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The Cloud Adoption Framework with NGT's steps, four migration stages and Well-Architected.

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Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework, step by step with NGT

Each CAF methodology with the NGT step that delivers it.

  1. 01Strategy
    • Motivations and business outcomes
    • NGT step: Assessment
    Business justification
  2. 02Plan
    • Digital estate, skills, adoption plan
    • NGT step: Planning
    Cloud adoption planReview · adjust · align · consent
  3. 03Ready
    • First landing zone, then expand
    • NGT step: MVP / PoC
    A landing zone ready for the pilot
  4. 04Adopt
    • Migrate or innovate, workload by workload
    • NGT step: Implementation
    Workloads live on AzureGo-live
  5. 05Govern
    • Policy, cost and security baselines
    • From day one
    Guardrails in force
  6. 06Manage
    • Operations baseline and maturity
    • NGT step: Operation
    A managed estate
02

Four stages of an Azure migration

What is done, what is handed over and which tools carry it, stage by stage.

Stage
What is done
What is handed over
Tools
01Assessment and discovery
What is done
  • KPIs and performance baselines
  • Dependency maps
  • Strategy and cost estimate
What is handed over
  • Scope, RACI, cost and roadmap
  • Migration solution and plan
Tools
  • Azure Migrate
  • Data Migration Assistant
02Implementation
What is done
  • Rehost and configure
  • Refactor; convert databases
  • Migrate data
What is handed over
  • Migrated applications and data
Tools
  • Azure Migrate
  • Database Migration Service
  • SQL Server Migration Assistant
03Testing and optimisation
What is done
  • Functional, network and performance tests
  • Production verification
  • Cutover, with rollback ready
What is handed over
  • Approval testing
  • Systems live on Azure
Tools
  • JMeter
  • Azure Monitor
04Operation
What is done
  • Infrastructure, application and database management
  • Security, logs and cost monitoring
  • Incident management
What is handed over
  • Improvements
  • Monitoring and telemetry report
Tools
  • Azure Monitor
  • Log Analytics
  • Dynatrace
  • Splunk
03

Well-Architected reviews on Azure

Five pillars, reviewed at design and again after go-live.

Azure Well-Architected Framework
Step 1 of 5

Security

Identity first, private by default, keys under the customer's control.

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SourcesNGT Azure Service Offering v1.0 (Dec 2024)NGT Service Offering v2.0 (Mar 2025)FPT Software Hanoi certification register (Nov 2024; 2025 records)NGT engineer profiles, a sample of 38 (Nov 2024 – Mar 2026)Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for AzureAzure Well-Architected Framework