% of organizations
Digital Transformation
is Under Way
41% 54% 42%
Facing Significant
Industry
Disruption
Requiring Significant
Operations and IT
Transformation
Planning Major Digital
Transformation for
Next Year
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
LEADERS
49% in Business Roles
45% in IT Roles
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
PROJECT ORIENTATION
26% Run the Business
46% Grow the Business
28% Transform the Business

We are in a new era of computing…
Internet Era
Connecting servers, PCs,
and networks
On-demand productivity
and hybrid flexibility
Cloud Era
A PC on every
desktop
PC Era

Cloud Computing
“Cloud computing refers to the on-
demand provision of computational
resources (data, software) via a
computer network, rather than from
a local computer.”
Source: Wikipedia

What Gartner Says
https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-4J25QC3&ct=171023&st=sb
Acceptance
Bargaining
Denial &
Isolation
The 3
Stages of
Grief & Loss

Who has access to my data?
Are they certified to operate in a compliant environment?
Where is my data stored?
How is my data isolated?
What happens if there is a problem?
What is the response to a legal request?
What is the vendor’s history?
What is the product roadmap?
Source: Gartner

Is the Cloud for Everyone?

Common
Identity
Integrated
Management
and Security
Consistent
Data Platform
Unified
Development
and DevOps

Azure Active
Directory
SQL ServerActive
Directory
Azure
data services Azure services
Azure Stack
Azure management and
security
On-premises
infrastructure
Common
Identity
Integrated
Management
and Security
Consistent
Data Platform
Unified
Development
and DevOps

Cloud on your Terms

Microsoft365
Modern
Productivity
Windows 10 Desktop
Office 365 Personal Productivity
(Office suite, email, collaboration)
EMS Mobile Device Security
(Window, IOS, Android)
Dynamics
365
Business Applications
(CRM & ERP)
Azure Line of Business Apps

The Office 365 Ecosystem
Listings
Connections
Groups
Teams
Sway
PowerBI
OneDrive
Visio Pro
Intune
Azure AD
Info Protect
Yammer
Stream
Invoicing
Finance
EMS
To Do
CRM
Dynamics 365
Planner Customer Manger
Bookings
Enterprise Voice
Delve
StaffHub
Project Pro
Business
Center
MileIQ
Forms

coreline of business
Beyond Office 365
software as a serviceinfrastructure as a service platform as a service
consume itbuild on itmove to it
“SaaS”“IaaS” “PaaS”

Cloud Computing Models

Microsoft Azure
What is it?

17
• Analytics
• Computing
• Hybrid
• Database
• Archiving
• App Dev.
• Mobile
• Networking
• Storage
• Web
The Microsoft Azure
Platform is…
…for moving faster, achieving more, and saving money.
A growing collection of integrated
cloud services, hosted in a
hyperscale infrastructure, which
include…

1.8 Mil
miles
intra-datacenter
fiber
72+
Tb per second
Backbone
100+
datacenters
42
Azure regions
Millions
of servers
ACCESS
APPROVAL
Background check
System
check
PERIMETER
One defined
access point
Video
coverage
Perimeter
fencing
BUILDING
Two-factor
authentication with
biometrics
24x7x365
security
operations Verified single-
person entry
SERVER
ENVIRONMENT
Employee and
contractor vetting
Inability to identify location
of specific customer data
Secure
destruction bins
Datacenter security

Azure Infrastructure Breadth
100’s of services, continuous evolution
Service bus BizTalkBackup Site Recovery
Virtual Machines BatchCloud Services Remote Desktop
Multi-FactorAzure AD
HDInsightMachine Learning
Analytics
Data Factory
Event Hubs
CDNMedia StreamingMedia PlayerMedia ProtectionMedia EncodingMedia IntelligenceMedia ServiceVS Online VS App Insights
SQL Database DocumentDB
Redis CacheStorSimple
Search
Storage
SQL Data Warehouse
AutomationManagement Op Insights
Key VaultMobile Apps Notification Hubs API Management Mobile Engagement Logic AppsAPI AppsApp ServiceWeb Apps
Virtual network
Traffic manager
ExpressRoute
App Gateway
VPN Gateway
DNS

Windows Server & Azure
Azure AD
Virtual Machines
Remote Desktop
Backup
Site Recovery
Cloud Services

Hybrid Identity

Azure Active Directory as the control plane
Identity as the core of the enterprise
Single sign-onSelf-service
Simple connection
On-premises
Other
directories
Windows Server
Active Directory
SaaSAzure
Public
cloud
CloudMicrosoft Azure Active Directory
Customers
Partners

• Microsoft’s multi-tenant cloud based directory and identity
management service
• Comes in four editions
• Free
• Basic
• Premium P1
• Premium P2
• Users and groups are created in a flat structure without
OUs or GPOs
• Authentication is performed through protocols such as
SAML, WS-Federation, and OAuth
Azure Active Directory (AAD)

• Key Features
• Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Self-Service Password Change
• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• AD Join for Windows 10
• Company Branding
Azure Active Directory (AAD)

Microsoft Azure
Active Directory
Hybrid Identity Scenarios
Independent
Azure AD Connect
Active Directory
Federated Services

Business Continuity

Azure Backup
Simple and reliable cloud integrated backup as a service
Secure and reliable
backup as a service
alternative to tape
Integrated with GUIs
of Windows Server Backup
or System Center Data
Protection Manager.
Supports images, files,
Exchange, SQL, and
SharePoint.
Virtual Machines
VPC / tenant
Azure Backup
State / Config
Option 1 – Use native Azure Backup Option 2 – Use 3rd party backup apps
Commvault
Simpana
Restore Restore
Azure Storage
(blob)
Virtual
Machines
VPC / tenant
Agent F
Azure
Azure

On-premises to Microsoft Azure protection
Business Continuity
Via Azure Site Recovery
Orchestration
& Replication
Microsoft Azure
Site Recovery
Primary
Site
Windows
Server
• Get your business back up
and running in minutes with
near-zero data loss
• Use Azure as your DR site
• Automated VM protection &
replication
• Remote health monitoring
• Customizable recovery plans
• No-impact recovery plan
testing
• Orchestrated recovery of
tiered applications

Headquarters

Headquarters Remote Location

Headquarters Azure

When replicating workloads into Azure, execute tests to
ensure readiness
Move a single application or an entire datacenter to the
cloud with minimal impact to production users

Extending a Network

Core infrastructure
Compute
Virtual machines
Availability sets
VM scale sets
Controlled maintenance
Storage
Disks
Blob storage
File sync
Hot and cold
Networking
Virtual networks
VPN, ExpressRoute
Load balancer
DNS, Traffic Manager
Management
Log Analytics
Cloud Shell
Site Recovery
Security Center
RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Azure Cost Management Azure availability zones Reserved VM instances

Azure Storage
Queues
Reliable queues at
scale for cloud
services

VM Storage Basics
West US East US

Virtual Machine Storage Basics

• Data that is in active use
• Data that is staged for processingHot
• Backup, archival and disaster recovery datasets
• Older media content
• Large data sets
• Original (raw) data that must be preserved
• Compliance and archival data
Cold

Connectivity Options to Azure
Secure site-to-site
VPN connectivity
• Connect to Azure compute
from on-premises or another
Azure region
Secure point-to-site
connectivity
• POC Efforts
• Small scale deployments
• Connect from anywhere
ExpressRoute private
connectivity
• Private connectivity from your
on-premises data center to
Azure virtual networks and
PaaS Services
VNet Peering
within region
• In-region VNet-to-VNet connectivity
• Direct VM-to-VM connectivity
• Peer VNets for routing and transit

Virtual Network
Network Interface
Public IP Address
Network Security Group

Compute options for all types of apps

FD2FD1FD0
UD0
UD3
UD1
UD4
UD1
UD4
UD2
UD0
UD2
UD0
UD3
UD1

limits

Usage
Design for Scale
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
Excess Capacity
Insufficient
Capacity

Usage
Scale Up vs. Scale Out

Usage
Scale vs. Time
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5

Management & Security
Azure Security Center
Prevent, detect, and respond to threats
with increased visibility
Azure Log Analytics
Collect, search, and visualize machine data
from on-premises and cloud
Azure Resource Manager
Organize, deploy and control resources in
Azure
Azure Active Directory
Cloud based directory and identity
management
Azure Key Vault
Protect secrets such as passwords and keys
securely
Azure Advisor
Optimize across four different areas: high
availability, performance, security, and cost
Azure Backup
Protect your virtual machines, data, or
enterprise workloads by securely backing
it up to Azure
Azure Site Recovery
Orchestrated failovers/back to Azure, Azure to
Azure or data center to data center – great for
migration!

Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
Enable application management within Azure
Resource groups are containers that
can contain multiple IaaS + PaaS resources
Templatize application deployment and
configuration, supports DevOps
Governance and control with Role Based
Access Control (RBAC), policies and resource
locks

Azure Security Center
Understand your cloud security state
Define security policies for your Azure subscriptions and to help
guide resource owners correctly implement required controls
Easily deploy integrated cloud security solutions from Microsoft
and trusted security partners
Detect threats and respond fast by combining Microsoft global
threat intelligence and expertise, with insights into cloud
security-related events across your Azure deployments, Security
Center helps you detect actual threats early and reduce false
positives.

Azure Log Analytics
Insights & Analytics
Gain visibility across your hybrid cloud
Deliver insights across your datacenters and public clouds,
including Azure and AWS.
Easy collection, correlation, and visualization of your machine
data
Insight into physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure health,
capacity, and usage
Collect, store, and analyze log data from virtually any
Windows Server and Linux source.

TrustedProductiveIntelligentHybrid

Azure
container instances
Hybrid cloud java and
Spring apps to Azure
Cosmos DB and Azure
functions native integration

Big
ML experimentation service ML model manager serviceML workbench

Readiness Tools

Microsoft
Partners
Azure Site
Recovery
Database Migration
Service
Operations
Management Suite
Discover Migrate Optimize
Microsoft Assessment and
Planning (MAP) Toolkit
Azure Migrate
Database Migration
Assistant
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