Azure WAF Consultancy: 5-day Assessment

The Well-Architected Framework provides valuable insights and recommendations for anyone involved in the lifecycle of a workload. Regardless of your role in a workload team, if you have the authority to make decisions within the scope of a workload, you can benefit from this framework. The primary objective of the Well-Architected Framework is to set you up for success when you deploy your workload on Azure.

The Cisilion Well-Architected Framework review is a five-day engagement comprising the following phases:

Day 1 – Explore

• Introduction – What is the Well-Architected Framework?
• Gain an understanding of the customer environment.
• Identify key stakeholders and business owners.
• Define outcomes.
• Provide an interactive overview of Azure Advisor.
• Perform a Well-Architected Framework assessment.

Day 2 – Plan

• Discover where the customer is on their cloud journey.
• Provide an in-depth analysis of Azure Advisor recommendations.
• Provide an in-depth analysis of the Well-Architected Framework assessment.
• Identify gaps and quick wins.

Days 3 & 4 – Assess

• Prepare recommendations based on the five pillars of the Well-Architected Framework.

  Reliability Security Cost optimisation Operational excellence Performance efficiency

• Create a RAG (Red/Amber/Green) report on the output from Azure Advisor

Day 5 – Adopt

• A working session with the customer team to:
• Review any identified priority issues.
• Share recommendations.
• Jointly create high-level plans for improvement or mitigation.
• Discuss next steps.