Evaluating an organization's infrastructure road map

In the previous section, we talked about why an organization may use an Azure AD hybrid setup. Moving from an on-prem service to a cloud service is a big decision for an organization; therefore, if it is not planned properly from an early stage, it can be hard to change things after implementation. To provide any IT solution, as engineers, we should not only consider the current state of the requirement: we also need to know the upcoming changes or future plans for the company infrastructure as it may have an impact on the solution that we have in mind. This is important as it helps engineers to provide future-proof solutions.

RebelAdmin Corp. has an initial requirement to move from on-prem Exchange services to Office 365. However, RebelAdmin Corp. has already decided to move their application and services completely to the Azure cloud by 2023. So, if an engineer just considers the immediate requirements, they can simply...