Playbook
Plant floor workloads need cloud connectivity that does not blink
A manufacturer is moving MES analytics to Azure but production lines cannot tolerate the variability of public-internet VPN. The team wants predictable latency, redundant paths, and a unified hub for sites without a per-site fabric build.
Trigger — OT/IT convergence project; production uptime SLA cannot drop.
Good outcome — ExpressRoute primary with VPN backup, Virtual WAN hub, Azure Arc for plant-floor governance.