After the impeccable success of Magento 1.0, the business world was almost adapted to using it for almost every activity in its stride. However, the developers found an urgent need to improve the functionality of this diverse platform and offer a better customer experience.This was mainly because the world is moving at a fast pace and to keep up with the global competition it becomes important to keep your methods upgraded.

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Thus, the Magento developers with all their experience and knowledge on hand introduced Magento 2.0 to the world. This updated version is a stream of added features and improved performance. Although the newer version has brought with itself a lot many beneficiaries, it is a bit complex for the businessmen to adhere to the changes so fast. And to make things easier, this blog shall talk about every little bit you need to know and take care of while migrating from Magento 1.0 to Magento 2.0

Primary Requisites for the Migration:
Knowledge and Information of your Customer and Product
Various themes and extension required
The Customs Code of your Magento store
Planning Process for the Migration:
Analyzing your current extensions
This is the most primary step you need to implement. The store owner needs to review his existing list of extensions and do away with the unimportant ones. Also, it must be checked whether the updated store provides for all your extension needs or not. This analysis shall help you plan out your requirements and needs for the future.

Capacity Designing
While you are planning the migration decide if you would require a greater and high-end help of customized extensions in the future. If your list is getting long, you may have an idea of the future costs and capability to adapt them.

Pilot Testing Magento 2.0
It is advisable to install the new version of Magento and check its functionality before moving ahead with it and integrating it into your business. The test in terms of its performance, user-friendliness, design, etc. must be verified and also compared with the older version so that no unsatisfactory feelings are felt later.

Implement your Migration Now!
In order to get started with Magento 2.0, you need to first force stop all your activities in the previous version as well as use the Magento 1.0 replica while moving all the important files and documents to the upgraded version. Once this process is done you can get started.Media files need to be moved manually and a note must be taken of the extensions and the themes that are unavailable in the updated portal.

for more detail: https://magecomp.com/blog/migrate-fr...-to-magento-2/

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