Azure Cost Optimization Assessment

Simform helps enterprises capitalize on Azure investments and maximize savings with tailored recommendations, actionable insights, and strategic guidance that redefine resource allocation and cost governance.

Overview: Rising Azure costs are a common pain point for enterprises, especially in evolving environments where teams lack clear visibility into their resource usage and spending patterns. While Azure provides robust cost management tools, extracting actionable insights and implementing scalable monitoring and governance remains challenging for most organizations.

Simform’s comprehensive 4-week cloud cost optimization assessment evaluates your current cloud usage, identifies underutilized resources, and provides actionable optimization recommendations—from resource right-sizing and service tier optimization to reservations planning. Guided by Microsoft's Well-Architected Framework, we deliver a practical roadmap that aligns with your FinOps practices, improves governance, and maintains maximum cost savings without compromising performance.

Assessment Plan Azure Cost Optimization Assessment by Simform encompasses:

1. Discovery session We begin the assessment with a collaborative whiteboarding session and workshop with key stakeholders to understand the organization’s processes and internal skillsets and align on focus areas for cost savings.

2. Azure environment review We assess your current Azure environment by reviewing subscriptions, billing data, and resource usage patterns using Azure Cost Management and Azure Monitor. This helps identify underutilized resources, over-provisioned services, and potential cost inefficiencies.

3. Data evaluation & best practices alignment We evaluate your cloud architecture and configurations against Azure best practices using the Azure Well-Architected Framework. This identifies areas where you can optimize your licenses, compute resources, storage, and App Service Plans for better cost efficiency.

4. Strategic report & roadmap creation We deliver a detailed report outlining specific cost-saving opportunities and a clear roadmap for optimization. This includes prioritized recommendations, such as right-sizing resources and improving governance, along with actionable steps to reduce Azure spend.

5. Implementation planning & ongoing management We collaborate to create an implementation plan to execute optimizations without compromising performance and availability. Our team also facilitates ongoing monitoring and management through customized dashboards in Azure Cost Management, ensuring continuous optimization of cloud resources.

Key Deliverables:

1. Comprehensive cost assessment report highlighting current Azure usage insights, cost-saving opportunities, and areas for improvement across all resource types, from VMs and DBs to App Service Plans.

2. Tailored optimization recommendations, focusing on right-sizing, shutdown schedules, and improved governance practices.

3. Step-by-step roadmap for implementing cost-saving measures, including recommendations on a resource-by-resource basis, quick wins, and usage strategies.

4. Cloud cost visibility dashboards for real-time tracking and ongoing monitoring of Azure usage.

5. Training and transition plan to enable your teams to sustain cloud optimization practices long-term.