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AWS Migration Checklist
A practical checklist for moving websites, apps and databases to AWS with no data loss and a short, planned cut-over. Decide what moves and how, build a safe account, copy and verify data, test, switch DNS on a set date, then tidy up.
PDF · 15 pages · Updated October 2026
For: Founders, CTOs and IT leads moving websites, apps and databases to AWS.
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What’s inside.
- Decide why and what
- Inventory
- Account and landing zone basics
- Choosing services
- Moving data and servers
- Security and backups from day one
- Costs
- Testing before cut-over
- Cut-over plan
- After the move
- One-page checklist
What you’ll be able to do.
- Decide what moves and how: rehost, replatform or refactor.
- Set up accounts, access and a landing zone before anything moves.
- Move servers, databases and files, and keep them in sync until cut-over.
- Run a planned cut-over with checks and a rollback plan.
- Control cost and switch off the old environment after the move.
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