Supporting technical capability
Understand how your systems depend on each other before making the next change.
We map your existing systems, the proposed design and the connections between them. You receive diagrams and prioritized actions that another engineer can use.
Engagement context
Where this capability applies.
- Active Directory, servers, Azure, Microsoft 365, NAS, printers, and backups are held together by tribal knowledge.
- You inherited the environment and need a clean map before you change anything.
- A developer, MSP, or new hire needs to understand the environment without weeks of discovery.
The agreed outputs
What the engagement provides.
Current-state diagram
One clean map of identity, servers, Azure, Microsoft 365, storage, and the dependencies between them.
Future-state blueprint
The simplified target architecture, with what to retire, consolidate, or modernize.
Prioritized roadmap and handover docs
A step-by-step plan and handover-ready documentation leadership and engineers can act on.
Worked example
Current-state diagram
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
1-2 weeks
Included scope
- Current-state and future-state diagrams
- Risk register
- Step-by-step simplification roadmap
- Handover documentation
Scope assumptions
- One Microsoft tenant
- One Active Directory domain
- A reasonable server and NAS footprint
Exclusions
- Changes to your live systems, or the fixes themselves
- A major redesign or rebuild
- Migration execution
Required access
- Read-only reviewer roles across Microsoft 365 and Azure
- Access to on-prem inventory (AD, servers, NAS, backups)
- A 30-minute kickoff with someone who knows the environment
Acceptance
The agreed completion standard.
The engagement is complete when the current-state and future-state blueprints, risk register, and roadmap are delivered and walked through.
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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