Azure Infrastructure Assessment Service - 14 days

Business Problem to be Solved: In recent times, there has been a noticeable trend where organizations are shifting their data and IT infrastructure from traditional on-premises environments to cloud-based solutions, all in pursuit of the various advantages that cloud services can offer. These advantages include the ability to scale resources on-demand, increased flexibility, and potential cost savings.

However, it's important to recognize that many of these organizations do not fully realize the anticipated benefits of this transition. One primary reason for falling short of their expectations is the presence of architectural deficiencies. In simpler terms, this means that the way they design and implement their cloud systems might not be well-suited to their specific needs. This can lead to inefficiencies, unexpected expenses, and underutilized resources within the cloud environment.

Consequently, these less-than-optimal cloud deployments result in higher operational costs for the organizations. In other words, they end up spending more money than initially budgeted for. Surprisingly, despite these increased costs, the organizations often find that they are not receiving the expected value or benefits from their cloud investments. This means that they might be paying more, but they are not seeing a proportional increase in the advantages they had hoped to gain from their move to the cloud.

Solution Offered:

The primary objective of this 14-day Azure well architected review is to thoroughly evaluate your current Azure infrastructure to determine its alignment with your business and technical requirements, as well as Azure infrastructure best practices. Additionally, we will identify opportunities for optimizing costs while maintaining or improving the overall system performance.

Our comprehensive assessment will include, but is not limited to, the following key areas:

• security and governance: This aspect focuses on identifying and mitigating security risks within your Azure workloads. It involves assessing the security controls, identity and access management, data protection, and compliance with industry standards and Azure security best practices.

• Reliability Assessment: Reliability assessments aim to ensure that your workloads can meet your availability and fault-tolerance requirements. This includes examining redundancy, monitoring, and disaster recovery capabilities.

• Performance Efficiency This component evaluates the efficiency and performance of your Azure workloads. It includes analyzing resource utilization, scaling strategies, and the optimization of resource configurations.

• Cost Optimization: The cost optimization aspect aims to identify opportunities for reducing Azure spending while maintaining performance and meeting business needs. This can involve analyzing usage patterns, reserved instance recommendations, and strategies for managing costs.

MIT-ESP Methodology

a. Information Gathering b. Infrastructure Discovery c. Conduct the assessment. a. Security and Compliance Review b. Performance analysis c. Cost analysis d. Best Practice evaluation d. Documentation, reporting, and recommendations e. Presentation and Client review