Azure Local

Azure Local consultants in New York

We are based in New York. For organizations in the city and the tri-state area that means design workshops in your office and an engineer in your data center when it matters.

What we do

Scope of the work

  • On-site design workshops with your infrastructure and security teams
  • Data center and colocation visits for racking and cabling checks
  • Deployment with an engineer present for the first cluster
  • Remote delivery for everything that does not need hands
  • Local account management through Keith
What you receive
  • A named engineer and a named account manager in your time zone
  • On-site time where it adds value, remote where it does not
  • The same written design and runbooks as every engagement

Billed at $150.00 per hour. Ask Keith for an estimate.

Field notes

What we check first.

Colocation access

Data center access takes paperwork. We start it at scoping so it does not delay the build.

Remote by default

Most Azure Local work is done through Azure and out-of-band management. On-site time is planned, not assumed.

Outside New York

We work remotely with clients anywhere in the United States.

How an engagement runs

Four steps, written down.

I
Scope

A call with Keith

You describe the goal, the estate and the deadline. Keith turns it into a written scope with an hour estimate at the hourly rate.

II
Design

A written design by Gus

Gus reviews the environment and gives you a written design with each decision and its reason.

III
Build

Hands-on implementation

Gus implements in your tenant and your racks, remotely or on site, with every change logged as it is made.

IV
Hand over

Documents and a named contact

You receive the as-built record and the runbooks. Keith stays on as your account and project manager.

Questions

Asked before every engagement.

Do you charge for travel?

Travel time and expenses are agreed in the written scope before the visit.

Do you only work in New York?

No. New York is where on-site work is easiest for us. Remote engagements run the same way anywhere.

What does the consulting cost?

Consulting is billed at $150.00 per hour. Keith sends a written hour estimate after the scoping call, and work starts when you approve it.

Rate and contacts

One rate. Two people.

Consulting is billed at $150.00 per hour. Keith runs sales, project management and your account. Gus does the architecture, the design and the implementation.

Hourly rate
$150.00

per consulting hour, for every consulting service

Sales, project management and account management

Keith

keith@apexvanguard.ai
Architecture, design and implementation

Gus

gus@gusitllc.com

Independent practice, not affiliated with Microsoft. Azure Local consulting is part of the infrastructure consulting practice of Gus IT LLC, an independent firm. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Microsoft Corporation, Dell Technologies, Fortinet or any other vendor named on this site. Microsoft, Azure, Azure Local, Azure Stack HCI, Azure Arc, AKS, Azure Virtual Desktop, Hyper-V and Windows Server are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Dell, PowerEdge, PowerSwitch and iDRAC are trademarks of Dell Inc. Microsoft Entra, Active Directory, SQL Server, FSLogix and BitLocker are also trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Fortinet and FortiGate are trademarks of Fortinet, Inc. VMware and vSphere are trademarks of Broadcom Inc. Kubernetes is a registered trademark of The Linux Foundation. PostgreSQL is a trademark of the PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada. Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other marks belong to their respective owners and are used for description only. Product capabilities follow each vendor's documentation and change between releases; we confirm the current state during scoping.