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🆕 Oct. 2024 - What's new in CAF?

NEW:
- AI Adoption on Azure! 🔥
- Azure VMWare Solution and Global Reach! 🌍

UPDATED:
- Azure landing zones! 🏢
- Cloud-scale Analytics scenario! 📊

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#azure #cloudadoption #cloudarchitecture #ai #artificialintelligence #caf
What's new in the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework - Cloud Adoption Framework
Learn about recent updates to the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure.
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November 6, 2024 at 10:57 AM
The compromised BeyondTrust tool that enabled Chinese hack of Treasury Dept. was a commercial offering not listed on FedRAMP marketplace. FedRAMP is the gov’t program that promotes agency adoption of vetted and secure cloud products →
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Lawmakers request briefing from Treasury secretary on Chinese hack
The compromised third-party offering was a commercial remote services tool not listed in the marketplace for FedRAMP, the government’s cloud security compliance framework.
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January 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
[Share] Adopting AI on Azure

This AI adoption guidance provides a structured approach for integrating AI into your organization using Azure. The guidance is relevant for organizations of any size and industry.

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Adopting AI on Azure - Cloud Adoption Framework
Learn how Microsoft recommends adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your organization with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework.
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October 28, 2024 at 2:04 AM
People who have deployed the Cloud Adoption Framework Landing Zones, have you used the accelerator scripts/templates or made your own following the framework?
January 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Eric D. Boyd reflects on 15 years of Azure and what’s next for cloud-native and AI development. This session from Live! 360 Orlando emphasizes the importance of Cloud Adoption Framework and DevOps for the future of cloud success.

Catch the session 🎥 youtu.be/dJBFwnce2Qo
Azure at 15: What’s Next for the Cloud, AI, and You
In this recorded Live! 360 session, Eric Boyd reflects on 15 years of Microsoft Azure—from its earliest days to today’s global cloud platform—and explains what those lessons mean as organizations move deeper into cloud-native architectures and AI-driven development. Blending personal stories, real outage lessons, and hands-on customer experience, Eric walks through Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and shows why strategy, skills readiness, governance, and DevOps discipline matter more than ever. He also looks ahead at what’s next across compute, data, and AI—including confidential computing, the growing infrastructure demands of AI, and why data readiness is critical for building effective AI solutions. 🔑 What You’ll Learn • How Azure has evolved over 15 years—and what early failures taught us • Why many cloud and AI projects fail without a clear strategy and framework • How the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) helps reduce risk and improve outcomes • Why DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code are essential in an AI-driven world • Azure security best practices: RBAC, managed identity, network isolation, encryption • How Azure’s global scale, regions, and availability zones support resilience • What’s next for cloud + AI: confidential computing, data platforms, and AI tooling ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Introduction + celebrating Azure at 15 04:20 Early web experience + first distributed systems lessons 09:45 First look at Azure and the Professional Developer Conference (PDC) era 13:30 Early Azure outages and reliability lessons 17:58 Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) overview 19:18 Strategy and planning: real customer examples 28:00 Ready phase: landing zones, naming, and governance 30:03 Adopt phase: DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code 36:03 Security fundamentals in modern Azure 41:00 Azure scale then vs now: regions, zones, and monitoring 45:25 AI’s impact on cloud architecture 50:24 What’s next: confidential computing and AI infrastructure 55:10 Preparing for the future: data, AI tools, and learning paths 👤 Speaker: Eric Boyd Founder & CEO, Responsive X | Microsoft Azure MVP 🔗 Links • Download Visual Studio 2026: http://visualstudio.com/download • Explore more Live! 360 sessions: https://aka.ms/L360Orlando25 • Join upcoming VS Live! events: https://aka.ms/VSLiveEvents #Azure #CloudComputing #MicrosoftAzure #AI
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January 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
This diagram, from the Cloud Adoption Framework, is a necessary one. It's easy to get confused in the Copilot offering/.

Note that you can mix these. For instance, we often use Copilot Studio as the main engine but rely on Azure AI Studio to improve parts where Copilot Studio is not sufficient.
💡 Adopting AI means making informed choices. Here's how to define the right AI technology and data strategies on Azure.

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#azure #ai #aiadoption #cloudadoptionframework #aistrategy #aitransformation #aistudio #azureaiservices #azureopenai #machinelearning #llm
November 14, 2024 at 1:37 PM
If you deploy Azure Landing Zones using the Cloud Adoption Framework #CAF patterns, pretty pls go vote to keep the single sub deployment. If you don't - pls go vote no any way to make my life easier :D :D github.com/Azure/Enterp...
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May 6, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework - Simply Explained Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, commonly called CAF, helps organizations avoid one of the most common cloud mistakes: moving into Azure before deciding how https://www.spreaker.com/episode/microsoft-cloud-adoption-framework-simply-explained-
August 11, 2026 at 8:06 AM
☢️ Trying to build a cloud environment without the Cloud Adoption Framework is a recipe for disaster, especially when integrating complex on-premises environments.

Use the CAF to build a solid foundation instead of guessing your way.

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#ITArchitecture #Azure
March 30, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Interpretation of The Azure Cloud Adoption Framework by Aidan Finn #Azure aidanfinn.com?p=24672?utm_...
Interpretation of The Azure Cloud Adoption Framework | Aidan Finn, IT Pro
In this post, I will explain how I have interpreted the Cloud Adoption Framework for Microsoft Azure and how I apply it with my company, Cloud Mechanix.
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March 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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Cloud Adoption Framework にみる組織とクラウド導入戦略
Cloud Adoption Framework にみる組織とクラウド導入戦略
Cloud Adoption Framework にみる組織とクラウド導入戦略 Japan Azure User Group 14周年イベント登壇資料 https://jazug.connpass.com/event/327273/
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October 5, 2024 at 2:06 PM
It's Never Too Late For The Cloud Adoption Framework by Aidan Finn #Azure aidanfinn.com?p=24637?utm_...
It’s Never Too Late For The Cloud Adoption Framework | Aidan Finn, IT Pro
I'm going to explain why the Cloud Adoption Framework can offer answers to Azure - even for organisations that have been in The Cloud for years.
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February 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
📰 New article by Ryan Dsouza, Bradley Acar

The Hidden Price Tag: Uncovering Hidden Costs in Cloud Architectures with the AWS Well-Architected Framework

#AWS #Architecture
The Hidden Price Tag: Uncovering Hidden Costs in Cloud Architectures with the AWS Well-Architected Framework
In this post, we discuss how following the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) and AWS Well-Architected Framework can help reduce these risks through proper implementation of AWS guidance and best practices while taking into consideration the practical challenges organizations face in implementing these best practices, including resource constraints, evaluating trade-offs and competing business priorities.
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March 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Strengthening Cloud Security: Privacy-Preserving Techniques for Compliance With Regulations and the NIST Framework feeds.dzone.com/link...
Privacy-Preserving Techniques for Regulatory Compliance
As cloud adoption increases, it becomes essential to secure data while adhering to different regulations through the use of privacy-preserving techniques.
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December 25, 2024 at 4:14 PM
The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework is like the instruction manual for your business to start using the cloud for its IT infrastructure.

In my latest article I explain it's benefits in simple terms.

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#aws #caf #cloud #adoption #framework #cloudcomputing #business
Explaining The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Like You’re 5
An easy way to understand the AWS CAF and its goals.
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April 18, 2024 at 12:58 PM
I can really recommend the course "Introduction to the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure", from "A Cloud Guru", as a starting point on your journey to learn "Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure". 🏫🧾☁️

#CAF #ALZ #Azure #Cloud #Microsoft #Pluralsight #ACloudGuru #AlwaysLearning
March 10, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Join the first Code Remix Weekly of the year with @thomasvitale.com, creator of Arconia—a modern framework on Spring Boot that cuts boilerplate & embraces cloud-native patterns.

Hear how he’s driving toward a stable release & enabling adoption with OpenRewrite.🎙️

🔴 Live tomorrow ⤵️
Code Remix Weekly | How OpenRewrite supercharged Arconia development
🎙️We're kicking off the 2026 season of Code Remix Weekly with Thomas Vitale, the creator of Arconia, a modern framework built on top of Spring Boot to reduc...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Boost efficiency and cost savings with new sustainability guidance in the Cloud Adoption Framework 🚀
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#Azure #Cloud #Framework #Sustainability #AzOps #CloudArchitects #WAF
October 20, 2023 at 12:48 PM