A company has an on-premises application that is no longer used by any business unit. The application is running on a server that also hosts a shared file share used by other applications. What should the migration team do with the unused application?

Retire the application and migrate the shared file share to Amazon EFS.

Repurchase a SaaS alternative for the unused application.

Rehost the application to AWS to keep the server running.

Refactor the application to run on AWS Lambda.

During a migration readiness assessment, an architect discovers that an application has a hard-coded IP address for a database that will not be available after migration. How should this finding be classified?

A cost optimization opportunity

A company is migrating a critical application and wants to minimize downtime during the cutover. Which migration approach is most effective for reducing downtime?

Shutting down the source system for the entire migration period

Migrating all data over the internet without using AWS services

Using a continuous replication approach and performing a final sync before cutover

Performing a one-time full copy of data without ongoing replication

A company runs a custom-built application on a fleet of on-premises servers. The application is stable and the company does not want to invest in rewriting it. However, the company wants to reduce the operational overhead of managing the servers. Which migration strategy should the company choose?

Replatform the application to AWS Elastic Beanstalk.

Rehost the application to Amazon EC2.

Refactor the application to use AWS Lambda.

Repurchase a SaaS-based application.

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11application · medium
A company has an on-premises application that is no longer used by any business unit. The application is running on a server that also hosts a shared file share used by other applications. What should the migration team do with the unused application?
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12foundation · easy
A company plans to migrate a legacy application to AWS with minimal changes. The application will run on Amazon EC2 instances, and the operating system will be patched and updated as part of the migration. Which of the 7Rs migration strategies does this describe?
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13foundation · easy
During a migration readiness assessment, an architect discovers that an application has a hard-coded IP address for a database that will not be available after migration. How should this finding be classified?
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14foundation · easy
A company is migrating a critical application and wants to minimize downtime during the cutover. Which migration approach is most effective for reducing downtime?
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15application · medium
A company runs a custom-built application on a fleet of on-premises servers. The application is stable and the company does not want to invest in rewriting it. However, the company wants to reduce the operational overhead of managing the servers. Which migration strategy should the company choose?
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