/azure-cloud-adoption-framework

name: azure-cloud-adoption-framework
description: Expert guidance for planning and executing cloud adoption using Azure Cloud Adoption Framework. Covers strategy, planning, readiness & landing zones, adoption patterns, governance, security, operations & management, organization & teams, and adoption scenarios. Use when planning Azure landing zones, AVD, AVS, SAP, Oracle, AKS, Arc, or Citrix workloads, and other Azure Cloud Adoption Framework related development tasks.
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata:
  generated_at: "2026-09-13"
  generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"

Azure Cloud Adoption Framework Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for planning and executing cloud adoption using Azure Cloud Adoption Framework. Covers strategy, planning, readiness & landing zones, adoption patterns, governance, security, operations & management, organization & teams, and adoption scenarios. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: Use the **Category Index** below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., `L35-L120`), use `read_file` with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., `[security.md](security.md)`), use `read_file` on the linked reference file

> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: If `metadata.generated_at` is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If `mcp_microsoftdocs` tools are not available, suggest the user install it: [Installation Guide](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md)

This skill requires **network access** to fetch documentation content:

• **Preferred**: Use `mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill`. Returns Markdown.
• **Fallback**: Use `fetch_webpage` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown`. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

| Category | Lines | Description | |----------|-------|-------------| | Strategy | L37-L59 | Strategic guidance for planning cloud and AI adoption: business cases, exec strategy, data and hybrid/multicloud plans, cost, security, resiliency, sustainability, and workload-specific roadmaps. | | Planning | L60-L88 | Planning Azure cloud and AI adoption: migration waves, workload readiness, data/tech architecture, cost, skills, and roadmaps for AVD, VMware, Oracle, SAP, and cloud modernization. | | Readiness & Landing Zones | L89-L204 | Designing and operating Azure landing zones: networking, identity, subscriptions, management, automation, multitenant setups, and workload-specific patterns (AI, AVS, SAP, AVD, Citrix, Oracle). | | Adoption Patterns | L205-L227 | Patterns and guidance for planning, migrating, modernizing, and operating Azure workloads (cloud‑native, AI, SAP, Oracle, AVD), including architecture choices, rollout, and post‑deployment tasks. | | Governance | L228-L262 | Designing and enforcing Azure governance, security, compliance, cost, and tagging policies and guardrails across AI, data, landing zones, Arc, SAP, AVD, VMware, Citrix, and other workloads. | | Security | L263-L292 | Designing secure Azure landing zones, identity/RBAC, encryption, network protection, DevOps/AKS/Arc hardening, and workload-specific security for AI, SAP, Oracle, and SQL during cloud adoption. | | Operations & Management | L293-L332 | Operating, monitoring, and optimizing Azure and hybrid workloads (AI, data, AKS, AVD, SAP, Oracle, Arc, VMware), including lifecycle, BCDR, automation, and management baselines. | | Organization & Teams | L333-L352 | Organizing people and teams for Azure and AI: roles, structures, RACI, CoEs, governance, operations, security, data, DevOps, and breaking silos for effective cloud adoption. | | Adoption Scenarios | L353-L424 | End-to-end adoption, migration, landing zone, networking, security, governance, BCDR, and operations patterns for AKS, AVD, AVS, Arc, SAP, Oracle, RHEL, OpenShift, Citrix on Azure |

Strategy

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Create a business plan for AI agent adoption | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai-agents/business-strategy-plan | | Create an organization-wide AI strategy and roadmap | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/strategy | | Define unified data strategy for AI and analytics | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/data/executive-strategy-unify-data-platform | | Define unified data strategy for AI and analytics | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/data/executive-strategy-unify-data-platform | | Identify innovation opportunities with Azure Virtual Desktop | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/azure-virtual-desktop/innovate | | Define strategic benefits of Azure Virtual Desktop adoption | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/azure-virtual-desktop/strategy | | Align cloud strategy with Azure VMware Solution capabilities | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/azure-vmware/strategy | | Define hybrid and multicloud strategy using Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/hybrid/strategy | | Define unified hybrid and multicloud operations strategy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/hybrid/strategy | | Assess strategic impact of migrating Oracle workloads to Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/oracle-on-azure/oracle-landing-zone-strategy | | Define cloud strategy for SAP workloads on Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/strategy | | Define executive strategy for Microsoft Sovereign Cloud adoption | https://learn.micros