{"id":679649,"date":"2020-05-10T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/?p=679649"},"modified":"2022-06-02T10:27:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T09:27:42","slug":"fa1-building-in-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/nl-nl\/skill-forward-nl-nl\/na\/fa1-building-in-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Building in the cloud – what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft helps organizations adopt and improve their Cloud deployments with the Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework. In this article we’ll show you what each of these frameworks offer individually and how they work together. <\/strong>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Five pillars of the Azure Well-Architected Framework<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework<\/a> (WAF) is a set of guiding tenets that can be used to improve the quality of a workload.\u202fThis framework is built on five pillars of architectural best practices for cloud workloads:<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u202f1. <\/span>Cost Optimization<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u202f\u2013<\/span><\/b>\u202fManaging costs to maximize the value delivered.<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The cost optimization pillar provides principles for balancing business goals with budget justification to create a cost-effective workload while avoiding capital-intensive solutions. Cost optimization is about looking at ways to reduce unnecessary expenses and improve operational efficiencies.<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To find out more on how to optimise your costs, click the following link:<\/span> Cost optimization documentation – Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework | Microsoft Docs<\/span><\/a>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u202f2. <\/span>Operational Excellence<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u202f\u2013 Operations processes that keep a system running in production.<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The operational excellence pillar covers the operations processes that keep an application running in production. Deployments must be reliable and predictable. Automated deployments reduce the chance of human error. Fast and routine deployment processes won’t slow down the release of new features or bug fixes. Equally important, you must be able to quickly roll back or roll forward if an update has problems.<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To find out more on how to ensure your operations processes are optimised, click the following link: <\/span>Operational excellence documentation – Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework | Microsoft Docs<\/span><\/a>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u202f3. <\/span>Performance Efficiency<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u202f\u2013 The ability of a system to adapt to changes in load.<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Performance efficiency is the ability of your workload to scale to meet the demands placed on it by users in an efficient manner. Before the cloud became popular, when it came to planning how a system would handle increases in load, many organizations intentionally provisioned oversized workloads to meet business requirements. This decision made sense in on-premises environments because it ensured\u202f<\/span>capacity<\/span><\/i>\u202fduring peak usage.\u202f<\/span>Capacity<\/span><\/a>\u202freflects resource availability (CPU and memory). Capacity was a major consideration for processes that would be in place for many years.<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To find out more on how to ensure your workload is performing as efficiently as possible, click the following link: <\/span>Performance efficiency documentation – Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework | Microsoft Docs<\/span><\/a>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u202f4. <\/span>Reliability<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u202f\u2013 The ability of a system to recover from failures and continue to function.<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Reliability ensures your application can meet the commitments you make to your customers. Architecting resiliency into your application framework ensures your workloads are available and can recover from failures at any scale.<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Building for reliability includes:<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n