Cloud Migration Playbook for KSA
A complete cloud migration playbook tailored to Saudi data-residency requirements, NCA compliance, and Hyperscaler options available in KSA. Covers strategy, assessment, migration, and Day-2 operations.
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This playbook includes:
• KSA cloud landscape: AWS Riyadh, Azure KSA North, local providers overview • Data residency and PDPL compliance requirements • Migration strategy selection: Rehost / Replatform / Refactor / Replace • 6Rs decision tree for application portfolio • Cloud readiness assessment framework • Migration factory approach and wave planning • Network connectivity options (ExpressRoute, Direct Connect, SD-WAN) • Cost optimisation: Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, rightsizing • Day-2 operations: FinOps, security posture, monitoring
Based on NAS experience migrating 200+ workloads to cloud in KSA and Egypt.
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