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2 to 3 weeks · $15K to $35K

Confirm Your Azure Architecture Before the Next Approval.

When cost drift, governance gaps, landing zone questions, AI readiness, or security architecture needs review before your team commits to more work, the Azure Architecture Assessment settles it. Fixed scope, fixed price, 2 to 3 weeks, ending in a 90-Day Action Plan ready for review.

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Use This When

Use This When Azure or AI Work Needs Review.

  • An AI pilot has business support but production controls are unclear.
  • Cloud, data, security, or governance owners are not aligned.
  • The team needs a 90-Day Action Plan before approving larger delivery.
  • A vendor, scope, or implementation choice needs architecture evidence.

Delivery Structure

How the Engagement Runs.

  1. 01Intake and evidence request
  2. 02Cloud, data, AI, security, and governance review
  3. 03Current state findings and risk prioritization
  4. 04Review meeting with action plan and recommended actions

Outcomes

What the Assessment Gives Your Team.

The assessment gives your team current-state findings, prioritized risks, named owners, and a 90-Day Action Plan tied to the next approval decision.

What You Get

Output 01
Architecture assessment summary
Output 02
Current state findings and risk register
Output 03
Prioritized AI or cloud use cases
Output 04
ADR candidates for material architecture decisions
Output 05
90-Day Action Plan
Output 06
Recommendation for Blueprint, Build, Governance, internal execution, or no further work

How We Work

  • Assess the current state and business objective.
  • Prioritize production risks, use cases, blockers, and owners.
  • Map findings to Cloud Adoption Framework, Azure Landing Zones, Well-Architected Framework pillars, AI decision questions, and operating guidance.
  • Identify material decisions that need an Architecture Decision Record (ADR) before Blueprint, Build, or Governance.
  • Recommend what to fix, fund, build, govern, or defer.

Free Tools

Check Your Starting Point First.

Azure Architecture Scorecard

A five-minute self-check across the same review areas the assessment covers. The result names your weakest architecture areas before you book.

Azure ADR Tool

Write one Architecture Decision Record free, with Well-Architected tradeoffs and a diagram. ADR candidates are a named output of the assessment.

Questions

Before You Book.

The first call confirms the goal, the timeline, and whether this service matches the work.

Is this a technical audit?

It is broader than a technical audit. The assessment reviews the business objective alongside architecture, AI, data, security, and governance, so the recommendation is one a sponsor can approve, not just a list of technical findings.

Do we need production access?

No. The first pass starts with diagrams, cost context, architecture notes, team interviews, and sanitized evidence. We agree deeper access only when the work requires it.

What happens after the assessment?

You get a clear recommendation: move into an Architecture Blueprint Sprint, a Pilot to Production Build, a governance retainer, internal execution, or no further engagement. There is no obligation to continue past the Assessment.

Start With the Azure Architecture Assessment.

Unreviewed work does not wait: cost drift, unclear owners, and approval pressure compound until someone confirms the scope. Bring your Azure or AI context, timeline, blockers, and what needs approval. The first architecture call is free for qualified teams and confirms whether the Assessment should come first.

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Related services: Architecture Blueprint Sprint