Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

Proven guidance and best practices that help you confidently adopt the cloud and achieve business outcomes.

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Overview

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Cloud Adoption Framework guidance

Find guidance for each phase of your cloud adoption journey.

Get started

• Get started
• Accelerate migration
• Deliver operational excellence
• Antipatterns to avoid

Strategy

• Motivations
• Business outcomes
• Financial considerations
• Technical considerations

Plan

• Rationalize your digital estate
• Organizational alignment
• Skills readiness plan
• DevOps cloud adoption plan

Ready

• Operating model alignment
• Azure landing zone conceptual architecture
• Azure landing zone design areas
• Implementation options

Migrate

• Overview
• Checklist
• Product migration scenarios

Innovate

• Business value consensus
• Build your first MVP
• Measure for customer impact
• Expand digital inventions

Secure

• Overview
• Risk insights
• Business resilience
• Asset protection

Manage

• Business commitments
• Management baseline
• Expand the baseline
• Advance operations and design principles

Govern

• Overview
• Checklist

Assessments

Plan your cloud journey with assessments that help you measure the difference between your current state and cloud adoption goals. Assessment results provide curated technical guidance to help you reach your goals.

Cloud Adoption Strategy Evaluator

• Build and advance your cloud business case with the cloud adoption strategy assessment.

App and Data Modernization Readiness

• Take the first step in modernizing your workloads by taking this application and data modernization assessment.

Strategic Migration Assessment and Readiness

• Evaluate your cloud migration readiness by using the Strategic Migration and Readiness Assessment Tool (SMART).

Cloud Governance

• Assess your cloud governance approach and receive tailored recommendations for improvement.

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Learn more about Azure and the Cloud Adoption Framework by completing these learning paths.

Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

Azure Fundamentals

Learn the business value of Azure

Find help

Microsoft has dedicated resources to help unblock your cloud adoption journey.

FastTrack for Azure

Get support from Microsoft engineers.

Azure Migrate and Modernize

Get support migrating workloads to the cloud.

Partner-led Workshops

Obtain best practices on Cloud Adoption Framework from certified partners.

Find a partner

Find a partner to help you get started.

Why the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure is right for your business. https://aka.ms/adopt