Get a grip on your Azure environment with the Azure Support Framework

An Azure environment starts out manageable, but grows faster than expected. Costs creep up, security settings need attention and insights are scattered across multiple dashboards. E-mergo's Azure Support Framework brings this together in one periodic overview, so you spend less time searching and see problems coming sooner.

Why you need an Azure Support Framework

At first, your Azure environment is easy to oversee. A few workloads, some test environments, perhaps multiple subscriptions for different teams. But as the environment grows, so does the complexity. New resources are added, configurations change and costs shift, without you noticing right away.

Familiar situations as your Azure environment grows:

• The bill goes up, but it takes a lot of time to find out exactly why
• You wonder whether all security settings are still correct and whether you comply with internal agreements or compliance requirements
• Every month you collect data from different dashboards again to create reports
• There are signs of potential problems, but they are spread across multiple overview pages

On their own, none of these points is insurmountable. But together they mean you are mostly busy searching, instead of steering.

What the E-mergo Azure Support Framework does

The Azure Support Framework brings structure to this complex situation. Instead of separate dashboards and manually compiled reports, you receive one overview every month or quarter with the most important insights:

• Costs: What is changing and what is causing it?
• Security: Which security settings are in good shape, what is missing and where is action needed?
• Health of your environment: Where do we see risks or notable trends?
• Action points: What do you tackle first to limit risks or unnecessary costs?

The goal is not to collect as many insights as possible, but to create one consistent picture.

Secure and transparent access to your Azure environment

Depending on your situation, we use Azure Lighthouse to manage your environment in a controlled way. Access is fully visible, actions can be traced and we work with minimal permissions. If additional permissions are needed, we always agree on that explicitly. Transparency and control stay with you.

How to get started

The approach is deliberately simple.

1. We map out your priorities, such as costs, security or performance. We take existing agreements on budgets or compliance into account.
2. We connect your Azure environment to the Framework. Where appropriate we use Azure Lighthouse, so that we can manage the environment in a controlled way.
3. From that moment on you receive one overview periodically. The first one is the baseline measurement: where do costs stand out, what needs attention around security and what signals do we see in the health of the environment? After that, the fixed structure helps you recognize trends and changes faster.
4. We go through the findings together and decide what you tackle first. That way the overview becomes a practical tool rather than just a report.

That way the support grows along with your environment.