Microsoft AI Readiness Assessment

TrellisPoint's Microsoft AI Readiness Assessment is a fixed-scope engagement that determines whether your organization is ready to extend its use of Microsoft Azure AI before anything is built. The assessment evaluates data, security, governance, and use case readiness so you can confidently deploy Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, and Microsoft 365 Copilot (which runs on Azure OpenAI). What the assessment evaluates

• Data readiness for Microsoft Azure AI: is your data clean, accessible, and structured for Azure OpenAI grounding, Azure AI Search, and Microsoft 365 Copilot indexing?
• Security and compliance alignment with Azure AI deployment patterns and your Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Defender configurations.
• Governance and ownership for Azure AI workloads: who approves prompts, who owns models, who monitors usage.
• High-value Microsoft AI use cases prioritized by business value and operational readiness.
• Risk, scope, and complexity factors specific to Azure AI rollouts.
• Executive and IT alignment on the Azure AI roadmap.

How it works

1. Discover: targeted interviews and system review across data, security, governance, and use case candidates for Azure AI deployment.
2. Score and Prioritize: each readiness dimension is scored against TrellisPoint's framework, with high-value Azure AI use cases ranked by impact and feasibility.
3. Decide: a clear go or no-go recommendation, with the specific gaps that must close before any Microsoft Azure AI implementation can be scoped.

What you get A readiness scorecard, a ranked Azure AI use case list, a remediation roadmap for any gaps, and a clear recommendation on whether to proceed with an Azure AI implementation. Why TrellisPoint TrellisPoint has 17+ years of Microsoft implementation experience and treats Microsoft Azure AI as a business capability, not a technology pilot. The assessment earns the right to move forward instead of assuming it. If the answer is to pause or stop, we will tell you. Talk to a Microsoft AI Advisor to schedule a readiness conversation.