The cloud has undoubtedly become an integral part of your government agency\u2019s IT strategy, and it\u2019s no longer a question of \u201cif\u201d but rather \u201cwhen\u201d and more importantly, how. The speed, scale and pace of innovation offered by the cloud is simply too compelling. Cloud technology offers government agencies the tools needed to drive impact with innovation in our rapidly changing digital world.<\/p>\n
Canadians have come to expect \u2018familiar\u2019 online services from government agencies, providing the same user-experience they get from commercial service offerings. This fundamental shift in the delivery of IT services has forced many government agencies to revisit their approach.<\/p>\n
Successfully executing your cloud strategy requires a systematic approach as well as a defined program of change. This systematic approach and program of change is structured around three workstreams<\/em>: workloads, foundation and operations.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Addressing the foundational and operational components without having a workload or set of workloads that will exist on the platform is of little value. Identification, prioritization and migration of a workload is essential to the business case for change and ensures the department prioritizes the foundations and operations workstreams.<\/p>\n The greatest degree of commonality across customers is in the foundational components that provide the core services for cloud consumption. The following components are included in this effort and others may be identified: identity, authentication, network, subscriptions and security.<\/p>\n This workstream often proves to be the most challenging as each customer\u2019s culture and work environment is unique. While Microsoft has numerous proven practices around operations and governance how it is incorporated into the existing customer environment is challenging. This workstream focuses on change management, release management, service management and governance.<\/p>\n You may not be intimately knowledgeable in cloud but you possess the desire, drive and entrepreneurial spirit to learn and grow. This multi-disciplinary team will work with cloud project teams and provide:<\/p>\nConsider which workloads to move and why<\/h2>\n
Address the right foundational components<\/h2>\n
Operational management and support<\/h2>\n
Your starting point: Create a Cloud Center of Expertise (CoE)<\/h2>\n