PILLAR: AZURE CLOUD ARCHITECTURE
SERVICE: PRE-DEPLOYMENT VALIDATION

ZERO-TRUST AZURE ARCHITECTURE AUDIT

VALIDATE YOUR LANDING ZONE BEFORE PRODUCTION. NO ACCESS REQUIRED. NO SECRETS EXPOSED.

RACK2CLOUD >_ ARCHITECTURE SERVICES

Validate Your Azure Architecture —
Before It Validates Your Budget.

Run a local script in your own Azure environment. Upload a sanitized JSON. Receive a production-readiness score and prioritized remediation plan within 2 business days.

✓ No credentials required ✓ No tenant access granted ✓ No sensitive data collected

Most Azure environments score below 70. Identity and NSG gaps are almost always a surprise.

>_ THE PROCESS

Four Steps. Zero Trust Required.

STEP 01
⚡

Run Locally in Azure Cloud Shell

Execute the open-source script inside your own authenticated Azure Cloud Shell session. Nothing leaves without your review.

STEP 02
🛡️

Script Generates Sanitized JSON

Structural metadata only — counts, booleans, percentages. All IPs, subscription IDs, and resource names are permanently stripped.

STEP 03
📤

Review & Upload the Payload

Open the JSON in any text editor. Verify it yourself. Then complete payment and upload — no surprises, no hidden fields.

STEP 04
📋

Receive Your Architecture Brief

A 3-page scored PDF in your inbox within 2 business days — risk score, cost leak analysis, security exposure map, and a Fix This First roadmap.

>_ OPEN SOURCE & AUDITABLE

Read the Script Before You Run It.

Every line of Invoke-R2CTriage.ps1 is public on GitHub. No obfuscation. No telemetry. No external network calls beyond the Azure Resource Manager API — the same API your Azure Portal uses. Run -DryRun to see exactly what would be collected before making a single API call.

>_ View Script on GitHub
MIT LicensedFree to use & audit
Reader Role OnlyNo write permissions required
-DryRun FlagZero API calls to verify scope
SHA-256 FingerprintSubscription ID never stored raw
>_ SAMPLE OUTPUT

You See the Findings Before You Commit to Anything.

Azure Cloud Shell — PowerShell — Invoke-R2CTriage.ps1 
  RACK2CLOUD >_ AZURE TRIAGE — PRELIMINARY RESULTS
  ════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 
  ESTIMATED SCORE:  62 / 100
  RISK BAND:        HIGH RISK
  FLAGS DETECTED:   5
 
  CRITICAL FINDINGS:
 
    [!!] [IDENTITY]    MFA gap — permanent privileged assignments without PIM coverage
    [!!] [IDENTITY]    4 Owner assignments at subscription scope
    [!!] [NETWORKING]  Unrestricted inbound on 2 NSGs — SSH/RDP exposure
    [!!] [GOVERNANCE]  No budget alerts — cost overruns won't be caught automatically
    [!!] [COST]        3 unattached disks billing 512 GiB with no workload attached
 
  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  >_ Upload r2c_payload.json at rack2cloud.com/audits/zero-trust-azure/
     to unlock your scored 3-page Architecture Brief.
  ════════════════════════════════════════════════════

The teaser names the category and the specific finding — but not the remediation sequence or fix path. The full brief maps every flag to a ranked fix with effort vs. impact scoring.

>_ SCORE BANDS
85 – 100

Production Ready

Architecture is sound. Minor optimizations recommended.

70 – 84

Moderate Risk

Structural gaps detected. Fix before scaling workloads.

50 – 69

High Risk

Compliance and cost leakage issues. Remediation required.

< 50

Critical

Do not deploy. High probability of breach or compounding cost failure.

>_ INVESTMENT

Three Pages. Every Finding Mapped to a Fix.

PRE-DEPLOYMENT VALIDATION REPORT
$499
ONE-TIME // DELIVERED IN 2 BUSINESS DAYS
  • →Architecture Score (0–100) across Identity, Networking, Governance & Cost
  • →Risk band classification with prescriptive messaging
  • →Top 5 critical findings — named and categorized
  • →Cost leakage analysis — orphaned resources and billing waste identified
  • →Security exposure map — NSG gaps, RBAC blast radius, MFA coverage
  • →“Fix This First” remediation roadmap — prioritized by effort vs. impact
  • →Delivered as a 3-page tactical PDF to your inbox
>_ Get Your Architecture Score — $499

Need a live walkthrough with your engineering team? Upgrade to The Architect’s Review →

>_ INITIALIZE AUDIT

Ready to Validate Your Architecture?

Pre-Deployment Validation — $499

Complete payment via Stripe. You’ll be directed immediately to upload your r2c_payload.json and submit your context. Your Architecture Brief will be delivered within 2 business days.

  • →Architecture Score (0–100) across Identity, Networking, Governance & Cost
  • →Top 5 critical findings — named and categorized
  • →Cost leakage analysis — orphaned resources and billing waste identified
  • →“Fix This First” remediation roadmap — prioritized by effort vs. impact
>_ INITIALIZE AUDIT — $499

Payments processed securely via Stripe. After payment you’ll be directed to upload
your payload and submit your context. Report delivered to the email you provide.

>_ COMMON QUESTIONS

Before You Ask.

  • Q Is my data safe? What exactly are you receiving?
    We receive a JSON file containing only structural metadata — counts, booleans, and percentages. The script permanently strips all IP addresses, subscription IDs, resource names, tag values, and credentials before writing the file. Your subscription is represented only as a 12-character SHA-256 fingerprint. Open the JSON in a text editor before uploading — you can verify every field yourself.
  • Q Do you need access to my Azure environment?
    No. The script runs inside your own authenticated Azure Cloud Shell session. We never request credentials, service principal access, or any form of tenant access. You run the script, you review the output, you decide whether to upload it.
  • Q What does the script actually collect?
    Four domains: Identity (RBAC assignments, PIM state, guest user flags), Networking (NSG rule counts, subnet coverage percentages, unattached public IP counts), Governance (budget alert state, tag compliance percentage, policy assignment count), and Compute/Cost (unattached disk count and total GiB, stopped-not-deallocated VM count, NIC-level NSG coverage). Run .\Invoke-R2CTriage.ps1 -DryRun to see every field before execution.
  • Q How long does the script take to run?
    Typically 2–8 minutes depending on VM count. The per-NIC inspection step is the slowest — larger subscriptions with 50+ VMs may take 10–15 minutes. Let it run to completion; the terminal output will confirm when the payload is written.
  • Q What does the 3-page report actually look like?
    Page 1 is your Architecture Score, risk band, and top 5 findings. Page 2 is your cost and security leak analysis — specific resource types and exposure categories identified. Page 3 is your “Fix This First” roadmap, ordered by effort vs. impact. Every finding maps to a concrete remediation step, not a generic recommendation.
  • Q What happens after the report?
    The brief is the first step. Once you know what you’re dealing with, The Architect’s Review is a live engagement to walk through every finding with your engineering team, build a remediation sequence, and validate your architecture against production readiness standards. Reach out to discuss →