ENGAGEMENT MODELS
Clear, fixed-scope ways to start working with us.
Packaged engagements with defined scope, activities and outputs — so you know exactly what you will receive — plus flexible delivery and embedded engineering once the direction is clear.
Azure architecture review
An independent assessment of an existing Azure workload or estate against the Azure Well-Architected Framework, with prioritised, actionable recommendations. Typically two to three weeks.
- Review of architecture, identity, networking, data protection, resilience, operations and cost
- Findings rated by impact and effort, mapped to the Well-Architected pillars
- A prioritised remediation roadmap and quick wins you can act on immediately
- A read-out session with your architects and engineering leads
AI readiness and proof of value
A structured route from AI idea to evidence. We select a use case, assess data readiness and build a working proof of value against agreed quality, latency and cost thresholds. Typically four to six weeks.
- Use-case prioritisation workshop and value model
- Data and permission assessment for retrieval
- Working prototype on Azure OpenAI or a private model, with an evaluation set
- Go / no-go recommendation with production architecture and cost estimate
.NET modernisation assessment
An evidence-based plan for moving .NET Framework applications to modern .NET and Azure, sized by real dependency and code analysis rather than estimates. Typically two to four weeks.
- Codebase, dependency and API-compatibility analysis
- Identification of blockers such as WCF services, Web Forms or System.Web dependencies
- Target architecture and incremental migration strategy
- Effort, risk and sequencing for each application
Platform and delivery foundations
A focused build of the foundations every Azure team needs: landing zone baseline, infrastructure as code, secretless CI/CD and security guardrails. Typically four to eight weeks.
- Subscription, identity and Azure Policy baseline
- Terraform or Bicep modules with reviewed plan-and-apply workflows
- GitHub Actions or Azure Pipelines with OIDC workload identity federation
- Dependency, code and IaC scanning, budgets and monitoring baseline
Technical due diligence
An independent view of a software product or platform for investors, acquirers or boards: architecture, code quality, security, scalability, delivery practice and technical debt. Typically one to three weeks.
- Architecture and code review with engineering interviews
- Security, scalability and operational risk assessment
- Technical debt and remediation cost indication
- A clear written report with a summary for non-technical stakeholders
Delivery and embedded engineering
Once the direction is clear, we deliver in production-grade increments — leading the build, or embedding senior architects and engineers within your team. Scope and commercial model (fixed-scope phases or time and materials) are agreed per phase.
Contact: contact@nexaarislabs.com