Case Study
Modernizing operations in the cloud
Accelerating an organization's Azure journey through infrastructure-as-code and structured subscription vending process.
Challenge
Building cloud momentum in an organization with limited experience, budget, and a fragmented team.
A confidential banking client was at the start of its Azure journey with no established cloud infrastructure, a team of skeptics to win over, and a stretched budget. Our task was not just technical — it required championing the cloud vision, aligning a cross-functional team with competing priorities, and delivering a foundation fast enough to build technical momentum.
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Limited cloud talent and buy-in
Strategi wore champion, cheerleader, and architect hats simultaneously — winning over cloud skeptics and building internal confidence alongside the technical foundation.
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Constrained personnel and funding
The customer was stretched thin on available personnel and budget, requiring a lean, high-impact delivery approach that maximized value without overextending resources.
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Siloed team with divergent priorities
The Azure Platform Team comprised infrastructure, network, and software engineers — each with different skill sets and priorities. Getting them to work in concert toward a common goal was a core delivery challenge.
Solution
A code-first cloud foundation with automated deployment from day one.
Strategi established an Azure Landing Zone and built a fully automated, policy-enforced cloud environment — replacing manual processes with repeatable, auditable infrastructure-as-code pipelines.
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Azure DevOps
Removed “click-ops” deployments and introduced code-only infrastructure delivery via Azure DevOps — eliminating resource drift and enforcing consistency across every environment.
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Subscription vending process
Created a standard intake-to-deployment process for internal workload applications. Customer requirements captured via a structured form are automatically converted to JSON code and executed through DevOps pipelines — dramatically reducing time-to-deployment.
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Policy & RBAC-enforced security
Removed user rights from the production environment entirely. All resources are deployed through managed-identity-enabled DevOps, with Azure Policy enforcing environment consistency and least-privilege access throughout.
Client perspective
If unanticipated events or changes occurred, Strategi was able to reprioritize their work and continue delivering high quality product to the customer.
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