Cloud Readiness Assessment
Before moving systems to the cloud, check your applications, team skills, costs and security and operations plans, with the next steps for each gap.
- Free
- No sign-up to try
- Works as you type
Answer for the systems you're thinking of moving: the applications, the team, the costs and how you'll run them.
0 of 12 answered
Answer the questions to see your score by area as you go.
Answer at least 10 of 12 questions to save your results as a Room.
How it works
How the Cloud Readiness Assessment works
- 1
Answer the questions
Pick the answer closest to where you are today. It takes a few minutes.
- 2
See your score
Your score by area appears as you answer, with the weakest areas first.
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Save your results
Create a Room with your scores, next steps and an adviser to talk them through.
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What it makes
12 questions across 4 areas. Each answer scores 0 to 3; an area's score is its points as a share of the most it could get.
Applications
- Do you have a list of your applications and what they depend on?
- Have you decided what to do with each application (move as is, change, replace or retire)?
- Do you know which applications will be hard to move (old licences, special hardware, latency needs)?
Skills and ownership
- How much cloud experience does your team have?
- Is there a plan to build or buy the skills you lack?
- Is someone accountable for the move?
Costs
- Do you know the full cost of your current infrastructure?
- Have you estimated cloud running costs?
- How will you keep cloud spending in check?
Security and operations
- Have you agreed how access and security will work in the cloud?
- How will you back up and recover systems in the cloud?
- How will you monitor systems once they've moved?
Results bands: Not ready (0+), Getting there (40+), Mostly ready (70+), Ready (90+). A self-assessment from your own answers: a starting point for a conversation, not an audit, certification or professional advice.
Who it's for
Who uses it
IT managers
Plan a migration in the right order.
Finance and leadership
See whether the cost picture is understood before approving.
Consultants and partners
Scope a client's cloud project.
Good to know
What to consider
- Provider-neutral: it doesn't compare cloud providers or estimate their prices.
- Take it per system or group of systems if they differ a lot.
Questions
About the Cloud Readiness Assessment
Does it estimate cloud costs?
No. It checks whether you've worked out current and expected costs and how you'll control spending. Use your provider's pricing tools for the estimate itself.
Is this an audit or a certification?
No. It scores your own answers against a written rubric to show where you stand and what to do next. Use it to start a conversation, not as an audit, certification or professional advice.
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