Introducing the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
Published date: 04 November, 2019
The Cloud Adoption Framework consolidates learnings and best practices from Microsoft solution architects, partners and customers into a comprehensive and curated set of tools, documentation, templates and guidance. It helps organisations shape their cloud strategies as they drive towards their desired business goals and outcomes. Built with a modular approach, the Cloud Adoption Framework helps organisations break down their journey into discrete stages with clear guidance for business decision makers, cloud architects and IT professionals to undertake their cloud journey with confidence and control.
While each organisation will have their own journey to adopt the cloud, there are six main stages that hold true for most organisations—strategy, plan, ready, adopt, govern and manage. Although the framework suggests a linear journey, reality shows that it is not. Rather, it is an iterative and cyclical process, where organisations jump in and out of stages as they make progress or have new areas to address in their journey.