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Free Azure Cost Optimisation Assessment
Are you spending more on Azure than you need to?
You need Azure to support your business. But you also need to know whether the bill is reasonable, what’s driving the increases and where you could be spending less.
Our free Azure Cost Optimisation Assessment gives you an expert view on how you manage your costs. Complete our questionnaire and a certified Azure consultant will personally review your responses – not an AI agent or a tool.
You’ll receive a written report with recommendations tailored to your business plus the option of a follow-up call with one of our experts.
Understand where your Azure budget is going
You can see what you’re spending on Azure. Knowing whether that cloud spending is well managed can be harder.
Are your Azure resources still appropriate for your needs? Do your pricing models suit your usage patterns? Can you see which teams, services or applications are driving your Azure bills?
Even with an experienced IT team, finding time to review these questions alongside day-to-day responsibilities can be difficult. If your existing Azure provider offers little guidance, you may be left to figure it out yourself.
Our free Azure Cost Assessment gives you an external expert’s view on your approach, with recommendations to improve visibility, control and cost efficiency.
What will your Azure Cost Assessment include?
One of our certified Azure consultants will personally review your questionnaire responses and prepare a written report with tailored recommendations.
Depending on your answers, these may cover:
- Potential cost-saving opportunities in how you select and use Azure resources.
- Whether your pricing models suit your usage patterns, including whether options such as Azure Hybrid Benefit or an Azure savings plan merit further investigation.
- Ways to improve cost allocation so you can understand where your budget is being spent.
- Better use of forecasting, monitoring and alerts to help you manage your Azure bills.
You’ll receive your report by email, with the option of a follow-up call to ask questions and discuss what to do next.
The assessment is based on the information you provide in the questionnaire, and we don’t need access to your Azure environment.
How your Azure assessment works
1. Complete the questionnaire
Tell us about your Azure environment and how you currently manage its costs. The information you provide helps our consultant understand your situation and make relevant recommendations.
You will need input from the person or team responsible for managing Azure in your business to answer the detailed questions about your Azure set up – so that we can give the best advice possible.
2. An Azure consultant reviews your responses
A certified member of our Azure consultancy team will review your answers, drawing on their experience of helping UK mall & medium businesses manage and optimise Azure costs over many years.
3. Receive and discuss your recommendations
We’ll email you a written report setting out our recommendation within a few working days.
You’ll also have the option of a follow-up call to discuss the findings and what to do next.
Need help completing the questionnaire?
You may find it helpful to work through the questions with your internal IT team or the person who manages your Azure environment before finishing the questionnaire.
If you’re unsure what information to provide, contact our team for guidance.
Why choose Compete366?
We’ve been helping businesses get the most out of Azure since 2014. Today, we support 150 UK small and medium-sized Azure customers, and every member of our Azure consultancy team is certified to Azure Architect level.
Microsoft has recognised our expertise through our Microsoft technical certifications and customer experience with the Solutions Partner Designations for Azure Infrastructure, Azure Data & AI and the Advanced Specialisation for Azure Virtual Desktop.
We understand that the lowest possible bill isn’t the only consideration. Your applications need to perform, your services need to remain available, and your environment needs to support your business as it changes. Our advice considers those reuirements alongside opportunities to control spending.
Why is the assessment free?
When you buy your Azure subscription through Compete366, you pay the same as you would buying directly from Microsoft, but with ongoing expert Azure advice and guidance included at no extra cost.
The free assessment gives you a chance to meet our team and experience that support.
Azure Cost Optimisation Assessment FAQs
Start your free Azure Cost Optimisation Assessment
Find out where you could improve the way you manage your Azure spending.
Complete our questionnaire for written recommendations from a certified Azure consultant, with the option of a follow-up call to discuss your next steps.
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Phone or email us to find out more – or book a free, no-obligation call with our technical consultants using the contact form.
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