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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

Azure Well-Architected Framework

You want to plan your design decisions, the technology you will use, and the way to implement those decisions and technologies into a coherent solution based on the following pillars of the Well-Architected Framework:

  • Reliability
  • Cost optimization
  • Operational excellence
  • Performance efficiency
  • Security

Each of these pillars is always important – for every workload. However, your focus can be prioritized based on the specific needs of the workflow.

For example, focus on reliability in the following cases:

  • You are building a public service that will scale quickly and violently
  • You are responding to telemetry showing that reliability is an issue
  • The team is having a hard time focusing on new features because they are hard pressed supporting the running services

Focus on cost optimization in the following cases:

  • You have completed the lift-and-shift migration of workloads into Azure
  • ...