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Inventory datacentres, applications, identity and management dependencies
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Azure Academy · Architecture Explorer
Hybrid Cloud Architecture
Connect on-premises infrastructure and Azure through consistent identity, networking, management and security services.
Objective: Build an operable hybrid platform with explicit dependency, latency, sovereignty and recovery decisions.
Practical guidance
Business context and requirements
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Classify workloads by latency, sovereignty and modernisation readiness
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03
Define migration waves and coexistence duration
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Architecture and design decisions
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Design ExpressRoute or VPN connectivity and resilient routing
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02
Integrate identity, DNS, certificates, Arc and management tooling
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03
Define data synchronisation and hybrid application patterns
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Security, cost and operating model
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Apply consistent security baselines and central monitoring
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02
Model circuit, transfer, platform and dual-running costs
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03
Clarify ownership across cloud, network, security and datacentre teams
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Validation, resilience and evolution
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Test circuit failure, DNS dependency and management continuity
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Validate patching, monitoring and incident workflows across boundaries
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03
Review exit strategy and dependency-reduction milestones
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