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For a mid-market software estate (~280 VMs, $340k/yr Broadcom renewal), splitting 60% MGN rehost + 25% EVS relocate + 15% replatform cut parallel-run from 22 to 16 weeks — without forcing one hypervisor strategy.
A composite mid-market manufacturer exited a colo of 150 workloads and ~400 TB in 21 months across 8 waves, with 47 minutes of unplanned cutover downtime (industry median per Gartner: ~4 hours per major cutover). The single-wave alternative bid came in at ~$4.8M; the wave-based program ran ~$2.1M. Here is how the wave plan, dependency cutoff, and rollback layer fit together against a hard landlord deadline.
July 2026: MAP Mobilize should not start with more than five failed Platform/Security controls. 47-point readiness checklist (People, Platform, Security, FinOps) for Assess gates — CAF 3.0 + Migration Lens, post–Migration Hub.
CAF 3.0 organizes six perspectives and 47 capabilities—up from 31 in CAF 2.0—plus four phases (Envision, Align, Launch, Scale). Here is how to connect those workshops to Control Tower, MAP, and Well-Architected without treating the framework as a slide deck.
July 2026: nine migration mistakes that still show up after Migration Hub closed to new customers on November 7, 2025 — Application Migration Service (MGN), DMS, AWS Transform, Org/SCPs, FinOps dual-run costs, and Migration Lens.
MAP still offsets dual-run migration cost — if you qualify and tag correctly. July 2026 SMB guide: Assess→Mobilize→Migrate, MAP 2.0 tagging, partner-confirmed ARR tiers (not self-serve credits).
The difference between a successful AWS migration and a costly failure often comes down to strategy. A practical guide to choosing the right migration approach, building your roadmap, and avoiding the pitfalls that derail most projects.
Seven signs your AWS migration needs a partner — stalled timelines, unknown inventory, DMS pain, compliance, surprise bills. July 2026 refresh with MAP/MGN/DMA checkpoints.
Amazon EVS runs vSphere/NSX/vSAN natively on AWS bare metal. No VMware license renegotiation, no application changes, no VMC on AWS partnership. The 2025 VMware cloud migration path.