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Post-Migration Optimization and the FinOps Handoff (2026): The First 30 Days After Cutover Decide Your Run-Rate

A lift-and-shift migration copies on-prem specs sized for peak plus headroom, then the migration partner rolls off and nobody owns the bill. The waste is predictable: 30 to 60% of cost untagged, over-provisioned EC2/RDS, idle NAT Gateways and orphaned EBS, and commitments bought on top of all of it. This is the explicit migration-to-FinOps handoff: owner first, visibility second, right-size before you commit. It comes with a 30-day checklist and an optimization-backlog CSV.

Kevin W.