Ready to move your databases to Google Cloud? This course provides the strategy. Learn to evaluate business drivers to overcome high on-premise costs and vendor lock-in. Use Migration Center to discover assets, analyze TCO, and build a phased wave plan. You’ll learn to choose the right migration path and identify the right Google Cloud solutions for your workloads. You'll leave with a data-driven business case and a clear roadmap, ready to win executive buy-in and lead a successful migration.
Google Cloud Database Migrations: Strategy
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5 hours to complete
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What you'll learn
Articulate a modern database migration strategy by evaluating business drivers, comparing migration paths, and identifying target solutions.
Assess the IT estate by using Migration Center to discover assets, map application dependencies, analyze TCO, and generate migration wave plans.
Construct a data-driven business case and migration roadmap that includes risk mitigation plan, a governance model, and a stakeholder narrative.
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January 2026
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Taught in English
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There are 3 modules in this course
Frame the strategic context for a database migration by evaluating business drivers, differentiating between migration paths, identifying the appropriate Google Cloud target portfolio, and understanding the tools and anti-patterns that define success.
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Assess the IT estate and determine the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by using Migration Center to discover assets, map application dependencies, and synthesize this data into a prioritized migration wave plan.
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Construct a data-driven business case by creating a compelling stakeholder narrative, developing a high-level, phased execution roadmap, and defining a formal migration governance and risk mitigation strategy.
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