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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

Understanding VMs

VMs are the bread and butter of any cloud migration, allowing physical machines to be displaced by, well, virtual ones! VMs are not a new technology by any measure, but the scale at which they operate on the cloud is incredible. With just a few clicks, you can create a machine anywhere in the world and log in after a few minutes. Need multi-core CPU, 128 GB of RAM, a 1-TB disk, and a gigabit network interface? No problem, use the drop-down menu. Need a specific (modern) operating system version? No problem, install it using a predefined operating system image.

VMs achieve this magic by using a hardware abstraction layer. VMs facilitate the transfer of applications to the cloud with minimal restrictions on the machine specifications or performance penalty due to its hardware abstraction. If your application runs today on an Intel/AMD x86 64-bit machine, it can be lifted to an Azure VM and not notice any difference… probably. Yes, there are a few gotchas,...