Well Architected Review for Landing Zone - 1 week

Overview: Built using the Microsoft Azure Well Architected Framework a trusted set of best practices centered around five pillars:

• Reliability: Focuses on ensuring your workloads are available and can recover from failures. (Resiliency, availability and disaster recovery).
• Security: Focuses on protecting applications and data from threats. (Identity management, network controls and threat protection with tools like Microsoft Defender for Cloud).
• Cost Optimisation: Focuses on managing costs and maximizing the value of your cloud spend. (Controlling spend, optimising resources with Azure Advisor and right sizing).
• Operational Excellence: Focuses on the processes that keep your environment running in production. (Automation, monitoring with Azure Monitor and efficient release pipelines).
• Performance Efficiency: Focuses on the ability of your systems to scale and adapt to changing loads. (Performance monitoring, capacity planning, and scaling strategies).

Deliverables:

• Comprehensive Landing Zone Review: Evaluation of your core Azure foundation across all five Well Architected pillars using Microsoft's official assessment tools.
• Risk Identification & Prioritisation: We highlight high risk issues and categorise improvement opportunities for your Azure environment.
• Clear, Actionable Report: Delivered within two weeks, our report delivers structured insights and a prioritized roadmap for scalable, resilient, and efficient Azure operations. Optional Deep Dive Modules: Pillar-specific assessments (e.g., Security, Cost Optimization) available upon request.

Customer Benefits:

• Leverage Unparalleled Expertise: Benefit from insights gained from architects with 10+ years of experience, learnings from dozens of implementations across a wide range of industries and access to the knowledge of Microsoft MVPs.
• Mitigate Risks Proactively: Identify and address foundational risks before they can impact your business operations, drawing on our deep experience to spot potential issues that others might miss.
• Optimise Performance & Cost: Receive a strategic, data-informed plan to enhance performance and reduce costs, incorporating best practices proven in numerous real world scenarios.
• Accelerate Your Cloud Journey: Get a clear, actionable roadmap aligned with your business goals to enhance your environment's reliability and security posture.
• Get Actionable Insights, Fast: Our efficient process delivers a comprehensive report and prioritized recommendations within two weeks, enabling you to act on improvements without delay.
• Benefit from a Flexible, Focused Review: The engagement can be tailored with optional deep dives into specific areas, such as security or cost, ensuring you get the most value where you need it most.

Key Considerations for Your Cloud Foundation:

• Primary Scope: The foundational cloud environment. This includes the multi-account structure, networking, security baselines and governance policies that support all workloads.
• Core Focus: Governance, security guardrails, scalability of the platform and operational efficiency for all teams.
• Stakeholders: Cloud Platform/Foundation Team, CCoE (Cloud Center of Excellence), Security & Compliance Officers, Network Engineers.
• Typical Outcome: Recommendations to improve security policies (SCPs), streamline account creation, optimise network costs, and enhance centralised logging/monitoring.

What makes Black Belts Well Architected Review unique? Black Belts cloud architects bring an average of 10+ years of hands-on experience in delivering successful cloud transformations. This depth of expertise allows us to combine proven technical excellence with business insight, ensuring your architecture improvements translate into lasting business value.