Cloud Enablement
Cloud Adoption Framework Services
Turn cloud ambition into a structured program with a clear strategy, a ready-to-use landing zone, proportionate governance and an operating model your teams can sustain.
Adopt the Cloud with a Plan, Not a Patchwork
The major cloud providers each publish a cloud adoption framework that captures lessons from thousands of customer journeys. Microsoft’s framework for Azure is organized around methodologies such as Strategy, Plan, Ready, Adopt, Govern, Secure and Manage. The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework groups capabilities into Business, People, Governance, Platform, Security and Operations perspectives. Google Cloud’s framework assesses maturity across themes including learning, leading, scaling and securing. All share one message: technology alone does not make adoption succeed.
Hanoi Technology uses these frameworks pragmatically. We do not hand you a generic methodology; we adapt the relevant parts to your goals, size and regulatory context. Together we define why you are moving, what moves first, how environments are structured and secured, how costs and risks are governed and how teams will operate. The result is a cloud foundation you can build on for years.
The Challenge
What Goes Wrong Without an Adoption Framework
Organizations that skip foundational planning tend to meet the same obstacles.
Unclear Motivations and Outcomes
Cloud programs launched to cut costs, exit a data center or speed up innovation need different plans. When motivations are not agreed, priorities conflict and success cannot be measured.
Accounts and Subscriptions Without Structure
Teams create cloud accounts on demand with inconsistent networking, naming and access. Retrofitting security and governance across a sprawling estate later is slow and costly.
Skills and Organizational Gaps
Infrastructure teams used to ticket-based provisioning must learn automation, cloud security and cost management. Without a skills plan, the cloud is run like a remote data center.
Governance That Arrives Too Late
Policies for security, cost and compliance are defined after workloads are live, triggering remediation projects and friction between teams that have already shipped.
Business Value
Benefits of a Framework-Led Cloud Adoption
Shared Direction
Executives, IT and business owners agree on goals, priorities and measures of success before significant money is spent.
A Secure Landing Zone from Day One
Every new workload lands in a prepared environment with identity, networking, logging and guardrails already in place.
Faster, Safer Workload Onboarding
Standard patterns and automated provisioning let teams deploy in hours while staying within policy.
Predictable Costs
Budgets, tagging and cost allocation are built into the foundation, so spend is visible and owned from the first month.
Ready People and Processes
Role-based training and a defined operating model prepare teams to run cloud services effectively.
Lower Long-Term Risk
Governance and security that evolve with adoption avoid the expensive remediation projects common in unplanned estates.
The Landing Zone Is Where Strategy Becomes Real
Strategy documents only matter when they shape the environment engineers actually use. A well-designed landing zone encodes your decisions on identity, network, security and cost into automation, so every team benefits without having to read the policy first.
Our Services
Hanoi Technology’s Cloud Adoption Framework Services
From strategy to a working landing zone and the operating model to sustain it.
Cloud Strategy and Business Case
We clarify motivations, expected outcomes and constraints, and build a business case that compares current costs with the projected cloud model.
- Cloud strategy document
- TCO and business case
- Success metrics
Cloud Readiness Assessment
We assess applications, infrastructure, skills, security and processes against framework perspectives to identify gaps and priorities.
- Readiness scorecard
- Application portfolio overview
- Gap analysis
Adoption Plan and Roadmap
We sequence workloads, foundations and organizational changes into a realistic plan with milestones, dependencies and resourcing.
- Adoption roadmap
- Workload prioritization
- Resource plan
Landing Zone Design and Build
We design and deploy multi-account or multi-subscription landing zones with identity, network topology, security services and logging, all as code.
- Landing zone architecture
- Infrastructure as code
- Account vending process
Cloud Governance
We define and automate policies for security, cost, compliance, resource consistency and identity, with clear ownership and exception processes.
- Governance policies
- Policy as code
- Tagging and cost allocation standards
Cloud Operating Model and Skills
We design the cloud center of excellence, team responsibilities and support model, and provide role-based enablement for your staff.
- Operating model
- Cloud CoE charter
- Skills and training plan
Our Approach
How We Apply the Cloud Adoption Framework
A practical sequence that gets the first workloads live quickly on solid foundations.
- 01
Define Strategy
We run executive and stakeholder workshops to agree on motivations, business outcomes, risk appetite and the measures that will define success.
Deliverables: Strategy and outcomes · Executive alignment summary
- 02
Plan the Journey
We review the application portfolio, assess skills and define the adoption roadmap, including which workloads move first and how.
Deliverables: Digital estate inventory · Adoption plan
- 03
Get Ready
We design and deploy the landing zone with identity, networking, security, monitoring and governance, using the provider’s reference architecture as a starting point.
Deliverables: Deployed landing zone · Operations baseline
- 04
Adopt
We migrate or build the first workloads on the landing zone, validate patterns and refine the foundation based on real experience.
Deliverables: First workloads live · Validated patterns
- 05
Govern and Manage
We activate continuous governance, cost management and operations processes, and establish a regular review cadence for improvement.
Deliverables: Governance dashboards · Quarterly review cadence
Use Cases
Cloud Adoption Framework Scenarios
Situations where a structured adoption approach pays off.
First Move to the Cloud
A mid-sized company with on-premises systems plans its first cloud workloads. A landing zone and governance model are in place before the first application moves.
Bringing Order to Cloud Sprawl
An organization with many independently created accounts consolidates them into a governed structure. Security, networking and billing become consistent.
Regulated Industry Adoption
A financial or healthcare company must meet strict data residency and audit rules. Controls are mapped to regulations and enforced through policy.
Post-Merger Cloud Integration
Two merged businesses run separate cloud environments with different standards. A unified framework sets common foundations and a consolidation plan.
Cloud Center of Excellence Launch
IT leadership wants a small expert team to drive standards and enablement. The CoE charter, roles and service catalog are defined and launched.
Preparing for Data and AI Workloads
A company planning analytics and AI platforms needs secure, governed environments with private connectivity and controlled data access.
Technology
Frameworks and Tools We Use
Provider frameworks and accelerators, adapted to your context.
- Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework
- AWS Cloud Adoption Framework
- Google Cloud Adoption Framework
- Azure Landing Zones
- AWS Control Tower
- AWS Organizations
- Google Cloud Foundation
- Azure Policy
- AWS Config
- Terraform
- Azure Migrate
- AWS Migration Hub
- Microsoft Entra ID
- AWS IAM Identity Center
- Cost Management and Billing
Platforms
Deliver Cloud Adoption Framework on Your Preferred Platform
Why Hanoi Technology
Why Organizations Choose Hanoi Technology
Senior, Cross-Functional Teams
Strategy, data, AI, cloud and engineering specialists work as one team, so nothing is lost between hand-offs.
Proven Delivery
More than 50 projects delivered for clients in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Radical Transparency
A written update every week and a demo of working software every sprint, so you always know where things stand.
Cost-Effective Global Delivery
Experienced engineers from our Hanoi delivery hub, with working-hour overlap for every major time zone.
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Real estate
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Resources
Featured Resources
Industry trends and practical guidance to help you get more value from data, AI and technology.
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OpenTelemetry in 2026: Building a Vendor-Neutral Observability Strategy
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Start Your Cloud Journey on Solid Ground
Book a free consultation to discuss your cloud goals and current environment. We will recommend the adoption steps and foundations that fit your organization.
Cloud Adoption Framework FAQ
What is a cloud adoption framework?
A cloud adoption framework is a structured body of guidance, best practices and tools that helps organizations plan and execute cloud adoption. The major providers each publish one: Microsoft for Azure, AWS and Google Cloud. They cover strategy, planning, environment readiness, migration and innovation, governance, security and operations. Rather than a rigid process, they work best as a checklist of decisions and capabilities to address, adapted to your circumstances.
Which provider’s framework should we use?
Generally, use the framework of your primary cloud provider, because its reference architectures, landing zone accelerators and tools are designed for that platform. The underlying principles are similar across frameworks, so for multi-cloud environments we combine elements and define common governance standards. What matters most is that your organization makes the key decisions consciously: why you adopt cloud, how environments are structured, and how security, cost and operations are governed.
What is a landing zone?
A landing zone is a pre-configured, secure and scalable cloud environment into which workloads are deployed. It typically includes an account or subscription hierarchy, centralized identity and access, network topology and connectivity to on-premises systems, security and logging services, policy guardrails and cost management. Defined as code, it lets teams provision new environments quickly and consistently while staying compliant with your standards.
How long does a cloud adoption framework engagement take?
Strategy and planning work typically takes four to eight weeks, depending on the size of the application portfolio and the number of stakeholders. Deploying a production-ready landing zone generally takes another four to eight weeks. We often run these in parallel and onboard the first workloads within the first three months, so the foundation is validated by real use rather than theory.
Do small and mid-sized companies need this?
Yes, though at a proportionate scale. A smaller company does not need an elaborate cloud center of excellence or dozens of policies, but it still benefits from a clear strategy, a well-structured landing zone, sensible identity and network design and basic cost controls. Getting these right early is much cheaper than fixing them after the environment has grown. We scale the framework to your size and pace.
Can you help after the landing zone is built?
Yes. We can migrate and modernize workloads onto the landing zone, implement security and FinOps practices, and operate the environment through managed services. We also review and evolve the landing zone as your requirements change, for example adding new regions, connectivity or compliance controls. Our goal is a foundation that grows with you, not a one-time project.