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Webinar: Moving Your Business to Azure
Brought to you by Microsoft and InCycle Software
Servicing the United Stated & Canada
We Help Teams
Achieve the Next Level of Success!
Presenter
Gregory Shepard
Azure Architect
InCycle Software
Miami, FL
(800) 353-0797
www.incyclesoftware.com
Agenda
Should you consider Azure?
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5
Introduction to Azure
Planning Framework
An Example in Action
Q&A / Next Steps
SHOULD YOU CONSIDER AZURE?
What is Cloud Computing?
US National Institute of Standards (NIST)defines five key characteristics: On-demand self-service. Broad network access. Resource pooling. Rapid elasticity Measured service.
Cloud adoption trends
Cloud Adoption rate is accelerating fast
Cloud adoption statistics
Cloud Service Types Types Key Points
Software
as a service- SaaS -
Software apps delivered as cloud services
Subscription based
Easy Access
No “IT” Management by Users
Platform
as a service - PaaS -
Provides resources used to build solutions
Encapsulates OS, Storage, Compute
Easy to stand up applications
No “IT” Management by Users
Infrastructure
as a service- IaaS -
Virtualized server and network components
Easy to provision
Full control of components
“IT” Management required
Data Runtime Middleware O/SApplicationsManagement:
Control
Support for legacy apps
Agility
DataManagement:
Ease of Use
IaaS
PaaS
Virtual Machines
Web/Worker Role
WebSites
Control
Support for legacy apps
Agility
Ease of Use
Control
Support for legacy apps
Agility
Ease of Use
Applications
Comparison of IaaS and PaaS
PLANNING FRAMEWORK
Prepare Migrate Measure
High-Level Planning Framework
Preparation step Introduce Azure to the development team
Establish high-level strategy
• Identify key objectives for using Azure• Ex: Security, scalability, ease of maintenance, risks, etc.
• Key Measures
List candidate applications
Select one or a few applications
Migrate MeasurePrepare
Preparation step Migrate MeasurePrepare
Migrate MeasurePrepareMigration step
• Measure migration success based on yourestablised measures
• Document and present findings
• Update Azure strategy
• Plan the next migration if applicable
Measure step Migrate MeasurePrepare
AN EXAMPLE IN ACTION
Preparation step
Team Intro: 5 day ADS Proof of Concept Engagement
Strategy/Objectives
• Lower cost of deployments
• Use latest HW/SW
• Reduce IT Management LoadReady team for Dev/Test in the Cloud
• Scale to 100’s of users
Measures Time for Feature updates/deployment
IT Management Load
Migrate: The Ad listing web application
Migrate MeasurePrepare
Create an Azure cloud service
Create an Azure SQL database
Create an Azure storage account
Configure the solution to use your Azure SQL database
Configure the solution to use your Azure Blob and Queue
Deploy the project to Azure a cloud service
Migrate MeasurePrepareMigration step: Details
Migrate MeasurePrepareMigration step: Current Arch.
Migrate MeasurePrepareMigration step: Azure Arch.
Time for Feature updates/deployment:
• Stage updates in under 5 min
• Ready for improvements using Dev/Ops in the Cloud
IT Management Load
• IT team monitoring alerts from Azure
• No Hardware/Software/Patch managemen
Documented measurements updated strategy and presented process improvements to CTO
Plan Migration of Vendor Management Portal!
Measure step Migrate MeasurePrepare
Questions?
Gregory Shepard
Azure Architect
InCycle Software
Miami, FL
(800) 353-0797
www.incyclesoftware.com
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