CAQuiz

Why do we need a Cloud assessment? [Select ALL applicable]

• Performance baseline

• For Proof-of-Concept (POC)

• Cost Estimation

• For repetitive migrations of similar workloads

Answer explanation

The Cloud assessment is not recommended for POC/very small scale migrations, pure dev/test env, and for disposable (ephemeral) workloads.

1.    How is a Cloud migration - Infrastructure assessment conducted?

• Not applicable for our managed customer environments. We already have complete visibility.

• By visiting client datacenters & evaluating the physical/hardware components.

• With admin access to clients' existing system monitoring tools (Nagios, DataDog, Zabbix etc.), install the tools if they don’t exist.

• By automated scanning using purpose-built Cloud migration planning & analysis tools.

• All of the above.

Answer explanation

The consulting team conducts assessments using one or more of the purpose-built cloud assessment tools from CMS partners such as Cloudamize & Device42. Hyperscaler specific tools such as Azure Migrate, Movere, StratoZone, etc.

1.    How is a Cloud migration – Application assessment conducted? [Select all applicable]

• By automated code review: code quality, vulnerability detection, and portability checks.

•  Through manual review of architecture diagrams, HLDs & other artifacts.

• Not applicable as we do a ‘Lift & Shift’ of customer applications by default.

• Using dependency mapping: visual diagrams that illustrate intra & inter-app dependencies.

• Through questionnaire & interviews: gather insights into app functionality & business logic.

Answer explanation

Using a combination of interviews, questionnaires, and output from the automated scan, the consulting team shape the Application Assessment deliverable.

3. Which of these topics are NOT covered in the Assessment? [Select all applicable]

• Network design and topology

• Licensing liabilities

• Disaster Recovery plan

• Migration wave planning

• User experience design

Answer explanation

While networking and disaster recovery are part of the conversation, the consultants do not engage in deeper discussions with granularity.

Beyond migration, what are the use cases for a Cloud assessment? [Select all applicable]

• Asset inventory

• Scalability analysis

• Cloud vendor & service selection

• Cost analysis & optimization

• Data management & analytics.

Answer explanation

Other use cases can include - app modernization, hybrid or multi-cloud strategy, capacity planning, cloud-native services.