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An independent Azure and security practice, nothing to resell, no surprise bills. Most engagements start as a fixed-price architecture and Secure Score review, so you get the shortcut past mistakes already made elsewhere, not an experiment run on your business. Ongoing SOC-backed management is available afterwards, as an option, never the starting point.
How engagements typically run:
- • Fixed-price architecture and Secure Score review, before anything ongoing
- • SOC-backed monitoring with rapid incident response, if you take up management
- • Monthly FinOps reviews with shared-savings options
- • CE+ / ISO evidence packs and insurance questionnaire support
Discuss Your Requirements
Tell us about your environment and we will get back to you.
Why Teams Bring In An Independent Azure Practice
Internal IT teams are excellent at day-to-day operations but rarely have the spare capacity for Well-Architected reviews, Secure Score ownership, or round-the-clock incident response. An independent Azure practice fills that gap, starting with a fixed-price review, with ongoing management only if and when you want it.
Hiring Azure Talent Is Slow
Good Azure engineers are expensive and hard to find, and can take months to recruit. An independent practice gives you an established team immediately, starting with a scoped, fixed-price piece of work.
Internal Teams Lack Azure Depth
Your IT crew keeps the lights on but needs specialists for conditional access, identity protection, BCDR, and cost optimisation, brought in on your terms, not sold as a bundle.
Reactive Support Isn’t Enough
Auditors, insurers, and clients want proof of proactive monitoring, quarterly testing, and Secure Score improvements, not break/fix responses after the fact.
Bringing in an independent Azure practice gives you architects, SOC analysts, and FinOps specialists, starting with a fixed-price review, for less than a single full-time hire, without disrupting your existing IT team.
Assessments, Migrations & Managed Infrastructure
Start with a fixed-price review, add management only if it earns its place, and stay in control of your own infrastructure and IT team throughout.
Paid Assessments & Well-Architected Reviews
A deep dive into Secure Score, cost, identity, networking, and backup resilience. You receive a prioritised roadmap plus clarity on which costs belong to Microsoft versus our team. This is the usual starting point, before any ongoing commitment.
- Well-Architected + Secure Score review
- Cost & capacity modelling
- CIS / Cyber Essentials gap analysis
- Migration readiness checklist
Azure Migration & Modernisation Projects
Structured migrations built on proven landing zone patterns, so you get a shortcut past mistakes we have already made and fixed elsewhere. Includes landing zone setup, identity alignment, and handover packs for your internal team.
- Landing zone & governance build
- Application & data migration waves
- Security & SOC integration
- Runbooks + training for handover
Managed Azure Infrastructure (Optional)
Ongoing SOC-backed support, patching, cost controls, and compliance reporting, taken up after the initial review if it makes sense for you. Best suited to organisations that want to keep their internal IT team but need Azure specialists on retainer.
- Continuous monitoring, incident response in working hours
- Secure Score hardening & policy automation
- Cost dashboards with "from" pricing clarity
- Quarterly recovery testing
Everything You'd Expect From An Azure Operations Team
Use us as the Azure & security layer while your internal team focuses on the business. Available as part of an ongoing management retainer once your fixed-price review is complete.
SOC monitoring (available as a paid upgrade) Monitoring
- SIEM + MDR with rapid incident response
- Incident playbooks and escalation to your team
- Monthly threat & action reports
Secure Score Hardening
- Quarterly Secure Score reviews
- Conditional Access & Identity Protection tuning
- Policy automation with documented changes
FinOps & Cost Control
- Monthly cost dashboards and anomaly alerts
- Right-sizing + reservation management
- Optional shared-savings model
Backup & Recovery
- Quarterly recovery testing with evidence packs
- Backup policy reviews + RTO/RPO validation
- Disaster recovery planning & documentation
Compliance Support
- Cyber Essentials Plus & ISO 27001 mapping
- Insurance & customer questionnaire support
- Audit evidence collection & runbooks
Architecture & Performance
- Quarterly Well-Architected tune-ups
- Capacity planning & performance fixes
- Landing zone adjustments as you grow
Two Cost Lines, Always Separated
HiltDigital Management Fee
Covers SOC access, architects, compliance, reporting, and account management, once you take up ongoing management.
Azure Consumption
Microsoft continues to invoice you directly for Azure usage, licences, and Marketplace items. We monitor and optimise it on your behalf.
*Pricing varies with environment size, resilience requirements, and compliance scope. Both line items are shown separately on every proposal.
DIY vs Managed vs Full Outsource
Best For Organisations Who…
Want to retain their internal IT function while plugging in an independent Azure practice that starts with a fixed-price review and only takes on ongoing management if it earns its place. You stay in control, just with enterprise-grade backup.
Example Managed Services Engagement
An illustrative scenario showing how a typical engagement runs. Real reference packs will follow as delivered projects complete.
Professional Services · 45 Staff
Azure spend: £14k/month
Internal IT: 1 generalist
Compliance: Cyber Essentials Plus + insurer questionnaire
Managed Scope, Following The Initial Review
- Secure Score uplift plan (from 64 → 80)
- Conditional Access policies + identity protection
- Monthly FinOps report targeting 15% efficiency
- Quarterly recovery test with evidence pack
*Scenario is illustrative and not a real client. Live reference packs will be shared once delivered engagements complete.
Ready To Find The Right Starting Point?
Most engagements start with a fixed-price architecture and security review. Tell us about your environment below and we will scope the right starting point, management only if and when it makes sense.
Discuss Your Azure Requirements
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Start With A Paid Assessment (£1,200 + VAT)