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Azure customer enablement

Maximize the value you get from Azure with proven guidance and resources

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Get the expertise you need for successful cloud enablement

Adopt the right cloud strategies to meet your specific business, industry, and security needs. Define a clear path forward with proven guidance and a collection of best practices, programs, and learning resources for your entire organization to build expertise and achieve ongoing cloud value.

Achieve cloud value with proven cloud tools and guidance

Build your cloud strategy and deployment plan on the proven foundations of the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure and the Azure Well-Architected Framework to ensure that you're following industry best practices every step of the way.

Explore the cloud journey stages

Confidently plan and implement your cloud journey using the templates, assessments, tools, and proven best practices in the Cloud Adoption Framework. Follow in-depth technical and business guidance to implement a consistent, repeatable approach across all of your people, processes, and technologies.

Define strategy

Define your strategy and successfully build your cloud business case with key financial and technical guidance from Azure.

Plan

Create an actionable plan for implementation and organizational readiness using the Strategic Migration Assessment and Readiness Tool.

Ready

Prepare your IT environments and construct Azure landing zones. Deploy at enterprise scale or start small and expand.

Adopt

Migrate on-premises applications to the cloud or modernize your digital estate to drive business and product innovation.

Govern

Plan and implement appropriate compliance, governance, and security protocols with recommendations from the governance benchmark tool.

Manage

Operate and optimize your environment with a thorough analysis of your workloads using the Azure Well-Architected Review assessment tool.

Optimize your cloud investment

Understand cloud economics to get the most value from your cloud investment and build your business case for Azure.

Explore the framework at a glance

Get a quick overview of the Cloud Adoption Framework with this one-page, sharable infographic.

Build and manage high-performing workloads

Optimize the quality of your cloud workloads using a collection of technical guidance, tools, and resources centered on the five pillars of the Azure Well-Architected Framework:

Assess the quality of your workloads

Receive a thorough analysis of your workloads through the perspective of the five pillars with the Azure Well-Architected Review.

Optimize your Azure resources

Get actionable recommendations to optimize your deployed Azure resources based on cost efficiency, performance, reliability, and security with Azure Advisor.

Deliver reliable software faster

Put your organization on the path to optimal cloud value with Microsoft frameworks supported by DevOps solutions that include seamless integrations with GitHub.

DevOps tools for every phase of the application lifecycle

Enable continual software delivery and better value by implementing the right combination of end-to-end DevOps technologies, culture, and processes on Azure.

GitHub

Boost collaboration, automate code-to-cloud workflows, and help secure your code with advanced software development capabilities.

Adapt your journey with help from programs and partners

Achieve success on Azure with direct help from cloud adoption experts including Microsoft engineers, consultants, and verified cloud partners.

Azure Migration and Modernization Program

Work with expert Azure engineers to plan and move confidently using proven end-to-end methodologies, tools, and resources, while taking advantage of unique offers and incentives to reduce your costs.

FastTrack for Azure

Quickly and efficiently develop and deploy successful cloud solutions with cloud best practices and assistance from Azure engineers—plus, get architectural guidance on qualifying projects.

Azure support plans

Choose from a variety of plans, including proactive services from technical experts to help you expand your Azure knowledge and technical capabilities.

Azure partners with verified capabilities

Get help finding the right partner for your cloud planning needs, including specialization in your industry and the right level of technical and business support. Choose from partners with:

Expertise in the Cloud Adoption Framework

Industry expertise and support options

Microsoft Industry Solutions

Lead your organization to its full potential through digital transformation—including your Azure migration and cloud journey. Work with a dedicated team of experts who will support your goals, help you identify and mitigate risks, and guide you every step of the way.

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Build cloud skills

Help your organization gain the cloud training it needs to use Azure with confidence through a variety of virtual learning options, including self-paced courses, instructor-led training, and role-based certifications.

Learn everything from the fundamentals of using Azure to advanced IT, development, and cloud planning skills for free on Microsoft Learn. Build your cloud skills with:

  • Interactive self-paced learning paths for every skill level and role.
  • Hands-on experiences through sandbox environments.
  • Virtual and on-demand training by Microsoft Certified Trainers—available worldwide.

Start learning

Lead your organization to success in its digital transformation and cloud training with Microsoft certifications, including:

  • Role-based certifications, including Azure Fundamentals, Azure Data Fundamentals, and Azure AI Fundamentals.
  • Specialty certifications including Azure IoT and Azure for SAP.

Become certified

Attend free Azure Virtual Training Days to learn from Microsoft experts in instructor-led, one-day online events featuring presentations, demonstrations, discussions, and hands-on workshops.

Explore events

Work with Microsoft Learning Partners around the world to get customized cloud training that suits your organization’s needs, including blended learning and instructor-led virtual certification courses.

Start learning

Continue learning with Microsoft experts

Check out these videos from the Azure Enablement Show video series to help accelerate your cloud journey, build well-architected cloud apps, and boost your cloud computing skills.

Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

Get proven guidance to accelerate your cloud adoption journey. This series includes conversations with experts about creating a cloud adoption plan, preparing your first cloud environments, and addressing governance and compliance requirements.

Watch the videos

Azure Well-Architected Framework

Build, design, and manage high-performing workloads on Azure. This series spans the entire application lifecycle, from concept and design to management and optimization.

Watch the videos

Azure learning resources

Build your expertise in Azure. This series will show you how to utilize Microsoft learning resources to become—and stay—an Azure expert.

Watch the videos

Discover cost savings to maximize value

Take advantage of IT cost savings, improved productivity, and optimized performance when you use Azure customer enablement resources. Read the IDC Business Value of Microsoft Azure Customer Enablement Tools, Resources, and Programs white paper and business value snapshot (view the snapshot in full screen) to learn how customers have successfully maximized the value of Azure.

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