Azure
47 items tagged with "azure"
Blueprints4
On-Prem Datacenter to Azure Blueprint
Migrate an on-premises datacenter to Microsoft Azure using Cloud Adoption Framework landing zones, Azure Migrate, and phased rehost-then-modernize waves.
VMware vSphere to Azure VMware Solution Blueprint
Relocate a VMware vSphere estate to Azure VMware Solution with HCX, then selectively modernize VMs to native Azure services.
Mainframe-Adjacent Infrastructure to Azure Blueprint
Migrate the distributed mid-tier and batch infrastructure surrounding a mainframe to Azure, decoupling it while integrating back to the core system.
On-Prem Database to Cloud Managed Database Blueprint
Move an on-premises relational database to a cloud managed service (RDS, Cloud SQL, or Azure Database) for elasticity and reduced ops.
Migrations4
AWS to Azure Migration
Multi-cloud migration from AWS to Azure
On-Prem SQL Server to Azure SQL Migration
Migrate on-prem SQL Server to Azure SQL with network, identity, and cutover planning
On-Premise to Azure Migration
Migrate workloads from on-premise infrastructure to Microsoft Azure with landing zone and governance
SQL Server to Azure SQL Migration
Move SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL with compatibility checks and operational runbooks
Reference Architectures21
Serverless API on Azure Functions
An event-driven serverless API built on Azure Functions with Cosmos DB and API Management for pay-per-use, low-operations workloads.
Batch and HPC on Azure
A scalable batch and high-performance computing platform on Azure Batch with spot compute, parallel storage, and a job scheduler.
AKS Enterprise Container Platform
An enterprise Azure Kubernetes Service platform with private networking, Entra ID identity, and policy-governed GitOps delivery.
Modern Data Warehouse on Snowflake
A cloud data warehouse on Snowflake with ELT ingestion, virtual warehouses, and governed marts feeding BI across Azure.
Medallion Lakehouse on Azure
A bronze-silver-gold medallion lakehouse on Azure with Data Lake Storage, Delta tables, and Synapse for serving.
Vector Search Platform for RAG
A vector search platform on Azure powering retrieval-augmented generation with embeddings, a vector database, and hybrid search.
IoT Time-Series Analytics Platform
An IoT analytics platform on Azure ingesting device telemetry into a time-series store for real-time monitoring and forecasting.
Batch Inference Pipeline on Azure
A reference design for scheduled, large-scale offline scoring on Azure using Synapse, Azure ML batch endpoints, and a data lake for inputs and results.
Multi-Agent LLM System on Azure
A reference design for a multi-agent application on Azure where specialized LLM agents coordinate through an orchestrator and shared tools to complete complex tasks.
Computer Vision Inference Pipeline on Azure
A reference design for an image and video computer-vision pipeline on Azure spanning ingestion, GPU inference, and human-in-the-loop review.
Conversational AI Assistant on Azure
A reference design for an enterprise conversational assistant on Azure that combines RAG, tool calling, and memory behind a governed orchestration layer.
Hub-and-Spoke Cloud Network on Azure
Centralized hub virtual network for shared services with isolated spoke networks for workloads, connected by peering.
SSO and Identity Federation with OIDC and SAML
Centralized single sign-on using Entra ID as identity provider, federating apps over OpenID Connect and SAML.
Backup and Restore Architecture on Azure
Policy-driven backup design with immutable, geo-redundant recovery points and tested restore for workloads and data.
CQRS with Event Sourcing
A command-query separated system where state is derived from an append-only event log and read models are projected for queries.
Enterprise API Management Platform
A full API management platform providing a developer portal, gateway, monetization, and lifecycle governance for internal and partner APIs.
GraphQL BFF Gateway for Mobile
A GraphQL backend-for-frontend that aggregates microservices and optimizes payloads for bandwidth-constrained mobile clients.
Micro-Frontends Platform
Independently built and deployed front-end modules composed at runtime into a single web app, each owned by a separate team.
Progressive Web App (PWA)
An installable, offline-capable web app using service workers, a cache strategy, and push notifications to behave like a native app.
IoT Ingestion Platform
A platform that ingests telemetry from large device fleets over MQTT, processes it as a stream, and stores it for analytics and control.
Backend-for-Frontend API Aggregation Platform
Per-client backend-for-frontend services and a GraphQL gateway that aggregate microservices into tailored, efficient API responses.
Playbooks3
Azure Landing Zone Rollout Playbook
A phased program to deploy an enterprise-scale Azure landing zone with management groups, policy guardrails, hub-spoke networking, and subscription vending.
VMware to Cloud Program Playbook
A phased program to migrate a VMware vSphere estate to public cloud, choosing between lift-and-shift hypervisor services and native replatforming.
On-Prem to Azure Migration Program Playbook
A phased program to migrate an on-premises estate to Microsoft Azure with assessment, landing zone, wave migration, and optimization.
Checklists7
Cloud Migration Readiness Checklist
Verify your organization, applications, and operations are ready before moving workloads from on-premises to the cloud.
Azure Landing Zone Setup Checklist
Build an enterprise-scale Azure landing zone with management groups, policy, networking, and identity ready for workloads.
Cloud Cost Optimization Checklist
Systematically reduce cloud spend through visibility, rightsizing, commitments, and architectural changes without harming reliability.
Multi-Region Failover Readiness Checklist
Verify your application can fail over to a secondary region and meet its recovery objectives under a regional outage.
VM-to-Cloud Cutover Checklist
Execute a safe cutover when rehosting on-premises virtual machines to cloud compute with minimal downtime.
Multi-Cloud Migration Readiness Checklist
Assess whether your organization is ready to operate across more than one cloud provider before committing to multi-cloud.
Cloud Network Security Review Checklist
Audit a cloud network's segmentation, access controls, and exposure to reduce the blast radius of a compromise.