From cloud deployment to measurable value: Shifting focus in Azure adoption
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Luke Murray
Summary
This article discusses the gap between simply deploying cloud services (specifically Microsoft Azure) and actually realizing measurable business value from cloud adoption. It argues that while many Azure programs can track what was deployed, the more important question is what got measurably better as a result. The piece shifts focus from the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework's initial stages (Strategy, Plan, Ready, Adopt) to the later stages of value realization, emphasizing that adoption is not the finish line but rather the beginning of demonstrating tangible improvements and outcomes.
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Adoption is not the finish line
A lot of Azure programmes can answer one question pretty quickly: what did we deploy?
That is where the conversation shifts from cloud adoption to value realisation.
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