The Cloud…and all that Jazz

Who are we?

Nick Steve

What is “the Cloud”?

• Hard to define so instead…

Characteristics of “the Cloud”

Elastic and Scalable• Can add or remove resources on-demand

…As a Service• Pay for what you use.

Remote / Hosted• Connect to “it” via the internet

SAAS• Use it as is• Always up-to-

date• End user

orientated finished products

Office 365, Xero, JIRA etc

PAAS• SAAS for

developers – has API’s and lets you deploy “stuff”

Azure (SQL, Websites)

IAAS• Full control and

responsibility of the environment

Azure, FPWeb, Rackspace

Flavas of “the Cloud”

Flava Flav!

SharePoint in “the Cloud”

Office 365• “All In” vs. Hybrid

– AD Federation– Integrate with Azure or On-Premises

• Always up to date

IAAS• Choose your provider… e.g. Azure• Full control -> Code and configuration

Should we go to “the Cloud”?

You tell us the Pro’s and Con’s of “the Cloud”

It’s not SharePoint…?• Development limitations

• No full trust solutions• Sandbox• App Model

• PowerShell limitations• LOB integration• Functional … architectural

Other Things• Authentication• Financial changes• Legal• Data sovereignty

• Financial, Government & Health data

• Think differently…its now “a service”

Office 365 Challenges

Why should we go to “the Cloud”?

• Work from (almost) anywhere & any device

• Collaborate outside your organisation• Pay for what you use• Deploy and scale rapidly• Reduce cost

– Lead time– Infrastructure and administration

How do we get there