1. Cloud Adoption Framework

2. Cloud Adoption Framework

3. Step 1: Education & Training
Know why you are moving to the cloud
Starting with a deeper understanding of the benefits of the cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
Agility, cost, time to value, data growth,  capacity, security   
Deep dive training
Sample agenda 
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Azure Platform Overview (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
Introduction to Azure IaaS w/ key concepts
Azure Portal
Compute and Storage
Licensing, Pricing
VMs (available images)
VHDs, Disks and Images
Virtual Networks (VNET)
Availability Sets
Power Shell / REST API / Cross-plat CLI
Azure Automation Service
(VMs, storage)
VM Extensions
Monitoring
Resource Groups & ARM
“Azure Networking Deep Dive”
Endpoints and Endpoint based ACLs
VNET, Subnets
VNET - V2
NSG
Egress
Express Route
Site to Site / Point to Site VPN
Forced Tunneling
Security Appliances
VIPs DIPs
ILB
Floating IP Address
Azure AD
AD Federation
AD Security protocols
StorSimple
RBAC
HA/ DR – Site Recovery
Topology
Subscription Management
Network design
Automation strategy

4. Step 2: Azure Architecture & Governance
Develop a cloud architecture and governance strategy
Network & Network Security
Firewalls, Load Balancing, NSGs, User Defined Routing
Subscription Topology
Azure Regions, Security Zoning, Billing and Chargeback, Naming Conventions
Automation
Templates, Process, Scripts, Resource Catalog
System Health
Monitoring, Logging, Auditing
Access & Resources
RBAC, Resource Manager Policies, Resource Locking, Resource Management Roles and Responsibilities
Security Monitoring, Health Detection
Support, Escalation and Incident Management

5. Step 3: Base Infrastructure Build
Express Route
VNet Setup
Configure Edge Firewall
Set up Peering (Public/Private)
Configure Load Balancing
Setup RBAC
Automate Build
Deploy Subscription Topology
Documentation

6. Step 4: Application Portfolio Assessment
Conduct an Application Portfolio Assessment
Which applications make sense to move to the cloud?
Develop a long term roadmap that is aligned with the cloud provider’s roadmap
Start with a small app
Startup /agile mindset

7. Step 5: Application Migration Assessment
Requirements Gathering
Inventory of the components and services
Assessment of migration strategy (what Azure resources are appropriate?)
Create and Deliver Migration Design Document

8. Step 6: Application Onboarding
Involvement from multiple teams
Project to migrate each application
Initiate / Plan / Execute / Close
Cloud Service Provisioning team executes requirements to migrate application
Redesign and rebuild as necessary
Performance, scalability, security
Perform migration and optimize for cloud
Operations & Support Handoff
Provide documentation, training, monitoring metrics to Operations & Support Team
Support Staffing adjusted as needed
Client
Key Stakeholders
Application Support Team
Cyber Security Team
AIS
Cloud Service Provisioning Team
Operations and Support Team
Core Cloud Infrastructure and Network Team

9. Step 7: AIS Cloud Support Services
Cloud Support Teams
Operations and Maintenance
Monitor system health and performance
Respond to incident requests
Core Cloud Infrastructure and Networking
Infrastructure build-out and support
Networking architecture
Cloud Service Provisioning Team
Migrate applications
Manage Service Catalog
Monitoring and Support
Infrastructure and Networking
Application Migration

10. Step 7: AIS Cloud Support Services (continued)
Support Process
Two options for support:
Business Hours + On Call
365 x 24 hr
SLA – defined priority and response time
Team size and makeup based on need; scales up or down accordingly
Operations and Maintenance Team
Team becomes aware of needed support
Acknowledge and triage
Escalate and handoff to appropriate support team(s)
Metrics tracking and reporting
Continuous process improvement
Core Cloud Infrastructure and Network Team
L2 Support
L3 Support
Cloud Service Provisioning Team
L2 Support
L3 Support