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6 R's Migration Planner

Decide Retain, Retire, Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, or Repurchase for each app.

6 R's Migration Planner

Which of the 6 R's fits your workload?

Answer 3–4 questions about usage, criticality, timeline, and SaaS availability. We'll recommend the right migration strategy with pros, cons, and indicative cost.

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How actively is this workload used today?

Start with usage telemetry — apps with no active users in 90+ days are retire candidates.

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How to use this tool

  • 1Click 'Start' to begin the wizard.
  • 2Answer 3-4 questions about your app: business criticality, technical complexity, operational pain, and budget.
  • 3The planner recommends one of the 6 R's with a rationale.
  • 4Repeat for each app in your migration scope.
  • 5Use the recommendations to build a migration roadmap and business case.

About this tool

The 6 R's — Retain, Retire, Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Repurchase — is the industry-standard framework for migration strategy. But most teams apply it inconsistently: they rehost everything (because it's fast) or refactor everything (because it's 'better'), without actually evaluating each app.

Our 6 R's Migration Planner walks you through 3-4 questions per app and recommends a strategy based on your answers. The questions cover business value, technical complexity, operational pain, and budget — the same factors a senior migration architect would weigh.

Use this to scope a migration project, build a business case, or sanity-check your gut feel. The output is a defensible recommendation you can show to stakeholders.

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