# Factors Justifying the Migration to TiDB Dedicated
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Migrating the database to a new platform is a significant event in an application’s lifecycle and may have an impact on application functionality, performance, and reliability.

Major contributors for a successful database migration to TiDB Dedicated project:
- Factors that justify the migration to TiDB Dedicated include compatibility and TiDB specific features, performance, cost, API ready, extreme high availability and other manageability benefits.
- The migration phase.
- Best practices for choosing the optimal migration method.
- Best practices for planning and implementing a migration.
- Troubleshooting hints.
- Understanding the shared responsibility model for security.