Azure spend is rising and nobody can explain why
Usage, configuration and commercial factors are tangled together and the bill just keeps climbing.
Enterprise engineering
Make Azure fit the workload and the operating model.
Kritical assesses and engineers Azure environments alongside the systems they connect to. Start with a migration, a configuration problem, or a need for clearer control over access, cost and operation, and get a written scope before anything moves.
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Three situations bring teams to this page.
An environment someone else built needs an independent review
A previous consultant or a departed engineer left a design nobody else fully understands.
A migration or landing-zone decision needs to happen properly this time
The first attempt stalled, or leadership wants it done to a framework, not ad hoc.
What you get: an assessment that ties spend to ownership.
An assessment examines subscriptions, resources, access, connectivity and the services that depend on them, tying resource use to workload ownership and business requirements. Cost investigation distinguishes usage, configuration and commercial factors rather than assuming a single change will reduce every bill or preserve every performance requirement. Where ownership is unclear, we record that gap explicitly before changing resources that may support an undocumented business process or integration.
Why Kritical for Azure architecture.
We choose an architecture around application needs, data flows, availability and recovery requirements, not around whatever the last consultant defaulted to.
- Identity, networking and secrets designed together Not bolted on after the compute decision is already locked in.
- Hybrid dependencies made explicit For hybrid environments, we include on-premises dependencies and the behaviour of the service when connectivity is interrupted.
- The assumptions behind the design, not just the design The result explains both the design choice and the reasoning behind it, so it can be challenged and updated later.
Choose a concrete Azure starting point.
Kritical can begin with workload discovery and migration, landing-zone and governance design, cost and control review, Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Sentinel integration, AI Foundry or another governed AI workload, or a hybrid and private-cloud decision. The Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework provide decision structures; your workload and operating model determine the actual design.
Migration and landing zone
Assess dependencies, target architecture, identity, network, policy, management and the sequence for one workload.
Azure Virtual Desktop
Scope user groups, applications, profiles, identity, devices, network, capacity and support before selecting a desktop design.
Microsoft Sentinel
Define data sources, use cases, retention, alert ownership, investigation and response responsibilities before onboarding.
AI Foundry and governed AI
Select a bounded use case, data and security boundary, evaluation plan, integration, cost model and operating owner.
How it's priced, and what ownership looks like after handover.
Implementation is quoted in writing and can include infrastructure configuration, migration or targeted remediation, with repeatable deployment and validation scoped alongside access controls and change approval where automation is appropriate. Handover can include resource records, monitoring, recovery procedures, budget assumptions and configuration details. We agree who receives cost alerts, who approves extra consumption and who handles incidents, and your proposal separates the project from Azure consumption, licences, third-party services and any ongoing support.
First call
We confirm the workload, the cost or configuration question, and what access we'd need to assess it.
Get a quote
Send the systems and constraints involved and we quote the work, not just a licence.
Explore the technology behind the service.
These links explain the vendor platforms. Kritical turns that information into a practical scope for your environment, including what we deliver and what your team owns.
Explore the technology behind the service.
- Microsoft: the Cloud Adoption FrameworkExplore guidance that connects business objectives with cloud planning, governance and operations. Use it to consider how a workload will be owned and managed after migration. (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft: Azure Well-Architected FrameworkReview reliability, security, cost optimisation, operational excellence and performance-efficiency considerations for the workload. (opens in a new tab)
Explore the relevant technologies.
Use these guides to see which technologies can help with the job in front of you.
Questions before you enquire
Can you review an environment someone else built?
Yes. Access, available documentation and the questions to answer define the assessment. Findings can lead to a separate remediation scope.
Can you help investigate unexpected Azure spending?
We can scope analysis of billing and resource use, identify likely drivers and assess changes. Savings depend on the workload and commercial arrangements.
Do you support hybrid environments?
Yes. The scope should include identity, networking, data and recovery dependencies between Azure and the connected systems.
What does Entra add to an Azure engagement?
Entra ID, Conditional Access and permissions management are usually part of the identity and access design, priced as part of the same scope rather than a separate afterthought.
Can this connect to our on-premises VMware or Windows estate?
Yes. Hybrid connectivity, identity and recovery dependencies between Azure and your on-premises environment are part of the same assessment.
Related services
Identity & access
When access is inconsistent, over-permissioned or difficult to recover, Kritical improves identity across Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID and connected applications, so people and services get the access they need and nothing more than that.
Windows & Microsoft
Kritical works on Windows infrastructure and the services business applications depend on, including Active Directory, hybrid identity and platform migration.
On-premises AI
Buying a GPU server or high-performance computing cluster before sizing the workload creates costly capacity, facilities and operating risk.
Backup & recovery
Kritical assesses backup and disaster-recovery arrangements against the systems your organisation needs to restore.
Let’s define the next step.
Tell us what you want to achieve, what you have today and when it matters.