SERVICE OVERVIEW

DELL EMC CONSULTING SERVICES FOR MICROSOFT AZURE STACK

Microsoft Azure Stack within reach

ESSENTIALS

Achieve your business goals for Microsoft Azure Stack

• Deliver modern applications • Faster time to market for new

applications • IT as a service broker • Application portability

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Innovate in today’s digital economy

Successfully executing on the vision for your new Microsoft Azure Stack cloud can be daunting when faced with the unknowns of a new platform, especially when trying to navigate the demands of rising customer expectations. Application innovation is not only needed to meet these demands, but also to drive business growth for a competitive edge. In order to provide an environment to foster new innovation, organizations are embracing digital and IT transformation initiatives, enabled by hybrid cloud platforms.

Reach your business goals for Microsoft Azure Stack

Dell EMC, the pioneer of fully engineered hybrid cloud platforms, has years of successful experience in designing, testing, deploying, upgrading and supporting customers’ cloud journeys. Partnering with Dell EMC Consulting Services when purchasing Dell EMC Cloud for Microsoft Azure Stack will help you reach your business goals for digital and IT transformation.

Prepare to transition to cloud

The journey to Azure Stack will be an exciting one, and should start with a clear vision of what you want to accomplish along with a roadmap of how to get there. With Dell EMC consulting services working with your team, you can be confident in navigating through the process.

Our initial step will be to help you understand where you are. This could include assessing your current infrastructure and operating model, analyzing your technology architecture, and classifying your application portfolio.

Next, we will work with you to define your target state and determine the best fit cloud for your needs. This could include developing the infrastructure reference architecture, a service-oriented operating model, and determining the disposition of your applications. Finally, all of this will be fed into a transformation roadmap that identifies the activities and timelines for your transformation, along with a business case to understand the financial impact and business benefits you can expect.

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Deploy to speed platform value

Dell EMC has partnered with Microsoft to deliver Dell EMC Cloud for Microsoft Azure Stack, a hybrid cloud platform for delivering infrastructure and platform as a service with a consistent Azure experience on-premises and in the public cloud. Choose from a simple deployment of the Azure Stack platform with modular add-ons such as data encryption, tenant data and infrastructure protection, to a custom designed deployment to extend the capabilities of your hybrid cloud. Extend the platform

As with any new cloud, you will want to duplicate the hard work your team have done for the rest of your infrastructure and apply that to the new cloud. Dell EMC consulting services will help you:

• Create a logical design and implement security to protect your environment • Design application security policies to protect workloads • Integrate with Azure Public Cloud, your existing infrastructure, directory services (Active Directory),

and third-party software to leverage your current investments • Create a new operating model to organize around service delivery • Optimize your application portfolio: from discovery, assessment, planning and execution, with

successful project management throughout the process • Expand your Azure Stack footprint by migrating appropriate workloads • Develop and publish service catalogs • Deploy a cloud native development platform using Pivotal Cloud Foundry:

o Develop a highly scalable cloud platform design for cloud native development and operations o Implement a pilot, production-ready tool chain supported by a PaaS and architected for

continuous delivery (CD) o Develop a practicing team of operators and developers using PCF to support application

development o Produce an informed backlog and approach for extending the tool chain and onboarding new

teams and applications

Take the Next Step in Your Path to Microsoft Azure Stack

Dell EMC Services offers a portfolio of consulting engagements to accelerate your hybrid cloud initiatives. Our services for Microsoft Azure Stack will help you implement and integrate Azure Stack into your existing environment. We can help you clarify your infrastructure, application and operational priorities to implement and integrate the Dell EMC Cloud for Microsoft Azure Stack into your environment. We can speed your path to productivity and ultimately help you expand your Microsoft Azure environment to deliver even more value to your business.

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