Introduction
The Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure is a collection of documentation, technical guidance, best practices, and tools that you can use to align business, organizational readiness, and technology strategies. The steps in this framework outline a clear and actionable journey to the cloud.
The cloud fundamentally changes how organizations procure and use technology resources and introduces tremendous flexibility in design choices. The Cloud Adoption Framework provides a proven and consistent methodology to help you adopt those cloud technologies.
The Cloud Adoption Framework includes seven core Azure adoption phases:
- Strategy
- Plan
- Ready
- Adopt
- Govern
- Secure
- Manage
The Adopt phase covers migrating, modernizing, and building workloads. This module explores those activities in the Migrate, Modernize, and Cloud-native units.
In this module, you will:
- Learn how to use the Cloud Adoption Framework to assess your current environment and develop a plan to adopt the cloud.
- Determine your motivations for cloud adoption, and define objectives to help you successfully reach your goals.
- Identify gaps in your strategy that you need to address, such as adding technology, training your team, or restructuring your environment.
Prerequisites
You should have a general understanding of your current cloud adoption plan. You should also understand the roadblocks that might prevent your organization from being successful.