately.
It has minimal maintenance and support needs, with impact on overall IT operations.
The application is not easily replaced or modernized due to complex integrations or dependencies.

Invest

The application is strategically important and provides a competitive advantage, or otherwise provides a high degree of business value.
It requires modernization or updates to meet evolving business needs and to stay relevant in the market.
The application has a high potential for growth and scalability in a cloud environment.

Replace

Whilst the application provides a business function, there are either commercial or technical drivers to find an alternative solution.
A known SaaS or native cloud alternative exists.

Eliminate

The application is not used by the business.
It has a high TCO with little or no business value.
The application is highly redundant with existing apps.
It poses significant security or compliance risks that cannot be mitigated effectively.

Strategy Implementation

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The TIRE methodology works alongside 6R treatments to provide comprehensive planning. The TIRE approach provides long-term strategic direction, while 6R treatments focus on immediate cloud migration needs:

TIRE Framework: Long-term strategy (2-4 year horizon)
6R Treatments: Short-term cloud focus (1-2 year horizon)

Example Scenario with 6R AI Assistant

Consider App 1, which is deployed across five servers running SQL Server 2012, IIS, and ASP—outdated technologies with known modernization paths.

While technical analysis suggests Replatforming/Refactoring, the app is marked for Elimination in the customer strategy. The AI Assistant combines these insights to recommend Retire, preventing unnecessary modernization effort.

Assigning Application Strategy

Access Strategy Assignment

Navigate to the Assign App Strategy section

Locate Application

Use the Search function to find your target application

Select Strategy

Choose from the Strategy Assignment dropdown:

Tolerate
Invest
Replace
Eliminate

Review and Confirm

Consider business value, modernization needs, and organizational role when finalizing your selection