Azure 3D Assessment: Regain full control over your Cloud costs, security, and governance
Subheadline: A comprehensive 5-day diagnosis of your Azure environment. We identify savings and critical security gaps that typically pay for the audit itself.
Symptoms of a drifting cloud
If your Azure environment feels like a “black box” of spending and risk, you are not alone. We solve:
For the CFO (Bill Shock & Waste)
Are your Azure invoices growing disproportionately to your business revenue? Do you struggle to explain exactly why costs are rising to the board? We eliminate “Zombie” resources—idle load balancers and unattached disks that are silent budget killers.
For the Compliance Officer (Regulatory Risk)
Are you confident in your encryption status or public IP exposure? Non-compliance with local regulations (like KNF or GDPR) poses a personal liability risk to the board.
For the CIO (Governance Chaos)
Our proprietary “3D” methodology integrates the three critical pillars of a healthy cloud environment:
Dimension 1: FinOps (Financial Optimization)
- Usage Analysis:
We analyze actual CPU and RAM usage versus allocated capacity to identify over-provisioning. - Waste Elimination:
We detect and list “zombie assets” (unattached IPs, disks, idle VMs) for immediate removal. - Rate Optimization:
We simulate potential savings using Reserved Instances (RI) and Savings Plans, often identifying opportunities for a 20-30% cost reduction.
Dimension 2: Security (Risk Reduction)
- Benchmarking:
We benchmark your environment against the Center for Internet Security (CIS) standards and the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark (MCSB). - Identity Hygiene:
We verify Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) enforcement across all accounts. - Exposure Checks:
We identify PaaS resources and ports exposed to the public internet that could be entry points for attackers.
Dimension 3: Governance (Standards)
- CAF Alignment:
We review your Management Groups and Subscriptions to ensure they align with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF). - Tagging Strategy:
We verify tagging consistency to enable accurate Chargeback/Showback models, so you know exactly which department is spending what.
Deliverables: Tangible outcomes
We provide different views for different stakeholders, ensuring everyone from the engineer to the CFO has actionable data.
Deliverable
Audience
Content & Value
Executive Summary
CFO / Board
A board-level document presenting total potential savings, the ROI of the audit, and a Risk Scorecard.
Technical FinOps Report
IT Manager
A detailed Excel/Power BI sheet listing specific resources to change or delete, with calculated monthly savings.
Security Remediation Roadmap
Security Lead
A prioritized list of vulnerabilities (Critical, High, Medium) with the estimated effort required to fix them.
Power BI Dashboard
FinOps Team
Implementation of the FinOps Toolkit dashboard for ongoing, real-time cost monitoring after the audit is complete.
Engagement process & safety
01
Non-Invasive Connection
We utilize a “Reader” access level service principal. We cannot change your data or stop your services—we only analyze metadata.
02
Zero Impact
There is zero impact on your production performance.
03
Fast Turnaround
The entire diagnosis takes just 5 days.
04
Proven Results
Our average client reduces their cloud spend by 20-30% within the first month of implementation.
Why Partner with us?
Microsoft Solutions Partner
We are designated in Infrastructure and Digital & App Innovation.
FinOps Certified
Our team includes certified FinOps Practitioners.
Fixed-Price & Low Risk
We offer a fixed-price engagement model designed to open the door for optimization without open-ended consulting fees.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. The audit is strictly read-only. We analyze metadata (configuration settings, usage metrics), not your actual data traffic or business logic.
Azure Advisor provides generic, automated recommendations. Our 3D Assessment provides a contextualized roadmap. We investigate why resources are deployed a certain way (e.g., distinguishing a critical “hot spare” from a wasteful “zombie” VM) and align findings with local regulations like KNF and GDPR, which automated tools cannot do.
Yes. The Governance and Security pillars specifically check for data residency, encryption standards, and access controls required by KNF guidelines and GDPR, helping mitigate personal liability risks for the board.
No. You receive a detailed roadmap that your internal team can use to apply the fixes themselves. However, if you lack the internal resources, we are happy to support the remediation phase as a separate project.
While every environment is different, our average client realizes a 20-30% reduction in cloud spend within the first month of implementing our FinOps recommendations.
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