The Bechtle Well Architected Review covers the five pillars of the framework: Reliability, Cost Optimization, Operational Excellence, Performance Efficiency, and Security. Once completed, our team will present a detailed report highlighting areas for improvement and optimization, along with a physical copy of the assessment conducted.
What criteria is covered in the Bechtle FinOps review?
- Azure Secure Score
- Secure Score recommendations
- User access and assigned roles
- PIM and RBAC Identity
- RBAC Service Principles and Permissions
- Network summary and VNet peering's
- Network Security Groups and rule Sets
- Security Centre Alerts
- Cost Summary
- Optimisation Summary
- Breakdown of RI’s
- Breakdown of Hybrid Benefits
- Breakdown of Zombie Resources
- Breakdown of Virtual Machine Optimisation
- Breakdown of Idle and Over Sized Resources
- Breakdown of any UAT, Dev and Test savings
- Azure Hierarchy
- Azure Policy and Policy Detail
- Azure Blueprint Breakdown
- Regulatory Compliance Detail
- Regulatory Compliance Policy
- Azure Policy Score
What are the outcomes of the Bechtle Azure Well Architected Review?
Reliability
Goal: Azure Secure Score recommendations offer actionable insights to enhance Ensure the system can recover from failures and continue to function as expected.
Key Practices:
- Design for high availability and fault tolerance.
- Implement backup and disaster recovery strategies.
- Use Azure Load Balancer, Azure Site Recovery, and Azure Monitor to maintain system health and availability.
- Conduct failure simulations (e.g., chaos engineering).
Cost Optimisation
Goal: Manage expenses effectively while delivering business value.
Key Practices:
- Use Azure Cost Management and Billing to monitor spending.
- Right-size resources (e.g., scaling up/down virtual machines or app services based on demand).
- Use reserved instances, spot VMs, and Azure Savings Plans for long-term cost savings.
- Regularly review unused or underutilised resources.
Security
Goal: Protect applications and data against threats.
Key Practices:
- Implement identity management and secure access with Azure AD (Entra ID) and multi-factor authentication (MFA).
- Use network security controls, such as Azure Firewall and Network Security Groups (NSGs).
- Encrypt data in transit and at rest with tools like Azure Key Vault.
- Conduct regular security assessments using Azure Security Centre and Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Operational Excellence
Goal: Ensure systems are effectively operated and monitored to meet business and user needs.
Key Practices:
- Automate operational processes using Azure Automation and Azure Logic Apps.
- Implement monitoring and diagnostics with tools like Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
- Define and follow incident management processes for quick resolution.
- Regularly review and optimise operations through continuous improvement.
Performance Efficiency
Goal: Ensure applications run efficiently and scale effectively to meet changing demands.
Key Practices:
- Design for scalability using Azure Autoscale, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and serverless architectures.
- Optimise workloads for latency and throughput.
- Leverage content delivery networks (CDNs) and caching solutions like Azure Front Door and Azure Cache for Redis.
- Continuously evaluate performance metrics to refine the architecture.
Why choose this package?
- Optimise performance and efficiency
- Cut costs while boosting value
- Discover hidden improvement areas
- Vendor-agnostic, tailored advice