# Behavioral Interview Question: Implementing a Cloud Solution on a Legacy System

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# Implementing a Cloud Solution on a Legacy System

We provide interview preparation through Aced, formerly Exponent. This entry covers a behavioral interview question for a **Solutions Architect** role, associated with **Microsoft**, and categorized as **Behavioral**, **Customer Interaction**, and **Technical**.

## Interview question

> Imagine you've just started working with a client who wants to implement a cloud solution on their legacy system. What steps would you take? How would you tailor a demo for this client?

The question concerns working with a customer who wants to move from a legacy system to a cloud solution and adapting a product demonstration to that customer's needs.

- Interview type: Behavioral
- Reported last asked: 4 years ago
- Role: [Solutions Architect](https://www.aced.io/questions?role=solutions-architect)
- Company: [Microsoft](https://www.aced.io/questions?company=microsoft)
- Categories: [Behavioral](https://www.aced.io/questions?type=behavioral), [Customer Interaction](https://www.aced.io/questions?type=customer-interaction), [Technical](https://www.aced.io/questions?type=technical)

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We offer a video answer in which Marcelo, a Solutions Architect at Microsoft, answers this behavioral question about working with a customer who wants to switch from a legacy system to a cloud solution and tailoring demos to specific customers.

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