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 designing Azure landing zones for AKS/AVS/Arc, securing SAP/Oracle, or governing AVD/AI 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":"2026-08-09","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

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-L56	Strategic guidance for planning cloud and AI adoption: business cases, enterprise AI/data strategy, workload-specific (SAP, Oracle, AVD, VMware), and cross-cutting goals like cost, resiliency, security, and sustainability.
Planning	L57-L85	Planning Azure cloud adoption and migration: strategies, roadmaps, workload assessments, cost/skills planning, and detailed plans for AI, SAP, Oracle, AVS, AVD, and startup scenarios.
Readiness & Landing Zones	L86-L210	Designing and operating Azure landing zones: networking, identity, subscriptions, management, automation, multitenant setups, and workload‑specific patterns (AI, SAP, AVS, Oracle, Arc).
Adoption Patterns	L211-L240	Patterns and guidance for adopting Azure: AI agent architectures, AI infrastructure/PaaS choices, cloud-native rollout, and migration/modernization of VDI, VMware, Oracle, and SAP workloads.
Governance	L241-L274	Designing and enforcing governance, security, compliance, and cost controls for Azure and AI workloads (landing zones, Arc, AKS, AVS, AVD, Fabric, Purview), including policies, tagging, and monitoring.
Security	L275-L305	Designing secure Azure landing zones, Zero Trust, IAM, encryption, DevOps/AKS/Arc security, and protecting data/AI/SAP/Oracle workloads with governance and continuous security.
Operations & Management	L306-L345	Operating, monitoring, optimizing, and ensuring BCDR/compliance for Azure and hybrid AI/cloud workloads (AKS, AVS, Arc, Oracle, SAP, Fabric, AVD) across their full lifecycle.
Organization & Teams	L346-L365	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	L366-L421	Designing and operating enterprise landing zones for AKS, RHEL, ARO, AVD, Citrix, AVS, Oracle, SAP—covering identity, networking, security, BCDR, automation, governance, and integration.

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
Define and align an enterprise AI strategy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/strategy
Define executive strategy to unify data for AI	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
Assess strategic benefits of Azure Virtual Desktop adoption	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/azure-virtual-desktop/strategy
Incorporate Azure VMware Solution into cloud strategy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/azure-vmware/strategy
Define unified hybrid and multicloud operations strategy with Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/hybrid/strategy
Align Oracle on Azure migration with cloud strategy	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
Develop a measurable cloud adoption strategy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/strategy/

Planning

Topic	URL
Plan enterprise data architecture to support AI agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai-agents/data-architecture-plan
Define technology plan for AI agents on Microsoft	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai-agents/technology-solutions-plan-strategy
Create an actionable AI adoption plan in Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/plan
Plan Azure migration waves for large estates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/migrate/migration-wave-planning
Create detailed workload migration plans to Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/migrate/plan-migration
Prepare workloads for reliable migration to Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/migrate/prepare-workloads-cloud
Plan Azure cloud modernization strategies and roadmap	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/modernize/plan-cloud-modernization
Prepare organization for Azure cloud modernization	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/modernize/prepare-organization-cloud-modernization
Assess workloads for Azure cloud migration readiness	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/plan/assess-workloads-for-cloud-migration
Use a cloud-native startup adoption plan template	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/plan/cloud-native-adoption-plan

Readiness & Landing Zones

Topic	URL
Design networking for AI workloads on Azure infrastructure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/infrastructure/networking
Select storage architectures for AI on Azure infrastructure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/infrastructure/storage
Decide AI platform sharing, isolation, and colocation	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/platform/ai-platform-sharing-isolation-colocation
Configure secure networking for Azure AI PaaS workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/platform/networking
Prepare Azure environments for scalable AI workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/ready
Design Azure landing zones for unified data platform	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/data/architecture-azure-landing-zones-unify-data-platform
Design Microsoft Fabric architecture for unified data lake	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/data/architecture-fabric-data-lake-unify-data-platform
Design Microsoft Fabric architecture for unified data lake	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/data/architecture-fabric-data-lake-unify-data-platform
Use Azure Virtual Network Manager in landing zones	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/azure-virtual-network-manager

Adoption Patterns

Topic	URL
Standardize process to build secure AI agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai-agents/build-secure-process
Choose single-agent vs multi-agent AI architectures	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai-agents/single-agent-multiple-agents
Implement AI workloads on Azure using CycleCloud and Slurm	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/infrastructure/ai-azure-infrastructure-implementation
Choose compute for AI workloads on Azure infrastructure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/infrastructure/compute
Apply well-architected principles to AI on Azure infrastructure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/infrastructure/well-architected
Use Azure AI PaaS architectures for AI workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/platform/architectures
Select Azure AI PaaS resources for AI solutions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/platform/resource-selection
Build resilient cloud-native solutions on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/cloud-native/build-cloud-native-solutions
Deploy cloud-native Azure solutions with safe rollout	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/cloud-native/deploy-cloud-native-solutions
Plan cloud-native Azure solutions aligned to CAF

Governance

Topic	URL
Establish governance and security baseline for AI agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai-agents/governance-security-across-organization
Establish organizational AI governance aligned to NIST AI RMF	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/govern
Apply governance to AI workloads on Azure infrastructure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/infrastructure/governance
Implement governance for Azure AI PaaS workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/platform/governance
Define and enforce responsible AI policies in Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/responsible-ai-policies
Establish governance and security baselines for Fabric OneLake	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/data/governance-security-baselines-fabric-data-lake-unify-data-platform
Implement data governance and security baselines with Purview	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/data/governance-security-baselines-purview-data-estate-unify-data-platform
Assess and prioritize cloud governance risks	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/govern/assess-cloud-risks
Document effective Azure cloud governance policies	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/govern/document-cloud-governance-policies
Enforce Azure cloud governance policies at scale

Security

Topic	URL
Secure data, compute, and networking for AI on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/infrastructure/security
Apply security baselines to Azure AI PaaS workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/platform/security
Set up an organizational AI security process in Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/secure
Define data product security standards for Microsoft AI services	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/data/operational-standards-data-product-security-standards-unify-data-platform
Define network encryption between on-premises and Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/define-network-encryption-requirements
Restrict cross-tenant Private Endpoint connections	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/limit-cross-tenant-private-endpoint-connections
Design Zero Trust-aligned landing zone segmentation	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-landing-zone-network-segmentation
Enhance security posture of Azure landing zones	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/considerations/landing-zone-security
Secure Azure DevOps and GitHub for landing zone delivery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/considerations/security-considerations-overview

Operations & Management

Topic	URL
Integrate and operate AI agents across organization	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai-agents/integrate-manage-operate
Monitor and manage AI workloads on Azure infrastructure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/infrastructure/management
Establish lifecycle management for AI workloads in Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/manage
Operate and manage Azure AI PaaS workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/platform/management
Optimize Azure cloud-native solutions post-deployment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/cloud-native/optimize-cloud-native-solutions
Standardize data processing for AI and analytics in Fabric	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/data/operational-standards-data-processing-standards-unify-data-platform
Set data product consumption standards for Fabric and Purview	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/data/operational-standards-data-product-consumption-unify-data-platform
Administer and control Azure cloud operations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/manage/administer
Plan and configure monitoring for Azure estates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/manage/monitor
Protect and ensure reliability of Azure estates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/manage/protect

Organization & Teams

Topic	URL
Prepare organizational structures for AI agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai-agents/organization-people-readiness-plan
Build an AI Center of Excellence to drive Azure AI adoption	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai/center-of-excellence
Establish organizational readiness for unified data platform	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/data/organizational-readiness-unify-data-platform
Build and structure a cloud governance team	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/govern/build-cloud-governance-team
Establish cloud operating model organizational structures	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/organize/
Define cloud automation functions and expertise	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/organize/cloud-automation
Implement a cloud center of excellence function	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/organize/cloud-center-of-excellence
Establish cloud data and analytics functions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/organize/cloud-data
Define and staff cloud operations functions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/organize/cloud-operations
Build a cost-conscious cloud organization	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/organize/cost-conscious-organization

Adoption Scenarios

Topic	URL
Adopt organization-wide AI agents with CAF	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai-agents/
Design identity and access management for AKS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/app-platform/aks/identity-and-access-management
Design AKS network topology and connectivity in CAF	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/app-platform/aks/network-topology-and-connectivity
Implement platform automation and DevOps for AKS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/app-platform/aks/platform-automation-and-devops
Design AKS resource organization for app platforms	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/app-platform/aks/resource-organization
Plan scalability for Azure Kubernetes Service environments	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/app-platform/aks/scalability
Choose and configure storage options for AKS workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/app-platform/aks/storage
Plan BCDR for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/app-platform/azure-red-hat-enterprise-linux/business-continuity-disaster-recovery
Apply governance and compliance to RHEL on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/app-platform/azure-red-hat-enterprise-linux/governance-compliance