Architecture exercise
Place application, database and identity components on a common diagram. Mark latency-sensitive exchanges, data locations and dependencies that would prevent a component moving independently.
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Hybrid Cloud Workshop
Map what stays on premises and what belongs in the cloud. Capture connectivity, management and recovery requirements in a practical design discussion.
Plan your solution01
Hybrid Cloud Workshop
Understanding the solution
This workshop helps infrastructure, application and network teams make a shared placement decision for a representative workload. Participants bring the current topology, hardware constraints and connectivity assumptions. Digital Cloud can guide a comparison of Azure, Azure Local and existing infrastructure, then turn the discussion into a practical validation plan.
A cloud environment needs identity, networking, governance, monitoring and recovery arrangements alongside the workloads it hosts. A useful architecture makes operating responsibilities and cost drivers visible from the beginning.
Capabilities and scope
Management demonstration
Explore how Azure Arc presents supported external resources and where additional monitoring or policy services fit. Review onboarding prerequisites and distinguish a demonstration from a production deployment.
Failure discussion
Walk through loss of internet connectivity, a local host failure and an unavailable dependency. Identify what continues operating, what requires recovery and which assumptions need technical testing.
A practical example
A distributed retailer could examine which store systems must continue locally when connectivity fails and which reporting or management tasks can rely on Azure connectivity.
What your project can deliver
- Annotated hybrid architecture and workload placement options
- List of hardware, network and management prerequisites
- Prioritized pilot questions with acceptance criteria
The final deliverables, licensing and responsibilities are agreed for your environment before implementation.
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Requirements and considerations
Inventory applications and data, agree downtime tolerance and recovery objectives, and review spending. Validate access boundaries, backup coverage and operational ownership before expanding the environment.
Hybrid Cloud Workshop
Project priorities
Local-cloud boundaries
Connectivity options
Management responsibilities
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.
Your engagement
How Digital Cloud can help
| Project phase | What happens |
|---|---|
| 01Prepare | Involve the relevant process owners and prepare a representative example. Agree on the questions to answer, the preparation needed and the information that can be used safely. |
| 02Review | Work through the agreed scenario with the team. Capture decisions, open questions and the technical or organizational changes needed to move forward. |
| 03Validate | Review the outputs together and assign next actions. A workshop or prototype informs the next decision; production implementation and continuing support are scoped separately. |
Hybrid Cloud Workshop
Questions before you start
What should participants prepare?
A representative workload diagram, server inventory, connectivity information and recovery expectations. These inputs make the workshop specific; detailed implementation is agreed separately.
What determines the cost and schedule?
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.
What will we receive?
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.
Can this work with our existing systems?
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.
What happens after the initial work?
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.
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