Retrieval-augmented generation on Azure Local
Answers from your own documents, with the sources cited, without the documents leaving your site. We build the ingestion, the index and the answering service.
Scope of the work
- Ingest documents from file shares and other internal sources
- Build and host the search index on your cluster
- Respect existing document permissions in every answer
- Answer with citations to the source passages
- Measure answer quality and keep the index current
- A question-answering service over your documents
- An ingestion pipeline that keeps the index fresh
- A quality report on a test set you approve
Billed at $150.00 per hour. Ask Keith for an estimate.
What we check first.
Permissions
A user must never get an answer from a document they cannot open. Permission filtering is designed in from the start.
Citations
An answer without a source cannot be checked. Every answer links to its passages.
Microsoft's offering
Microsoft has a retrieval service for Azure Local through Azure Arc that has been in preview. We compare it with an open build for your case.
Four steps, written down.
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.
A written design by Gus
Gus reviews the environment and gives you a written design with each decision and its reason.
Hands-on implementation
Gus implements in your tenant and your racks, remotely or on site, with every change logged as it is made.
Documents and a named contact
You receive the as-built record and the runbooks. Keith stays on as your account and project manager.
Asked before every engagement.
Which document types are supported?
Common office formats, PDFs and text. Scanned documents need optical character recognition, which we add when required.
How do we know the answers are right?
We build a test set of questions with known answers from your documents and report the measured results before go-live.
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.
Often scoped together.
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.
per consulting hour, for every consulting service