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Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

Accelerate your cloud adoption journey with proven guidance from Microsoft.
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Overview

Guidance and tools to help you get started

  • The Cloud Adoption Framework is proven guidance that’s designed to help you create and implement the business and technology strategies necessary for your organization to succeed in the cloud. It provides best practices, documentation, and tools that cloud architects, IT professionals, and business decision makers need to successfully achieve their short-term and long-term objectives. By following Cloud Adoption Framework best practices, organizations more effectively align their business and technical strategies to ensure success. 
  • Address the deployment and operations needs of your cloud portfolio through scalable, modular implementation options to build out your cloud environment.
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  • Begin the cloud adoption process by reviewing your Azure platform readiness. Assess your plan to create a landing zone that will host the workloads that you build in the cloud or migrate to the cloud.
  • Get help constructing and operating Azure landing zones at scale with a proven architectural approach and implementation guidance.
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Features

Adoption scenarios based on the Cloud Adoption Framework

Get adoption guidance tailored for your chosen technology 

Obtain expert guidance as you plan and execute organizational and technical changes while mitigating risks. Learn and benefit from a repository of successful cloud adoption scenarios and best practices.
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Discover best practices for AI Adoption 

Learn how to adopt and maintain AI with this roadmap for startups and enterprises.
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Enable rapid innovation with a modern application platform

Prepare for Kubernetes and container integration into centralized operations and your broader cloud strategy.
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Enhance security

Capture risks, plan controls, set your security baseline, and operate safely with proven guidance.

Establish governance and optimize costs

Determine budgets, monitor cost allocation patterns, set policies, and implement controls to optimize your cloud spending and deployment.

The cloud adoption journey

There's no single cloud adoption path that works for every organization, but the main implementation stages of a secure methodology are similar for all organizations and industries.

Understand motivations

Understand business outcomes and get financial best practices to help develop your cloud strategy and build your business case.
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Identify desired business outcomes

Establish clear business outcomes that align with your motivations. Use the business outcome template to align stakeholders and decision makers on deciding which outcomes to prioritize.
Explore business outcomes

Define your business justification

Outline your business case and create a financial model to project the business impact of your cloud adoption strategy.
Create a business case 
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CUSTOMER STORIES

See how customers are accelerating their cloud adoption journey

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“We see Chip as a very exciting start to an exciting journey. Adoption will continue to grow, as will the power of these models—enabling us to go and solve our customers biggest problems.”
David Sturdee, Chief Customer Officer, Howdens
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“We’ve halved our SAP hosting cost since we started our Azure journey, and through deployments of high-availability architectures, we’ve reduced ERP unavailability to our business by 95%.”
Gaurav Shridhar, Head of ERP Service Assurance and Operations, Haleon
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“The people who start working with us now will never know the old on-premises world, so our Azure deployment makes a huge difference in their ability to run environments by themselves in the most cost-efficient way.”
Sofia Hagberg, Head of Digital Platforms and Data Innovation, Aurobay
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Resources

Documentation and resources

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Get started with the Cloud Adoption Framework

Gain an understanding of common roadblocks and get guidance for a successful cloud adoption with this Microsoft Learn module.
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Accelerate your cloud and AI adoption

Get expert guidance, browse comprehensive resources, and find expert help for your move to Azure.
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Bring FinOps to life through organizational and cultural alignment

Learn how to optimize cloud architecture, budget, and performance at your organization using Azure solutions.
Get the e-book 
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Design workloads that achieve business value over time 

Learn how to design and build well-architected cloud workloads optimized for your ongoing business needs.
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Frequently asked questions

  • Although the cloud isn’t new, the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure creates new business management and technology opportunities. It provides tools and guidance for implementing cloud technologies and business and processes changes that empower organizations to adopt Azure with confidence and control. Based on best practices and successful customer and partner experiences, the framework is regularly updated to stay current.
  • The Cloud Adoption Framework is available worldwide.
  • Cloud adoption is a companywide decision, so the Cloud Adoption Framework is designed to support IT administrators, cloud architects, and business decision makers across your organization.
  • Each organization’s cloud adoption journey is unique, with no one-size-fits-all approach. However, most journeys share common steps, which the Cloud Adoption Framework addresses in a modular format, allowing you to begin wherever you are in the process. Use the Cloud Journey Tracker assessment to pinpoint your organization’s path or connect with a partner to help you get started.
  • Assessments let you quickly identify the best approach to cloud adoption for your organization. They provide recommendations based on your needs and anyone in your organization can review them at their convenience.
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Next steps

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