6. What is Cloud Computing?
US National Institute of Standards (NIST)
defines five key characteristics:
On-demand self-service.
Broad network access.
Resource pooling.
Rapid elasticity
Measured service.
10. Cloud Service Types
Types Key Points
Software
as a service
- SaaS -
Software apps delivered as cloud services
Subscription based
Easy Access
No “IT” Management by Users
Platform
as a service
- PaaS -
Provides resources used to build solutions
Encapsulates OS, Storage, Compute
Easy to stand up applications
No “IT” Management by Users
Infrastructure
as a service
- IaaS -
Virtualized server and network components
Easy to provision
Full control of components
“IT” Management required
11. Data Runtime Middleware O/SApplicationsManagement:
Control
Support for legacy apps
Agility
DataManagement:
Ease of Use
IaaS
PaaS
Virtual Machines
Web/Worker Role
WebSites
Control
Support for legacy apps
Agility
Ease of Use
Control
Support for legacy apps
Agility
Ease of Use
Applications
Comparison of IaaS and PaaS
16. Preparation step
Introduce Azure to the development team
Establish high-level strategy
• Identify key objectives for using Azure
• Ex: Security, scalability, ease of maintenance, risks, etc.
• Key Measures
List candidate applications
Select one or a few applications
Migrate MeasurePrepare
19. • Measure migration success based on your
establised measures
• Document and present findings
• Update Azure strategy
• Plan the next migration if applicable
Measure step Migrate MeasurePrepare
21. Preparation step
Team Intro: 5 day ADS Proof of Concept Engagement
Strategy/Objectives
• Lower cost of deployments
• Use latest HW/SW
• Reduce IT Management Load
Ready team for Dev/Test in the Cloud
• Scale to 100’s of users
Measures
Time for Feature updates/deployment
IT Management Load
Migrate: The Ad listing web application
Migrate MeasurePrepare
22. Create an Azure cloud service
Create an Azure SQL database
Create an Azure storage account
Configure the solution to use your Azure SQL database
Configure the solution to use your Azure Blob and Queue
Deploy the project to Azure a cloud service
Migrate MeasurePrepare
Migration step: Details
25. Time for Feature updates/deployment:
• Stage updates in under 5 min
• Ready for improvements using Dev/Ops in the
Cloud
IT Management Load
• IT team monitoring alerts from Azure
• No Hardware/Software/Patch managemen
Documented measurements updated strategy and
presented process improvements to CTO
Plan Migration of Vendor Management Portal!
Measure step Migrate MeasurePrepare
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