Your deployment and service handover checklist
A service is ready for your workload when the delivered configuration and agreed operating arrangements have been checked. Record the handover details so that your team knows how to access the system and how to request changes.
Check before going live
- Confirm the service reference, location, CPU, RAM, storage layout, operating system and network addresses against the accepted quote.
- Test access using the agreed account and secure channel. Store credentials in your password manager and remove temporary access when no longer needed.
- Verify application health, DNS and certificates, and test the monitoring or backups included in your service.
- Agree the maintenance contact, escalation route, permitted administrators and any remaining deployment tasks.
Report mismatches in the deployment ticket before moving production traffic. A successful login is not the same as a tested recovery plan: if backups are required, record the destination, retention and the result of a restore test.
