{"id":3935,"date":"2023-11-09T09:08:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T17:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/?p=3935"},"modified":"2023-11-09T09:11:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T17:11:31","slug":"azure-mapping-the-journey-to-the-cloud-begins-with-good-cartography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/azure-mapping-the-journey-to-the-cloud-begins-with-good-cartography\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping Microsoft\u2019s expedition to the cloud with good cartography"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MicrosoftWhen you\u2019re charged with mapping Microsoft\u2019s expedition to the cloud, sometimes it\u2019s best to go back to the basics\u2014like using an old fashioned map to help you find your way.<\/p>\n

Check out Pete Apple’s expedition to the cloud series<\/strong>
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  1. The learnings, pitfalls, and compromises of Microsoft\u2019s expedition to the cloud<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Managing Microsoft Azure solutions on Microsoft\u2019s expedition to the cloud<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Automating Microsoft Azure incident and change management on Microsoft\u2019s move to the cloud<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. The awesome ugly truth about decentralizing operations at Microsoft with a DevOps model<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Mapping Microsoft\u2019s expedition to the cloud with good cartography<\/a> (this story)<\/li>\n
  6. Microsoft uses a scream test to silence its unused servers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    An explorer in his own space, famous British film director Peter Greenaway once noted the significance of maps and cartography. \u201cA map tells you where you\u2019ve been, where you are, and where you\u2019re going,\u201d he noted in fascination. \u201cIn a sense, it\u2019s three tenses in one.\u201d<\/p>\n

    As a pioneer myself (in digital transformation), I couldn\u2019t agree more. In my last blog post,<\/a>\u00a0I shared with you the awesomely ugly truth about how we decentralized operations at Microsoft and the intricacies and nuances we experienced as we adopted the Microsoft Azure DevOps model.<\/p>\n

    In talking to many of our customers, I know some of you are just starting out on your own cloud computing journey. So, let\u2019s go back in time to the very beginning and share what happened the exact moment when our leadership gave the orders to start on Microsoft\u2019s expedition to the cloud.<\/p>\n

    Microsoft Digital, our IT organization, is split into horizontal services (compute, storage, network, security) and vertical Line of Business (LOB) teams that provide solutions to our internal end users (Finance, HR, etc.). As the horizontal, our job is to ensure that our application teams have the appropriate computing systems and that those assets are tracked for cost and inventory purposes.<\/p>\n