Cloud Adoption Framework#
The Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure 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 short-term and long-term objectives.
The Cloud Adoption Framework brings together cloud adoption best practices from Microsoft employees, partners, and customers. It provides a set of tools, guidance, and narratives that help shape technology, business, and people strategies for driving desired business outcomes during your cloud adoption effort. Review the guidance for each methodology below, providing you with easy access to the right guidance at the right time.
Structure#
| methodology | descripton |
|---|---|
| Strategy | define business justification and expected outcomes of adoption. |
| Plan | align actionable adoption plans to business outcomes. |
| Ready | Prepare the cloud environment for the planned changes. |
| Migrate | Migrate and modernize existing workloads. |
| Innovate | Develop new cloud-native or hybrid solutions. |
| Govern | Govern the environment and workloads. |
| Manage | Operations management for cloud and hybrid solutions. |
| Organize | Govern the environment and workloads. |
RACI#
RACI - Responsible, Accountable,Consulted,and Informed
Cloud Adoption Capability#
| Capability | Description |
|---|---|
| Cloud Adoption | Deliver technical solutions |
| Cloud Strategy | Align technical change to business needs |
| Cloud Operations | Support and operate adopted solutions |
| Cloud Center of Excellence | Improve quality, speed, and resiliency of adoption |
| Cloud Governance | Manage risk, drive consistency, governance, and compliance |
| Cloud Platform | Operate and mature the platform |
| Cloud Automation | Accelerate adoption and innovation |
SME of Capability#
| Capability | Expertise |
|---|---|
| Cloud Strategy | Finance |
| Cloud Strategy | Project Management |
| Cloud Governance | IT Security |
| Cloud Governance | IT Governance |
| Cloud Platform | Network |
| Cloud Platform | Identity |
| Cloud Platform | Virtualization |
| Cloud Platform | Disaster Recovery |
| Cloud Operations | IT Operations |
| Cloud Operations | Application Owner |
| Cloud Adoption | Project Lead(s) |
| Cloud Adoption | Architect(s) |
Lifecycle#
graph LR
S(Define Strategy)
P(Plan)
R(Ready)
A(Adopt)
subgraph Layer_1
S-->P
P-->R
R-->A
end
graph BT
G(Govern)
M(Management)
subgraph Layer_2
G
M
end