Who should be involved?

Softchoice recommends clients assemble a

cross functional IT & data center team with

a senior IT leader sponsor that provides

alignment to the issues, business drivers and

guides prioritization.

Softchoice Azure JumpstartSetting a Secure and Stable Foundation for Microsoft Azure

Why Softchoice Services for Azure?

• Enterprise-grade Azure projects in multiple verticals and scenarios

• Cross-discipline expertise spanning leading vendors in data center, hybrid cloud and public cloud scenarios

• Architects & engineers carry over 10 years average tenure

• Proven IaaS planning methodology to connect on-premise data center infrastructure

• Day-to-day operations for over 400 core & hybrid infrastructures

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Softchoice’s Cloud & Hybrid IT Delivery Methodology Valuable

100% of IT organizations who engage

Softchoice Cloud Services for Microsoft Cloud

rated Delivery Methodology as valuable or

better compared to alternatives.

Phase Client Benefits

Planning & Discovery

• Project kickoff meeting• Microsoft Azure Executive Overview• Identify stakeholders and roles to link operational processes to public cloud

environment• Review client’s current Azure Active Directory scenario and document for ease of

future operations and management

Implementation

• Creating and associating managed organizational identity• Enable Azure entitlement and assignment of roles including import of orphaned subscriptions (i.e. pay-as-you-go)

• Demonstrate best practices for subscription naming and reporting• Assignment of rights using Azure Role Based Access control• Creation of Azure Virtual Network and either a Site to Site or Point to Site VPN connection• Deployment of Active Directory Services on a Virtual Machine in Azure• Network security rules to protect deployed services• Review Azure platform functionality & discussion to identity future management and operational accounting requirements

Knowledge Transfer & Closure

• High-level design of Azure services and resources• High-level Azure onboarding findings and Azure consumption plan recommendations• Documentation of configured services, security settings, Azure admins, subscriptions and subscription IDs for support escalation

• Whiteboard high level integration requirements to enable an optimized hybrid cloud usage

Azure Analytics & Insight: MySoftchoice Azure Dashboard

• Access to real-time spend forecast based on monthly usage projections• View historic spend and evaluate trends on a month-over-month basis related to consumption

• Rich resource reporting by project or department to facilitate showback or chargeback requirements

• Evaluate spend based on service type spanning cloud infrastructure

The promise of cloud is unique to your business. To unlock the transformational potential of Azure

on service delivery IT leaders must choose their first steps into the public cloud carefully. Many

clients struggle to navigate the onboarding process and linking existing operational processes

and management roles. In some cases, these leads to an insecure and unstable foundation

making expansion and management difficult.

The Softchoice Azure Jumpstart is designed to provide a rapid activation path with built-in best

practice resulting in an operational, scalable and secure environment. The Azure Jumpstart allows

clients to navigate the complexity of onboarding to Azure by designing and linking appropriate

organizational identities ensuring security is integrated into operational procedures and access.

In addition, the service provides Azure enterprise Entitlements and subscription setup while

integrating orphaned subscriptions into the Microsoft Azure Enterprise Portal.