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Cloud management overview

Effective cloud management ensures your Azure cloud estate aligns with business objectives and minimizes the effects of incidents. The Cloud Adoption Framework's (CAF) Manage methodology outlines the RAMP (Ready, Administer, Monitor, Protect) process and provides clear steps for managing your Azure cloud estate.

The CAF Manage RAMP process supports organizations ranging from large enterprises to startups. It guides you through the process of establishing cloud operations and maintaining your Azure estate.

Diagram showing the CAF Manage process: ready, administer, monitor, and protect (RAMP).

Cloud management checklist

Use the cloud management checklist to review tasks associated with each step of the CAF Manage RAMP process. Navigate quickly to detailed guidance through provided links.

Cloud management step (RAMP) Cloud management tasks Resources
Ready operations Identify your management responsibilities
Establish your cloud operations
Document your cloud operations
Manage your cloud operations
Improve operations
Azure management resources
Administer Azure Identify management scope
Manage change
Manage security
Manage compliance
Manage data
Manage costs
Manage code and runtime
Manage cloud resources
Manage code deployments
Manage drift
Manage resource sprawl
Manage operating systems
Azure management tools
Monitor Azure Identify monitoring scope
Plan strategy
Design solution
Monitor service health
Monitor security
Monitor compliance
Monitor costs
Monitor data
Monitor code and runtime
Monitor cloud resources
Configure alerting
Visualize monitoring data
Azure monitoring tools
Monitoring reference
Monitoring responsibilities
Protect Azure Identify reliability responsibilities
Define reliability requirements
Manage data reliability
Manage code reliability
Manage resource reliability
Manage business continuity
Manage security controls
Manage security incidents
Azure reliability tools
Azure security tools

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