Case study 1
Azure VM Optimisation for a Mid-Market Technology Firm
The Challenge
A 300-person technology company was seeing consistent month-on-month growth in its Azure bill, with no clear attribution and significant engineering resistance to cost conversations. Finance had limited visibility; engineering had limited context on cost impact.
What We Did
We conducted a full Azure environment assessment using Azure Advisor, Cost Management, and VM Insights, identifying a population of idle and oversized virtual machines across multiple subscriptions.
We developed a structured Excel-based tracker with a recommendation dashboard, rightsizing guidance, and an engineering sign-off workflow and facilitated cross-functional alignment between the finance and infrastructure teams.
The Outcome
- 28% reduction in monthly Azure VM spend within 60 days of implementation
- Engineering team adopted a repeatable sign-off process for future resource changes
- Finance team gained their first real-time view of cloud cost by team and project