Platform Forward Group· 2 min read
WebForms, and the right order to retire it
There is no lift for WebForms, only a sequence. Which pages move first, what the grid becomes, and the trap in rewriting the whole UI at once.
#migration#dotnet#webforms
Tagged: migration
9 articles
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Datacenter exit with a deadline
The lease ends on a date. The estate moves or it pays. Sequencing a forced exit so the date does the deciding for you.
#migration#datacenter#deadlines
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WCF to modern .NET, in the right order
The WCF estate can be moved. There is a wrong order to do it in, and most teams pick it. The sequence that works, current as of .NET 10.
#migration#dotnet#wcf
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The rollback plan that got used
A war story with the serial numbers filed off. What a real rollback at hour four of a migration window teaches about writing the plan.
#migration#rollback#war-story
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Lift and shift, and the regrets thereof
Moving servers unchanged into the cloud is sometimes right and usually regretted. The three regrets, and the narrow case where lifting wins anyway.
#migration#cloud#cost
· 1 min read
The hypervisor bill is a modernization trigger, not a renewal problem
Broadcom ended VMware perpetual licenses in December 2023. If your renewal doubled, that is budget cover for the migration you were deferring anyway.
#vmware#licensing#migration
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Parallel running without tears
Run old and new side by side, compare everything, believe the diffs. The discipline that removes drama from cutovers, and its three costs.
#migration#parallel-run#verification
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The cutover checklist
The list we tape to the wall the week a workload changes homes. Twenty-two items, each one purchased with somebody's bad weekend.
#migration#cutover#checklists
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Strangler fig, in practice
The pattern everyone cites and half-implements. The three rules that make it work on a real estate, learned the expensive way.
#decomposition#strangler-fig#migration