Workloads
Map the applications, information and dependencies that matter.
CSP SERVICES · AZURE WITH AN OPERATING PLAN
Microsoft Azure Services
Plan and manage Azure around your workloads, access needs, and business priorities—from the initial foundation to ongoing ownership and cost review.
Discuss your priorities
CLOUD & RESILIENCE
Connect the workload with the whole plan.
See the environment as a system: applications, access, ownership and the path back when something changes.
Access
Plan how people and systems connect to the environment.
Continuity
Define recovery responsibilities and a practical validation plan.
Your starting point · scope and responsibilities
START WITH THE BUSINESS NEED
Make the technology work for your people.
Azure resources can accumulate faster than an operating model develops. Separate subscriptions, unclear permissions, inconsistent configuration, and unassigned costs make changes harder to control. Establishing the foundation early gives workload teams a clearer path to deploy and operate.
A foundation that supports growth
Organize resources, ownership, connectivity, and access so new workloads have a consistent place to begin.
Cost decisions with context
Connect resource usage and budget discussions to workload owners, business needs, and practical sizing choices.
Clear operational responsibility
Define who maintains each workload, reviews alerts, approves changes, and coordinates recovery.
WHAT WE CAN HELP WITH
Practical capabilities. Defined responsibilities.
Azure readiness and workload planning
Review application dependencies, data, connectivity, licensing, and operational requirements. Evaluate whether a workload should move, change, or remain in its current environment.
Cloud foundation and governance
Plan subscriptions, resource organization, naming, tagging, and policy ownership. Keep the foundation proportionate to the scale and operating needs of the organization.
Identity and hybrid connectivity
Coordinate Azure administration, Microsoft Entra identity, network paths, and connections to existing systems. Document privilege boundaries and emergency-access arrangements.
Migration and implementation
Prepare agreed workloads, test representative functions, and execute changes in planned stages. Include data protection, application-owner validation, and destination support in the scope.
Operations and cost review
Define monitoring, configuration maintenance, recovery responsibilities, and budget visibility. Review unused resources and sizing decisions before authorizing changes.
FROM DISCOVERY TO DELIVERY
A considered path forward.
Review the workload
Establish the business purpose, dependencies, performance needs, constraints, and existing costs.
Design the foundation
Agree resource ownership, identity, connectivity, governance, and the operating responsibilities of each team.
Implement and validate
Pilot the design, make approved changes, and test access, workflows, protection, and support readiness.
Operate and refine
Review service health, spending, access, and changes in workload demand with accountable owners.
Know what success means.
Before work begins, agree on the scope, responsible owners, acceptance criteria, and handover requirements. We’ll discuss the evidence and documentation relevant to your project during discovery.
TECHNOLOGY IN CONTEXT
Fit the platform to the work.
Platform selection depends on your existing environment, licensing, device and application compatibility, and the agreed scope.
Explore our technology ecosystemA FEW USEFUL ANSWERS
Before we get started.
Is Azure the right destination for every Microsoft application?
No. Application support, performance, licensing, dependencies, data location, and operating costs should determine the destination. A hybrid or on-premises arrangement may remain appropriate for some workloads.
Can you improve an existing Azure environment?
An assessment can review approved subscriptions, resource ownership, access, configuration, connectivity, and billing. Prioritized improvements should distinguish quick administrative changes from work requiring application testing or a wider project.
What is an Azure foundation or landing zone?
It is the agreed arrangement for organizing, connecting, governing, and operating cloud resources. The design establishes how workload teams use the environment; its complexity should match the organization rather than reproduce a large-enterprise template by default.
How will we keep track of Azure spending?
Assign workload and billing owners, use consistent resource labels, and establish regular usage and budget reviews. Alerts provide visibility; they should be paired with an agreed process for deciding whether to resize, remove, or change resources.
Does using Azure remove our security and backup responsibilities?
No. Responsibilities vary by the services selected. The operating plan should identify who manages access, data, application configuration, monitoring, protection, and recovery, including tasks retained by the organization or another provider.
CONNECTED SERVICES
See the wider picture.
LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS
Bring your next step into focus.
Tell us what needs to work better. We’ll start with your business priorities.