Understanding the Transition to AEM as a Cloud Service

The migration journey to Cloud Service involves the following phases:

  • Begin by determining if your deployment is ready to be moved to AEM as a Cloud Service with the Readiness Phase. In this phase, you should also familiarize yourself with the changes that AEM as a Cloud Service has introduced.
  • Next, make your code and content cloud ready with the Implementation Phase. In this phase, you explore the tooling Adobe provides to ease the move to the cloud.
  • After everything is in place, you can perform the migration with the Go-Live Phase.
  • Finally, make sure to monitor for issues and improve performance after the migration is complete, in the Post Go-live Phase.

The figure below shows a high level representation of the recommended transition journey to AEM as a Cloud Service.

High level representation of the recommended transition journey to AEM as a Cloud Service

You can also consult the diagram below for a more detailed, granular view of the migration journey.

Detailed, granular view of the migration journey

Cloud Acceleration Manager

In addition to the steps outlined in this journey, Adobe provides Cloud Acceleration Manager, a cloud-based application designed to guide your IT teams throughout the transition journey starting from planning to going live on Cloud Service. Set up your teams for a successful migration with Adobe-recommended best practices, tips, documentation, and tools to help at every phase of the journey to AEM as Cloud Service.

You can consult the Cloud Acceleration Manager documentation or watch an introduction video to start your migration journey.

What’s Next

Thanks for getting started on your AEM Cloud Service migration journey! Now that you read this document you should get up to speed with the Readiness phase, which will help you determine whether your deployment is ready to be moved to AEM as a Cloud Service.

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