Agile IT: Filling in the Gaps in the Azure vs. AWS debate

Intro
Filling in the gaps in
the Azure vs. AWS
debate
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What we’ll discuss today
Business, Operations, Staffing:
 Licensing and business services can be a strong
decision point
 Existing staffing skills and culture makes a difference
 Aligning business and technical directives with the
vendor
Key Technical Decisions:
 Staffing
 Technical Directions
What we won’t cover
 Full technical comparison (It’s been
done before….many time)
 A sales pitch… but we can later if you
like 

Agile IT Vision
• Build a community of managed customers that maximizes cloud and SaaS
services to drive their business
Utilizing the best of what cloud services can offer
Driving and improving their business through automation, agility, business insight, and
productivity
Uniformity of service delivery
• Cloud Services beyond the IT Department. Providing services that expand deeper
into the enterprise beyond the IT department
Business Automation
Business Data
Business Integration
Business Intelligence

The Pizza Stack
Deciders Influencers Direct
Consumers
IaaS IT, Dev - IT, Dev
PaaS Dev IT Developers
SaaS Business,
Dev
IT End-Users
Developers
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/buckwoody/2012/06/13/windows-azure-write-run-or-use-software/

Cloud Landscape “Buckets”
Productivity Business Business Intelligence Identity MDM
Rights Mgmt/Encrypt. Files Voice Services Databases Management
Storage Servers/Virtualization IoT Services IaaS Desktop & Devices

Gartner says…
Amazon Web Services
• AWS has a diverse customer base and the broadest range of use cases, including
enterprise and mission-critical applications. …
• AWS is now a mature provider, yet it remains an agile, innovative thought leader
with a broad impact across a range of IT markets. It has the richest array of IaaS
and PaaS capabilities. It provides the deepest capabilities for governing a large
number of users and resources. ….
Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft has been rapidly rolling out new features and services, including
differentiated capabilities. It has a vision of infrastructure and platform services
that are not only leading stand-alone offerings, …
• Microsoft's brand, existing customer relationships, history of running global-
class consumer internet properties, deep investments in engineering and
innovative roadmap have enabled it to rapidly attain the status of strategic
cloud IaaS provider.

RightScale State of the Cloud Report

User Experience
Who are the users?
• IT Administration
• Software Engineer
• Dev/Ops
• Billing

High Level: It’s all equal (kinda)
Let’s go with all is equal for: Compute, Storage, Networking, and Price

Budgeting via Calculators
This will get you close, but doesn’t show all your other “little” costs

High Level: It’s all equal
Let’s go with all is equal for: Compute, Storage, Networking, and Price

Common Decision Points
Don’t make a decision JUST from this page
Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure
I only want Microsoft for Office and Windows Winner Bummer
Most of my development is Linux & other open
source
Winner Competing
Direct integration with Microsoft technologies Some Yes, of course
Pricing discount for longer termed resources Yes (Reserved Instances) No
Pricing benefits based on existing Microsoft
licensing
No Yes
Third-Party support (e.g. SAP) Yes Yes

Other points
Amazon Web Services
 Technical innovation and long track record
 More computing options, but really only an
option for developers
 (new) VMware Cloud on AWS
 Price (I know, I keep going back and forth
on this point)
 History with verticals, such as Biotech and
Pharma
Microsoft Azure
 Integration with Office 365
 Azure AD Integration with your Office 365
Tenant for single IAM directory
 Databases
 Managed database for: SQL Server, mySQL,
PostgreSQL
 SQL Server Stretch Database
 Have existing licensing agreement
 Azure Hybrid Use Benefit (Save up to 40
percent on Windows Server)
 Microsoft Azure portal is extremely intuitive for
Microsoft Engineers and Developers
 Documentation & Training for Azure is superior to
AWS

Security Maturity
Don’t make a decision JUST from this page
Amazon
Web
Services
Microsoft
Azure
Compliance Offerings 50+ 50+
Compliance Reports Online Online &
Support
Security Integration
with your service
Third-Party
Required
Available to
All
Enterprise History Growing Decades

Example: Decision Worksheet
Use a worksheet to compare YOUR costs, structure, and roadmap against both services
Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure
Existing Staff: Knowledge
Existing Staff: Training
Existing Staff: Preference
Pricing Estimate for first 6 months
Pricing Estimate after 24 months
Billing and Subscription Management
Alignment with Server & Storage strategy
Alignment with Developer strategy
Alignment with Compliance requirement
Alignment with Security policies

Get going! (Readiness, Assessment, Planning)
Cloud First
Hybrid Options
Adoption
Migration as needed
Billing Optimization
Deployment
Optimization
Deployment
Phase 2
Small deployments
R&D
Time required projects
Deployment
Phase 1
Deployment/Migration
(Greenfield/Lift & Shift)
Business Continuity
Backup and Restore
Identity Management
Network Connectivity
Security policies
Security management
Security monitoring
Service management
Service monitoring
Planning
Business training
Technical leadership
Engineering training
Assessment of existing
services
Business/Technical
roadmap development
Readiness
Licensing
Support
Technical
Evaluation

AgileCover
Devices Connectivity Infrastructure Application SaaS
 Workstations
 Tablets
 Desk Phones
 Mobile
Phones
 Networking
 Firewalls
 Routers
 VPN &
DirectAccess
 Microsoft
Azure
 Amazon
Web
Services
 Windows
Server
 Exchange
Server
 SharePoint
 Dynamics CRM
 Office
 Skype for
Business
 EMS
 Office 365
 Dynamics
 Salesforce
Proactive Monitoring and Maintenance & Health Checks
AgileProtect: Backup and Restore
Reporting and Compliance
Licensing and Vendor Management
Security Patterns and Practices
Documentations

Change is coming
No matter who you select, you’ll have to:
 Product retirements are forcing the need for a change
 Adjust your training process and depth chart
 Vendors are changing the “product”/service rapidly. Gone are the days of being a 5 year expert on one
product version.
 Vendor content online is really good. Also, thanks YouTube!
 Continuously review your process and billing

What you learned today
Business, Operations, Staffing:
 Licensing and business services can be a strong
decision point
 Existing staffing skills and culture makes a difference
 Aligning business and technical directives with the
vendor
Key Technical Decisions:
 Staffing
 Technical Directions
What’s Next
 Azure: Readiness, Assessment, and
Planning
 AWS: Readiness, Assessment, and
Planning
 AgileDatacenter
 Sales@agileit.com
 http://www.agileit.com

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