Azure Cloud Adoption Framework Handbook

Azure Cloud Adoption Framework Handbook

by Sasa Kovacevic, Darren Dempsey
Released July 2023
Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
ISBN: 9781803244525

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Book description

Explore the methodologies and reasons behind successful legacy application moves to a hyper-space cloud, specifically Azure Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Key Features

  • Discover tips and tricks to help you avoid common pitfalls and get up and running quickly
  • Gain in-depth end-to-end knowledge of all things cloud to smoothen your learning journey
  • Explore everything from formulating a plan to governing the cloud over the long term

Book Description

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.

What you will learn

  • Understand cloud adoption and digital transformation generally
  • Get to grips with the real-world, day-to-day running of a cloud platform
  • Discover how to plan and execute the cloud adoption journey
  • Guide all levels of the organization through cloud adoption
  • Innovate with the business goals in mind in a fast and agile way
  • Become familiar with advanced topics such as cloud governance, security, and reliability

Who this book is for

This book provides actionable strategies for anyone looking to optimize their organization's cloud adoption journey or get back on course, from IT managers and system architects to CXOs and program managers. Whether you're an enterprise or a fledgling start-up, this handbook has everything you need to get started with your cloud journey. General IT knowledge and a basic understanding of the cloud, modern software development practices, and organizational change management concepts are all prerequisites.

Table of contents

  1. Azure Cloud Adoption Framework Handbook
  2. Note from the authors
  3. Contributors
  4. About the authors
  5. About the reviewers
  6. Preface
    1. Who this book is for
    2. What this book covers
    3. To get the most out of this book
    4. Download the color images
    5. Conventions used
    6. Get in touch
    7. Share Your Thoughts
    8. Download a free PDF copy of this book
  7. Part 1: The Why
  8. Chapter 1: Introducing … the Cloud
    1. Who are you?
    2. Who are we?
    3. What is this book about?
      1. By the way, a convention to be on the lookout for…
    4. Are you ready?
      1. Assumptions
    5. Cloud foundations
      1. Cloud concepts
      2. Cloud security and data privacy
      3. Cloud services
      4. Cloud workload types
      5. Cloud pricing
      6. Cloud support
    6. What is the Cloud Adoption Framework?
    7. Summary
  9. Chapter 2: Adopting a Strategy for Success
    1. Why do we need a strategy?
      1. Key performance indicators
      2. Goodheart’s Law
      3. Itemizing business outcomes
    2. Adoption scenarios
      1. Cloud adoption scenario for a traditional enterprise
      2. Cloud adoption scenario for a new start-up
      3. Cloud adoption scenario for running a modern SaaS platform
    3. What not to do
    4. Summary
  10. Part 2: The Plan
  11. Chapter 3: Framing Your Adoption
    1. Cloud Adoption Framework
      1. Strategy
      2. Plan
      3. Ready
      4. Adopt
      5. Govern and Manage
    2. The adoption journey
      1. Form teams
      2. Align your organization
      3. Adopt the cloud
    3. Summary
  12. Chapter 4: Migrating Workloads
    1. Understanding migration scenarios
    2. Examining migration tools
    3. Understanding networking
    4. Understanding VMs
    5. Examining containerization
      1. What is container orchestration?
      2. Exploring container registries
    6. Looking at Azure DevOps
      1. Staying agile with Azure DevOps
      2. Migrating your source code
    7. Summary
  13. Chapter 5: Becoming Cloud Native
    1. Cloud native development
      1. Architecture
      2. Services
    2. Agility
    3. Innovation
    4. Summary
  14. Chapter 6: Transforming Your Organization
    1. Organizational transformation
      1. How to adapt the Cloud Adoption Framework for your organization and vice versa
    2. Site reliability engineering
    3. Cloud governance
    4. Communication planning
      1. Communicating during an emergency
    5. Summary
  15. Part 3: The Execution and Iteration
  16. Chapter 7: Creating a New Operating Model
    1. Understanding cloud operating models
      1. Roles and responsibilities
      2. Governance and compliance
      3. Service delivery management
      4. Keeping operational documentation updated
      5. Reviewing training and education programs
    2. Understanding landing zones
      1. What is an Azure subscription?
      2. Azure Active Directory
      3. Examining Azure management groups
      4. Considering Azure Policy
      5. Protecting your cloud with Microsoft Defender
      6. Bringing it all together
    3. Understanding migration
    4. Summary
  17. Chapter 8: Architecting Your Cloud
    1. Azure Well-Architected Framework
      1. What questions to ask
      2. What decisions to make
      3. How to organize your teams
    2. Cost management and optimization
      1. Which questions to ask
      2. What decisions to make
      3. How to organize your teams
    3. Operational excellence
      1. Which questions to ask
      2. What decisions to make
      3. How to organize your teams
    4. Performance efficiency
      1. Which questions to ask
      2. What decisions to make
      3. How to organize your teams
    5. Security
      1. Which questions to ask
      2. What decisions to make
      3. How to organize your teams
    6. Architecture reviews
      1. Evolution
      2. Azure is changing
    7. Summary
  18. Chapter 9: Closing Thoughts
    1. Reviewing Chapter 1, Introducing ... the Cloud
    2. Reviewing Chapter 2, Adopting A Strategy For Success
    3. Reviewing Chapter 3, Framing Your Adoption
    4. Reviewing Chapter 4, Migrating Workloads
    5. Reviewing Chapter 5, Becoming Cloud Native
    6. Reviewing Chapter 6, Transforming Your Organization
    7. Reviewing Chapter 7, Creating a New Operating Model
    8. Reviewing Chapter 8, Architecting Your Cloud
    9. Summing up
  19. Index
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Product information

  • Title: Azure Cloud Adoption Framework Handbook
  • Author(s): Sasa Kovacevic, Darren Dempsey
  • Release date: July 2023
  • Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781803244525