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Difficulty: MediumUnderstand the benefits of and strategies for migration to the AWS Cloud

Stellaris Hospitality is preparing to migrate its legacy application portfolio to the AWS Cloud. During the discovery phase, the IT team evaluates two applications:
- A proprietary, custom-built property management system that must be redesigned to leverage serverless databases and auto-scaling.
- An on-premises commercial billing software that will be retired in favor of a web-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution.

Which of the following migration strategies represent the correct approach for these two systems? (Select TWO.)

  1. Refactoring (Re-architecting) for the custom property management system to enable cloud-native features.Answer
  2. Repurchasing for the billing software to transition to a SaaS subscription model.Answer
  3. C
    Replatforming for the property management system to lift-and-shift the code without making architecture changes.
  4. D
    Rehosting for the billing software to run the application on Amazon EC2 instances.
  5. E
    Retaining for the property management system to defer its migration and keep it on-premises.

Answer

Refactoring (Re-architecting) for the custom property management system to enable cloud-native features, and Repurchasing for the billing software to transition to a SaaS subscription model.
The custom property management system requires a redesign to implement cloud-native features (like serverless databases and auto-scaling), which is the definition of Refactoring (Re-architecting). The billing software is being retired and replaced with a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, which is the definition of Repurchasing.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the migration requirements for the custom property management system.
The application needs to be redesigned for serverless databases and auto-scaling, requiring code and architecture modifications.
This corresponds to the Refactoring (Re-architecting) migration strategy.
2
Analyze the migration plan for the commercial billing software.
The application will be retired in favor of a third-party, web-based SaaS platform.
This corresponds to the Repurchasing migration strategy.
3
Combine findings to identify the two correct strategies.
Refactoring and Repurchasing are the chosen strategies.
Matching the correct definition of the 6 Rs migration strategies is required to answer the question.

Key Concept

AWS Cloud Migration Strategies (6 Rs)
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