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Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide, Fourth Edition

You're reading from Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide, Fourth Edition The essential handbook to cloud transformation with Azure

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801077972

Length 228 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (5):

Aaditya Pokkunuri

Greg Leonardo

David Rendón

Jason Milgram

Jack Lee

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Automation and governance in Azure FREE CHAPTER

3. Modernizing with hybrid cloud and multicloud

4. Cloud migration: Planning, implementation, and best practices

5. Enabling secure, remote work with Microsoft Azure AD and WVD

6. Security fundamentals to help protect against cybercrime

7. Offers, support, resources, and tips to optimize cost in Azure

8. Conclusion

Index

4. Cloud migration: Planning, implementation, and best practices

Customers are accelerating their cloud journey to optimize costs, enhance security and resiliency, and scale on demand. One of the key motivations for organizations to migrate to Azure is to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) for their IT infrastructure. By migrating to Azure, organizations can move from a capital expenditure (CapEx) model with fixed upfront commitments to a more flexible and scalable operational expenditure (OpEx) model. With the OpEx model, organizations reduce spending by only paying for resources and services that they consume.

As we will discuss in this chapter, this is only one of many benefits that you will gain by migrating to Azure. First, we'll see that Microsoft provides a framework that will guide you in architecting for reliability, security, and high availability. We will then explore the underlying infrastructure of Azure to help you make the most informed choice to...

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Authors (5)

Pokkunuri

Pokkunuri

Aaditya Pokkunuri is an experienced senior database engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and service industry, with over 11 years of experience. He is skilled in performance tuning, Microsoft SQL Database Server Administration, SSIS, SSRS, PowerBI, and SQL development. He possesses strong knowledge of replication, clustering, SQL Server high availability options, and ITIL processes. His expertise lies in Windows administration tasks, Active Directory, and Microsoft Azure technologies. He has expertise in AWS Cloud and is an AWS Solution Architect Associate as well. Aaditya is a strong information technology professional with a Bachelor of Technology degree focused on computer science and engineering from Sastra University, Tamil Nadu.

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Jack Lee

Jack Lee

Jack Lee is a senior Azure certified consultant and an Azure practice lead with a passion for software development, cloud, and DevOps innovations. He is an active Microsoft tech community contributor and has presented at various user groups and conferences, including the Global Azure Bootcamp at Microsoft Canada. Jack is an experienced mentor and judge at hackathons and is also the president of a user group that focuses on Azure, DevOps, and software development. He is the co-author of Azure for Architects and Cloud Analytics with Microsoft Azure, published by Packt Publishing. He has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for his contributions to the tech community. You can follow Jack on Twitter at jlee_consulting.

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Milgram

Milgram

Jason Milgram is a Microsoft MVP since 2010 and the SVP, Azure Leader at OZ Digital, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL. As a public speaker, Jason has given over 100 presentations at conferences and user groups on cloud computing, Microsoft Azure, Enterprise Mobility + Security, and launching a tech start-up. Prior to OZ, Jason was CTO, Financial Services at Hitachi Solutions in Irvine, CA, Chief Architect at i3 in Fairfax, VA, Chief Architect at SAIC in Reston, VA, 1st VP Cloud Solutions Architect at City National Bank of Florida in Miami, and VP Platform Architecture & Engineering at Champion Solutions Group in Boca Raton, FL.

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Leonardo

Leonardo

Greg Leonardo is currently a cloud architect helping organizations with cloud adoption and innovation. He has worked in the IT industry since his time in the military. He is a veteran, father, architect, teacher, speaker, and early adopter. Currently, he is a Certified Azure Solution Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and Microsoft Azure MVP, and he has worked in many facets of IT throughout his career. Additionally, he is president of TampaDev, a community meetup that runs #TampaCC, Azure User Group, Azure Medics, and various technology events throughout Tampa. He has also authored Hands-On Cloud Solutions with Azure and the previous two editions of Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide for Microsoft by Packt Publishing.

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David Rendón

David Rendón

David Rendón, Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer, is a highly regarded expert in the Azure cloud platform. With over 15 years of experience as an IT professional, he has been deeply committed to Microsoft technologies, especially Azure, since 2010. With a proven track record of leading and driving strategic success, David has over seven years of management experience, technical leadership, and collaboration skills. David delivers private technical training classes worldwide, covering EMEA, South America, and the US, and he is a frequent speaker at renowned IT events such as Microsoft Ignite, Global Azure, and local user group gatherings in the US, Europe, and Latin America.

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