Episode
Armchair Architects: So you want to build a platform... (Part 2)
with David Blank-Edelman, Uli Homann, Eric Charran
In this episode of the Azure Enablement Show, David Blank-Edelman continues the conversation on platforms with our Armchair Architects, Uli Homann and Eric Charran, this time focusing on business considerations, measuring success, and extending the definition of platform to include data. This is the second part of the conversation which began in “So, you want to build a platform … (Part 1)”.
Chapters
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 01:23 - What are some of the business considerations that you need to think about when you decide to stand up a custom platform, like throttling, availability, disaster recovery, service hours, etc?
- 04:20 - What are the two measures of successful platform?
- 07:02 - What are some of the architectural functional and non-functional concerns that come up when designing a platform?
- 08:31 - Having a resource governor, creating thoughtful extensibility models, concepts like isolation and compartmentalization are additional considerations.
- 11:58 - Architects should also think of data as a platform.
Recommended resources
Related episodes
- So, you want to build a platform … (Part 1)
- Armchair Architects: So, you want to be an Architect?
- Azure Enablement Show
- To watch more episodes in the Well-Architected series, check out this playlist!
- To watch more episodes in the Armchair Architects series, check out this playlist!
Connect
- David Blank-Edelman | Twitter: @otterbook
- Eric Charran | Twitter: @mougue
In this episode of the Azure Enablement Show, David Blank-Edelman continues the conversation on platforms with our Armchair Architects, Uli Homann and Eric Charran, this time focusing on business considerations, measuring success, and extending the definition of platform to include data. This is the second part of the conversation which began in “So, you want to build a platform … (Part 1)”.
Chapters
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 01:23 - What are some of the business considerations that you need to think about when you decide to stand up a custom platform, like throttling, availability, disaster recovery, service hours, etc?
- 04:20 - What are the two measures of successful platform?
- 07:02 - What are some of the architectural functional and non-functional concerns that come up when designing a platform?
- 08:31 - Having a resource governor, creating thoughtful extensibility models, concepts like isolation and compartmentalization are additional considerations.
- 11:58 - Architects should also think of data as a platform.
Recommended resources
Related episodes
- So, you want to build a platform … (Part 1)
- Armchair Architects: So, you want to be an Architect?
- Azure Enablement Show
- To watch more episodes in the Well-Architected series, check out this playlist!
- To watch more episodes in the Armchair Architects series, check out this playlist!
Connect
- David Blank-Edelman | Twitter: @otterbook
- Eric Charran | Twitter: @mougue
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