Azure Architecture
Design, review, and optimise your Azure environment. Expert guidance from a certified Azure Solutions Architect.
Architecture Services
Landing Zone Design
Design and implement Azure landing zones following Cloud Adoption Framework best practices.
Network Architecture
Hub-spoke topologies, ExpressRoute, VPN, Private Link, and hybrid connectivity solutions.
Security & Governance
Azure Policy, RBAC, Defender for Cloud, identity management, and compliance frameworks.
Data Platform
Azure SQL, Synapse, Fabric, Data Factory - design data architectures that scale.
Application Architecture
App Services, Container Apps, AKS, Functions - choose the right compute for your workloads.
Well-Architected Review
Assess your existing Azure environment against the Well-Architected Framework pillars.
What You Get
- Architecture design documents
- Network topology diagrams
- Security baseline recommendations
- Cost optimisation report
- Implementation roadmap
- Terraform/Bicep templates
Latest Azure Insights
Expert guidance on Azure architecture and best practices
Azure Managed Redis Would Not Place in West Europe: 24 Refusals, and the Workaround That Costs 3.4ms
Azure Cache for Redis is retiring and Managed Redis is the replacement. On 29 September it would not place in West Europe or North Europe at any size we tried, while five nearby regions placed first time. Here is the full ledger, why the obvious fallbacks do not help, and what a cross-region private endpoint actually costs once you measure it.
Azure's RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell VMs Beat Their Own Spec Sheet: 184 Gbit/s VM to VM
Two NCv6-series Blackwell VMs moved 184 Gbit/s between them on a NIC rated at 180, across peered VNets in two different subscriptions. Here is the method, every reading, and the routing mistake that quietly costs you half of it.
Physical Data Transfer vs Cloud Upload: The Break-Even Point
There's a crossover point where physically transporting your data beats uploading it over the internet. Here's the maths to find exactly where that line sits for your situation.
290 GB across 11,000 km in 35 seconds: testing the Azure backbone the hard way
Moved 290 GB across 11,000 km of Azure backbone in 35 seconds of active transfer. 67 Gbit/sec sustained, a 25 GB Blu-ray every 3 seconds. The wall isn't QoS, it's the storage account request throttle. Plus the real bill: £112 of cross-region egress, mostly Asia outbound at £0.080 per GB.