Architecture in

practice
Module 1
Overview
What this
course is not
Does not provide an
in-depth technical review of
the Microsoft product stack

What this
course is
Provides an approach to
creating architecture, as well
as information about
Microsoft platform
capabilities

Course overview
Needs
Current IT profile
Metrics
To Be
Today
Transition
Business needs
Architectural process
Strategy
Processes
Business capabilities
Applications
Platform workloads
Platform features
Supporting technical
capabilities
To-be solution
(logical architecture,
products)
To-be TCO
Business benefits
IT benefits
ROI
Capability gap
Capabilities needed
Dependencies
Current
capabilities
IT environment
Applications
Platforms
TCO
Service levels
Transition roadmap
Transition cost
Enterprise
architecture
IT strategy
IT processes
IT initiatives
Architecture in practice: Course flow
2
Business concerns and
opportunity discovery
6
Building blocks:
Empower
people-centric IT
5
Building blocks:
Transform the datacenter
4
Building blocks:
Unlock data insights
7
Design the solution
vision and roadmap
1
Overview and
introductions
3
Building blocks:
Enable modern business
applications
Architecture in practice: Course flow
2
Business concerns and
opportunity discovery
6
Building blocks:
Empower
people-centric IT
5
Building blocks:
Transform the datacenter
4
Building blocks:
Unlock data insights
7
Design the solution
vision and roadmap
1
Overview and
introductions
3
Building blocks:
Enable modern business
applications
Architecture in practice: Course agenda
Module 1
Overview and
introductions
Course overview
Course flow and
agenda
Introductions
Module 2
Business
concerns and
opportunity
discovery
Understanding
context
Business and
application
gap analysis
Solution
architecture
Module 3
Building blocks:
Enable modern
business
applications
Module 4
Building blocks:
Unlock data
insights
Why cloud
matters for
modern business
applications
Module 5
Building blocks:
Transform the
datacenter
Module 6
Building blocks:
Empower
people-centric IT
Enable modern
business
applications
Enable
application
management for
the cloud era
Transform the
datacenter
foundation
session
User and device
management
Empowering
people-centric IT
The modern data
warehouse
Enabling familiar,
powerful business
intelligence
Breakthrough
data platform
performance with
SQL 2014
Unlocking data
insights
Module 7
Design the
solution vision
and roadmap
Solution vision
and priorities
Determine
required
capabilities
Create roadmaps
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