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Assess your cloud adoption strategy

This article outlines a process to assess your existing cloud adoption strategy. Use assessment feedback to inform your organization of your current cloud maturity, identify gaps, and improve.

Diagram that shows the phase for assessing your cloud adoption strategy.

Every cloud journey is unique, and you should align your strategy with your business goals. You must optimize your cloud adoption strategy and implementation plan when you migrate or innovate in the cloud. You can choose between several cloud services and pathways for cloud adoption. Understand your options to choose the right solution for your organization.

Assessment review tool

To assess your current cloud strategy posture, use the Cloud Adoption Strategy Evaluator assessment tool.

A screenshot that shows the Cloud Adoption Strategy Evaluator assessment.

Follow these steps to assess and document your cloud adoption maturity:

  1. Assess maturity: Use the Cloud Adoption Strategy Evaluator assessment.

  2. Identify gaps: Discover gaps in your current cloud adoption strategy and document them.

  3. Get guidance: Define action points based on the gaps that you identify. Educate your business about action points and information to implement in your new or updated cloud strategy. Use guidance from the assessment to address gaps.

  4. Iterate plans: Repeat this assessment as your cloud adoption strategy matures. Iterate and refine as necessary across the lifecycle of your cloud footprint.

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