Can you? Yes. Should you? Probably not. Here’s why…
When I first started learning about the cloud, I continually compared it to an on-premises infrastructure and even initially tried to duplicate the on-premises implementations in the cloud. Of course, that is an obvious first step, but it is also an expensive mistake to think that the cloud is just like an on-premises infrastructure, just with someone else managing the hardware.
The big differences between on-premises thinking and cloud thinking come down to scalability, elastic growth, time to market, and being built around best practices.
While I’ve simplified the premise of a cloud-based infrastructure, the fact that you can subscribe to a service that is built by the experts and then leverage these properly built and scalable solutions gives you a competitive advantage because your team can immediately focus on driving business value, as opposed to the traditional install and configuration process.
When I worked in Microsoft Support, more than 60% of support issues raised by our customers were directly related to improper installation or configuration of a Microsoft product. By eliminating the installation process, and moving users immediately to the configuration step, a significant amount of time and effort can be eliminated.
So, whether you are looking to move to the cloud or are in the process, make sure to keep this information in mind so you save time and money by not trying to use the same mindset as you move to the cloud.
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