Scott Riley, Founder of Cloud Nexus, shows us how to move to effectively move to the cloud.

1. Welcome
@CorecomIT
www.corecomconsulting.co.uk

2. Schedule for this evening
● 6.00pm - Networking
● 6.30pm - Welcome and Introduction: Sophie Dimelow, Infrastructure
Associate Consultant, Corecom Consulting
● 6.40pm – Scott Riley, Founder and Consultant, Cloud Nexus: ‘How to move
your business to the cloud, get it right and stay secure (without
costing a fortune!)’
● 7.15pm - Buffet and Refreshments
● 7.45pm - Group Discussions
● 8.30pm - Event close: Refreshments and Networking
www.corecomconsulting.co.uk

3. How to move your
business to the
cloud, get it right,
stay secure and
not cost a fortune Scott Riley
Cloud Nexus
scottr@cloudnexus.co.uk
No, we couldn’t think of a
longer title… 

4. THE CHALLENGE

5. Security
Threats
Multi-Cloud
Security
InnovationDigital
Transformation
Business Results
Technology
keeps changing
Lack of Agility
Data Protection
New Revenue
Streams
Tools for a Digital
Workforce
Rebuilding
Trust
Bridging the
Skills Gap CIO’s have the challenge
of delivering business
results, modernising the
platforms and delivering a
great user experience
whilst maintaining
compliance
Which vendors
should we use?
CIO PRIORITIES 2020

6. CIO INTERESTS
Digital
Transformation
Infrastructure
Modernisation
Security
Internet of
Things
AI and Machine
Learning
Robotic Process
Automation

7. YOUR STRATEGY

8. Cool TECHNOLOGY
Internet of
Things
AI and Machine
Learning
Robotic Process
Automation

9. Digital
Transformation
Infrastructure
Modernisation
Security
Internet of
Things
AI and Machine
Learning
Robotic Process
Automation

10. THIS is
Office
365
All credit for this infographic goes to the legend that is Kirsty McGrath, Microsoft
MVP at OnPoint Solutions www.onpointsolutions.com.au

11. What Can You Stop Paying For?
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Cisco Duo £2.30
£3.87Desktop AV/Malware Protection: Sophos Endpoint
£4.73Mobile Device Management: VMware Airwatch (per user)
£1.41Email Archiving: Mimecast A1
£1.53Email Anti-Virus/Anti-Spam: Mimecast D1
£1.08Email Safe URL Links: Mimecast S1
£2.27Data Leakage Protection: Symantec DLP
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Office 365 Business Premium £9.60 £15.10 Microsoft 365 Business
Total Cost Per User Per Month £26.79 £15.10
Advanced Threat Protection
Azure Information Protection P1
Email Anti-Virus/Anti-Spam
Exchange Online Archiving
Intune
Windows Defender
Azure AD Premium
Moving to Microsoft 365 Business

12. Digital
Transformation
Infrastructure
Modernisation
Security
Internet of
Things
AI and Machine
Learning
Robotic Process
Automation

13. TRANSFORMING THE BUSINESS
Using Technology to transform how we
collaborate internally and how we
interact with our clients
HARDWARE MANAGEMENT
Capacity, scaling, break/fix, warranty
plans, power, cooling, network
connectivity,
SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT
Patching, Upgrading, Securing,
Monitoring, Maintenance
DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS
Starters, Leavers, Support,
Troubleshooting, Desktop Devices,
MFP, Wi-Fi, Executive Assistance
Is Technology Adding Value to the Business?

14. The UK is leading the way with cloud adoption in
Europe but not just with one provider. Businesses are
turning to multiple cloud providers for best of breed
solutions to power their teams.
Cloud-first with multiple providers
Source: IBM
Percent of companies are operating
in a multi-cloud environment today
85%
In fact, 98% of business expect to be multi-cloud by
2021 as adoption of cloud based collaboration tools
continues.
Enterprise Email
Microsoft Exchange Online, Google Mail
Collaboration Solutions
Cisco Webex, Citrix Go-to-meeting Microsoft Teams
Business Tools
Salesforce, Dynamics CRM, Sage, Xero
Multi-Cloud is here

15. Objectives
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Assess
 Scope and
understand the
deployment
 Right-size the
destination
 Review Licencing
 Review
Networking and
Dependencies
 Select the
optimum
migration method
Migrate
 Build target
environment and
import data
 Configure Server,
Database,
Network and
Backup
 Confirm
successful data
import
 Enable Monitoring
and Reporting
Secure
 Patch and Update
OS and
Applications
 Harden Servers
 Zero Trust
Approach
 Add Intelligent
Threat Protection
 Add Multi-Factor
Authentication
 Remove Legacy
3rd Party Tools
Phase 4
Optimise
Review Sizing,
Scaling and DR
Scheduled
downscaling down
for unused server
hours
Validate Test/Dev
workloads are still
necessary
Move to
Serverless
Applications
Infrastructure Modernisation and Security

16. ASSESS
• Functional Disaster Recovery Tool
• Supports Windows, Linux workloads
• Migrate dedicated, VMware and Hyper-V
workloads
• Free
Azure
Site
Recovery
• Assess existing server infrastructure
• Right-size Target These workloads
• Rapid deployment and data within 1 hour
• Cost model can be prohibitive!

17. A COMMON
MISTAKE

18. A common Mistake when Moving to Azure
Firewall
Load Balancer
Web Servers
Firewall
SQL Servers
On-Premises In Azure
One of the common first errors is
to exactly recreate the on-premise
customer solution in Azure.
1. Engineers look for branded
firewall and load balancing virtual
appliances instead of using the
built in Azure network fabric.
2. Virtual Machines are built in the
same way using Windows OS + a
Web Server or Windows OS +
SQL. This misses the opportunity
to modernise the application using
Serverless options e.g. Azure SQL
services.

19. A modern customer solution on Azure
Firewall
Load Balancer
Web Servers
Firewall
SQL Servers
On-Premises In Azure
1. Azure Web Services
Serverless, Resilient, Load
Distributed, Firewalled
2. Azure Network Fabric
Resilient, Load Distributed
3. Azure SQL Services
Serverless, Resilient, Load
Distributed, Firewalled

20. Azure Fabric Service Examples
1TB Premium
£197 /Month
Windows VM
£176 Per Month
Azure Files
Standard
£81 /Month
Windows VM
£113 Per Month
Azure AD DS
Standard S3
£109 /Month
Windows VM + SQL
£339 /Month
SQL Services
1TB Premium
£197 /Month
Windows VM
£113 /Month
Web Services

21. MIGRATE
• Functional Disaster Recovery Tool
• Supports Windows, Linux workloads
• Migrate dedicated, VMware and Hyper-V
workloads
• Free
Azure
Site
Recovery
• Assess existing server infrastructure
• Right-size Target These workloads
• Rapid deployment and data within 1 hour
• Cost model can be prohibitive!

22. SECURE
1
Server Health Service
A basic Managed Service which provides patching,
security, anti-virus, anti-malware updates. 24/7
reporting, alerting and IT support services.
2
Advanced Security Services
Dedicated Firewall Appliances, Web Application
Firewalls and Intrusion Detection/Prevention Services
are deployed to provide dedicated protection against
internal and external threats.
3
SIEM Services
Security Incident Event Management brings together
data and events from multiple devices. Event
correlation increases the chances of detecting threats.

23. SECURE
• Fixes one of the biggest
challenges of managing a SIEM
Service
• AI Powered, continually updated
• Automatically tags, classifies and
detects threats
• Reduces false positives
• Filters events so you focus on the
real issues which need attention
Azure
Sentinel

24. Optimisation
REDUCE COSTS

25. OPTIMISE
• Reserve Virtual Machine capacity in advance
• Select 1 or 3 Year terms with significant benefits
• Reusable in the same datacentre regions
• Available for Windows VM’s, SQL and Linux
Significant Cost Savings
over pay-as-you-go models
Budget Predictability
Fixed consumption costs
Flexibility
Modify reservations as needed

26. OPTIMISE
Blueprints Delivery Operations
Standardisation
Clear Understanding of
What’s in Scope
Ease and Consistency of
Ticket Resolution
Clear Scope Definition
Transparent Scaling
Points
Predictable Costs
Automation
Standard Timelines
Consistent Approach
Everyone on the Same
Page
Template Delivery

27. Migrations don’t have to take long
WINDOWS SERVER 2008 MIGRATION
So you currently have an on-premise Windows Server running a
mission critical application but you’d like to move it to the cloud?
Windows Server 2008 is end-of-life so it’s going to be officially
unsupported soon.
MIGRATE WINDOWS SERVER 2008 TO AZURE
Just by moving that Windows 2008 server to Azure, Microsoft will extend
to 3 years worth of support. This is a low risk strategy which keeps
things pretty much as they are today from an application perspective.
Under the hood your new Windows Server will benefit from being
hosted on the Azure platform.
SCOPE OF WORKS
• Day 1 : Scope and understand your current service
Server Size, Licencing, Application Dependencies, Networking
Select the best migration method foryou
• Day 2: Build target environment and import data
Configure Server, Network and Backup
Confirm successful data import
• Day 3: Go-Live: Move app connections across
Final checks and handover

28. Windows 10 and Office 2010 End of Life

29. Example Customer Transformation
On-Premise Private Cloud Public Cloud
16 minutes to deploy
Template T-Shirt Size
No Techies needed for deployment
Time to Value: Same Day
60 Days average deployment time
Needed sign-off from Server, Security,
Network Teams
Time to Value: 3 months
14 Days average deployment time
Template T-Shirt sizes
Delivered by Technical Engineers
Time to Value: 1 month
CUSTOMER EXAMPLE

30. IN SUMMARY

31. Objectives
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Assess
 Scope and
understand the
deployment
 Right-size the
destination
 Review Licencing
 Review
Networking and
Dependencies
 Select the
optimum
migration method
Migrate
 Build target
environment and
import data
 Configure Server,
Database,
Network and
Backup
 Confirm
successful data
import
 Enable Monitoring
and Reporting
Secure
 Patch and Update
OS and
Applications
 Harden Servers
 Zero Trust
Approach
 Add Intelligent
Threat Protection
 Add Multi-Factor
Authentication
 Remove Legacy
3rd Party Tools
Phase 4
Optimise
Review Sizing,
Scaling and DR
Scheduled
downscaling down
for unused server
hours
Validate Test/Dev
workloads are still
necessary
Move to
Serverless
Applications
Infrastructure Modernisation and Security

33. Thank You
Scott Riley
Cloud Nexus
scottr@cloudnexus.co.uk

34. Buffet and Refreshments
www.corecomconsulting.co.uk

35. Group Discussions
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36. 1. How can I alleviate my
client’s concerns about the
security of their data if it
goes into the cloud?
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37. 2. What are the benefits of
multi-cloud deployments?
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38. 3. Is serverless the right way
to go and what does this
mean for infrastructure
teams?
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39. Thank you
@CorecomIT
www.corecomconsulting.co.uk