September 2021

A ccording to Forbes, 83% of enterprise workloads were projected to be in the cloud by the end of 2020. Now, halfway into 2021, businesses are fast-tracking those plans. Why? Migrating to the cloud saves money and allows organizations to scale resources as needed. However, the benefits of migrating to the cloud are not without risk. In this article, we discuss hidden cloud migration challenges and how to avoid them in order to keep your organization running smoothly and efficiently. Shift Your Thinking Migrating to the cloud doesn’t happen overnight. Organizations often need to train existing staff extensively prior to cloud migration. Don’t allow clients to get caught making assumptions that migration to the cloud means that they won’t have to do anything once the migration has taken place. You’ll need to educate their internal IT What Cloud Migration Challenges Are for MSPs and How to Avoid Them By Jeanne DeWitt staff to make sure they are on board, trained and ready to work to make the transition seamless. Understand Capacity Migrating to the cloud requires an understanding of the capacity required by each organization. Planning for and understanding capacity doesn’t always come easily. Encouraging organizations to evaluate and understand their usage prior to cloud migration will help decrease costs in the long run. Take Inventory of Data and Transaction Storage Storing transactional data is expensive — each bit of data counts. If an organization is storing individual components of a transaction, like contact information for each client, those components add up quickly. Encourage clients to