# 5 Steps To A Successful Data Warehouse Migration

DevFeed: [5 Steps To A Successful Data Warehouse Migration](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/5-steps-to-a-successful-data-warehouse-migration-83018.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://montecarlo.ai/blog-data-warehouse-migration>)

Author: Saba El-Hilo

Published: 2022-10-17T13:43:38Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Monte Carlo](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/monte-carlo.md>)

Topics: [cloud-migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-migration.md>), [Amazon Redshift](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-redshift.md>), [Test-driven development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tdd.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-direct-connect](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-direct-connect.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [data-observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-observability.md>), [data-observability-data-platforms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-observability-data-platforms.md>), [data-pipelines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-pipelines.md>), [data-platforms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-platforms.md>), [data-quality](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-quality.md>), [data-quality-metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-quality-metrics.md>), [data-warehouse-migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-warehouse-migration.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [redshift](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/redshift.md>)

## AI overview

The article presents five steps for migrating a data warehouse: build a business case, scope the work, run a pilot, move the data, and validate the new environment. Drawing on migrations involving Qubole, AWS EMR, Athena, MySQL, and Redshift, it emphasizes establishing feature parity, auditing pipelines, involving affected teams, communicating throughout the migration, and checking data quality before retiring the old environment.

## Source excerpt

Real lessons from recent data warehouse migrations like Qubole to AWS EMR andMySQL to AWS Redshift.