Azure Well-Architected Framework Workshop

Microsoft Azure provides its users a vast array of options and configuration flexibility. However, unless an organization is configured to properly measure and continually benchmark against best practices, they could face numerous challenges such as cost overruns, security risks, difficulty in optimizing workloads, and performance challenges.

As a 15+ year Microsoft partner, TierPoint has designed an immersive workshop experience where architects assess your Azure environment and benchmark it against the five pillars of Microsoft’s Well-Architected Framework: Cost Optimization, Operational Excellence, Performance Efficiency, Reliability, and Security.

Our assessment is for organizations who are preparing to migrate their assets to Azure, or already have a cloud architecture in place and need to ensure it is optimized to deliver their business outcomes.

What You Will Receive

• Documented summary of key discussion points and decisions: Concise recap of findings and alignment across stakeholders regarding your Azure workload.
• Defined goals, priorities, and success criteria: Business and technical objectives mapped to the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework pillars.
• Identified challenges, risks, and dependencies: Gap analysis benchmarked against Azure Well-Architected best practices.
• Agreed-upon next steps and recommended actions: Prioritized recommendations to improve reliability, security, performance, operations, and cost optimization.
• Executive-ready recap of outcomes and direction: High-level summary of key risks, improvement areas, and a recommended path forward.

Agenda

• Kickoff & Objectives: Confirm scope, targeted Azure workload(s), business objectives, and desired outcomes of the Well-Architected review.
• Workload & Architecture Review: Review current Azure architecture, design decisions, governance, and operational model.
• Pillar-Based Assessment Discussion: Evaluate the workload against the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework pillars: Reliability, Security, Cost Optimization, Operational Excellence, and Performance Efficiency.
• Gap Identification & Prioritization: Highlight risks, improvement opportunities, and quick wins aligned to business impact.
• Recommendations & Next Steps: Summarize findings, review prioritized recommendations, and align on remediation roadmap and follow-on activities.

What This Enables

• Clear understanding of where your Azure spend is going
• Reduced uncertainty before making cost commitments
• A prioritized plan to improve efficiency
• Confidence to move forward with a smarter, data-driven Azure cost strategy