Azure Data Analytics Platform: 4-Wk Implementation

Walkerscott Ltd will engage the client team (and other stakeholders) over a 4-weeks period to deliver a Data Analytics Platform on Azure and assist in user adoption to drive successful outcomes.

75% reduction in time to deliver a data platform infrastructure:

• With the proliferation of analytics platforms and tools, organizations looking to modernize their BI workloads are unsure about how to proceed
• Those who do take initial steps to Azure, run the risk of provisioning expensive resources that are not fit-for-purpose in an ungoverned manner
• Walkerscott's Azure Data Platform presents a pragmatic approach & architecture to move to Azure
• It caters to Finance reporting as well as other typical organizational reporting needs
• It is also extensible to support modern real-time analytics

Agenda/Topics

Weeks 1

• Initial reporting requirement workshop
• Share infrastructure design and Azure pricing estimate
• Sign off on design and pricing

Weeks 2-3

• Implementation - Data Platform setup using ARM templates and DevOps

Week 4

• VPN setup and testing
• Handover and user adoption

Deliverables

Standardized, best-practices Infrastructure

• Azure setup using ARM templates (infrastructure-as-code)
• Version controlled using Azure DevOps, allowing deployment in an automated manner
• Multiple environments – development, test, staging and production

Accelerate BI & analytics projects

• Infrastructure in place to cater to self-service dashboards as well as paginated report packs
• Reusable Data Factory ETL templates with built-in logging
• Simplifies future analytics & business collaboration through tight integration with the Power Platform