Azure cloud engineering is the design and build of how your workloads run on Microsoft Azure: subscriptions, identity, networks, hosting and data.
15+ years of team experience · Architect-led · United States, Australia and worldwide
Azure cloud engineering on a landing zone your team can govern.
Our engineers set up and tidy Microsoft Azure estates: management groups and subscriptions, Entra ID, networking, app hosting, data, security and cost, all deployed as Bicep or Terraform.
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- 15+Years of team experience
- 20+Enterprise implementations
- 60 minFree Azure cloud engineering review, with a written plan
- 5.0/5Client satisfaction (CSAT)
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What is Azure cloud engineering?
Changes are written in Bicep or Terraform, checked in a pipeline and previewed before anything is deployed.
Azure Policy, Microsoft Entra ID and Defender for Cloud keep access, configuration and security findings under control from the start.
Where you start
Where is your Azure estate today?
How does your Azure setup look right now?
- Path 01Starting out
New to Azure
A first workload is planned, or a trial subscription has grown into real use.
- Landing zone designed first
- Identity and network in place before apps
- Everything deployed as code
- Path 02Grown over time
Untidy subscriptions
Resources were added by many people, with mixed naming, access and tags.
- Inventory and access review
- Policy and tagging rules added
- Resources moved into a clear structure
- Path 03Still on premises
Moving from your own servers
Windows and Linux servers, SQL Server databases or file shares need a new home.
- Assessment with Azure Migrate
- Workloads moved in planned waves
- Old servers switched off after sign-off
One governed Azure platform your team can run
What we do
What do our Azure consulting services include?
Each service leaves something your team keeps using after we finish.
Landing zone setup
Management groups, subscriptions and Azure Policy.
You keepLanding zone design and Bicep or Terraform codeIdentity and access
Microsoft Entra ID groups, roles and Privileged Identity Management.
You keepRole and group matrixNetworking
Hub and spoke or Virtual WAN, private endpoints and DNS.
You keepNetwork diagram and address planApp hosting
App Service, Functions, Container Apps or AKS.
You keepHosting decision per appData services
Azure SQL and Cosmos DB with private access.
You keepBackup and restore runbookPipelines
Infrastructure and app changes previewed, approved and deployed.
You keepPipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHubSecurity
Defender for Cloud recommendations ranked and fixed.
You keepSecurity findings logCost management
Spend by subscription and tag in Microsoft Cost Management.
You keepBudgets and monthly cost report
Landing zone
How is an Azure landing zone organized?
The Cloud Adoption Framework builds Azure from the base up. Rules set at the base apply to everything above it.
- Resources
ExamplesApp Service plans, function apps, AKS clusters, databases and storage accounts.
ControlsTags, diagnostics settings and private endpoints on each one.
- Resource groups
ExamplesOne group per app and environment, such as the billing app in production.
ControlsOwner role scoped to the team that runs the app.
- Subscriptions
ExamplesPlatform subscriptions for identity, connectivity and management, plus one per workload.
ControlsBudgets, cost alerts and Defender for Cloud plans.
- Management groups
ExamplesPlatform, landing zones, sandbox and decommissioned branches.
ControlsAzure Policy for allowed regions, required tags and security baselines.
App hosting
Which Azure service should host your app?
We pick the simplest service that meets each app's needs. Many business apps never need Kubernetes.
App Service
- Best for
- Web apps and APIs
- What you deploy
- Code or a container
- Scales to zero
- No
- Effort for your team
- Low
- Good first choice when
- You run a standard web app
Azure Functions
- Best for
- Event-driven and scheduled jobs
- What you deploy
- Functions
- Scales to zero
- Yes, on consumption plans
- Effort for your team
- Low
- Good first choice when
- Work starts on an event or a timer
Container Apps
- Best for
- Containerized services and APIs
- What you deploy
- Containers
- Scales to zero
- Yes
- Effort for your team
- Low to moderate
- Good first choice when
- You already ship containers
AKS
- Best for
- Many services with custom platform needs
- What you deploy
- Containers and Kubernetes manifests
- Scales to zero
- No, system nodes keep running
- Effort for your team
- Highest, even with AKS Automatic
- Good first choice when
- A platform team will run it
Not sure? The free review picks the hosting for each app with you before any build starts.
Who owns what
Who owns what on your Azure platform?
You keep the decisions and the subscriptions. Our engineers build and document, and your security lead signs off on access and findings.
01Landing zone design and Azure Policy
AccountableYour teamDoes the workSynconAIYour security leadconsulted
02Entra ID roles and privileged access
AccountableYour security leadDoes the workSynconAIYour teamconsulted
03Bicep or Terraform modules and pipelines
AccountableYour teamDoes the workSynconAIYour security leadinformed
04App releases after handover
Does the workYour teamSynconAIconsultedYour security leadinformed
05Defender for Cloud findings
AccountableYour security leadDoes the workSynconAIYour teamconsulted
06Budgets and cost alerts
AccountableYour teamDoes the workSynconAIYour security leadinformed
Pipeline
What runs before an Azure change reaches production?
Every infrastructure change goes through a pull request. The pipeline builds it, previews it with what-if and waits for approval.
az deployment sub what-if --location eastus --template-file main.bicep
- PASSBicep build and linter rules
- PASSWhat-if preview shows no unexpected deletes
- PASSRequired tags present on new resources
- PASSAllowed regions policy respected
- PASSNo public network access on the new database
- HUMAN REVIEWNew role assignment for an Entra ID group
Pull request first
Changes are reviewed in Azure DevOps or GitHub before they run.
Preview before deploy
What-if or Terraform plan output is attached to the approval.
A person approves production
Access changes and deletes always wait for a named approver.
How it runs
How does an Azure engagement run?
Five phases, run as parallel workstreams. Your written proposal states the milestones and dates.
Workstream
- 01Assess
- 02Design
- 03Landing zone
- 04Migrate and build
- 05Operate
Governance
Identity
Network
Workloads
Delivery
Operations
Cost and timing
What it costs and how long it takes
The review is free
A 60-minute architecture review of your Azure subscriptions and workloads setup, with a written plan you keep.
A fixed-scope proposal first
Before any work starts you get a written proposal: a fixed-scope project with milestones, or a monthly plan. You approve it, or you do not.
Timing follows scope
How long it takes depends on what is in scope. The proposal states the milestones, so you see the timeline before you commit.
Client stories
Client work we have delivered
Real engagements, described by industry. Each story covers the starting position, what we built and how we delivered it, end to end.
Financial ServicesSelf-Hosted AI Research Infrastructure Behind a Salesforce Deal EngineSelf-hosted AI agent infrastructure for a US private equity advisory firm: n8n workflows, PostgreSQL, web research and Google Drive mandate documents, deployed with Coolify and writing results back to Salesforce.n8n · PostgreSQL · Coolify · FirecrawlRead the story 
Commercial & Business ServicesA Subscription Estimator and Technical Library for Fire Protection ProfessionalsA Next.js web application for a fire protection business: a searchable technical library and estimator with role-based access, manufacturer filtering, PDF output and subscriptions, with AI product identification in development.Next.js · Custom web application · Authentication and roles · SubscriptionsRead the story 
Communications, Media & TechnologyFour Production AI Systems for a Japanese Contact Centre OperatorCustom AI for a Japanese contact centre operator: recorded and live Japanese call transcription, 16-field emergency form extraction with human review, a bilingual knowledge base, and realtime operator assistance.Custom AI · Speech-to-text · Large language models · Vector searchRead the story Client reviews
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Frequently asked questions
Azure cloud engineering, answered.
Straight answers about landing zones, app hosting, infrastructure as code and connecting Salesforce to Azure.
Designing, building and running workloads on Microsoft Azure: landing zone, identity, networking, app hosting, data, security and cost, all deployed as Bicep or Terraform, plus migration and connections to systems such as Salesforce.
The base an Azure estate is built on: management groups, subscriptions, Azure Policy, Entra ID access, networking and logging. It follows Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework and is deployed as code.
Bicep is Azure-native and needs no state file. Terraform or OpenTofu suit teams that also run AWS or Google Cloud. We use what your team already knows.
Often not. App Service, Azure Functions and Container Apps run most business apps with less to manage. AKS fits many services, several teams or custom platform needs.
No. You keep your own Azure tenant, subscriptions and agreement with Microsoft. Our engineers work in your tenant with the access you grant.
Azure Logic Apps has a Salesforce connector, Azure Functions can call the Salesforce APIs, and Microsoft Entra ID can provide single sign-on to Salesforce.
Budgets and alerts per subscription, tags on every resource, reports in Microsoft Cost Management, then rightsizing and reservations or savings plans sized to steady usage.
Ask to see the landing zone design, the code and the runbooks a team would leave behind. Our free 60-minute review gives you a written plan you can compare.
Microsoft, Azure, Microsoft Entra, Bicep and the Azure service names on this page are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. GitHub is a trademark of GitHub, Inc. Salesforce is a trademark of Salesforce, Inc. Terraform is a trademark of HashiCorp, an IBM company; OpenTofu is a project of the Linux Foundation. SynconAI is an independent consulting firm and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft or these companies, apart from its Salesforce partner status.
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