Technical Azure Workshops.
Already leveraging the benefits of Microsoft 365 Software as a Service? Then it’s high time to take the next step towards Azure Cloud and to help you on your way, we’ve put together some specialist customer workshops.
Well-Architected Review.
The Well-Architected Framework is a set of guiding principles you can apply to improve the quality of your Azure workloads.
The Framework consists of five pillars:
- Reliability. The ability of a system to recover from failures and continue to function.
- Security. Protect applications and data from threats.
- Cost Optimisation. Manage costs and maximise ROI.
- Operational Excellence. Operative processes that keep a productive system up and running.
- Performance Efficiency. The ability of a system to adapt to changes in load.
In this workshop, one of our Azure Solutions Architects works with you to assess the most commonly used services by our customers in your environment.
Workshop content.
- Review of
- Role-based access controls (RBAC)
- Azure policies
- Cost management - Support going through Azure Advisor
- Documentation
- Based on the Well-Architected Framework, review of
- Virtual machines
- Virtual networks
- Storage accounts - Personalised consultation on problems and potential solutions
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Step into the cloud.
Our workshop includes a standard process to help customers understand and develop their Azure infrastructure and is the first step towards the successful implementation of Azure. Together, we’ll look at what the cloud has to offer and give you the knowledge you need to get started with Azure.
Workshop content.
- What are the core components of Azure?
- What are cloud systems and what is the best way to implement them?
- How can I maintain control no matter the department or service provider?
- Introduction to managing rights, policies and billing methods.
- Subscriptions and managing costs
Landing Zone.
Speakers: Business Architect, Azure Consultant
This workshop covers implementing an Azure environment with several subscriptions, taking into account scalability, security, governance, network and identity. An Azure Landing Zone enables application migration, modernisation and innovation at enterprise level. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution, so in this workshop, we’ll identify and delve into your requirements for an initial Azure workload.
Workshop content.
- Azure infrastructure planning and design
- Definition of management groups
- Azure policies, billing and governance concept
- Security baseline concept
- RBAC model concept
Azure Landing Zone – Quick Deployment.
In this condensed version of our Azure Landing Zone Workshop, we’ll implement a Landing Zone in your tenant following Microsoft best practices. We’ll familiarise you with the Landing Zone concept and discuss the necessary deployment parameters.
Workshop content.
- Agreement on parameters including allowed regions, tags and naming conventions
- Landing Zone documentation incl. permissions concept and policies
- Preparation and implementation:
- Management group structure according to best practices
- Bechtle basic policies for security, compliance and costs
- Definition of role-based access control (RBAC)
- Budgets/alerts
Azure Migrate Workshop.
In this workshop, we’ll work with you to set up Azure Migrate to gather information on your local infrastructure, check compatibility with Azure services and gain an overview of the ongoing costs caused by the migration.
Workshop content.
- Installation of the Azure Migrate appliance
- Discovery phase and data collection (approx. 1 - 2 weeks)
- Detailed report on the compatibility of your systems and potential costs of a migration to Azure
- Presentation of results in a follow-up appointment and definition of next steps.
Azure management with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and DevOps Workshop.
This workshop covers the basics of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) when used in with Azure DevOps to deploy infrastructure in Azure. We’ll help you set up an Azure DevOps Organisation and deploy a demo workload using Pipelines.
Workshop content.
- Presentation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and DevOps
- Setup of an Azure DevOps Organisation
- Setup of a Pipeline for the deployment of Azure resources
- Deployment of a demo workload in Azure
- Definition of next steps for rolling out tools and processes in your business.