Moving your IT environment to Amazon Web Services (AWS) can be a game changer for your business, but migrating to AWS carries a degree of risk and doing so without full visibility into the performance of your platform substantially increases this risk. In this paper we address some monitoring best practices to follow while migrating to AWS. Learn how to choose the right monitoring solution for your AWS migration, what metrics you should pay attention to before, during, and after migration, and how to apply DevOps principles to lessen the chance of performance issues, and ultimately the positive results you can produce from migrating to AWS with proper monitoring in place.