Supporting technical capability
Find Microsoft and Azure savings without guessing what to cut.
Review Microsoft and Azure spending against usage and business requirements. You receive estimated savings, the impact of each change and the approvals needed before anything is removed.
Engagement context
Where this capability applies.
- Leadership wants lower spend but cannot risk cutting something critical.
- You need to know which savings are safe and which need a conversation.
- A budget review or renewal is forcing the question.
The agreed outputs
What the engagement provides.
Cost-to-Control Roadmap
Two clear lists: safe savings to action now, and approval-required changes with modeled impact.
Recoverable-now total
The dollar figure you can act on immediately, with no business approval needed.
Prioritized plan
The approval-required changes ranked by impact and risk.
Worked example
Cost-to-Control Roadmap
An illustration of the record an engagement can produce. Names and figures are constructed for this example.
Illustrative content. The engagement record is developed from the client’s own environment and agreed scope.
Commercial & delivery basis
The scope and conditions of the work.
Delivery window
4-5 days
Included scope
- Safe-savings list
- Approval-required list with modeled impact
- Recoverable-now total
- Prioritized plan
Scope assumptions
- One Microsoft tenant
Exclusions
- Buying or cancelling licenses on your behalf
- Implementation of the changes
Required access
- Read-only access to Azure Cost Management and the Microsoft 365 admin center
- Current spend and renewal dates
- A 30-minute kickoff with finance or IT
Acceptance
The agreed completion standard.
The engagement is complete when the cost-to-control roadmap and recoverable-now total are delivered and reviewed.
Discuss the work
Tell us what you need to change.
Share the systems involved, why the change is needed and your deadline. We clarify the work, responsibilities and information needed for a proposal.
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