Author: Ebrahim (EB) Khiyami

On January 24, we announced the availability of the AWS Well-Architected Migration Lens whitepaper. The Migration Lens extends the Well-Architected Framework to include best practices and implementation guidance you apply to your migration program across the three migration phases: Assess, Mobilize, and Migrate. The AWS Well-Architected Framework comprises design principles, and best practices across six […]

Today, we are delighted to announce the launch of the AWS Well-Architected Migration Lens White Paper and the Migration Lens in the Lens Catalog in the AWS Well-Architected Tool (AWS WA Tool). The Migration Lens extends the AWS Well-Architected Framework to include best practices and implementation guidance that you can apply to your migration program […]

In previous blog posts, we discussed the first two phases for running a Well-Architected Framework Review, or WAFR. The first phase is to Prepare and the second phase in to conduct the Review. In this blog post, we dive deep into the third phase: Improve. Figure-1 WAFR Phases What is the Improve phase? At this […]

There are three phases to conduct a successful Well-Architected Framework Review or WAFR: Prepare, Review and Improve. In part 1 of this blog series, we discussed the preparation phase. In this part, we will dive deep into the best practices of the second phase, the actual review. Figure-1 WAFR Phases Assuming you follow the recommendations […]

Is my workload well-architected? Is my team following cloud best practices? How do other customers implement solution X? What is the best way to configure service Y? These are examples of questions I usually get from my customers who want to validate if their architecture is aligned with AWS best practices. The answers to these […]

Organizations often decide to move their applications from on-premises environments to the cloud with little to no architecture changes. This migration strategy is advantageous for large-scale applications to satisfy specific business goals, such as launching a product in an accelerated timeline or exiting an on-premises data center. Using a rehost migration strategy lets customers achieve […]