What you'll learn

Cloud adoption decisions are often slowed by unclear modernization paths, legacy constraints, and competing architectural priorities. In this course, Cloud Adoption Strategies in the Modern Enterprise, you’ll gain the ability to select and justify cloud adoption approaches that align with organizational goals and workload characteristics. First, you’ll explore how different adoption models such as lift‑and‑shift, modernization, cloud‑native, SaaS‑first, and managed platforms impact architecture, operations, and delivery velocity. Next, you’ll discover how workload profiling, hybrid and multicloud scenarios, and modernization tradeoffs shape placement and modernization decisions. Finally, you’ll learn how to evaluate when retaining or repatriating workloads is appropriate and how to build a strategic, portfolio‑level adoption roadmap. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of enterprise cloud adoption strategy needed to make informed, technically sound decisions that support long‑term architectural and business outcomes.