Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide

Jack Lee is a senior Azure certified consultant and an Azure practice lead with a passion for software development, cloud, and DevOps innovations. He is an active Microsoft tech community contributor and has presented at various user groups and conferences, including the Global Azure Bootcamp at Microsoft Canada. Jack is an experienced mentor and judge at hackathons and is also the president of a user group that focuses on Azure, DevOps, and software development. He is the co-author of Azure for Architects and Cloud Analytics with Microsoft Azure, published by Packt Publishing. He has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for his contributions to the tech community. You can follow Jack on Twitter at jlee_consulting. Greg Leonardo is currently a cloud architect, helping organizations with cloud adoption and innovation. He has been working in the IT industry since his time in the military. He is a veteran, architect, teacher, speaker, and early adopter. Currently, he is a Certified Azure Solution Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Microsoft Azure MVP, and has worked in many facets of IT throughout his career. He is President of TampaDev, a community meetup that runs #TampaCC, Azure User Group, Azure Medics, and various technology events throughout Tampa. Greg has also authored the book Hands-On Cloud Solutions with Azure and the previous two editions of Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide for Microsoft by Packt Publishing. Jason Milgram is a chief architect at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) headquartered in Reston, VA. Previously he was the first VP Cloud Solution Architect at City National Bank of Florida in Miami, and before that he was VP of Platform Architecture and Engineering at Champion Solutions Group in Boca Raton, Florida. Jason was educated at the University of Cincinnati and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Sloan School of Management. He was also a Sergeant in the US Army Reserve, serving from 1990 to 1998. A Microsoft Azure MVP (2010-present), Jason has given over 100 Azure presentations and regularly writes articles on Azure topics. Dave Rendón has been a Microsoft MVP for 7 consecutive years with expertise in Azure, currently working as a solutions architect for the US and LATAM regions at Kemp, a provider of application delivery software and security. He regularly presents at public IT events such as Microsoft Ignite, Global Azure events, and local user group events across the US, Europe, and Latin America, and is active on Twitter as daverndn. Dave has had a strong focus on Microsoft technologies and Azure since 2010. He helps people develop in-demand skills to advance their career through the cloud and AI and provides support to Microsoft partners worldwide on technical guidance and provides Azure training classes globally (India, South America, and the US) that help companies migrate critical applications to the cloud and train their staff to be certified cloud architects. You can reach Dave as /daverndn on LinkedIn and Twitter, and as /wikiazure on YouTube.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Automation and governance in Azure
Modernizing with hybrid cloud and multicloud
Cloud migration: Planning, implementation, and best practices
Enabling secure, remote work with Microsoft Azure AD and WVD
Security fundamentals to help protect against cybercrime
Offers, support, resources, and tips to optimize cost in Azure
Conclusion