How Levi's is Transforming Their IT Estate with Azure - BRK156

Discover how Levi's successfully transformed their entire global IT infrastructure through a comprehensive Azure migration and modernization strategy in this 41-minute conference talk from Microsoft Ignite 2025. Learn about the challenges Levi's faced with legacy data centers and their strategic decision to move to public cloud, covering the migration of Windows Server, SQL Server, SAP, Oracle, and other critical systems. Explore their end-to-end approach that combined data and application modernization with infrastructure re-platforming to achieve greater agility, scalability, and cost savings. Gain insights into their cloud journey methodology, including how they started small to build internal cloud skills, carefully grouped applications during migration, and integrated AI into workflows for technicians and engineers. Understand the development of their FinOps program to centralize and manage cloud usage across independent customer environments. The session features real-world lessons learned, tangible business outcomes, and practical strategies for enterprise-scale cloud transformation, presented by Microsoft experts Maria Bledsoe, Shawn Harris, and Michael Womack.

Syllabus

0:00 - Transition to live presentation with Michael and Sean
00:04:26 - Levi’s history and background of innovation
00:05:15 - Challenges with legacy data centers and decision to move to public cloud
00:12:31 - Beginning the cloud journey and defining keys to success
00:12:59 - Starting small and building internal cloud skills through migration
00:21:06 - Integrating AI into workflows for technicians and engineers
00:23:00 - Lessons learned: grouping applications carefully during migration
00:24:20 - Q&A: Overview of migration scale, team size, and cloud services
00:31:42 - Development of FinOps program to centralize and manage independent customer cloud usage