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- 1. Making the Business Case for Moving to the Cloud [Your name here] [Presentation date here]
- 2. Topics Why companies are moving to the clo ud • Enterprises are accelerating digital transfo rmation • The next era of business is here • Why move now? • Moving from CAPEX to OPEX? • Understanding cloud services • Understanding migration and modernizat ion • Common migration and modernization projects • Prioritizing cloud migration and modernization • Migration and modernization approaches • Steps for migrating and modernizing to t he cloud Cloud migration and modernization conc epts Why migrate and modernize to Azu re? • Future-proof your business with Azure • Navigate complex IT environments • Manage complex IT environments as you move Security, compliance, management, and operational benefits • Security benefits • Compliance and management benefits • Operational benefits Find additional support and resourc es • Readiness • Move forward with confidence
- 3. Why companies are moving to the cloud
- 4. Enterprises are accelerating digital transformation 50% of organizations report that their workloads and data are in the public cloud, and they expect that number to increase in the coming year 66% of surveyed organizations reported that their actual cloud usage in the past year has been higher than planned Discover more resources to help build your cloud business case here Flexera 2022: State of the Cloud Report
- 5. The next era of business is here IT leaders are taking key steps to stay ahead of the curve. Prioritize investment and people by fueling new growth initiatives to stay ahead of the curve Remodel business operations by increasing supply chain efficiency and digital resilience for increased productivity Build the right skills and culture by upskilling people and cultivating a community that embraces agility and innovation Reduce technical debt by accelerating IT and app modernization that aligns with your business objectives
- 6. Why move now? Many factors can influence the decision to modernize or migrate to the cloud. Understand the top triggers and align goals and milestones. Migration triggers Modernization triggers Cash flow challenges, CAPEX to OPEX Datacenter contract expiry Enabling remote work Faster time to market Digital transformation Application innovation Rapidly scale applications and infrastructure Business continuity Cybersecurity threats
- 7. Moving from CAPEX to OPEX? Many organizations want to move to the cloud in order to move IT expenses from capital expenditures to operational expenditures. Here are some factors to consider: CAPEX Can take advantage of amortization and depreciation of investments over an extended period of time. Requires large up-front investment leading to a lengthy approval process and higher risk. Difficult to estimate future needs—enterprises often have to overprovision to be on the safe side. OPEX Pay-per-use allows enterprises to only pay for what they use and makes it easy to scale up or down. Less investment, operating costs, and risk; speeds up budgeting process. Commitment-based models (lock in for a year or three years) diminish benefits of OPEX. IDC predicts that by 2023, 80 percent of organizations using the cloud will establish a FinOps function to optimize cloud resources and maximize value. Find more resources on cloud economics here Source: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Cloud 2022 Predictions Positives Negatives
- 8. Cloud migration and modernization concepts
- 9. Understanding cloud services: SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS Software as a service (SaaS) allows users to connect to and use cloud-based apps over the internet— for example, email, calendars, and office tools like Microsoft 365. Advantages of SaaS • Gain access to sophisticated applications. • Easily mobilize your workforce. • Access app data from anywhere. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is an instant computing infrastructure, provisioned and managed over the internet. It quickly scales up and down with demand, letting you pay only for what you use. Advantages of IaaS • Quickly set up and dismantle test and development environments. • Improve business continuity and disaster recovery. • Free up your team to focus on innovation rather than on IT infrastructure. Platform as a service (PaaS) is a complete development and deployment environment in the cloud. Its resources enable you to deliver everything from cloud-based apps to cloud-enabled enterprise applications. Advantages of PaaS • Cut coding time. • Develop for multiple platforms, including mobile. • Support geographically distributed development teams.
- 10. Understanding migration and modernization From the process to the benefits, learn how—and why—IT leaders prioritize moving to the cloud. Defining migration and modernization Migration and modernization decision factors Migration Moving applications, infrastructure, and data from a company’s datacenter to public cloud infrastructure Modernizatio n Updating existing applications for newer computing approaches, application frameworks, and use of cloud-native technologies On-premises Applications, data, infrastructure What is the immediate business need? How hard is it to do? Longer-term business goals? • Cost optimization, flipping CAPEX to OPEX • Realize cloud benefits quickly • Complexity, level of skilling or retraining of staff needed • Cost and resources needed to refactor or rebuild • Time to market, app innovation, productivity, app dev velocity
- 11. Common migration and modernization projects Azure supports a variety of migration and modernization projects including dev/test environments, backup and data recovery, smaller apps, and apps with few dependencies. Here are some examples of common projects: Apps Database s Servers VMware SAP VDI
- 12. Prioritizing cloud migration and modernization Where does your cloud adoption journey begin? Depending if your apps are new, existing, or not custom-built, there’s different options for how you proceed forward. New apps Existing apps Migrate first, modernize later Modernize during the move Cloud native Migrate Modernize Replace Stay on-prem Serverless IaaS Containers | PaaS SaaS | Low code Cloud connected • Reduce datacenter footprint quickly • Lower capital expenses • Immediate compatibility—IaaS VMs • Test, optimize to ensure cloud-readiness • Faster time to market • Increased app innovation • Enhanced productivity • Greater app dev velocity Benefits
- 13. Migration and modernization approaches Different criteria will inform which approach is best for your business. Approach Description Common Business Drivers Quantitative Considerations Qualitative Considerations Rehost Move workloads to virtual machines in the cloud with minimal change to overall architecture Reduce capital expense Free up datacenter space Achieve rapid ROI in the cloud VM size (CPU, memory, storage) Dependencies (network traffic) Asset compatibility Tolerance for change Business priorities Critical business events Process dependencies Refactor Make minimal changes to optimize for the cloud for IaaS and PaaS environments Faster and shorter updates Code portability Greater cloud efficiency (resources, speed cost) Application asset size (CPU, memory, storage) Dependencies (network traffic) User traffic (page views, time on page, load time) Development platform (languages, data platform, middle-tier services) Continued business investments Bursting options/timelines Business process dependencies Rearchitect Modify existing app architecture/code to optimize for the cloud Application scale and agility Easier adoption of new cloud capabilities Mix of technology stacks Application asset size (CPU, memory, storage) Dependencies (network traffic) User traffic (page views, time on page, load time) Development platform (languages, data platform, middle-tier services) Growing business investments Operating costs Potential feedback loops and DevOps investments Rebuild Rebuild applications from scratch using cloud-native technologies Accelerate innovation Build apps faster Reduce operational cost Application asset size (CPU, memory, storage) Dependencies (network traffic) User traffic (page views, time on page, load time) Development platform (languages, data platform, middle-tier services) Declining end-user satisfaction Business processes limited by functionality Potential cost, experience, or revenue gains Replace Leverage an existing SaaS application that provides the necessary functionality for the hosted app Standardize around industry-best practices Accelerate adoption of business process–driven approaches Reallocate development investments into applications that create competitive differentiation or advantages General operating cost reductions VM size (CPU, memory, storage) Dependencies (network traffic) Assets to be retired Cost-benefit analysis of the current architecture versus a SaaS solution Business process maps Data schemas Custom or automated processes
- 14. Steps for migrating and modernizing to the cloud While the cloud adoption journey can vary for different organizations, it can help to break your cloud migration project into phases: Planning Define strategy Align stakeholders, define strategy, and engage a partner Plan Discover and assess your environment, build a business case and a holistic plan Implementatio n Migration and modernization waves Take an iterative approach with each wave comprising a defined set of workloads Ready Build out landing zone, upskill your staff, and review best practices Adopt Migrate and modernize iteratively using built-in tools and automation Operations Govern Establish cloud usage standards and guard- rails and enable cloud budget tracking Manage Get full visibility and control your security posture Migrate Modernize The Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework is a free resource the features best practices, documentation, and tools to successfully achieve your short and long-term objectives.
- 15. Why migrate and modernize to Azure?
- 16. Future-proof your business with Azure Move on your terms with hybrid flexibility. Innovate faster with a fully managed platform Enterprise-grade infrastructure for less Move on your terms with hybrid flexibility Protect your most valuable assets with trusted cloud security Comprehensive programs to help customers move with confidence
- 17. Navigate complex IT environments Microsoft Azure is designed with a hybrid strategy to help you solve common challenges. 100s–1,000s of apps VMs Databases Containers Serverles s Diverse infrastructure Datacenters Hosters Branch offices OEM hardwar e IoT devices Edge Hybrid and multicloud Why choose a hybrid and multicloud strategy? • Regulatory and data sovereignty • Low latency and edge workloads • Application and datacenter modernization • Business continuity and resilience • Freedom to use more than one public cloud
- 18. Manage complex IT environments seamlessly as you move IT investments may span cloud and on-premises for the foreseeable future. Azure hybrid cloud solutions can help reuse, manage, and govern assets across hybrid environments. Single control plane with Azure Arc Bring Azure services to any infrastructure Modernize datacenters with Azure Stack Extend to the edge with Azure IoT 89% of organizations use a hybrid or multicloud approach. Azure helps ease the complexity of managing and governing this type of environment. Flexera 2022: State of the Cloud Report
- 19. Security, compliance, management, and operational benefits
- 20. Security benefits Safeguard your business assets with multilayered security tools. Prepare for regulatory challenges with the broadest set of cloud compliance certifications from Azure compliance offerings Secure and manage identities, connect your remote workforce, and protect your users from 99.9 percent of identity attacks using Azure Active Directory Security is foundational for Microsoft: $1B+ annual investment 3,500+ security experts 8T+ signals analyzed for intelligence
- 21. Compliance and management benefits Azure helps customers regulatory challenges with the right modernization and migration tools. Increase the efficiency and productivity of managing compliance tools, the compliance environment, and auditing. Reduce costs of compliance-related penalties. Improve agility in responding to new and ever-changing national and international regulations. Enhance the overall productivity of auditing and compliance teams as well as IT support. 91compliance offerings $4.29million/year average value achieved by leveraging cloud IaaS for compliance* *IDC: Microsoft Azure Is Helping Organizations Manage Regulatory Challenges More Effectively, May 2019
- 22. Operational benefits Expedite operational capacity while reducing IT overhead costs. Gain efficiencies. Raise reliability. 90% Reduction in datacenter support needs by Year 3* *The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Azure IaaS, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft, August 2017
- 23. Find additional support and resources
- 24. Readiness Resources for learning and preparing your team for cloud adoption Cloud concepts This hour-long beginner-level course covers the definition of cloud computing and different types of cloud services and cloud deployment models. Microsoft Learn for migratio n Grow and build the skills you need to confidently migrate application workloads and data to Azure. Certification paths A resource for locating certification paths for those interested in taking their learning to the next level. Azure fundamentals Get started with an Azure webinar, which can be viewed live (includes a live Q & A session) or on-demand. Organizational readine ss Prepare for your migration with the Strategic Migration Assessment and Readiness Tool (SMART). Accelerate your migration and mode rnization journey to Azure—Learn Take advantage of fully managed services in Azure to reduce operational burden, scale on demand, and focus on more important tasks.
- 25. Move forward with confidence The Azure Migration and Modernization Program offers support every step of the way. Accelerate your cloud journey with the right mix of resources and expert help Proven approach: Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework Cost-effective offers and incentives Technical skill building Free tools/ automation: Azure Migrate In-depth assistance from FastTrack for Azure engineers Expert help from specialized service partners Support environmentally sustainable initiatives Join the Azure Migration and Modernization Program ❯
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