MAY 2020CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM8CHAD LEVERENZ, VICE PRESIDENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, MERCY HOUSINGIN MY ViewWUTILIZING MICROSOFT AZURE CLOUD COMPUTING IN IT ROADMAPhat does your roadmap entail? What outcomes are you targeting?The following are outcomes for the typical IT roadmap utilizing Microsoft Azure enterprise cloud computing:1. The demise of LANs and corporate client VPNs: Local Area Networks (LANs), where clients and servers are on the same private networks, are relics of the initial Age of Computing. The future consists of one-to-one relationships between each client node and cloud end point over the Internet. Endpoints might be services including applications, file repository, database, portals, collaboration hubs, and micro services. Furthermore, there will be no need for client nodes to join a legacy domain and no need to VPN into a network. IT administrators will not need to access nor manage the actual server operating system, server patching, or backup software. IT departments will not need to image desktops, patch client operating systems, deny employees from local administrator access, or worry about installed anti-virus applications. Why?Enterprise cloud computing removes the need for virtual machines (servers) and therefore server operating systems, backups, and patching. Client nodes do not need to join the LAN, legacy domain, nor do they need to VPN into any network because of these one-to-one relationships with the cloud endpoint. Client nodes do not need anti-virus (though I would still recommend it) because cloud endpoints scan every object that is inbound or outbound, uploaded or downloaded, and accessed or exfiltrated by using anti-malware, anti-virus, network security groups, access control lists, VNet peering, advanced threat protection, and Data Loss Prevention rules (DLP).This future-state works because all cloud endpoints for this organization are browser agnostic, operating system agnostic, and client agnostic (mobile, tablet, laptop,
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