Expo hall presentation give at Ignite 2015 in Chicago, serving somewhat as a primer for the MVP panel of the same name. While the session was not recorded, the MVP panel recording is available on Channel 9 at http://channel9.msdn.com/events/Ignite/2015/BRK2163

4. Collaboration has evolved

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http://www.eweek.com/small-business/public-it-cloud-services-
spending-to-reach-108-billion-by-2017-idc.html

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the primary driver for cloud
adoption will shift from
economics to innovation
Frank Gens, Senior Vice President
and Chief Analyst at IDC

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8. • The cloud decision is intrinsically tied to end user
adoption and, ultimately, business alignment

10. Infrastructure
maintained solely
for customer
On premises or off
Managed by the
customer, or by a
3rd party hoster
Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud
Multiple
infrastructure
options
Components both
on premises and
off premises
Management
spread between
customer and 3rd
party hosters
Infrastructure
shared by multiple
customers
Off premises
Managed by 3rd
party on behalf of
customers
Public Cloud

11. According to IDC, virtual
private clouds (Azure) will
accelerate organizations
into the cloud

12. • By 2017, public IT cloud services will drive 17% of IT product
spending and nearly half of all growth across five technology
categories:
• Applications
• System infrastructure software
• Platform as a service (PaaS)
• Servers
• Basic storage
• Software as a service (SaaS) will remain the largest public IT cloud services
category throughout the forecast, capturing 59.7% of revenues in 2017.
• The fastest growing categories will be PaaS and IaaS, with
CAGRs of 29.7% and 27.2%, respectively.
http://www.eweek.com/small-business/public-it-cloud-services-
spending-to-reach-108-billion-by-2017-idc.html

13. Build
Buy
HouseOut Source
Partner Hosted
Private Cloud
• Dedicated environment
• Externally hosted
• Externally or internally
managed
• Internally designed
Self Hosted
Private Cloud
• Dedicated environment
• Internally hosted
• Internally managed
• Internally designed
Shared or Dedicated
Public Cloud
• Shard or dedicated
environment
• Externally hosted
• Externally managed
• Externally designed
Dedicated
Public Cloud
• Partially or fully dedicated
• Externally hosted
• Externally or internally
managed
• Minimal customization
Traditional
on prem

14. • Size and geographical distribution of an organization can affect cloud adoption.
• Regulatory compliance and governance requirements can limit cloud options.
• External collaboration may require on prem farms.
• Service-level agreements (SLAs) may limit cloud options.
• It is important to under the ROI of any proposed solution (and the cost of change).
• Hybrid may be more of a transitional environment from on prem to the cloud.
• Enables customers to use preferred features from SharePoint 2013 on prem and
SharePoint Online.
http://www.sharepointnutsandbolts.com/2014/02/office-365-sharepoint-hybrid-what-you-do-and-do-not-get.html

15. Need space and
maintenance planning Most likely provided
Licensing costs, but
also upgrades and
ongoing support
Included in vendor-
hosted solutions
Need to purchase,
support and maintain,
and upgrade as
platform matures
Included in vendor-
hosted solutions
Administrative,
developer, and end
user skills and training
Still requires
administrative and
possibly dev skills,
end user training
On Premises Cloud Hybrid
Need space and
maintenance planning
Licensing costs, but
also upgrades and
ongoing support
Need to purchase,
support and maintain,
and upgrade as
platform matures
Administrative,
developer, and end
user skills and training

16. Full control
Limited to none in
SaaS, some control
over PaaS, full control
over IaaS
Limited ability to
integrate depending
on SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS
Many limitations OTB,
but very robust tools
from partners
Limited
Very complex across
on prem and cloud
components, very
manual
Needs to be planned,
limited features OTB Defined in SLAs
Some OTB capabilities,
3rd party for tighter
control and
predictability
Microsoft
recommends 3rd
party tools
On Premises Cloud Hybrid
Very complex across
on prem and cloud
components, very
manual
Some OTB capabilities,
3rd party for tighter
control and
predictability

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19. Take a strategic view
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20. Business
Need Service

21. •
http://www.sharepointnutsandbolts.com/2014/02/office-365-sharepoint-hybrid-what-you-do-and-do-not-get.html
• http://www.slideshare.net/ciphertxt/sugdc-20130912-office-365-and-hybrid-
solutionsrealease
• http://johnrossjr.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/sharepoint-on-
premises-or-in-the-cloud-why-not-both/
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj838715.aspx
• http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4633.what-is-
infrastructure-as-a-service.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/hh128769.aspx
• http://bit.ly/XmqBIc
• http://onforb.es/18h92Nv
• http://bit.ly/1f26hFm
• http://bit.ly/1bxabDQ

22. Thank you!
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