Resiliency on Azure – 1 Week Scorecard Assessment

Outages are an inherent challenge for all cloud-based applications. Failures are complex and can potentially cascade throughout an ecosystem. A resiliency scorecard and action plan can help mitigate those risks in advance.

Azure Resiliency Assessment & Scorecard methodology

1. Assess current position
   • Azure ecosystem audit
   • Application architecture analysis
   • Availability and scalability evaluation
   • DevOps & automation review
2. Solidify resilient cloud vision
   • Guidance for best practices
   • Define goals for infrastructure, platform, and solution resiliency
   • Capacity planning for critical and off-peak loads
   • Cost/benefit analysis
3. Craft a Resiliency Action Plan
   • Application Resiliency Scorecard findings
   • Azure organizational and infrastructure recommendations
   • DevOps, automation and scaling recommendations
   • Infrastructure and application design guidance

Key Activities (Resiliency Workshop)

• Onsite or virtual introduction
• Azure environment assessment
• Technical and business-focused application discovery
• Deployment and app management process review
• Fault injection, chaos framework & stress test guidance
• Findings presentation and customer education sessions

Outcomes and Deliverables

• Application Resiliency Scorecard findings summary
• Resiliency Action Plan (tactical best practices and resiliency tuning)
• Cloud vision guidance (strategic guidance for organizational cloud expansion)
• Platform and application architecture concepts