>> In a recent episode,
Scott Bockheim introduced us to
the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure.
We looked at the documentation,
best practices, and guidance that's available in the Azure docs.
Now Scott is back to show us other resources in
the framework that will help you
accelerate your Cloud adoption journey.
We're learning all about them today on Azure Friday.
Today, we have Scott Bockheim back from Patterns and Practices
to talk with us about the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure.
Scott, what would you like to share with us today?
>> Well, last time we went over a lot of
the guidance and background.
>> Yes.
>> Today I'd really love to share some of
the tools and accelerators that we've built.
>> Great. Where do you want to start?
>> To just re-anchor everybody
to the Cloud Adoption Framework itself.
We've really built it in a modular way.
As you can see, there are six different phases.
So the customers can come in wherever they want;
whether it be at early on in
the strategy and going on through governance and manage.
We'll jump around a little bit today.
>> Okay.
>> In different tools and different places.
One of the first tools that I wanted to
share is a Cloud journey Tracker.
What this really does is helps a customer figure out where they
are and what guidance
inside the Cloud Adoption Framework is going to help.
>> Okay.
>> So it's assessment.
We go out, provide a little bit of detail,
and you answer a number of questions and whether they are yes,
no, or some selections.
At the end, you get
specific guidance depending on where
you are in each of the phases.
So it moves the inquiry into action.
>> Okay. So this will be a place that you would
start to figure out where I need to go first?
>> Yeah. You can start out here simply say,
where do I begin?
But you can also come back to
it when you're in the middle of your journey.
The guidance will change depending on where you're at.
>> So it keeps track of your journey?
>> It keeps track.
>> That's fantastic.
>> We're thinking about it.
>> Okay.
>> So moving on to the next step.
So, you can use that Journey Tracker
as you're in the early, like when you said.
Indicate your strategy setup
to get the business outcomes that you're looking for.
Then, but when you're moving into the next phase,
it's all about planning and how are you going to execute it.
So we have a lot of templates to start there.
But for Azure DevOps Users,
one of the tools that we built is a backlog generator
that's completely aligned to the Cloud Adoption Framework.
It's in here somewhere.
What it does is you point it at your DevOps Instance,
it generates bi-phase down to features,
stories to individual tasks
to help you get started and moving through it.
>> The first template, it starts you with this plan.
If I wanted to adjust that plan.
>> Yeah. Once it's generated,
you can either use it as
the quick-start to move through and get your first workload there.
>> Okay.
>> But you're in full control.
>> Oh, that's great.
>> So you can customize it and use
it as a base or tailor it to exactly what you need.
>>That's great.
>> So then coming back and moving
down into the next phase which is ready.
This is where customers are building their Azure environment.
There's lots of different ways to build that environment.
From doing it by hand or with automation.
To get our customers again
accelerating and getting their first workloads out there,
we've built a number of blueprints.
You can see there's a continuum of where you can be our CAF
or a Cloud Adoption Framework blueprints
really get you going and help you launch.
There are a set of partner blueprints
that are available as well for those that
are more PCI or government related to get you started.
The full list is available out of the framework.
As you can see, there's federal,
there's security industry frameworks,
and then here at the bottom
there's ones from the Cloud Adoption Framework.
>> Great. How did we develop these best practice frameworks?
>> Yeah. So this is a collection of all
of our experience from Microsoft,
from our partners, and customer feedback.
So all of the journeys that our existing customers have gone on.
>> Right.
>> We pull that information back
and bake it into the guidance that we give.
>> Seems like a pretty powerful tool.
>> It is. You're really
getting the benefit of everybody that has gone
before you and all of the experience from
Microsoft to help your journey go faster.
>> I expect that you'll continue to
update these as you learn more then.
>> We are always updating it.
So you should check back really often.
>> Great.
>> The next place that I'd like to take folks
is down to our Governed section.
What we've done here, much like the Journey Tracker,
one of the places that we see a number of customers get stuck is,
how did they adapt their governance that they did
On-prem to this new Cloud way of working?
>> Right.
>> So we developed a specific benchmark that once
again they can come out here and take.
Again, you provide some information,
answer a number of questions,
and then it gives you a custom readout of where you
are versus where you're
aspiring to be or where your industry is at.
>> So, it's that current state and desired state?
>> It is.
>> Then does it give you a plan to get to that desired state?
>> It does. It highlights again,
areas that you can jump down into the framework to
advance yourself to move forward in your journey.
>> That's great. So you can again
customize if you want to prioritize
a certain category of area that you would like to focus on first.
It gives you the guidance and how to get to in more.
>> Anymore you can move forward. So for instance,
in this last column here on consistency,
you can see that where you think you need to
be based on your answers and where you are match.
>> Right.
>> You're ahead of the industry.
Where you look in the deployment acceleration,
we've identified a gap.
So it's really saying this
is where you're going to get the biggest bang for
your buck and how
you can apply the guidance to move yourself forward.
>> Great. Is there anything more?
>> There's actually one more thing that I wanted to call out.
You've seen me move through the Cloud Adoption Framework doc site.
That's really the home of it.
But one of the things that we heard is
customers live in the portal, right?
>> Yes.
>> This is where they're looking for their information.
So what we've done is we've baked some of
the guidance directly in the Quick Start Center.
So if you're in here and you're looking for
migration or you're looking to deploy a new innovation workload,
you can get all of the guidance directly out of the portal.
>> That's great. You don't have to change context and yes.
>> You don't have to jump around. You're right there.
>> That's great. Where do we go to learn more about this?
>> Well, I think that you can always visit the doc site in
aka./adopt to learn more and check back often because we're always
bringing those best practices back
into the framework from every customer experience.
>> That's great. Thank you very much for joining me today.
>> Thanks for having me.
>> It's great to see all the updates
with the Cloud Adoption Framework.
>> It's great to be here.
>> We've been learning all about
the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure today on Azure Friday.