Windows Server consulting
Windows Server runs under and on top of nearly every Azure Local project. We cover the roles you depend on and connect them to Azure management where it helps.
Scope of the work
- Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and certificate services
- File services, including migration and synchronization with Azure
- Patching, hardening and baseline configuration
- Server management through Azure Arc
- Troubleshooting performance and reliability problems
- Healthy, documented server roles
- A patching and baseline procedure
- A list of risks with fixes ranked
Billed at $150.00 per hour. Ask Keith for an estimate.
What we check first.
DNS and time
Name resolution and clock drift are among the most common causes of infrastructure faults. We check both before anything else.
End of support
Servers past end of support are a security and compliance problem. We inventory them and plan the way off.
Arc for servers
Connecting servers to Azure Arc brings inventory, policy and updates under one view, wherever the servers run.
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.
Do you only work on servers running on Azure Local?
No. We work on Windows Server wherever it runs: physical, Hyper-V, VMware, Azure Local or Azure.
Can you take over an undocumented environment?
Yes. We start with discovery and write the documentation as the first deliverable.
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