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.
Illustrative sample · supporting capability
Which correction must happen before a cost can be removed?
- Observation
- A server renewal is pending, but an application still uses its SMTP relay.
- Decision
- Do not count the server cost as removable yet.
- Next action
- Price and test the replacement relay, then review retirement and its cost assumptions.
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When this work 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.
Possible outputs
Outputs to agree in scope
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.
Commercial & delivery basis
The scope and conditions of the work.
Delivery window
This supporting capability has no separate confirmed delivery window. The proposal names its scope and calendar.
Capability scope to confirm
- 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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