SAP-C02 Practice Question: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
A company is migrating a legacy Windows-based .NET application to AWS. The application uses a SQL Server database and a proprietary authentication mechanism that relies on Active Directory. The company wants to reduce operational overhead and licensing costs. Which combination of AWS services should the architect recommend for the migration?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Migrate the application to Amazon EC2 Windows instances and the database to Amazon RDS for SQL Server
Using EC2 for the application (lift-and-shift) and RDS for SQL Server reduces overhead from database management and licensing. Moving to RDS for MySQL would require code changes for compatibility. Moving to Windows containers would require containerization effort. Moving to Aurora would not support SQL Server.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Migrate the application to Amazon EC2 Linux instances and use Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility
Why it's wrong here
Switching to Linux and PostgreSQL would require extensive code changes and does not support SQL Server.
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Migrate the application to Amazon EC2 Windows instances and the database to Amazon RDS for SQL Server
Why this is correct
This minimizes changes and reduces database overhead and licensing costs through RDS.
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Containerize the application on Amazon ECS with Windows containers and use Amazon RDS for SQL Server
Why it's wrong here
Containerization adds complexity and may not reduce licensing costs significantly.
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Migrate the application to AWS Elastic Beanstalk for Windows and the database to Amazon RDS for MySQL
Why it's wrong here
Changing database engine to MySQL would require significant application changes.
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