Microsoft Foundry AI Center of Excellence (COE) & AI Architecture Design Sessions (ADS)

A Frontier Firm is a next-generation company that fuses human judgment with AI agents to scale faster, work smarter, and unlock new value - powered by on-demand intelligence and human + agent hybrid teams.

Transform Vision into Action with Solliance’s AI COE & AI ADS

Focused, executive-level and deep dive workstreams designed to align leadership, explore Microsoft AI possibilities based on your business value and requirements, and chart your strategic path forward! Solliance experts will lead you through the Microsoft Foundry AI Journey for a Frontier Firm, you will learn why the time is now to prepare your company to outperform your peers in productivity, innovation and speed to value with agentic solutions.

Why an AI Architecture Design Sessions (AI ADS)?

This is designed to help enterprise organizations develop strategic AI capabilities and roadmaps. Our approach integrates Microsoft's proven AI readiness framework with practical implementation guidance to accelerate your AI transformation journey. As an organization that has established foundational business systems and is now looking to integrate AI strategically, you're positioned at a critical growth opportunity. Your organization needs to:

• Develop a comprehensive AI strategy aligned with business objectives
• Build AI capabilities with Microsoft Foundry that drive measurable business value
• Establish governance frameworks for responsible AI implementation
• Create an AI Center of Excellence (COE) appropriate for your organizational scale
• Navigate the transition from AI experimentation to production-scale deployment

Flexible Four Step Journey

A customizable comprehensive engagement to establish and operationalize an AI Center of Excellence (CoE) for your organization. Based on Microsoft's proven frameworks and industry best practices, our approach addresses the critical success factors that enable organizations to scale AI initiatives effectively while driving measurable business value. We provide flexibility if you feel you have an ideal first AI project selected and an established strategy, we can start at Phase 3. However, if you need support developing your strategy and determining which projects will give you the most value while increasing your chances of success then you can start at Phase 1. Example work scope:

Phase 1 – Envisioning (1 - 5 Days)

AI Envisioning Workshop
• "Art of the possible" with business context
• Competitive landscape analysis & differentiation opportunities
• Evaluate existing tech infrastructure & organizational readiness

Phase 2 - AI ADS – Strategy (3 Weeks)

AI Center of Excellence Planning
• AI use cases identification, intake process, prioritization & business value mapping
• Fit for purpose tool selection (Copilot, Foundry, etc.)
• Security, Risk, Governance and Evaluation Framework
• Standards for Responsible AI
AI Strategic Roadmap Creation
• Prioritized AI initiatives with implementation timeline & budget
• Success metrics & measurement frameworks

Phase 3 - AI ADS – Microsoft AI Architecture Design (4 weeks)

Microsoft Foundry AI Platform Architecture
• Scalable Modern Data Architecture
• Model development & deployment infrastructure
• Security by Design & Threat Modeling
• MLOps pipeline design and automation
• A/B testing frameworks for model performance
• Monitoring and observability systems
Cloud-Native Architecture
• Multi-cloud or hybrid cloud strategies
• Containerized AI workload deployment
• Auto-scaling and resource optimization
• Disaster recovery & business continuity
Detailed Implementation Roadmap
• Phase-by-phase deployment strategy
• Resource and skill development plan

Phase 4 - AI Agentic Use Case Development & Pilot Build (4-6 weeks)

Demonstrate and Prove Out Proposed Architecture
• Show business value validation through measurable outcomes
• Confirm technical feasibility & validate overall AI strategy
• Engage stakeholders and integrate feedback

Why invest in an AI ADS and build out your AI COE?

• Eliminate shadow AI implementations
• Help engineering teams to productionize AI solutions
• Introduce domain governance over AI solutions

Services, prices and duration are an example only, contact our team for a customized scope and quote.