Migrating Elastic workloads to the cloud requires careful consideration of five key factors to ensure a smooth transition and maximize benefits. Ensuring business continuity is crucial, as cloud migration is often delayed, and maintaining uninterrupted Elastic workloads is vital during this process. The total cost of ownership can be optimized by utilizing cloud-native features such as data lifecycle management, autoscaling, and cost-effective storage solutions, reducing operational overhead by leveraging managed services. Disaster recovery and high availability are enhanced through Elastic Cloud’s multi-zone and multi-region capabilities, allowing data replication across different cloud regions and providers to mitigate risks. Compliance with data sovereignty regulations is facilitated by Elastic Cloud's cross-cluster search, enabling unified data access without geographic data transfer. Security is a primary concern during cloud adoption, and Elastic Cloud addresses this with robust security measures, including encryption, auditing tools, and dedicated security personnel, ensuring data protection and rapid response to vulnerabilities.