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Understanding Cloud Migration and Crafting a Resilient Strategy Successful cloud adoption begins with a clear understanding of what migration entails. Cloud migration is not simply a lift-and-shift of virtual machines; it involves assessing applications, data, and dependencies to determine whether to rehost, replatform, refactor, or replace systems entirely. A robust cloud migration strategy defines goals—cost reduction, agility, scalability, or resilience—and maps each workload to the best migration pattern. Discovery and dependency mapping are essential first steps: inventory applications, evaluate interdependencies, and classify workloads by criticality, compliance needs, and performance profiles. Risk assessment and governance must be embedded in the strategy. Identif...