{"id":7706,"date":"2022-06-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-13T04:35:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:35:25","slug":"find-the-clarity-and-guidance-you-need-to-realize-cloud-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/find-the-clarity-and-guidance-you-need-to-realize-cloud-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Find the clarity and guidance you need to realize cloud value"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A modernized cloud workload offers significant benefits\u2014including cost savings, optimized security and management, and opportunities for ongoing innovation. But the process of migrating and modernizing workloads can be challenging. That\u2019s why it\u2019s essential to prepare and plan ahead\u2014and to ensure that your organization finds continued value in the cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you\u2019re just starting your move to the cloud or are looking for ways to optimize your current cloud workloads, my team and I are committed to helping you maximize your cloud investments, overcome technical barriers, adopt new business processes, develop your team\u2019s skills, and achieve sustainable innovation in the cloud. That\u2019s why we invite you to watch sessions from Realizing Success in the Cloud<\/a>\u2014now available on-demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this digital event, attendees learned about the key components of a successful cloud adoption journey. They heard Microsoft leaders, industry experts, and Azure customers discuss ways to drive value with migration and modernization. They also discovered best practices for boosting adoption across organizations and enabling sustainable innovation in the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out these session highlights, which cover three critical areas of the cloud journey:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Optimize your business value in the cloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the early phases of any new cloud project, it\u2019s essential that you define strategy, understand motivations, and identify business outcomes. Maybe you\u2019re looking to optimize your cost investment and reduce technical debt. Or maybe adoption might enable your team to build new technical capabilities and products. Whether you\u2019re looking to migrate, modernize, or innovate in the cloud, you\u2019ll want to build a business case that sets your organization up for success\u2014and we\u2019ll show you how to put one together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the help of Jeremy Winter, Azure VP of Program Management, you\u2019ll explore the process using key technical and financial guidelines. In this session, you\u2019ll discover templates, assessments, and tools for estimating your cloud costs, managing spending, and maximizing the overall value you get from Azure. You\u2019ll also hear how the cloud experts at Insight, a Microsoft technology partner, use Azure enablement resources to help their clients realize savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Customize your Azure journey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your organization\u2019s business, security, and industry requirements are unique, which is why you\u2019ll need to develop a tailored plan that will help you successfully execute your vision\u2014and ensure that your deployment and operations needs are being met. That\u2019s why it\u2019s important to understand when to adhere to the best practices of your cloud vendor\u2014and when to customize your journey\u2014with guidance from the experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the session led by Uli Homann, Microsoft VP of Cloud and AI, you\u2019ll learn how to set up scalable, modular cloud environments using Azure landing zones. As you prepare for post-deployment, you\u2019ll find out how to evaluate the cost efficiency, performance, reliability, and security of your workload performance using recommendations from the Azure Well-Architected Framework<\/a> and Azure Advisor<\/a>. Uli also speaks with NHS Digital, the technology partner for the UK\u2019s public healthcare system, to discuss how they built a responsive system architecture that could scale and perform under unprecedented demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Accelerate success with Azure skills training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whether you\u2019re migrating to the cloud or building a cloud-native app, the skills of your team are key to enabling successful business outcomes. Azure skills training fosters a growth mindset and helps your team develop expertise that impacts your entire organization, from individual career advancement to sustainable, long-term innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a fireside chat between Sandeep Bhanot, Microsoft VP of Global Technical Learning, and Cushing Anderson, VP of IT Education and Certification at IDC, you\u2019ll hear about key learnings from research that highlight the business value of skills training for accelerating success. You\u2019ll also explore how to use these findings to build a compelling business case for developing skills training programs in your organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch this event<\/a> on-demand to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n