12 best practices for platform teams

Successful cloud adoption requires a new operating model that transforms infrastructure and tools from a diverse collection of ad hoc deployments to a unified central platform that provides consistency across all four layers of your cloud estate: infrastructure, security, networking, and applications. Organizations often use a platform team to build this platform following the blueprint of a cloud operating model. 

Also known as cloud, DevOps, or SRE teams, the platform team is typically made up of cloud engineers who support application teams with standardized workflows and shared services across different layers of the cloud. They’re responsible for building and deploying an organization’s cloud tools and systems — just like a software platform is developed and managed. 

Download this white paper to learn more about the three phases of cloud adoption, the role a platform team plays, and 12 best practices to set up these teams and the platforms they create for success.