When your IT resources and projects are migrated to the cloud, you may need servers or applications, which requires you to purchase a cloud-compatible license or release. For example, the current on-premises license for your application might not be valid when you run the application in the cloud.
There are multiple ways to address such scenarios of licensing. You can purchase a new license and continue to use your application in the cloud, or you can drop the existing application and replace it with another one in the cloud. This replacement could be a SaaS offering of the same application.
Common examples of repurchase include the following:
- Replacing the application with a SaaS such as Salesforce CRM or Workday HR
- Purchasing a cloud-compatible license
The cloud may not be the answer to all of your problems and sometimes, you will find a legacy application that may not benefit from cloud migration or discover rarely used applications that can be retired. Let's learn...
