Azure Global Infrastructure Experience 

Learn the top reasons why an Azure Migration fails & how to avoid them, along with the steps to help ensure your migration goes smoothly.

Moving an organization’s computing needs to a cloud solution is exciting and often revolutionary for an organization. Azure is usually a game-changer for companies, especially those looking to add layers of security, improve productivity and flexibility. But, just like any other major organizational change, migrating to an Azure platform takes strategy. The business and technological benefits of a successful cloud transfer are huge – agility, cost, assurance, etc., but the damage of a failed move is huge as well - impaired scalability, loss of data, business interruption, etc.

When you are deploying applications within an environment, they are usually made up of many different components. Perhaps an application utilizes a virtual machine, a database, and a storage account. Currently, you see these components as all separate entities instead of being grouped up into a single entity. In this classic deployment model, you must manually track which resources made up your solutions and remember to manage each of them individually. To deploy that solution, you have to create each resource individually using a portal of some sort or create a script that deploys these resources correctly. To delete that solution, you’d have to go one by one and remove the resources individually. Azure Resource Manager gets rid of this headache by enabling you to work with resources as a group to deploy, manage, and monitor them all together.

Being secure should always be at the top of any organization’s priority list. As cyber-attacks continue to be an ever-present threat it is important to know that you are doing everything possible to keep your organization and its infrastructure secure. When it comes to security for your Azure cloud workloads, Azure Security Center has you covered. Whether it is helping to prevent, detect, or respond to threats, Azure Security Center gives you increased control and visibility of your Azure resources. The best part is that you can begin using the basic version today - for free!