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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

Summary

Cloud migration is a process of transitioning applications, data, and other IT resources from on-premises to cloud environments. With cloud migration, organizations can leverage the scalability and cost savings that the cloud offers without having to invest in expensive hardware. The cloud also provides an opportunity for businesses to modernize their existing application infrastructure by using VMs and containers. By taking advantage of cloud services, organizations can unlock greater agility while reducing costs associated with traditional application deployment models.

In this chapter, we explored a number of common migration scenarios and tools that you can use to help assess your own situation. We discussed some cloud fundamentals on networking and compute resources and highlighted how these will differ from a more traditional IT environment. We also delved into application containerization, something that is likely not available in a traditional IT environment but...