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Azure & AWS Services

Build a cloud environment your organization can run with confidence.

Plan Azure and AWS around your applications, access, recovery requirements and operating budget—not a collection of cloud resources without a clear owner.

01 / Modernize

Start with the workload, not the platform logo.

Moving a server into the cloud does not remove the need to maintain it. We help distinguish the services a provider operates from the settings, data, applications and decisions your organization still owns. That gives leadership a clearer basis for selecting an architecture and funding its operation.

02 / What we do for your organization

The work, explained.

Your proposal selects the activities and deliverables that fit your environment. These are the areas we can scope with you.

01 / Azure & AWS Services

Architecture and workload fit

Review the application dependencies before choosing how and where to host them.

  • Assess compute, storage, network and identity dependencies
  • Compare managed services with virtual-machine requirements
  • Document region, availability and data-location considerations

02 / Azure & AWS Services

Access and network foundations

Build an administrative model that can be maintained after deployment.

  • Define roles, privileged access and recovery ownership
  • Plan network segmentation and approved connectivity
  • Record account, subscription and resource ownership

03 / Azure & AWS Services

Cost visibility and operating controls

Make recurring consumption understandable to the people approving the budget.

  • Organize resource tags and budget ownership
  • Review sizing, idle resources and licensing assumptions
  • Define alert review and change approval responsibilities

04 / Azure & AWS Services

Recovery and handover

Decide how the environment will be supported when the project team leaves.

  • Agree backup and restore requirements
  • Plan validation and recovery exercises in scope
  • Prepare diagrams, runbooks and a prioritized operations backlog

03 / Deliverables & scope

Know what you are agreeing to.

Before work begins, the proposal identifies what will be delivered, who is responsible and how completion will be reviewed.

  • A workload and dependency assessment with design choices
  • An agreed access and network architecture
  • A consumption estimate with assumptions and cost ownership
  • A tested handover checklist and operating responsibilities

Important scope details

Cloud consumption, subscriptions, connectivity and third-party licenses are separate charges unless expressly included. Availability, backup, recovery objectives and incident response must be designed and contracted; a cloud subscription alone does not provide them. Application remediation and migration are separately scoped.

A clear commercial starting point

Recurring services use an agreed service schedule. Assessments and projects use a defined statement of work. Your proposal states the actual charges, dependencies, exclusions and approval process—before you commit.

Plan your cloud environment

A useful first conversation

Bring the challenge. We’ll help define the next step.

Tell us which systems or sites are involved, who depends on them, what is not working and any deadlines. Existing diagrams, service agreements or equipment lists help, but you do not need a finished technical brief to begin.

Plan your cloud environment

04 / Common questions

A little clarity before we talk.

Do you recommend Azure or AWS?

We compare the workload, existing skills, integrations, licensing and governance requirements. The recommendation should explain the trade-offs rather than assume one platform is always right.

Can you review an existing cloud environment?

Yes. A read-only discovery and access review can identify ownership gaps, cost drivers and priority changes before any implementation is authorized.

Will moving to the cloud reduce our costs?

Not necessarily. We compare a defined operating model, including consumption, support, licensing and migration effort. Unmanaged resource growth can increase costs.

Who owns the cloud account?

Your organization should retain the agreed account ownership, billing visibility and recovery contacts. Administrative access and delegated responsibilities are documented.

Connected expertise / Benchmark Network

When the next step needs a specialist.

Keep the service plan connected to the other technology decisions around it.

Explore the full network

Services are scoped separately unless included in your agreement. Provider, pricing and support ownership are confirmed before work begins.

Let’s talk about your next step

Let’s plan Azure and AWS around your organization.

Tell us about your workloads, platform dependencies, access controls and cloud cost priorities. We’ll help define the work, responsibilities and scope before you commit.

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