Recognisable signals
- Resource groups and subscriptions have no consistent purpose
- Production access and managed identities grew historically
- Bicep or Terraform covers only part of the estate
- New environments drift or take too much manual work
Azure platform engineering
From loose Azure resources to a consistent platform baseline
For Azure environments where subscriptions, VMs, databases, pipelines and access models grew per project and further growth requires increasing coordination.
AKS is not automatically the first step. Better subscription boundaries, identity, Infrastructure as Code and deployment standards may deliver most of the value.
What does not need replacing by default
- Existing IaC that is demonstrably repeatable
- Azure managed services with a suitable operating profile
- VMs that remain the simplest reliable runtime
- Useful Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions pipelines
Azure platform engineering
Possible directions
AKS is not automatically the first step. Better subscription boundaries, identity, Infrastructure as Code and deployment standards may deliver most of the value.
Subscription and resource-group model with policies and ownership
Identity, networking, secrets and production access as one design
Reusable IaC and automated environment provisioning
AKS when container workloads, isolation and delivery genuinely require it
Approach
From first picture to working improvement
- 01
First conversation
We establish the situation, fit and whether discovery is the right next step.
- 02
Paid discovery
We assess workloads, cloud resources, Terraform, delivery, security, state and operations.
- 03
Phased implementation
Deliverables, effort estimate and budget guardrails stay visible per phase.
- 04
Stabilisation and support
Go-live is followed by validation, handover and, where useful, bounded support.
Concrete output
- Azure and IaC inventory
- Target architecture and migration phases
- Consistent identity and network guardrails
- Repeatable environment and delivery path
- Observability, runbooks and operating boundaries
Good fit when
- Azure differs per team or customer
- access and ownership are hard to explain
- growth into more environments requires standards
Less suitable when
- AKS is mandated as the outcome before analysis
- identity and networking cannot be included
- the request is only licence or application administration
Relevant case
Solvinity
Setting up new cloud environments and delivery paths faster and more consistently, so onboarding did not become manual work every time.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is AKS always the next step?
No. App Service, Container Apps, VMs or managed services may be simpler and cheaper to operate.
Can current IaC stay?
Yes, where quality and ownership fit. Discovery determines what stays, standardises or changes.
How do projects stay consistent?
Through an explicit subscription model, reusable modules, policies, fixed delivery paths and drift detection.
First conversation
Discuss your platform situation
Share the broad situation and trigger. The first conversation establishes fit and next step; detailed analysis follows as paid discovery.
Useful context
Do not share sensitive infrastructure details in this form.
- Current cloud and application landscape
- Main operational or growth bottleneck
- Relevant deadline, audit or customer requirement