The Azure FOCUS Toolkit is a practical and impactful offering designed to help organizations identify, track, and act on cost optimization opportunities across their Azure estate. It provides immediate access to Appstrato’s proprietary Cost Take-Out toolkit—enabling cost transparency, anomaly detection, and persona-driven reporting for a wide range of stakeholders from FinOps to Engineering.

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This service provides a bespoke onboarding experience for the Azure FOCUS Toolkit. Delivered by FinOps specialists, the guided installation ensures smooth technical deployment, integration into your existing Azure environment, and hands-on troubleshooting. Clients benefit from accelerated time to insight, reduced setup risk, and a structured approach to governance.

Included:

Guided, Hands-On Learning. – Covers setup, configuration, and key workflows.

Practical Walkthroughs & Troubleshooting

• Work through the provided content at your own pace.
• Ensure all integrations with Azure and Power BI are set up correctly.

FinOps Discovery Session

A flexible, expert-led conversation designed to surface key cost management concerns, evaluate current practices, and explore tailored strategies

Topics Include:

• FinOps Enablement
• Purchase Strategy
• Cost Visibility
• Cost Optimisation
• FinOps Governance

No rigid structure – Tailored to your unique concerns and current challenges
No formal deliverables – The value is in the insights, discussion, and expert guidance
Flexible agenda – Adapted based on maturity level, pain points, and priorities
Real-time feedback & recommendations – Practical, actionable insights delivered through discussion

The Microsoft License Advisory provides focused, vendor-specific support to help clients navigate the complexities of Microsoft licensing. Clients benefit from unlimited query submission, with a limit of two active queries at a time to ensure attention to depth and detail.

With a 24-hour response time and one monthly priority escalation, the service is designed for fast-paced environments where licensing clarity is crucial to business decisions. This advisory service transforms reactive licensing queries into proactive commercial control.

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Tailored specifically for SAP environments, the SAP License Advisory service supports organizations with the complexities of SAP licensing. Clients have unlimited query submission, with a two active query limit to ensure focus and depth per engagement. Response times are typically within 48 hours, with one priority escalation available monthly for high-impact issues.

This service is ideal for those preparing for contract renewals, optimizing license consumption, or exploring indirect access risks. Delivered by a consultants with dedicated SAP-specific expertise, clients receive bespoke guidance that reflects both technical and commercial realities. The advisory approach ensures that your SAP estate is well-governed, cost-effective, and aligned with business priorities.

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This offering supports organizations managing complex Oracle licensing landscapes and includes advisory. Clients benefit from unlimited queries, a two active query cap to maintain engagement depth, and a 48-hour turnaround standard. A monthly priority response enables escalation for time-sensitive or high-stakes issues.

Unlike generic licensing helpdesks, this advisory service delivers contextual answers rooted in your Oracle contracts, use cases, and estate configurations. The delivery consultants bring Oracle-specific experience, ensuring responses are commercially aligned and strategically sound. Whether you’re addressing Named User Plus complexities or preparing for a license true-up, this service gives you clarity, confidence, and control.

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This offering supports organizations navigating the complexities of cloud financial management by providing tailored FinOps advisory across cost optimization, stakeholder accountability, and cloud budgeting strategies. The service helps embed financial governance into your cloud operations and includes expert support across:

Cloud Financial Management & Spend Optimization

• Spend analysis across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
• Rightsizing, reservation, and committed use discount strategies
• Detection and mitigation of waste and unused resources
• Cost allocation, tagging strategy development, and policy implementation
• Workload-based optimization recommendations (e.g., per environment, business unit, or app)

Chargeback, Showback & Budgeting Frameworks

• Design and implementation of showback/chargeback models
• Budget setting and forecasting aligned to business unit ownership
  Integration with finance and accounting processes (e.g., accruals, budgeting cycles)
• Persona-based reporting and stakeholder alignment (Engineering, Finance, Product, Exec)
• FinOps capability maturity assessments and roadmap planning

Governance, Tools & Strategy Alignment

• Guidance on FinOps tooling integration (native cloud tools, third-party platforms)
• Support with FinOps process definition, role clarity, and team structure
• Cloud cost policy development, communications, and enforcement guidance
• Cross-functional governance model development and FinOps KPIs
• Strategic guidance to support cloud cost management transformation or platform scaling

Clients benefit from unlimited queries, a two active query cap to maintain focus and engagement depth, and a 48-hour standard turnaround. One monthly Priority Response is included to fast-track time-sensitive issues.

Unlike standard cloud support services, this FinOps advisory delivers tailored responses aligned with your architecture, operational model, and business goals. Advisors combine financial acumen with deep cloud platform experience to ensure recommendations are actionable and relevant. Whether you’re building your FinOps foundation or scaling governance across teams, this service empowers you to make cloud cost decisions with clarity, confidence, and control.

Our Fractional Manager service offers clients a senior, vendor-specialist advisor who acts as a part-time extension of your internal team—providing leadership, continuity, and strategic oversight across IT Asset Management (ITAM), FinOps, and complex vendor licensing engagements with Microsoft, Oracle, or SAP.

This service includes up to 10 days per year, flexibly allocated across quarterly roadmap sessions, project check-ins, and key milestones. Your assigned Fractional Manager acts as a consistent point of contact, ensuring momentum is maintained across initiatives and that support from the wider Appstrato platform or advisory team is coordinated, consistent, and commercially aligned.

Key Capabilities & Areas of Support

ITAM & SAM Program Leadership

• Oversight of IT asset lifecycle governance and software asset management (SAM)
• Audit preparation and risk mitigation strategies across key software vendors
• Optimisation of license usage and software compliance controls
• ITAM policy development and tooling alignment (e.g., Snow, Flexera, ServiceNow)

FinOps Strategy & Execution

• Stakeholder alignment and accountability for cloud cost ownership
• Design and refinement of showback/chargeback models
• Coordination of cost optimization and budgeting initiatives
• Support for FinOps maturity assessments and KPI reporting

Vendor-Specific Expertise (Microsoft, Oracle, SAP)

• Guidance on contract renewals, ULA exits, and cloud migration licensing
• Deep-dive licensing analysis tailored to your estate and contracts
• Support for escalation management with vendors and third-party auditors
• Ongoing monitoring of licensing risk and cost-saving opportunities

Engagement Model & Benefits

Fractional Managers coordinate directly with your internal teams and Appstrato’s broader Helpdesk and Advisory Services. They provide quarterly stakeholder summaries and can offer board-level briefings or executive updates when needed. Acting as a strategic liaison, they ensure that tactical support (e.g., Helpdesk queries, toolkit usage) is connected to wider goals like compliance, cost reduction, or roadmap execution.

This service is ideal for organizations that require expert leadership on licensing or cloud cost management—without the overhead of a full-time hire. With a focus on continuity, strategic value, and real-world execution, our Fractional Managers help you stay in control of risk, cost, and outcomes across multiple domains and vendors.