Azure · CAF · Landing Zone · Management Groups · Azure Policy · Azure Migrate
Azure Is Already in Your Organisation.
Governing It Is the Part Most Teams Skip.
Most organisations land in Azure organically — a subscription here, a resource group there, billing consolidated six months later. The result is an environment without policy guardrails, without a consistent security baseline, and with cost visibility that depends on who remembers to tag their resources. Symhas implements the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework landing zone that brings governance to the Azure estate you already have — or builds it right from the start.Symhas deploys Azure Management Groups, Azure Policy at scale, a hub-and-spoke virtual network with Azure Firewall or NVA, and migrates workloads using Azure Migrate and Azure Site Recovery — all defined in Bicep or Terraform, all with tested cutover procedures.
100%Azure landing zones pass Microsoft Secure Score baseline on first assessment — all Symhas deployments
Bicep/TFEvery landing zone resource codified as IaC — reproducible, version-controlled, drift-detected
0Unplanned downtime events during workload migrations across all Symhas Azure engagements
12wkAzure landing zone to first production workload migrated — fixed price
Azure certified architects available nowActive
100%Microsoft Secure Score baseline pass rate on first assessment — all Symhas Azure landing zones
0Unplanned downtime during workload migrations across all Symhas Azure engagements
CAFAzure Cloud Adoption Framework — the Microsoft-recommended landing zone pattern Symhas deploys
12wkAssessment to first production workload on Azure landing zone — fixed price
What We Deliver
Core Capabilities.
Production-Grade on Azure.

Every capability designed, deployed, and documented by Symhas Azure-certified architects. Fixed price. SLA-backed from go-live.

Azure CAF Landing Zone & Management GroupsCAF · Management Groups · Azure Policy · Blueprints · Subscriptions
Azure Cloud Adoption Framework landing zone — Management Group hierarchy enforcing policy inheritance, Azure Policy at scale for security and compliance guardrails, and a subscription model that separates identity, connectivity, management, and workloads into purpose-built subscriptions.
Management Group hierarchy — Platform, Landing Zones, Sandbox, and Decommissioned groups matching CAF
Azure Policy — built-in and custom policy assignments enforcing security, tagging, and configuration baselines
Policy remediation — existing non-compliant resources remediated automatically via remediation tasks
Subscription vending — new subscriptions created with baseline policy, networking, and security already applied
Azure Blueprints or IaC — landing zone components version-controlled and deployable in any subscription
Every Azure subscription inherits governance baseline from the Management Group — not from individual subscription settings
Azure Hub-and-Spoke NetworkingVirtual WAN · Hub VNet · ExpressRoute · Azure Firewall · Private DNS
Hub-and-spoke virtual network topology — a connectivity subscription hosting the hub VNet with Azure Firewall or third-party NVA, spoke VNets peered to the hub for workload isolation, and ExpressRoute or Site-to-Site VPN for on-premises private connectivity.
Hub VNet — Azure Firewall or NVA, ExpressRoute gateway, and VPN gateway in connectivity subscription
Spoke VNet peering — workload VNets peered to hub, no spoke-to-spoke direct routing
Azure Firewall policy — network and application rules enforcing east-west and north-south traffic
ExpressRoute circuit — private dedicated connectivity from on-premises or co-location to Azure
Azure Private DNS — private DNS zones for all Azure PaaS services, resolving across all spokes
Network topology that isolates workloads and routes all traffic through a central inspection point
Azure Migrate & Workload MigrationAzure Migrate · Site Recovery · Database Migration Service · Dependency mapping
Azure Migrate provides agentless discovery and dependency mapping of the source environment, with Azure Site Recovery replicating servers continuously for near-zero-downtime cutover, and Azure Database Migration Service handling both SQL and open-source database migrations.
Azure Migrate — agentless discovery, dependency analysis, and TCO assessment
Azure Site Recovery — continuous replication from VMware, Hyper-V, or physical servers
Dependency mapping — application groups identified before wave planning begins
Azure Database Migration Service — SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Oracle migrations
Cutover rehearsal — test failover to Azure completed before production cutover is scheduled
Workloads migrated in dependency order with tested cutover windows — no production discoveries
Bicep / Terraform IaC & AutomationBicep · Terraform · Azure DevOps · Drift detection · Deployment stacks
All landing zone components codified in Bicep or Terraform — deployed through Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions pipelines, with Azure Policy drift detection and scheduled IaC plan runs ensuring the live environment stays aligned with the defined baseline.
Bicep or Terraform module library — Management Groups, networking, security, monitoring as versioned modules
Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions — plan-and-apply pipeline with PR review before any change is applied
Azure Deployment Stacks — Bicep resources managed as a unit, delete protection enforced
Drift detection — scheduled plan run nightly, deviations from IaC baseline alerted to infrastructure team
Runbook library — every operational task documented with step-by-step IaC-based procedure
The landing zone is code — every change reviewed, every environment reproducible, every drift caught
Delivery Model
Assessment to Production.
Fixed Price. Fixed Timeline.

Four phases with go/no-go gates. Scope and price agreed before week one.

01
Architecture Design & DiscoveryWeeks 1–3

Azure Migrate discovery of source environment. Dependency mapping and application grouping. Management Group design and subscription model. Network topology design. Policy baseline designed. Architecture approved.

02
Landing Zone DeploymentWeeks 4–6

Management Groups and subscription structure deployed via IaC. Policy assignments and remediation tasks configured. Hub VNet with Azure Firewall deployed. ExpressRoute or VPN connectivity established. Monitoring baseline configured.

03
Migration ExecutionWeeks 7–10

Azure Site Recovery replication started for source servers. Dependency-ordered wave plan executed. Database migrations via Azure DMS. Test failover completed and timed. Production cutover rehearsal run.

04
Production Cutover & HandoverWeeks 11–12

Production cutover per wave plan. Source environment read-only for 48-hour validation. Infrastructure team certified on IaC pipeline and policy management. Symhas moves to advisory.

Financial Services · Azure Landing Zone$25B AUM Asset Manager.
OCI + Azure Landing Zones. 33% Cost Down. Zero Audit Findings.

A global asset management firm running Oracle Fusion on OCI needed Azure for Microsoft 365 integration, Azure Active Directory as the identity provider, and Azure Sentinel for security operations. The existing Azure environment had no Management Groups, no Policy assignments, and 23 resource groups without consistent governance.

Symhas deployed an Azure CAF landing zone alongside the OCI environment — Management Group hierarchy with Policy inheritance, hub-and-spoke networking with Private DNS, Entra ID governance, and Defender for Cloud. The OCI-Azure interconnect enabled direct private connectivity between Oracle Fusion on OCI and Azure services.

0Audit findings
↓33%Infrastructure cost year 1
99.9%Uptime SLA delivered
12wkFull deployment
Discuss Your Programme
What was delivered

Azure CAF Landing Zone — Financial Services Production

Management Group hierarchy — Platform, Landing Zones, and Sandbox groups with CAF-aligned policy inheritance
47 Azure Policy assignments — security, tagging, encryption, and allowed-region enforcement
Hub-and-spoke VNet — Azure Firewall Premium, ExpressRoute gateway, Private DNS zones for all PaaS
OCI–Azure Interconnect — dedicated private 10Gbps link enabling Oracle Fusion on OCI to access Azure AD and Sentinel
Entra ID governance — Conditional Access, PIM, and access reviews for 340 users across Azure and M365
Bicep IaC — all landing zone resources in version-controlled Bicep modules deployed via Azure DevOps

“We had Azure subscriptions everywhere with no consistent policy or governance. Symhas brought order to it in 12 weeks. We can now audit any Azure resource and trace it back to an IaC commit. That is a new capability for us.”

— CTO, Global Asset Management Firm

Azure Services Deployed
The Specific Azure Services
We Configure for This Capability.
Azure
Azure Management Groups

Subscription governance — Management Group hierarchy, policy inheritance, and RBAC boundary at scale.

Management Group hierarchy design
Policy assignment and inheritance
RBAC boundary configuration
Subscription vending workflow
Azure
Azure Policy

Compliance enforcement — built-in and custom policy assignments, effects, and remediation tasks at Management Group scope.

Policy assignment at MG scope
Custom policy definition
Remediation task configuration
Compliance dashboard
Azure
Azure Virtual Network Hub-Spoke

Hub-and-spoke topology — Azure Firewall, VNet peering, route tables, and Private DNS zones.

Hub VNet with Azure Firewall
Spoke VNet peering and UDR
Azure Firewall policy rules
Private DNS zone configuration
Azure
Azure Migrate

Discovery and migration — agentless discovery, dependency mapping, TCO assessment, and replication.

Agentless discovery and dependency map
TCO and sizing assessment
ASR replication configuration
Test failover and cutover
Azure
Azure ExpressRoute

Private dedicated connectivity — ExpressRoute circuit from on-premises or co-location to Azure.

Circuit ordering and peering config
ExpressRoute gateway deployment
BGP route advertisement
Failover to Site-to-Site VPN
Azure
Azure Monitor & Log Analytics

Observability baseline — Log Analytics workspace, diagnostic settings, and Azure Monitor alerts.

Log Analytics workspace design
Diagnostic settings for all resources
Azure Monitor alert rules
Workbook dashboards
Why Symhas
Azure Expertise Built from Production Deployments.
CAF Landing Zone Before Migration StartsMigrating before governance is in place creates policy remediation backlogs. Symhas deploys the full CAF landing zone before the first migration agent is installed.
Management Group Design That ScalesGeneric Platform/Landing Zones/Sandbox hierarchies break at enterprise scale. Symhas designs Management Group structures that reflect your actual business and risk structure.
Policy Assignments Before Workloads ArriveAzure Policy cannot retroactively fix resources already deployed in violation. Symhas assigns policies at Management Group scope before the first workload migration begins.
Bicep or Terraform — Your Choice, Not OursSome teams are Bicep-native, some are Terraform multi-cloud. Symhas delivers in whichever IaC toolchain your infrastructure team owns — not whichever is easier for us.
Dependency Mapping Before Wave PlanningMigration waves built without dependency data fail at cutover. Symhas completes Azure Migrate dependency mapping before wave planning begins.
Infrastructure Team Owns the IaC at HandoverBy handover your team manages policy, deploys new subscriptions, and updates the IaC pipeline independently. Certified and operating solo before Symhas steps back.
Next Step
Tell Us What Your Azure Estate Looks Like Today.
We Will Design the Governance Layer It Needs.
A 30-minute Azure assessment with a Symhas cloud architect. We will review your subscription structure, Management Group configuration, and policy coverage — and produce a CAF landing zone design before the engagement price is agreed.No commitment. No pitch deck. An honest conversation about your Azure environment.