About AZ Innovations
A fractional solutions architect for businesses that outgrew their IT setup
Most businesses do not need a full-time architect. They need one for the messy month: the cleanup, the migration, the automation project, the security question nobody can answer. That is the job AZ Innovations does, at fixed prices, with evidence you can check.
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Outcome first
Every engagement starts from the thing already on your desk: a messy Microsoft 365 setup, a process still living in spreadsheets, an audit or insurance renewal, a migration with a deadline, or a tenant nobody fully trusts.
Model
Fixed-scope outcomes
Engagements are packaged around clear deliverables, timelines, evidence and success criteria.
Handoff
Operational evidence
Your team is left with runbooks, diagrams, evidence packs and a prioritized roadmap, not advisory notes.
Who you work with
The senior consultant behind AZ Innovations
This practice was built inside Microsoft environments: migrations for universities, counties, and public school systems, Active Directory threat assessments for global organizations, and six hundred plus small businesses supported across an MSP career, running to hundreds of environments end to end.
I started AZ Innovations after watching companies pay twice: once for the vendor who guessed, and once for the cleanup. Fractional means you get that experience for the projects that actually need it, at a fixed price, without carrying the salary. Every engagement here is scoped by me, delivered by me, and ends in an artifact you keep.
Why there is no name or photo here
A deliberate choice, and you deserve the reason: this practice runs alongside senior consulting work, and client confidentiality cuts both ways. What stays public is the part you can verify without taking anything on trust.
- Client-left 5.0 reviews on Upwork, where this practice holds Top Rated status. See the delivered work →
- An anonymized sample report, in the exact format yours arrives in. Read it before any conversation →
- Full name, background, and exam-level certifications on the first call, before any commitment.
If working with a named person up front is a requirement, that is a fair standard. Send a message saying so and the first reply will come with the name attached.
Microsoft Certified
Microsoft underneath
Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Azure, Intune, Defender, Purview and Sentinel are the engine, not the headline.
Where this work lands
Tenant migrations and consolidations, identity and Conditional Access builds, breach investigation, endpoint management, and SharePoint and file-server moves.
ADAPTO method
Align, Diagnose, Architect, Plan, Transform and Operationalize.
Clear boundaries
Every engagement is a defined project with a fixed fee and a finish line. Ongoing support, monitoring, and per-user helpdesk stay with your MSP.
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Not sure which package fits?
Talk through the problem and the reply maps your situation to the right diagnostic, or confirms you do not need one yet.