Cloud Architecture: Design Decisions (2018)

Strong architecture begins with smart design decisions. Learn how to define and map requirements for a solid cloud-based architecture.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know

1. Beyond Basic Architecture

• Going beyond basic architecture
• Advanced architecture: Example 1
• Advanced architecture: Example 2
• Necessary skills, tools, and processes

2. Define a Business Case

• Build a business case
• Hard costs
• Soft costs

3. Define the Requirement Patterns

• What storage is needed?
• What processing is needed?
• What data and databases are needed?
• Other services to consider

4. Cloud Architecture Concepts

• Map requirements to storage
• Map requirements to processing
• Map requirements to databases
• Map to security and governance
• Map to management and monitoring
• Making sense of it all

5. Advanced Topics

• Performance
• Security
• Serverless
• Containers

Conclusion

• Next steps