Cloud Migration Business Case: On-Prem TCO, Workload Waves, Dual-Running Costs, Licence Changes & Payback
Decide whether and how to move to the cloud: today's on-prem total cost, workload sizing, migration waves, months of paying twice, licence effects and the payback, with every cell checked as you go.
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About this course
This course turns a cloud migration decision into spreadsheet work you can check. For a fictional logistics company you add up today's on-prem total cost per server, right-size eight workloads from peak use with an approximate XLOOKUP, and choose move as-is, re-platform, rebuild or retire with one IFS formula. You plan migration waves with WORKDAY and change-freeze days, cost the months of paying twice, apply fictional licence rules and a commitment discount, and judge five years of cash flows with NPV, IRR and the payback month. A sensitivity table with ±20 % scenarios and a chart closes the case.
Lessons
- On-Prem Total Cost: Hardware, Power, Space, Support, Staff & Cost per Server Pro
- Workload Inventory: Utilisation, Headroom & Right-Sized Cloud Sizes with XLOOKUP Pro
- Migration Approach per Workload: Move As-Is, Re-Platform, Rebuild or Retire with IFS Pro
- Waves & Timeline: Cut-Over Dates with WORKDAY, Servers per Wave & the Buffer Pro
- Dual-Running Costs: Months Paying Twice, Cost per Wave & the Total Bridge Pro
- Licences, Support Contracts & Commitment Discounts: What Changes When You Move Pro
- The Business Case: 5-Year Cash Flows, NPV, IRR & the Payback Month Pro
- Sensitivity & Dashboard: ±20 % on Cloud Price, Usage and Migration Speed Pro