Summary
In this chapter, we've explored the main pillars in cloud adoption frameworks, and we learned that the different frameworks have quite some overlap. We've identified the seven stages of cloud adoption up until the point where we can really start migrating and transforming applications to our cloud platforms. In multi-cloud environments, control and management is challenging. It calls for a single pane of glass approach, but, as we have also learned, there are just a few tools – the one ring to rule them all – that would cater for this single pane of glass.
One of the most important things to understand is that you first have to look at identities in your environment: who, or what, if we talk about other resources on our platform, is allowed to do what, when, and why? That is key in setting out the governance model. The governance model is the foundation of the service design.
In the last paragraph of this chapter, we've looked at the different...