Microsoft Marketplace consulting service

Build an Azure data foundation around one defined use case

Use a four-week proof of concept to test the platform path from ingestion and transformation to an insight stakeholders can review.

Offer boundary

The four weeks are organised around a use case

The current Microsoft Marketplace listing describes a four-week engagement that delivers a modern data platform on Azure. It covers an end-to-end path through ingestion, transformation, a serving layer, and a Power BI insight for the agreed use case.

Open Microsoft Marketplace Discuss a data foundation scope

Azure Data Foundation proof-of-concept artwork — Offer artwork retained from the original Data Foundation page.

Platform mechanism

Follow the data from source to a reviewable result

The retained architecture shows the intended pipeline shape. The final services and boundaries depend on the source systems, access model, and chosen use case.

High-level Azure Data Foundation architecture from source systems through processing and analytics — High-level architecture retained from the original offer page.

Delivery path

The proof of concept moves through three decisions

The sequence follows the published Marketplace offer. It does not assume that every source or future use case is included.

Choose

Select the first business use case and the people who own it.

Build

Implement the agreed Azure data-platform path.

Review

Surface the Power BI insight and decide what should happen next.

Architecture review

Use the Azure Well-Architected pillars as questions, not decoration

The Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework covers reliability, security, cost optimisation, operational excellence, and performance efficiency. Each pillar should shape the design review for the selected workload.

Reliability

Define the failures, recovery needs, and service expectations that matter for this workload.

Security

Set identity, access, data, network, and monitoring boundaries before delivery.

Cost optimisation

Relate cost choices to workload value and the operating model that will own them.

Operational excellence

Plan deployment, monitoring, ownership, and change practices for the platform.

Performance efficiency

Match resource choices to demand and measure whether the design meets its target.

Review the five pillars in Microsoft Learn.

Scope the four weeks

The timeline only works when the inputs are ready

Confirm source access, representative data, stakeholder time, and the definition of the final insight before treating the four-week duration as a delivery plan.