Azure Cloud Adoption Framework

This article is all about Cloud - Offerings, Cloud Foundation and types of Cloud Foundation, 3D Execution Model. Let's get started.

Cloud Offerings:

Strategy (Cloud Counsel): Cloud discovery assessments and recommendations.

Foundation (Cloud Mason): 3D model to read enterprise cloud platform.

Migration (Cloud Migration Factory): Enable mass migration of infrastructure, application database and End-user workspaces to cloud.

Re-Imagination (Cloud Pinnacle): Niche PaaS Platform and related Services.

Operation (Cloud Exponence): Delivers multiple managed public cloud environments across Geographic’s in shared/dedicated services model.

Mason Cloud Foundation:

We have a mason cloud foundation framework called SAVIOUR which works with services/towers.
Where S stands for Scale, A stands for Agile, V stands for Vigil, I stands for Immune, O stands for Open, U stands for Unify and R stands for Reach. These are all comes under service groups. Where each of service group comes with Base services and with it’s native features.

Types of Mason Cloud Foundation:

Basically, there are two types or flavours of Cloud Foundations.

Basic: which is Ground Floor Service used only on any one of the cloud service provider with the use of native features. Usually, it will take 6-13 weeks to build the infrastructure.

Advanced: can be used with multiple cloud service providers and with third-party providers. Usually, it will take 14-26 weeks or even more than the expected duration to build the infrastructure.

Cloud Mason 3D Execution Model

3D’s stands for define, design and deploy. Use of Agile or Waterfall model which requires network structures, business unit structures cloud strategy, security and compliance requirements and to get comprehensive design.

Phases of Cloud Mason Foundation

Define: Requirement gatherings from existing on-premises and setting up suitability assessments.

Design: High Level Design(HLD) and Low Level Design(LLD).

Deploy: Build Block| Run Book, Implementation scripts and SOP documents.

Service Group: Mason Scale

  • Base Service: Cloud Tenancy Structure
    • Azure Native Features: Azure Enrollment, Account, Subscription, Azure VNet
  • Base Service: Cloud Connect
    • Azure Native Features: Azure Expressroute, Azure VPN Gateway, Azure Traffic Manager
  • Base Service: Cloud Directory & DNS
    • Azure Native Features: AD Connector, Azure DNS, ADDS
  • Base Service: Cloud Business Continuity
    • Azure Native Features: Azure Backup
  • Base Service: Cloud Diaster Recovery
    • Azure Native Features: Azure Site Recovery (ASR)

Service Group: Mason Agile

  • Base Service: Cloud Automation
    • Azure Native Features: Azure ARM, Azure Automation, Azure VM Extension
  • Base Service: Cloud DevOps Platform
    • Azure Native Features: Azure DevOps, Application Insights, Azure DevTest Labs, VSTS
  • Base Service: Cloud Container Orchestration
    • Azure Native Features: Azure Container Services (ACR), AKS
  • Base Service: Cloud Image Life Cycle Management
    • Azure Native Features: Azure VM Template
  • Base Service: Cloud Configuration Management
    • Azure Native Features: Desired State Configuration, Azure ARM

Service Group: Mason Vigil

  • Base Service: Cloud IaaS Monitoring
    • Azure Native Features: Azure Monitor, Azure Service Health, Azure OMS
  • Base Service: Cloud PaaS Monitoring
    • Azure Native Features: Azure Monitor, Azure Service Health, Azure OMS
  • Base Service: Cloud Network Monitoring
    • Azure Native Features: Azure Network Watcher
  • Base Service: Cloud Application Monitoring
    • Azure Native Features: Azure Application Insights and OMS
  • Base Service: Cloud Cost Tracking & Monitoring
    • Azure Native Features: Azure Billing APIs, Power BI, Cloudyn

Service Group: Mason Immune

  • Base Service: Cloud Identity and Access Management
    • Azure Native Features: Azure AD, RBAC, Azure MFA
  • Base Service: Cloud Firewalls
    • Azure Native Features: Azure Firewall, NSGs, Azure Application Gateway
  • Base Service: Cloud Audit Logging
    • Azure Native Features: Azure Logs and OMS
  • Base Service: Cloud Encryption and Key Management
    • Azure Native Features: Azure Key Valut
  • Base Service: Cloud Compliance
    • Azure Native Features: Azure Security Centre and OMS

Service Group: Mason Open

  • Base Service: Cloud Service & Enablement

Service Group: Mason Unify

  • Base Service: Multi Cloud Management
    • Azure Native Features: Azure OMS