AWS Prescriptive Guidance

Resources from AWS technology experts and AWS Partners to help accelerate cloud adoption and modernization

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) Prescriptive Guidance provides time-tested strategies, guides, and patterns to help accelerate your cloud migration, modernization, and optimization projects. These resources were developed by AWS technology experts and the global community of AWS Partners, based on their years of experience helping customers realize their business objectives on AWS.

strategies

Business perspectives, methodologies, and frameworks for cloud migration and modernization, for CxOs and senior managers

guides

Guidance for planning and implementing strategies, with focus on best practices and tools, for architects, managers, and technical leads

patterns

Steps, architectures, tools, and code for implementing common migration, optimization, and modernization scenarios, for builders and other hands-on users

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    Databases

    Tuning PostgreSQL parameters in Amazon RDS and Aurora

    Created by AWS
    How to configure memory, autovacuum, logging, and logical replication parameters to optimize PostgreSQL databases in Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora.

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    Tags: Databases | Developer Tools | Migration

    Last update
    January 23, 2025
  • Pattern

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    Migration
    Created by AWS
    Migrate an Oracle database from on premises to Amazon RDS for Oracle by using direct Oracle Data Pump Import over a database link.

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    Tags: Databases | Migration

    Last update
    January 03, 2025
  • Guide

    Migration

    Migrating large MySQL or MariaDB databases to AWS

    Created by AWS
    Review the best practices and available approaches for migrating large, multi-terabyte MySQL or MariaDB databases from an on-premises server to the AWS Cloud.

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    Tags: Databases | Migration

    Last update
    November 21, 2024
  • Pattern

    Serverless

    Import the psycopg2 library to AWS Lambda

    Created by AWS
    Use a Dockerfile to successfully import the psycopg2 library in an AWS Lambda function.

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    Tags: Analytics | Serverless

    Last update
    October 30, 2024
  • Guide

    Modernization

    Optimize costs for Microsoft workloads

    Created by AWS
    Best practices and recommendations for optimizing the costs of Microsoft workloads on AWS.

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    Tags: Cloud Financial Management | Modernization

    Last update
    October 25, 2024
  • Guide

    Databases

    Replatform options for Oracle Database on AWS

    Created by AWS
    Explore options for replatforming Oracle databases from on premises to AWS, comparing pros and cons to choose the most appropriate migration strategy for your workloads.

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    Tags: Databases | Migration

    Last update
    September 30, 2024
  • Pattern

    Databases

    Set up a CI/CD pipeline for database migration

    Created by AWS
    Use a CI/CD pipeline to migrate a Microsoft SQL Server database that’s on premises, on a VM, or in another cloud environment to Amazon RDS on AWS.

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    Tags: Databases | DevOps | Migration

    Last update
    August 23, 2024
  • Guide

    Migration

    Migrating Oracle databases to AWS

    Created by AWS
    Options, tools, and best practices for migrating your Oracle on-premises databases to the AWS Cloud.

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    Tags: Databases | Migration

    Last update
    August 16, 2024
  • Guide

    Databases

    Blueprint for successful migrations from Oracle Exadata to AWS

    Created by AWS
    Best practices and tips on how to plan, perform, and maintain a successful migration from Oracle Exadata to the AWS Cloud.

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    Tags: Databases | Migration | Modernization

    Last update
    July 12, 2024
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