Unlock Cloud Savings, A Rehost Migration Playbook (Part 2: Assess – Build a Business Case)

This article is the second part of a four-part series on optimizing costs during an AWS Rehost migration, focusing on building a business case using the AWS Migration Portfolio Assessment (MPA) tool.

• The AWS MPA is a web-based application for assessing portfolio migration feasibility, effort, and cost
• Users can import server metadata into a template Excel file for analysis
• The tool provides Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) summary comparing on-premises and AWS hosting costs
• Users can create cost savings objectives, which can be organization-wide or portfolio-specific
• Key considerations for defining cost savings objectives include migration scope, strategy, and IT department structure

The article walks through the process of using MPA to build a business case, including data import, assumptions modification, and analyzing potential cloud migration cost savings.