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Cloud Computing · Foundational

Retire

Migration strategy of decommissioning applications that are no longer needed rather than moving them.

Definition

Portfolio discovery often reveals redundant or unused applications. Retiring them reduces migration scope, cost and security surface; data may be archived to meet retention requirements first.

Example

An unused legacy reporting server with no logins in a year is shut down and its data archived to object storage.

Exam tip

Retire is the answer for applications with no business value or usage.

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