Making Your Cloud Strategy Work in 2016Presenters: Daniel Cohen-Dumani and Dale Tuttle

Daniel Cohen-Dumani@dcohendumani

Founder and CEO

14+ years of SharePoint ExpertiseSharePoint Visionary

Interests: Productivity in the Digital Workplace. Work 2.0

Started working with SharePoint when nobody could spell it

About Daniel

Dale Tuttledtuttle@portalsolutions.net

Chief Operating

Officer

15+ years in IT ConsultingIT Executive

Interests: Successfully moving firms to the Cloud Likes flying airplanes

About Dale

About Portal Solutions

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Times selected in Office Early Adopter Program

45Full-time employees, consultants, developers, business analysts, SME

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12 years in business

350+

SharePoint and Office 365 Implementations

We deliver Digital Workplace Products

and Solutions that help organizations share what they know and

find what they need by connecting people, data, and content.

Tech Trends Cloud Adoption The Microsoft Cloud Achieving Your 2016 Cloud Strategy Practical Steps Architectural Impacts

Agenda

Microsoft Cloud

Infrastructure: “Prepare For 2020: Transform Your IT Infrastructure And Operations Practice.” Forrester Research. Oct. 24, 2012Apps: Gartner: “Predicts 2013: Business Impact of Technology Drives the Futures Application Services Market.” Nov. 21, 2012Devices: “Info Workers Will Erase Boundary Between enterprise And Consumer Technologies.” Forrester Research. August 30, 2012IoT: Paraphrased from "The Impact of the Internet of Things on Data Centers." Gartner Research, Feb 27, 2014 Data: Big data: Compiled from IDC digital universe forecasts

DEVICES>50%information workers across 17 countries using 3+ devices

THINGS26BIoT units by 2020, creating large amounts of data and generating >$300B in revenue

APPS25%external app implementation spend will be on mobility,cloud, analytics & social by 2016

DATA40ZBthe size of digital universe by 2020, of which 90% will be unstructured data

INFRA~50%total IT spend will be cloud-related by 2020

5tech trendsdriving the

digital revolution

Why Organizations Consider The Cloud

Allows us to focus on more important projects

Speed of deployment

Lower overall costs

Lack of IT staff to maintain the solution

Change upfront costs to monthly payments

Improved business agility 74%

64%

62%

59%

49%

48%

Why are you considering a move to the cloud?

Poll

The Microsoft Cloud

The right personal experience in a trusted cloud

Open platform for development flexibility

Rigorous security and compliance

Flexible, hyper-scale

HybridEnterprise grade

Hyper-scale

A complete cloud designed for the enterprise

CRMOL

O365

Azure

Microsoft Cloud

PRODUCTIVITY

• Configure Your Own SaaS Applications

• Manage Relational Data• Build Custom Applications for

your business

• Documents• Email, Cal, Tasks• Power BI• Social/Collaboration

PLATFORM

BUSINESS APPS

• IaaS• PaaS• Compute, Application and

Data Services

Active Director

yAzure Azure

Azure: Comprehensive Cloud Services

FrameworksInfrastructure

Automated

Managed resources

Elastic

Usage based1 2 3

North America Region

Asia Region

Japan Region

Australia Region

China Region

Latin America Region

Europe Region

Brazil S

Central US

S. Central

West USEast US

US Gov VA

N. Central

N. Europe

W. EuropeJapan

EJapan W

SE Asia

E Asia

Australia SEAustralia E

India Region

US Gov Iowa

Services

*Not meant to be a comprehensive list of all services, for a complete list please visit azure.microsoft.com

APP SERVICES

NETWORKING & AUTOMATION SERVICES

DATA SERVICESCOMPUTE SERVICES

Azure Web Site

Webroles

Workerroles

Virtual Machines

Azure Mobile Services

TFS or VS Online + GIT

AzureAD

Multi-Factor Auth

Azure Cache

Access Control BizTalk Services

Media Services

Service Bus Notification Hub

Scheduler

Azure Site Recovery

StorSimpleVirtual

Appliance

Backup Service

GalleryOS images

VHD VHD data disk

MySQL database

SQLDatabase

SQL Data Sync

HDInsight (Hadoop)

storage queue

storage blob

storage table

Virtual network Automation CDNAvailability Set

Azure load balancer Auto-scale

Traffic Manager

Making Your 2016 Cloud Strategy Actually Work!

Step 1: Understand Your ContextDo You have an existing Cloud Strategy?What steps has your firm already taken?

Most firms have adopted some sort of cloud technology Business Apps (Office 365, Google for Work, etc.) Email perhaps one of the most common cloud technologies

So what happens without a good strategy? Uneven adoption Unable to achieve tactical objectives You will complicate your IT operations

Does your business have a Cloud Strategy?

Poll

Step 2: Understand Your Business DriversTo be successful, you need to know:

The compelling business reasons/drivers to move to the Cloud How stakeholders align with those drivers How your existing strategy aligns with your 2016 adoption plans

The three most common drivers Improve agility of business Transform IT Ops (not necessarily cost-driven) Reduce Costs (IT or business costs)

Common Cloud Business Drivers

Increase Business Agility

Reduce IT Footprint

Improve Agility

Increase IT ROIInvolve business in development

Reduce time-to-develop

Transform IT Operations

Control HW/SW Sprawl

Reduce IT Costs

Most Impacts are Non-Technical People (including Organizational) Business Processes Governance Policies Budgets

Some are Technical IT Architecture (Hybrid Environment)

These Ultimately Impact ROIMust be Carefully Managed

Step 3. Know the Impacts of Cloud Adoption

Initial Move to the Cloud

Aligning with an Existing Cloud

Strategy

PeopleRequired Developer Skill Sets will Change

Developers will Need Cloud Programming Skills

Integration Skills for Hybrid Environments

Understand Cloud Security Mobile

Infrastructure Support Staff Must be able to Manage Hybrid

Environments Requirement for Infrastructure

Support Skills will Decrease Over Time

Organizational/GovernanceIT Organization will ChangeShift from On-Premise Service Provider to Managing a Hybrid Environment

Composite App Provider Manage On-Prem and Cloud Vendor

RelationshipsGovernance and Policy Changes

Need Policies and Governance for the Hybrid Environment

Impacts on People and Organizations

Impacts On Business Processes

Processes may be Eliminated, Changed, or Added• Dependent on Types of Services Moved to the Cloud

Identify and Analyze how Core Processes are Affected

Keep In Mind• Changes to Processes will Normally Incur Costs• Will Impact on People (Feedback Loop)

Impacts On Budgets

Moving to the Cloud Shifts Costs from Capital Costs to Operational Costs (Capex to Opex)• This is usually a concern for larger firms

Don't Forget to Assess Your License Commitments• Time Your Move to the Cloud with HW/SW License Renewal Cycle to Extent

Possible

Understand How Cloud Charges are Incurred

IT Environment ImpactsHybrid Environments Becoming the NormImposes Changes to:

Administration Governance/Policies Developers

All Need to be Factored into Costs and Budget Planning

Understanding Architectural ChangesAs you adopt the Cloud…you will probably build a hybrid environment"Most Enterprises are not Migrating Apps to the Cloud –They are Evolving Them"

James Staten, VP Principal Analyst at Forrester Why and How Firms are Adopting Cloud Platforms (February 18 2015) Currently Chief Strategist: Cloud + Enterprise Division

Cloud Vendors (often different ones) will have to integrate with your environment

Don’t Have One? Get One: Template coming soon!

Clearly identify goals of the Overall Strategy

Simplify IT? Reduce Costs?

Adjust the strategy based on actual experiences

Step 4: Create or Adjust Your Cloud Strategy

Increase Business

Agility

Reduce IT Footprint

Improve Agility

Increase IT ROI

Involve business in

development

Reduce time-to-develop

Transform IT Operations

Control HW/SW Sprawl

Reduce IT Costs

Select cloud services that align with your strategyCreate a practical 2016 Roadmap

Pick low-risk, high-payoff Cloud services

Gain experience with those services

Understand the impacts these services will have

Step 5: Create Your 2016 Roadmap

Increase Business

Agility

Reduce IT Footprint

Improve Agility

Increase IT ROI

Involve business in

development

Reduce time-to-develop

Transform IT Operations

Control HW/SW Sprawl

Reduce IT Costs

1. Move Dev/Test to the Cloud Get on the Dev/Ops bandwagon Azure is a great Platform to do this

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

2. Use Office 365 for Collaboration/Social O365 a great way to start with the

cloud Bundled SaaS tools

Practical Steps

Dev/Test in the Cloud Easy to implement Can leverage Azure as IaaS or PaaS

(depending on your level of cloud maturity)

Opens the door for dev/ops This could revolutionize your business

and IT operations

Office 365 True SaaS capabilities Brings extensive capabilities using

the cloud approach Allows you to gain experience with

SaaS operating model

Practical Steps

Understanding the Value of Cloud Business Planning

Why Planning Matters

Responding Ad Hoc to Changes and Impacts of Cloud Adoption Places You Behind the Curve

Scrambling to find the Developers, Managers, and Other Staff with the Skills You Need

Creating Non-standard Governance, Development, and Other Administrative Procedures

Decreases EfficiencyIntroduces Opportunity for Security Issues DownstreamDelays ROI and Business Value

Inputs

Stakeholder ExpectationsBusiness Drivers and GoalsIdentify and Quantify Impacts to:

People Organizations Governance/Admin Policies Budgets IT Environment

Understand CostsROI for Each Investment

Assets

Statement of Business Objectives Future IT Vision (Cloud Strategy)RoadmapEach Subsequent Project/Migration Requires Validation Against these Strategic Assets

2016 Planning Process

Identify and Quantify Changes and ImpactsIncorporate into Your ROI ProjectionsGet the Right People to Deal with Hybrid EnvironmentsBenefits

Better Cost Control Better Planning Realistic ROI Projections Greatly Improved Business Value

Anticipate The Coming Changes

How We Can HelpCloud Strategy and Readiness Assessments

Overall strategy or tactical decision-making Identify Stakeholders and Business Needs Assess Options and impacts

Microsoft Azure and Office 365 Planning Identify Stakeholder and Business Needs Specifically Identify Impacts Based on Context of Your Deployment Create Key Assets to Guide Your Move to the Microsoft Cloud

This Helps You: Minimize Business Disruptions Minimize Costs of Impacts Achieve Business Value Realize Your ROI Targets

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