Azure Governance Managed Service

Managing governance within Azure requires in-depth experience & understanding of best practices. In addition to creating a tailored governance model at the outset, it’s vital to ensure that the governance guardrails are proactively managed & in a continual state of improvement.

This service addresses security baselines, cost management, identity management, resource consistency, & deployment acceleration. We begin by implementing the MVP policies recommended in Azure’s CAF & monthly we review operations, spend & policies to drive improvement & maturity. Our Governance Managed Service provides:

• Unlimited support for the basics

• Control costs

• Work to best practices

• Secure Azure resources

• Create a Cloud Governance Team

• Implement seamless policies

• Accelerate deployments

• Azure discounts

The services we offer within our Governance Managed Service include:

• Foundation Basic Support designed for customers who need minimal day-to-day support either because they are yet to deploy production services or have considerable experience/resources in house.

• CSP Subscriptions with no upfront commitment. Benefit from discounts based on the consumption of services within Azure.

• Billing Management & Analytics which provides you with a wealth of information on Azure best practices including Cost Management, Right Sizing & Security Advisories.

• Audit Report & Review containing information on Data Centre location/Data Residency, deployed Azure components, best practice adherence, plus configuration & advisories on Storage Accounts, VMs, Containers, Azure Data Platforms, & Networking.

• Architecture Guidance & Validation from our accredited Azure Engineers.

• DevOps Automation Scripting using a combination of Terraform & Ansible.

• Governance Model Improvement through monthly reports & in-flight policy changes to adapt the framework as issues & opportunities arise.