Armchair Architects: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Architectures: An Introduction

In this third episode of the Armchair Architect series of the #AzureEnablementShow, David Blank-Edelman is joined by Uli Homann, Microsoft Corporative Vice President and Distinguished Architect, and Eric Charran, Chief Architect at Microsoft to discuss hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.

✅Resources:

• Azure Application Architecture Guide - Azure Architecture Center
• Browse Azure Architecture - Azure Architecture Center
• Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure - Cloud Adoption Framework
• Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Azure Architecture Center

[00:00] Introduction
[01:03] What is the difference between hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud?
[01:18] Uli thinks about them more in terms of multi-environments
[03:30] Eric adds that the lines between hybrid and multi are blurring as components may live in multiple locations
[04:23] App design is not static and needs to make use of vertical scaling
[06:05] Customers don't want to be beholden to one provider, which presents many challenges and potential costs
[07:05] Clients in regulated industries need to be able to extract themselves from systemic dependencies
[08:02] How would Uli architect a brand-new application to extract it from a dependency
[10:03] As architects, is there anything we can do to improve the operational context?

📺 Related Episodes:

• Armchair Architects: Resiliency in the Cloud: an Introduction
• Armchair Architects: Resiliency in the Cloud – Core Patterns

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