Migration Assessment And Workload Selection — AWS Solutions Architect Pro (SAP-C02)
Migration Strategy Vocabulary Is in the Scenario Wording
'Minimal code change' and 'fastest path to cloud' both map to rehost. 'Eliminate on-premises licensing costs and technical debt' maps to re-architect. 'Replace the application server with a managed equivalent' maps to replatform. SAP-C02 scenarios encode the migration strategy in this business language rather than naming the strategy directly. The technically superior long-term architecture is often the wrong answer when the stated priority is migration speed or cost of change. Pick the strategy that satisfies the stated business constraint, even when a different approach would produce a better architectural outcome over the longer term.
What This Pattern Tests
The exam tests whether you can prioritize workloads for migration using a structured assessment. AWS Migration Evaluator (formerly TSO Logic) analyzes on-premises inventory for right-sizing and cost projection. Application Discovery Service maps dependencies between servers. Migration Hub tracks migration progress. The prioritization framework: high business value + low complexity = migrate first (quick win). High complexity + low value = migrate last or retire. The trap is migrating the most critical workload first without assessing its dependencies or complexity — a failed migration of the flagship app destroys confidence in the entire migration program.
Decision Axis
Business value vs. technical complexity matrix determines migration priority. Quick wins first, complex systems after the team has experience.
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Decision Rules
Whether to apply a uniform rehost strategy across all workloads for speed or to differentiate strategies per workload class—specifically replatforming the Oracle EE database to Aurora PostgreSQL to eliminate ongoing Oracle license costs while rehosting the stateless web tier—so that the explicit 30 percent TCO reduction target is actually achieved rather than preserved unchanged on AWS.
Whether to apply rehost uniformly across all workloads for speed, or to differentiate R-strategy by workload characteristic—specifically selecting replatform to Aurora PostgreSQL for the Oracle database—because the Oracle license cost elimination constraint disqualifies any strategy that preserves Oracle licensing (EC2 rehost, RDS for Oracle BYOL) on the target platform.
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