Azure architecture, migration and adoption
Azure architecture, cloud migration and adoption — designed around how the business actually operates rather than a reference diagram.
Cloud programmes rarely fail on technology. They fail on sequencing, on dependencies nobody mapped, and on an architecture that was correct in isolation but wrong for the organisation running it. This work covers the design and the migration path together, so the target state and the route to it are decided at the same time.
What this covers
Landing zone and platform design
Subscription and management group structure, naming and tagging, networking, policy and governance — set up once, deliberately, rather than retrofitted.
Migration planning and execution
Workload discovery and dependency mapping, migration approach per workload, wave sequencing, cutover and rollback planning.
Hybrid connectivity
Site-to-site and ExpressRoute connectivity, DNS, and the identity plumbing that makes hybrid workloads behave predictably.
Cost and operating model
Right-sizing, reservation and commitment strategy, and the tagging discipline that makes cloud spend attributable afterwards.
Typical starting points
- A cloud migration has stalled, or the plan has not survived contact with the business
- Azure spend is rising and nobody can attribute it to a workload
- The estate grew subscription by subscription with no governing structure
- A datacentre lease or hardware refresh is forcing a decision
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