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Azure Integration Guide for Business

By : Joshua Garverick, Jack Lee, Mélony Qin, Trevoir Williams
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Azure Integration Guide for Business

By: Joshua Garverick, Jack Lee, Mélony Qin, Trevoir Williams

Overview of this book

Azure Integration Guide for Business is essential for decision makers planning to transform their business with Microsoft Azure. The Microsoft Azure cloud platform can improve the availability, scalability, and cost-efficiency of any business. The guidance in this book will help decision makers gain valuable insights into proactively managing their applications and infrastructure. You'll learn to apply best practices in Azure Virtual Network and Azure Storage design, ensuring an efficient and secure cloud infrastructure. You'll also discover how to automate Azure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and leverage various Azure services to support OLTP applications. Next, you’ll explore how to implement Azure offerings for event-driven architectural solutions and serverless applications. Additionally, you’ll gain in-depth knowledge on how to develop an automated, secure, and scalable solutions. Core elements of the Azure ecosystem will be discussed in the final chapters of the book, such as big data solutions, cost governance, and best practices to help you optimize your business. By the end of this book, you’ll understand what a well-architected Azure solution looks like and how to lead your organization toward a tailored Azure solution that meets your business needs.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

The Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

The Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure is a set of best practices for securely, efficiently, and cost-effectively implementing cloud solutions. This framework provides security best practices, guidelines, and tools for all phases of the cloud journey, from initial planning and implementation to the management of the solution. The framework provides a structured approach for designing, migrating, or building new applications on Azure, and it covers all aspects of cloud adoption, from initial planning to ongoing operation.

It is a robust set of guidelines that Microsoft has designed to streamline the cloud adoption process. It facilitates the strategic, technical, and business planning decisions organizations must make when migrating to the cloud. The framework offers proven methodologies, best practices, and tools to accelerate the adoption process while mitigating risk.

The Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure is divided into six key phases...