The document outlines the key aspects of a cloud-first strategy presented at a SQL Saturday event, emphasizing the benefits of transitioning to cloud solutions such as reduced infrastructure costs and increased scalability. It covers planning considerations, including identity management, security, network access, and disaster recovery for SaaS applications, using a sample company scenario as a basis. Additionally, it encourages event participation and expresses gratitude towards sponsors and volunteers.

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Cloud first: Be prepared
SharePoint/SQL Saturday Cambridge
Alan Eardley
9th September 2017

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SAY THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

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Sponsor Raffle!!!
• Each sponsor stamp will opt you into their raffle prize and mailings
• Collect 9+ sponsor stamps on your Badge to be eligible for the Xbox
• Hand entire Badge/ ribbon back into registration desk at end of day
• We will draw Badges for prizes at 5pm in Cromwell (if you are drawn and do
not have the pre-requisite stamp/s….. You lose!)

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Social
• Make sure you tweet on #spscambridge or #sqlsatcambridge
• During the event we have Giant Jenga, Sack races and Conker Fights!
• After event, join us for a post event SharePint/ SQLPint from our bar
• Don’t forget to thank Sponsors, Volunteers and Speakers!
• The event will close at 6.30pm

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About me
• Twitter: @al_eardley
• 20 Years in IT
• MCSE: Cloud Platform and
Infrastructure
• MCSE: Productivity
• MCSE: SharePoint
• Prosci© Change Practitioner
• Certified Scrum Master
• PRINCE 2 Practitioner

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What will I cover?
• Why move to the cloud?
• Scenario objectives
• Hurdles to overcome

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Why move to the cloud?

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Hardware
Fewer machines
Less network infrastructure
Fewer data centres
Reduce the cost of management
Reduce the cost of high availability
Reduce the cost of disaster recovery

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Flexibility and scalability
Increased access speed
Pay for usage
Dynamically scale on demand
Global distribution of resources

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Sample scenario

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Acme.com
Global company
Growing rapidly
Data centres need to be increased in capacity
Existing solution at end of life

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Solution objectives
Replace on-premises project management tool with cloud based solution
Rearchitect for cloud best practices
Migrate existing data
Continuous reporting across both platforms during migration period
Increased delivery of enhancements
Increased access globally

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Functionality
Use Project Online
Use SharePoint Online
Build data warehouse of data from Project and SharePoint Online
Import legacy data from on-premises application
Report on data using existing tools
Report on data using PowerBI
Extend data warehouse with other data in the future

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Technology vision
Office 365

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Technology vision
Office 365

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Technology vision
Office 365

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Technology vision
Office 365

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Hurdles

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Identity
On-Premises
• acmealea01
• alan.eardley@acme.com
Cloud
• alan.eardley@acme.com
• alan.eardley@acme.com
Other
• Other systems
• Other solutions
• Other products
• Other devices

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Integration
Access
to IaaS
Access
to PaaS
Access
to SaaS
Kerberos Java

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Security
Azure is a data centre
Manage permissions to resources
Expose endpoints direct from Azure
Intrusion detection by default

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Network
On-Premises to Azure
• VPN
• Bandwidth
Data Centre vulnerability
• Routing to single DC
• DC goes down
• Speed
Global connectivity

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Network topologies
USA UK Asia USA UK Asia USA UK Asia

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Data access
Office 365

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Data access
Push data into
Azure
Read data direct
from Azure
Need a VPN?

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Application lifecycle management
• Tenant level
• Site Collection level
• Multiple sets of resources
• Integration - Identity
Environments
• SaaS – no access to DBs
• Tooling
• GUIDs
Rollover
• Scripted, repeatable, automated
• Environmental differencesDeployment

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Disaster recovery and archiving for SaaS
SaaS applications rely on vendor tools
Legislative archiving requirements
Can’t roll back to a point in time
Can’t restore to a different tenant

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Takeaways

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Assess in advance
Identity
Security
Network access
Data access
Application lifecycle management
Disaster recovery and archiving

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Planning
Plan for technology
Validate concerns and risks
Plan for user adoption

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Office 365 | Azure | BI
Thank-you
Twitter: @al_eardley
LinkedIn: Alan Eardley
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