Intro:
Evaluate providers on data residency, compliance offerings, managed services, and cost for your workload profile.
Compliance & residency
Review local laws and the provider’s compliance attestations; ensure contractual clarity for data handling and backups.
Migration approach:
Start with discovery, lift-and-shift for low-risk workloads, refactor critical services for cloud-native benefits, and validate with a pilot.
Ops considerations:
Design cross-region DR, automation for infrastructure, and cost governance controls.