Outcome Overview

Hosted Control Planes is a strategic enabler for Azure Red Hat OpenShift, providing a hosted control plane that is highly scalable and cost-efficient. It's set to become a cornerstone of the ARO offering.

This outcome is covering for the HyperShift Operator changes and tracking all OCP required changes needed to make ARO w/ HCP happen

State of the Business As part of the broader OpenShift Cloud Services portfolio, ARO is poised to contribute significantly to the OpenShift business within the Azure ecosystem. With a set target, ARO with HCP is expected to play a pivotal role in reaching financial goals through infrastructure optimization and cost reduction.

Success Criteria

• Launch General Availability (GA) of ARO with HyperShift Hosted Control Planes in the first half of the calendar year 2024 (2H CY24).
• Ensure ARO is primed to onboard new customers leveraging HyperShift immediately upon GA.

Execution Plans

• Review and align attached child JIRAs with the HyperShift integration for ARO to ensure they contribute directly to the GA readiness in 2H CY24.
• Optimize the HyperShift operator for deployment on Azure to minimize infrastructure costs and SRE toil, leveraging Azure's unique capabilities and integrating with Azure-specific services and security features. 

Expected Results (what, how, when)

What incremental impact do you expect to create toward the company's Strategic Goals by delivering this outcome?  (possible examples:  unblocking sales, shifts in product metrics, etc. + provide links to metrics that will be used post-completion for review & pivot decisions). {}For each expected result, list what you will measure and when you will measure it (ex. provide links to existing information or metrics that will be used post-completion for review and specify when you will review the measurement such as 60 days after the work is complete)

Post Completion Review – Actual Results

After completing the work (as determined by the "when" in Expected Results above), list the actual results observed / measured during Post Completion review(s).