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Azure Cloud Adoption Framework Handbook

By : Sasa Kovacevic, Darren Dempsey
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Azure Cloud Adoption Framework Handbook

By: Sasa Kovacevic, Darren Dempsey

Overview of this book

You've heard about the benefits of the cloud and you want to get on board, but you’re not sure where to start, what services to use, or how to make sure your data is safe. Making the decision to move to the cloud can be daunting and it's easy to get overwhelmed, but if you're not careful, you can easily make mistakes that cost you time and money. Azure Cloud Adoption Framework Handbook is here to help. This guide will take you step-by-step through the process of making the switch to the Microsoft Azure cloud. You’ll learn everything from foundational cloud concepts and planning workload migration through to upskilling and organization transformation. As you advance, you’ll find out how to identify and align your business goals with the most suitable cloud technology options available. The chapters are designed in a way to enable you to plan for a smooth transition, while minimizing disruption to your day-to-day operations. You’ll also discover how the cloud can help drive innovation in your business or enable modern software development practices such as microservices and CI/CD. Throughout the chapters, you’ll see how decision makers can interact with other internal stakeholders to achieve success through the power of collaboration. By the end of this book, you’ll be more informed and less overwhelmed about moving your business to the cloud.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Part 1: The Why
4
Part 2: The Plan
9
Part 3: The Execution and Iteration

Architecting Your Cloud

For you to set your organization on the journey toward a successful Azure adoption, you must also understand the Azure Well-Architected Framework. We can call this framework the little sibling of the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework. In this chapter, we will go through the Well-Architected Framework briefly, but with enough details for you to be able to understand everything you need to know about it at a high-enough level to be able to guide your architectural design and the path your organization needs to take to successfully complete projects based on it.

In this chapter, we will cover the following main topics:

  • Azure Well-Architected Framework
  • Reliability
  • Cost management and optimization
  • Operational excellence
  • Performance efficiency
  • Security
  • Architecture review