SAP-C02 Practice Question: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
A company plans to migrate a legacy on-premises web application to AWS using the 7 Rs (Rehost, Replatform, etc.). The application has tightly coupled components and unpredictable traffic. The team wants to minimize migration risk and time. Which migration strategy should they use?
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Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Rehost (lift-and-shift)
Rehost (lift-and-shift) is the fastest and lowest-risk migration strategy because it does not require code changes. It allows the company to move the application as-is to EC2, then refactor later. Option A (Replatform) involves some modifications. Option C (Retire) is for decommissioning. Option D (Repurchase) means replacing with SaaS.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Replatform
Why it's wrong here
Replatform requires some application modifications, increasing time and risk.
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Rehost (lift-and-shift)
Why this is correct
Rehost migrates without changes, minimizing risk and time.
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Repurchase
Why it's wrong here
Repurchase replaces the application with a SaaS product, which is a different approach.
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Retire
Why it's wrong here
Retire means decommissioning, not migrating.
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Variation 1. A company is using the 7 Rs strategy to migrate a monolithic application to AWS. They want to move the application to the cloud without modifying the code but plan to later refactor parts of it. Which migration strategy should they choose initially?
medium- A.Relocate
- B.Refactor
- C.Replatform
- ✓ D.Rehost
Why D: Rehost (lift-and-shift) is the correct initial strategy because it moves the application to AWS without modifying any code, aligning with the company's goal to first migrate without changes and later refactor. Relocate (A) involves moving the hypervisor, not the application itself. Refactor (B) involves rewriting or re-architecting the application, which is not desired initially. Replatform (C) involves making some cloud optimizations that could require minor code changes.
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