{"id":25838,"date":"2021-11-10T05:26:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T05:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.kalpakprojects.com\/Extentia\/?p=25838"},"modified":"2023-06-28T08:04:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T08:04:34","slug":"microsoft-azure-cloud-migration-opportunity-and-adoption-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.kalpakprojects.com\/Extentia\/microsoft-azure-cloud-migration-opportunity-and-adoption-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Started with Microsoft Azure \u2013 Cloud Migration Opportunity and Adoption Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25838\" class=\"elementor elementor-25838\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eac3b72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eac3b72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bf56e0 ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"1bf56e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e189aa8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e189aa8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0e72c2 ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"c0e72c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a42d16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a42d16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/web.kalpakprojects.com\/Extentia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/16fa7f_4063be5db80142d59f814c4ca8403bd3mv2_d_2296_2389_s_2.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9373f68 ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"9373f68\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab3fc9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab3fc9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Admin, Head of Marketing . Feb 08, 2021 . 4 min read<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8047da1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8047da1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Get Started with Microsoft Azure \u2013 Cloud Migration Opportunity and Adoption Journey<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0e8b47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0e8b47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Seize the Cloud Migration Opportunity.<br \/><\/b><\/p><p id=\"viewer-foo\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf WkT0MK OZy-3 lnyWN T3Ond1 WkT0MK public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">Now that you are familiar and up to date with the basic knowledge of Cloud Computing and the services provided by each <a class=\"TWoY9 itht3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.extentia.com\/post\/understanding-microsoft-azure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-hook=\"linkViewer\"><u class=\"D-jZk\">cloud&#8217;s deployment model<\/u><\/a>. It is time to introduce you to Cloud Migration. Cloud Migration is referred to the process when a company moves its data center capabilities or business elements into the cloud, usually to operate on the cloud-based infrastructure provided by a cloud service provider such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud. In a layman\u2019s term, this process can be viewed as the physical migration of things; for example, from a small office to a larger one, the primary differences being cost reduction and greater flexibility.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e1964b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e1964b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/web.kalpakprojects.com\/Extentia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cloud-migration-opportunity-and-adoption-journey.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Microsoft Azure \u2013 Cloud Migration Opportunity and Adoption Journey\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.kalpakprojects.com\/Extentia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cloud-migration-opportunity-and-adoption-journey.png 740w, https:\/\/web.kalpakprojects.com\/Extentia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cloud-migration-opportunity-and-adoption-journey-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/web.kalpakprojects.com\/Extentia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cloud-migration-opportunity-and-adoption-journey-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-090ca13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"090ca13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"viewer-cirsg\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><strong>Who should migrate to the cloud, and how?<br \/><\/strong><\/span>Migration to the cloud is an important opportunity. Businesses, regardless of their asset size or scale should not miss. While many organizations are already embracing cloud technology and are moving away from the legacy infrastructures, cloud migrations are now taking place within the cloud, i.e., migration between different cloud service providers. This process is also known as cloud-to-cloud migration. Those foraying into the world of clouds should:<\/p><div data-hook=\"rcv-block5\"><ul><li id=\"viewer-ddb59\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Analyze their business objectives: how cloud technology fits into their business type. <\/span><\/li><li id=\"viewer-eprn9\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Prepare their company for the cloud: what will help streamline their company&#8217;s processes and improve their business outcomes. <\/span><\/li><li id=\"viewer-aff39\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Optimize digital assets on the cloud: what to do after migrating to the cloud to achieve excellence with innovative cloud-based technologies. <\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><p class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><strong>Why migrate to the cloud?<br \/><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">There are many reasons and advantages to moving to the clouds.<\/span><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Let us look at a few of them: <\/span><\/p><div data-hook=\"rcv-block13\"><ul><li id=\"viewer-1cema\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><strong>Cost:<\/strong> Cloud Migration reduces operating infrastructure costs\u2014hardware, software, staff, the server room, and climate control costs. Those expenses can be redirected, to invest in modern technology and improve existing products. <\/span><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3sdgg\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><strong>Scalability:<\/strong> Cloud computing reduces the load from on-premises infrastructure, pushing the data and applications on the cloud. <\/span><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3f134\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><strong>Performance:<\/strong> The performance is directly improved by migrating to the cloud as the applications hosted in the cloud can quickly scale to serve more users and run-in geographical locations near end-users. <\/span><\/li><li id=\"viewer-r664\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><strong>Digital experience:<\/strong> Cloud computing redefines the digital experience by making the data accessible on the cloud services. The modern and flexible tools provided to employees lead to enhanced experiences for the end-user. <\/span><\/li><\/ul><div><p id=\"viewer-4tn5f\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><strong>The Cloud adoption journey<br \/><\/strong><\/span>While each business caters to a different audience and has diverse needs, they customize according to their size and type. Various cloud service providers can assist companies set up their migration process; however, most of them will include the following steps:<\/p><div id=\"viewer-7e15u\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf WkT0MK OZy-3 lnyWN T3Ond1 WkT0MK public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><p id=\"viewer-dn19\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><strong>Establish Goals:<\/strong> The organization should set desired outcomes to check whether their desired outcome aligns with their expectations to map the cloud migration success. <\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-33c3c\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><strong>Create an Azure migration strategy:<\/strong> An organization must evaluate its assets and workload before using the Azure data migration services. Post which, they should create their adoption plan using Gartner&#8217;s 5R&#8217;s (rehost, refactor, revise, rebuild, and replace). <\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-2gfsk\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><strong>Ready your organization:<\/strong> Prepare the cloud environment by constructing Azure landing zones that enable migration, modernization, and innovation at an enterprise scale in Azure. <\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-dejnp\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><strong>Adopt the Cloud:<\/strong> Move and innovate using the Azure native tools such as Azure Migrate, Azure Advisor, Azure Cost Management + Billing, etc. <\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-5jq4d\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><strong>Govern digital estate:<\/strong> Evaluate your organization&#8217;s history and resolve the gaps across critical domains, as defined in the Governance methodology of the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework &#8211; organizational readiness, resource consistency, cost management, deployment acceleration, security baseline, and identity baseline. <\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-etuf6\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><strong>Manage digital estate:<\/strong> The organization gets ownership to manage enterprise Azure workloads and optimize for cost, security, data integrity, etc. <\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-4jv89\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">The Cloud Adoption Framework powered by Azure provides organizations a reliable methodology to create and implement the strategies required to succeed in the cloud. The above points are small windows that investigate the world of operating Microsoft Azure Cloud services. <\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-fvqiq\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">In our next blog, we will delve into why Azure is the right choice for your business, regardless of its size. We will examine the benefits of Azure in detail. Let Extentia be your knowledge partner in exploring and adopting Microsoft Azure Cloud. Extentia will help provide solutions to your business problems and help you ease into the world of Microsoft Azure Cloud. <\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-ftl1b\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Read other Extentia Blog posts <a class=\"TWoY9 itht3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.extentia.com\/media-resources\/blog\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-hook=\"linkViewer\"><u class=\"D-jZk\">here<\/u><\/a>!<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admin, Head of Marketing . Feb 08, 2021 . 4 min read Get Started with Microsoft Azure \u2013 Cloud Migration Opportunity and Adoption Journey Seize the Cloud Migration Opportunity. 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