Consulting & Architecture
Azure Cloud Services That Bring Clarity & Real Cost Savings
Each service is designed to solve real challenges in production environments: unmanaged cloud sprawl, surging monthly bills, security vulnerabilities, and excessive manual maintenance.
Azure Health Check & Audit
The Problem: "Our Azure environment has grown fast across multiple development teams. We lack visibility into running resources, unpatched security gaps, and why our monthly invoice keeps increasing."
What the audit covers:
- Security and identity audit (Entra ID, RBAC, PIM, MFA policies)
- Network and perimeter check (Firewalls, NSGs, exposed public IPs)
- Cost leaks, oversized resources, and unattached disks
- Backup configuration, audit logging, and disaster recovery readiness
Concrete deliverables:
- Concise Executive Summary for leadership
- Prioritized remediation roadmap (Quick wins, FinOps savings, long-term architecture)
- Review workshop with your engineering and management teams
Landing Zones & Reference Architectures
The Problem: "We are migrating to Azure or unifying fragmented subscription structures. How do we build a solid foundation that won't require a full rebuild next year?"
What we do:
- Management Group & Subscription hierarchy aligned with Microsoft CAF
- Hub-Spoke network topology, Azure Virtual WAN, and secure hybrid connectivity
- Modular Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / OpenTofu / Bicep)
- Clear segregation between dev, test, and production workloads
Outcomes:
- Spin up new subscriptions and workloads in seconds, not weeks
- Standardized environments minimizing human error
- Continuous compliance enforced from day one
Cost Management & FinOps Optimization
The Problem: "Azure bills are getting out of control, and cost reports are too complex to understand. We cannot tell which team or feature is driving expenses."
What we do:
- Immediate waste reduction: orphaned resources, idle services, and suboptimal tiers
- Tagging taxonomy and automated cost attribution to cost centers
- Reserved Instances and Azure Savings Plans commitment modeling
- Automated budget alerts and cost anomaly detection
Outcomes:
- Immediate 15–30% savings without impacting application performance
- Full financial transparency for product and engineering teams
- Accountability and ownership for resource consumption
Cloud Governance, IAM & Security
The Problem: "Too many users hold permanent Owner or Contributor privileges, stale guest accounts clutter our tenant, and Azure Policy is either unconfigured or ignored."
What we do:
- Enforce compliance policies via custom Azure Policy initiatives
- Implement Least Privilege access and Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
- Clean up Entra ID application registrations, secrets, and guest lifecycles
- Adopt Managed Identities and Azure Key Vault to remove credentials from code
Outcomes:
- Readiness for compliance frameworks and security audits (ISO 27001, NIS2, SOC 2)
- Peace of mind knowing high-privilege access is temporary and audited
- Automated guardrails preventing accidental security oversights
How Collaboration Works
CloudyMind Oy works directly with client companies or as a subcontractor through consulting networks and vendor partnerships.
1. Initial Call
A free 30-minute discovery session to understand your cloud objectives, constraints, and timeline.
2. Clear Agreement
Engagements are structured either on a fixed-scope deliverable basis or transparent hourly/daily consulting rates.
3. Production Delivery
All infrastructure is fully documented, tested, and handed over as Infrastructure as Code.