# Next steps and resources
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For more information about migrating your relational databases to the AWS Cloud, see the following strategy on the AWS Prescriptive Guidance website:
+ [Migration strategy for relational databases](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/strategy-database-migration/welcome.html)

You can explore database migration patterns in [AWS Prescriptive Guidance](https://aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/) for step-by-step instructions regarding your specific relational databases running in the AWS Cloud, including tasks related to monitoring, migration, and data management.

For additional resources, see the following:
+ [Amazon Relational Database Service User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html)
+ [Amazon CloudWatch User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/WhatIsCloudWatch.html)
+ [Amazon RDS FAQs](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/faqs/#Enhanced_Monitoring)
+ [Performance Insights FAQs](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/performance-insights/faqs/)
+ [Deliver Amazon RDS Performance Insights counter metrics to a third-party Application Performance Monitoring service provider using Amazon CloudWatch Metrics Stream](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/importing-amazon-rds-performance-insights-counter-metrics-to-amazon-cloudwatch/) (AWS blog post)
+ [Creating an Amazon CloudWatch dashboard to monitor Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora MySQL](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/creating-an-amazon-cloudwatch-dashboard-to-monitor-amazon-rds-and-amazon-aurora-mysql/) (AWS blog post)
+ [Tuning Amazon RDS for MySQL with Performance Insights](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/tuning-amazon-rds-for-mysql-with-performance-insights/) (AWS blog post)