Use a structured approach to cloud adoption. Align strategy, skills, governance and operations with the workloads you intend to move.
Plan your solution
Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework provides guidance for organizing Azure adoption across business, people and technology. Digital Cloud can turn that guidance into working artefacts for your organization: a portfolio of workloads, a platform design and repeatable governance decisions. The framework supports an evolving operating model rather than prescribing a single architecture for every company.
A technology strategy connects investment to business priorities. It should explain which problems matter, which capabilities are needed and how decisions will be made as requirements or constraints change.
Translate business motivations into measurable outcomes, identify skills gaps and sequence workloads. Distinguish organizational preparation from technical deployment so a functioning platform is not mistaken for adoption success.
Define management groups, subscriptions, identity boundaries and shared connectivity. Decide which controls should be inherited centrally and where workload teams need approved flexibility.
Select practical rules for resource ownership, approved configurations and spending review. Record exceptions and review dates so governance remains usable as applications and teams change.
An organization with several autonomous application teams could introduce consistent subscription provisioning while leaving each team responsible for its own releases and workload monitoring.
The final deliverables, licensing and responsibilities are agreed for your environment before implementation.
Bring business goals, existing commitments, budgets and constraints. Record assumptions, dependencies and decision criteria so the roadmap can be revisited without losing its original purpose.
We begin with a conversation about the task, the people involved and the systems already in place. Together we identify what a useful result would look like and which dependencies need attention first. The agreed proposal sets the delivery boundaries, responsibilities and acceptance criteria.
| Project phase | What happens |
|---|---|
| 01Define the design | Translate the requirements into a practical design. Confirm product choices, interfaces, permissions and the responsibilities needed to operate the solution. |
| 02Deliver in stages | Configure or implement the agreed scope, test representative workflows and resolve material issues. Plan user communication and any controlled transition from existing systems. |
| 03Prepare for ongoing operation | Confirm acceptance, document the relevant configuration and prepare the people responsible for daily use. Define maintenance and support arrangements before handover. |
No. It is Microsoft guidance. The work is in adapting and implementing its recommendations; Azure services and delivery arrangements are scoped separately.
The starting environment, integrations, user groups and agreed outputs determine the effort. We confirm scope and commercial terms before work begins. Software licenses, infrastructure consumption and ongoing support may be separate items.
The proposal identifies the deliverables: these may include findings, a prioritized roadmap, a tested configuration, a prototype, documentation or training. We agree what is included and how completion will be assessed.
We review the actual applications, data sources and access requirements before recommending an integration. Dependencies and compatibility limits are recorded so the delivery plan reflects your environment.
You can use the findings to guide your own team or discuss a follow-on phase. Any maintenance, monitoring or support includes separately agreed service hours, responsibilities and response targets.
