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Chapter 4 · Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization·v2.0.0·Updated 6/3/2026·~10 min

What's changed: Deepened SAP-C02 Chapter 4 (added comparison tables, scenarios, FAQs, exam traps, deep-dive paragraphs to each section; localized figures to Japanese)

4.3Modernizing on the Cloud

Key points

Understand post-migration modernization—containers (ECS/EKS/Fargate), serverless, decomposing into microservices, and incremental migration via the strangler fig pattern. Improve agility, scale, and cost-efficiency.

Modernization moves a monolith to containers/serverless and decomposes it into microservices—done incrementally, not all at once.

4.3.1Modernization patterns

Diagram of incrementally modernizing a monolithic application: runtime choices—EKS when Kubernetes is required, ECS for AWS-native orchestration, Fargate (serverless containers) to remove server management, and Lambda (serverless) for small event-driven functions; the monolith is decomposed into per-capability microservices; and the strangler fig pattern (route old/new behind an API Gateway/load balancer, gradually shifting features to new services until the old monolith is retired) drives the incremental migration.
Modernization patterns
  • Containers: EKS (Kubernetes) / ECS (AWS-native); use Fargate for no server management.
  • Serverless: Lambda for small event-driven functions; scales with zero infra management.
  • Microservices: decompose the monolith by capability for independent deploy/scale.
  • Strangler fig: run old/new behind a router and shift features gradually to new services, retiring the old last.
Exam point

Common on SAP-C02: Kubernetes required = EKS, AWS-native containers = ECS, no-server-management containers = Fargate, event-driven functions = Lambda, safe incremental monolith migration = strangler fig pattern. Big-bang rewrites are risky; incremental migration is preferred.

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