As Drupal 7 is reaching EOL in November 2022, it’s time to start thinking about Drupal 9 migration. With all the planning and preparations needed to migrate, it can be overwhelming to take the leap. But don't panic. We’ve got you covered—with all the tools and concrete steps you need to make the move to Drupal 9 efficient and painless.

1. DRUPAL 7 END OF
LIFE IS NEAR—
MIGRATE TO DRUPAL
9 FAST AND EASY
May 6, 2021

2. Today’s Speakers
Kara Hall
Associate Product
Marketing Manager
Angie Byron
Sr. Director, Product +
Community Development
Emily Lanois
Product Manager,
Acquia Migrate

3. 01. Intro
02. Benefits of Drupal 9
03. What's involved in a D7 > D9 migration?
04. Acquia Migrate Accelerate Intro
05. Product Walkthrough
06. How can I use it?
Agenda

4. INTRODUCTION
TO THE PROBLEM
SECTION 1

5. DRUPAL 7 EOL - November 28, 2022
DRUPAL 8 EOL - November 2, 2021
WHY D7 TO D9
MIGRATION?

6. WHY IS A D7 TO D9
MIGRATION HARD?

7. DEV-
OPS
DATA
IMPORT
BIZ LOGIC PRESENTATION
ANALYSIS
& PLANNING
30%
20%
5%
25% 20%
Time/Cost
D7 to D9 MIGRATIONS AT
A HIGH LEVEL

8. ~61%
TODAY, MOST DRUPAL USERS
ARE STILL ON DRUPAL 7...

9. BENEFITS OF
DRUPAL 9
SECTION 2

10. DRUPAL 9 INNOVATIONS

11. KEY DRUPAL
8/9 FEATURES
Richer Media Management
Drupal now gives users the ability to
embed remote content such as YouTube
and Vimeo videos. Additionally, it features a
Media Library module that allows users to
add existing media assets

12. KEY DRUPAL
8/9 FEATURES
Layout Builder
Layout Builder is unique in offering a
single, powerful visual design tool for
the following three use cases:
﹣ Layouts for templated content
﹣ Customization for templated layouts
﹣ Custom pages

13. KEY DRUPAL
8/9 FEATURES
Decoupled
Allows for the use of Drupal as a central
content store on a decoupled front end
(mobile application, JavaScript
framework, etc.) using JSON:API

14. EASY UPGRADE PATH FROM DRUPAL 8
In Just 5 Steps!
01.
Make sure your
environment is
compatible with
the requirements
for Drupal 9.
02.
Next, update core
to the latest
Drupal 8 version.
Upgrade from 8.8
and 8.9 are
supported.
03.
Update
contributed
projects until they
are Drupal 9
compatible.
04.
Remove
deprecated API
use in custom
code.
05.
Update Drupal
core to Drupal 9.
DONE!

15. Content Workflow
Allows you to define multiple workflows, show their
states and the transitions allowed between them
BigPipe
Increases page view performance by sending the
main “content” area of a page while sidebars and
other auxiliary content are still being generated
Configuration Management
Allows sites that are following the best practice of
having “development,” “staging” and “production”
environments to seamlessly move configurations
from one environment to another
Multilingual Capabilities
Install Drupal in 100 foreign languages, translate
content items, and configuration
In-place Editing & Configuration
Adjust your content from the frontend of your
site, and make changes to sidebar blocks
without visiting the backend
Views in Core
A query-builder UI used for creating dynamic
content listings in a variety of formats
Structured Content
Content, user profiles and comments are examples
of Entities; you can add fields to all entities, including
references to other entities. Drupal 9 ships with a
wide range of available fields, including phone,
email, date and time
Mobile Experience
Responsive administrative experience using HTML5
MORE GREAT DRUPAL 8/9 FEATURES

16. DRUPAL 7 (and 8) END-OF-LIFE IS COMING
Drupal 8 EOL
Nov 2021
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Drupal 7 Support Commercial Drupal 7 Extended Support
Drupal 8 Support
Drupal 7 EOL
Nov 28, 2022
Drupal 9 Support
Drupal 10 Support
We are here
Drupal 9 EOL
Nov 2023
Commercial D7
Support Ends
Nov 2025

17. MIGRATING FROM
DRUPAL 7 TO
DRUPAL 9
SECTION 3

18. DEV-
OPS
DATA
IMPORT
BIZ LOGIC PRESENTATION
ANALYSIS
& PLANNING
30%
20%
5%
25% 20%
Time/Cost
DRUPAL 7 TO 9 IS A
MIGRATION, NOT AN UPGRADE

19. Audit your modules/custom
code: DO YOU NEED IT?
Get on the latest version of all
D7 projects
Check the known upgrade
issues page
— Ex: Views are not
migrated; move them
over by hand
MIGRATING FROM DRUPAL 7 TO DRUPAL 9
Install a fresh copy of Drupal 9
— Do NOT make content
changes here!
Migrate Drupal 7 data into it
— Keep old site up and
running as migration
happens!
Port your custom code / theme

20. ACQUIA MIGRATE:
ACCELERATE INTRO
SECTION 4

21. DRUPAL CLOUD
Build, design and run sites
and applications
MARKETING CLOUD
Understand, personalize and engage
with customers on any channel
COPYRIGHT © 2020 ACQUIA INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. DRUPAL IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF DRIES BUYTAERT.
ACQUIA OPEN DIGITAL EXPERIENCE PLATFORM

22. DELIVERING:
— Flexible Architecture
— Security and Governance
— Ease of Use
— Connectivity
— Scalability
DRUPAL CLOUD
Build, design and run sites
and applications
DRUPAL CLOUD

23. ACQUIA MIGRATE
ANALYZE
Extract your content & data from
any CMS into comprehensive
reports to investigate your data
model and optimize your content
before migrating to Drupal 9.
AMA specifically addresses and accelerates the migration from
ACQUIA-HOSTED Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 sites.
AMA IS 1 OF 3 FEATURES OF THE ACQUIA
MIGRATE PRODUCT SUITE
Simplify your Drupal 9 Adoption with Acquia Migrate
ACQUIA MIGRATE
REPLATFORM
Migrate from any CMS to Drupal
up to 5 times faster by leveraging
pre-built and tested automations
for content & data migrations.
ACQUIA MIGRATE
ACCELERATE
Speed up your Drupal 7 to Drupal
9 migrations by up to 80%.
Leverage an intuitive UI and
comprehensive migration set-up
built by Acquia’s Drupal experts.

24. ©2018 Acquia Inc. — Confidential and Proprietary
Acquia Migrate:
Accelerate
The ONLY tool available for
accelerating the migration of
Drupal 7 applications
to Drupal 9.
Customers see migrations
accelerate by up to 80%
faster.
CUSTOMER BENEFITS
﹣ Advanced Migration UI on top of
Drupal's powerful Migrate API.
﹣ Lowers the barrier of entry for
performing content migrations
﹣ Acquia-provided
migration workspace
﹣ Acquia best practice
knowledge baked in

25. MIGRATE
UP TO
80%
FASTER!
50-75% FASTER
w/ Acquia Migrate
Accelerate
100% FASTER
w/ Acquia Migrate
Accelerate
25-100% FASTER
w/ Acquia Migrate
Accelerate
25-50% FASTER
w/ Cloud IDEs
50-80% FASTER
w/ Site Studio
Before With Acquia

26. Dev-ops Data Import Biz Logic Presentation
Analysis & Planning
7%
12%
0%
10% 7%
Acquia Migrate: Accelerate Acquia Site Studio
Devs (PS/Partners)
25%
Before: 5% 20% 20% 30%
GOAL: TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE COST OF
DRUPAL 7 TO 9 MIGRATIONS
Acquia Cloud IDEs

27. SECTION 4
PRODUCT
WALKTHROUGH

28. 1.
Dedicated Acquia Cloud
Migrate Environment
2.
Module Recommendation
Engine
3.
Enhanced Migration
Capabilities + Decoupled UI
THE 3 COMPONENTS OF ACQUIA
MIGRATE ACCELERATE

29. DEDICATED MIGRATE ENVIRONMENT

30. MODULE RECOMMENDATIONS ENGINE

31. CHOOSE YOUR OWN DATA

32. MIGRATION DASHBOARD

33. PREVIEW DATA BEFORE IT’S MIGRATED

34. QUEUE MIGRATIONS FOR IMPORT/ROLLBACK

35. ANALYZE PROBLEMS, GET SOLUTIONS

36. PEEK UNDER THE HOOD FOR DEVELOPER DETAILS

37. SECTION 5
HOW CAN I
USE IT?

38. — Single site only, or migrating only one sample site within a
multisite, at present.
— Utilize many of the "top 100" contrib modules, esp. those that
are known to be tricky and/or quite important to many other
Drupal users (such as Media, Pathauto, Paragraphs...)
— Have a more complex data model, with many content types /
fields / entity references / etc.
— Performing a "Lift and Shift" vs. a complete re-visioning of site.
AMA gets you onto Drupal 9 as quickly as possible, later
adjustments can be made once on D9.
BEST FIT FOR AMA

39. — AMA is included for free with any Acquia Cloud Platform
Enterprise* subscription!
— Existing customer? Talk to your Acquia account manager to
be granted access
— New to Acquia? Request a demo!
— Need extra help starting your migration? Our Professional
Services team can help!
a. Migrate Quickstart package to get started
b. Handle entire migration for you
c. Work alongside Acquia Partners to perform migration
NEXT STEPS
*ACP, ACSF NOT CURRENTLY SUPPORTED

40. Q A
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