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Migration Goals

Overview

Effective migration planning is essential to reducing risk, minimizing downtime, and optimizing both short-term and long-term operations. Dr Migrate’s Migration Goals feature helps record the team’s staffing, technological, and strategic decisions to ensure a seamless migration process.

By tailoring your approach to hosting, cloud-native tools, and security modernization, you ensure your IT infrastructure is scalable, secure, and cost-efficient. Clear milestones and a well-defined decision-making framework empower your organization to execute a smooth migration while maintaining business continuity and positioning for future growth.

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Why capture goals? Documenting your planning and technology goals ensures decisions are recorded, reduces risk, and creates a shared understanding across teams. Use this page to capture timelines, staffing, hosting preferences and security posture so they can drive your pathway selection and wave planning.
Planning Goals
Define timelines and strategies
 Technology Goals
Configure technical preferences

Planning Goals

Planning Goals Interface

Structure your migration approach and establish key milestones

Configure these essential planning elements:

Timeline Planning
Set key dates and deadlines
 Resource Strategy
Define staffing and management

Key Configuration Items

  • Target Migration Start Date: Define your project timeline
  • Exit Date from Current Data Center: Set datacenter vacancy deadline (if applicable)
  • Preferred Staffing Strategy: Choose resource management approach
  • Post-Migration Management: Determine operational management strategy

Essential Milestones

  • RFP/Tender Requirements: Indicate if formal procurement is needed
  • Additional Milestones: Define other critical pre-migration checkpoints

Technology Goals

Technology Goals Interface

Specify technology preferences and modernization targets

Configuration Options

Hosting Strategy
Define hosting preferences
 Cloud Solutions
Set modernization approach
 Database Strategy
Plan PaaS adoption
 Security Modernization
Configure security approach

Key Decisions

  1. Hosting Preference

    • Define server hosting strategy during and after migration

  2. Cloud-Native Solutions

    • Set preferences for cloud-native tool adoption
    • Example: Choose “Low interest, prefer traditional tools” for standard operations

  3. Database Migration

    • Specify PaaS migration strategy for databases
    • Example: Select “Moderate interest, case-by-case basis” for SQL/MySQL/Oracle

  4. Web Applications

    • Define PaaS adoption strategy
    • Example: Choose “Strong interest in modernizing to PaaS” for .NET/Node.js

  5. Modern Workplace Solutions

    • Set cloud-based collaboration tool preferences
    • Example: Select “Moderate interest, case-by-case basis” for Microsoft 365

  6. Security Tooling

    • Define security modernization priorities
    • Example: Choose “Moderate importance, prioritize certain tools”

  7. Migration Complexity

    • Set complexity tolerance levels
    • Example: Select “Some complexity acceptable if justified”
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Complete all sections to proceed to the Migration Pathway stage