Scope
Azure cloud consulting: sustainable cloud transformation with migration planning, security, cost optimization and operational management.
Azure Cloud Consulting
End-to-end cloud consulting from Azure migration to operational optimization.
Key Highlights
- Current infrastructure analysis and migration roadmap
- Establishing the identity, access and security foundation
- Cost visibility and resource optimization
- Operations, monitoring and backup standards
Technologies Behind This Service
Decision Support Guides
Guides Related to This Service
Review the technical guides that simplify the purchasing decision to clarify the scope of your project.
Who Is This Service For?
Azure Cloud Consulting context: Azure Cloud Consulting is designed especially for organizations that want a controlled migration to the cloud, and for teams targeting cost optimization and secure governance. Discovery starts with tenant and subscription ownership, identity, network boundaries, policy, logging, cost responsibility, and the team that will operate the target platform.
Azure Cloud Consulting context: The topics most frequently encountered in projects: uncontrolled resource sprawl, cost surprises, identity/permission complexity, and lack of monitoring. In the AnatoliaCore approach, these issues are converted into prioritized actions with an owner, a validation check, and a rollback condition. Impact analysis is performed at every step, changes are applied with a rollback plan, and results are reported.
Scope and Deliverables
- Landing zone and subscription structure
- Entra ID and access policies
- Cost management and tagging standard
- Backup/monitoring policy set
- Migration wave plan and operations guide
Technical Approach and Technologies
Azure Cloud Consulting context: When designing the technical architecture, performance, security, sustainability and cost balance are addressed together. The technology set is chosen to preserve the organization’s existing investment; a phased modernization plan is introduced when needed. Vendors and platforms frequently used in this service: Microsoft Azure, Entra ID, Defender, Azure Backup, Azure Monitor.
Example Scenario
Azure Cloud Consulting context: Example scenario: in an organization with on-prem applications, low-risk services are moved in the first wave; a governance layer is established together with a security baseline, cost alerts and an operations dashboard.
Related Guide Content
Related Technologies
Hybrid Connectivity and Migration Wave Plan
Map DNS, identity, network latency, data volume, and application dependencies before grouping workloads into waves. Each wave needs an owner, an acceptance check, a cutover window, and an explicit rollback trigger.
Applying FinOps to Azure Operations
Allocate spend by subscription, resource group, tag, team, and workload; assign owners for budgets and anomalies. Validate performance and usage history before right-sizing or making a commitment decision.
Pre-Purchase Checklist
- Is the current infrastructure inventory and critical workload list up to date?
- Are the target service level (SLA) and reporting period clear?
- Are change management and rollback scenarios defined?
- Is the operations responsibility matrix (internal + external team) documented?
- Are measurable acceptance criteria defined for the agreed delivery phases?
Landing Zone and Subscription Hierarchy
Clarifying landing zone boundaries, identity governance and the cost-control model early on.
Identity, Policy and Cost Governance Model
Subscription/tag standard during the discovery phase, security baseline and monitoring during the implementation phase, optimization and sustainable operations handover before acceptance and handover.
Acceptance and Handover Criteria
- Clear ownership and closure date for high-business-impact risks.
- Post-change performance and security validation report.
- Separate action summaries for management and technical teams.
- Prioritized improvement list for the next sprint.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Is an Azure landing zone required before the first production workload?
A full reference architecture is not assumed. Identity, subscription structure, network boundaries, policy, logging, and ownership controls are sized to the confirmed workload and risk profile before production use.
Which Azure environment records are needed for the assessment?
The assessment uses tenant and subscription inventory, identity roles, network dependencies, policy assignments, data sensitivity, operational ownership, and current cost records. Missing evidence is recorded as an open assumption.
How are Azure architecture decisions handed over?
The agreed handover can include diagrams, policy and role decisions, dependency records, validation evidence, operating notes, and unresolved risks. Exact deliverables are listed in the proposal.