>> The reality is there are
no single Cloud adoption journey that works for everyone.
The Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
is proven guidance that will help you navigate your journey.
Scott is here to give a quick tour
of the framework today on Azure Friday.
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>> Hi. Today on Azure Friday,
I've got Scott Bockheim,
the Director of Patterns & Practices to talk
about the new Cloud Adoption Framework.
So Scott, what is the Cloud Adoption Framework?
>> Well, the Cloud Adoption Framework is
one Microsoft Voice on how to adopt a Cloud for our customers,
its best practices, its guidance,
and it's set of assessment and
tools to help facilitate that journey for them.
>> Great. Well, how do we find the Cloud Adoption Framework?
>> The Cloud Adoption Framework is on the docs platform.
So you can go to
aka.ms/adopt/plan and browse it
just like you would any of the other
documentation that's out there.
>> Okay. Well, let's see what you have.
>> Yeah, so the Cloud Adoption Framework, as you can see,
is a pretty simple high-level overview that is
really meant to make it so that anybody who is
on their Cloud journey has an entry point from
the earliest strategy all the way
down to the continuous processes of
govern and managing your workloads.
We set up the table of contents in a similar way to
make it very easy for our users to explore,
to be able to jump from one area to another,
to be able to get a sense of what's in there,
but then to be able to come back and walk it as a flow as well.
I recently actually just joined
Microsoft from a customer across the lake,
and I can say when we started their journey a couple of years ago,
I would have loved to have this as a tool.
>> Okay.
>> So I'm excited to share it with you.
>> Okay. Well, as I look
through the various categories, I can imagine,
one can imagine there are a lot of
different types of journeys depending on the applications that
you're moving to the Cloud where you are in
your journey in adopting Cloud.
How does one even gets started?
Do I self-assess?
Do I go to others to help assess with me?
What is the best entry point for me?
>> Yeah, there really isn't a single entry point.
It really depends where you're at in your journey.
So for folks that are just getting going,
jumping into the Strategy section will really be the place to
start and try and identify what your motivations are.
So there are specific guidance as far as the process,
and you just click in,
and one of the key aspects is understanding the why.
So because every journey is a little bit different,
some are going for cost savings,
some are driving for innovation.
In my experience, we actually started on one,
and we're getting a lot of friction,
and then we switched back,
we ask the questions and we switched to innovation,
and once we did that, it really helped.
>> Okay.
>> So but to your question, the other side,
a lot of our customers who've already
started that migrated their first workload,
that have built their first application,
we see them jumping into the Govern area.
So what that really is about is how do I make sure how I'm
changing my technology practices and
policies and how do they apply to the Cloud?
The Cloud Adoption Framework gives you a methodology to
think about this and envision the end state.
How am I looking at risks?
What are the disciplines?
But it also helps you along
the way to do it in an iterative fashion.
>> Okay.
>> You'll see that throughout the entire framework.
>> Okay. How do I go about asking or answering these questions?
Is this something that I'll do on my own?
Do I reach out and Microsoft or a partner helped me through this?
What's the best step to begin that part of the journey?
>> That is a great question.
There again, there's no one step.
There are tools like in the Governance area that
you can self-assess with Assessment.
You can work with our partner network who
has offerings that are in the marketplace that are
Cloud Adoption Framework aligned
or your Cloud Solution Architect that's with you on site,
can help you through the journey.
So we're trying to reach all of our customers.
>> That's great. I see that you also had a section there
for Operate as we get further down,
and is that where I can start to put things into practice?
>> Yeah. The Operate section,
it really has a couple of different areas
that incorporate to the Govern and Manage,
but it also really focuses on how do you organize
your teams and your skills in up leveling
fee that transformation of the journey for your people.
>> So it's more than just the technology choices.
This is really how do I bring my team along,
how do I help my team begin to adopt
a new way of managing and governing these assets in a Cloud.
>> A hundred percent. It really
is a way to leverage the Cloud to go through
a digital transformation which affects
both people, process, and technology.
As you move through the various phases of your journey,
the framework is there to meet you.
The last one that I will talk about is the Adopt phase.
So this is where the technology really comes into play,
where you have your strategy,
you've developed a plan,
we have tools that work with Azure DevOps
that will create a backlog for you.
But now how are you actually going to get there?
There's two main paths.
Again, there's not always just one way.
Thinking about those original motivations,
are you thinking about cost savings and migrating?
Are you thinking about innovation, new customer experiences?
The Migrate section again has
that high level overview
that helps you figure out your first workload,
what's the best practice,
there's decision trees on what different options you have,
and this is probably the most robust piece of the framework
because it has been built with the experience from
our Azure Migrate program and all of our engineers
on FastTrack for Azure who's helped
thousands of customers through this journey,
and we incorporate that right back in.
>> Right. That's really great.
Well, what's next?
>> What's next?
The Cloud Adoption Framework is really
a never-ending experiment in cycle.
So we are continuously adding to it,
taking experiences from our customers to improve it.
So I recommend people check back
often to see with the latest best practice is.
>> That's great. So it's like
its own CICD pipeline of improvement too.
>> It's like continuous program framework.
>> Sure of those practices.
>> Exactly.
>> Great. Well thank you so much for
taking the time to join me today and
share everything we know about our new Cloud Adoption Framework.
>> Thanks for having me.
>> All right. We've been learning all about
the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure today on Azure Friday.
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