Azure Modernization with
Kubernetes Services
Two-Week Proof of Concept
Delivered by Rackspace Professional Services

Developers and IT tasked by the business to minimize cost andleverage capabilities inherent in the cloud often look to Kubernetes, thepopular open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and managing applications
via containerization.
While powerful and proven, deploying and managing containers can be daunting without the right skillsets andprocesses—organizational lack of confidence slows cloud migration, hampering innovation and efforts to reduce
operational cost and complexity.
Early identification of gaps in skillsets and technologies helps to mitigate risks (in orchestrating a cloud migration
across multiple departments and interdisciplinary teams) and to ensure efficient operations, application
resiliency, and highly secure access to intelligent data. Having clarification as to costs and a framework to begin
with helps accelerate implementing automation, monitoring, and support capabilities necessary to shift to asupportive cloud-native infrastructure.

Faster implementation of cost-effective, automated security, management and policy adherence provided in Azure
Kubernetes Services lets IT and developers to more effectively build innovative solutions to speed time to market
and grow the business.

OPERATE• Automate to reduce overhead and free IT resources tomore effectively collaborate with dev/LOB leads• Balance security and compliance with rapid innovation• Accelerate upskilling and knowledge development for
both onsite and remote workers• Reduce CapEx/OpEx spend by centralizing
development and supporting operation in the cloud(licenses, HW/SW)• Enforce security policies and analyze regulatorycompliance to reduce risk
• Increase the productivity and management ofoperations teamsINNOVATE• Increase transparency, access and use of data to
make intelligent business decisions• Improve application performance• Free developers to focus on innovation rather thanmanaging infrastructure• Accelerate time to market and competitive agility• Give developers the modernized platforms they want
to work on• Establish collaboration methodologies and bestpractices that enable smart risk-taking

Rackspace cloud experts and Microsoft Azure Kubernetes help support driving a culture of collaboration. Using
modern cloud technology and methodologies, software engineering, development and IT resources can more
rapidly build, deliver and scale solutions that provide greater visibility into intelligent data that drives businessgrowth.

Rackspace Professional Services and Elastic Engineering teams provide leadership in
assisting companies in their journey to the cloud on Microsoft Azure, helping to identify
and manage risk, enforce strict security protocols and processes and help IT lower
operational costs.

Your path to modernized applications starts here with
Azure Kubernetes Services
Azure Kubernetes Services Proof of Concept
The Kubernetes Proof of Concept will help clarify costs and provide a framework to begin theimplementing of automation, monitoring, and support capabilities necessary for a successful shift tocloud-native infrastructure.
• Review current application portfolio for suitable modernization approach• Identify a single customer application to modernize using Azure Kubernetes Services

Duration: Two Weeks

Ask if you qualify for free funding*: $10,000*Terms and conditions apply

Proof of Concept Deliverable

Working version of your chosen application, modernized as part of the Proof of Concept using Azure
Kubernetes Services

Modern IT Operations
Modernize and optimize application and infrastructure performance using Rackspace Elastic
Engineering, an agile support team with flexible, tiered pricing.
Rackspace Professional and Elastic Engineering Azure Kubernetes Services Proof ofConcept and Beyond

Assessment

Proof of Concept

Fast Start

Elastic Engineering

Identify and prioritize apps
for cloud modernization

Migrate andmodernize 1st app

Next 5-10 apps DEV/Test,Staging, Integration

Transition to EE for
ongoing modernization

Assessment

1st App in Production

Production at Scale

Manage & Innovate

READY
TO GETSTARTED?

Register for Rackspace’s one day Discovery Workshop to analyze your current
desktop environment and develop a checklist of steps to take for migrating toand supporting a virtual desktop environment with Azure Virtual Desktop.

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