Azure ASSESMENTS / 

Enterprise Container Platform Readiness​.

The BlakYaks Azure Enterprise Container Platform Readiness Assessment provides a comprehensive evaluation of your organisation’s container platform architecture, operational practices and governance framework.

key challenge

Governing CONTAINERS at Scale

Container platforms are rapidly becoming the foundation of modern digital services. However, many organisations adopt container orchestration technologies without fully establishing the architectural, operational and governance foundations required to run them reliably at enterprise scale.

BlakYaks Azure Enterprise Container Platform Readiness Assessment focuses on ensuring your container platform - built on Azure Kubernetes Service or Azure Red Hat OpenShift - is secure, scalable and ready to support business-critical workloads. ​

Through structured workshops, platform analysis and architectural review, we deliver actionable recommendations that enable organisations to operate a production-ready platform that’s ready to scale

This engagement is particularly valuable for organisations that:

  • Are adopting container platforms and Kubernetes at scale, or planning production workloads on AKS or ARO
  • Want to validate their platform architecture ahead of application deployments and migrations
  • Need to strengthen container security and governance to meet compliance objectives
  • Are transitioning toward platform engineering models and serverless application strategies

ASSESSMENT OPTIONS

option 1

BASELINE ASSESSMENT

The Baseline Assessment provides a structured evaluation of your organisation's container platform maturity, focusing on the architectural and operational readiness of your Kubernetes platform. ​

The engagement examines how your container platform is deployed, managed, secured and operated within your enterprise cloud environment.

  • The scope of the Baseline assessment covers:

    • Container Platform Architecture ​

    • Deployment & Platform Automation ​

    • Operational Governance & Reliability ​

    • Security & DevSecOps ​

    • Capacity & Resource Management ​

    • Container Lifecycle Management ​

    • Platform Production Readiness ​

  • A single comprehensive Azure Enterprise Container Readiness Report will be produced covering key information such as:​

    • Prioritised improvement recommendations ​

    • Platform risk and gap analysis

    • Container platform architecture and design improvements ​

    • Critical security and controls analysis feedback ​

    • Executive summary for technology leadership​

    Findings are presented through a structured walkthrough session with technical and leadership stakeholders.

option 2

BASELINE+ ASSESSMENT

The Baseline+ Assessment builds upon the Baseline engagement by providing deeper technical analysis and direct engagement with our expert Kubernetes and platform engineering specialists. ​

  • Baseline+ moves beyond assessment to help organisations design a clear and practical improvement roadmap for modern software delivery including recommended workstreams, timelines and indicative implementation cost estimates.​

    Baseline+ includes all Baseline activities plus: ​

    • Platform architecture deep-dive workshops ​

    • Container platform operating model review ​

    • Kubernetes cluster design validation ​

    • CI/CD pipeline architecture assessment ​

    • DevSecOps integration review ​

    • Platform scalability and resilience planning ​

  • Includes all Baseline Assessment deliverables, plus:

    • Enterprise container platform roadmap ​

    • Implementation workstreams ​

    • Platform engineering improvement plan ​

    • Estimated delivery timeline ​

    • Remediation prioritisation plan​

    This ensures your organisation leaves the engagement with a clear strategy to evolve its container platform into a robust enterprise-grade platform.

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TECHNICAL
DATASHEET.

what’s included?

Check out the technical datasheet for a detailed overview of the engagement and deliverables.

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OUTCOMES

Production-Ready Container Platform

The engagement ensures your container platform becomes a scalable and reliable foundation for modern cloud-native micro-services applications. ​

  • A secure and production-ready Kubernetes platform
  • Improved container deployment and automation practices
  • Reduced operational risk and improved platform resilience
  • Stronger DevSecOps integration for container workloads
  • Improved platform observability and operational insight
  • A clearer roadmap for platform engineering maturity

Contact

start your ENTERPRISE CONTAINER assessment

To discuss how the Azure Enterprise Container Platform Readiness Assessment can support your organisation’s cloud-native strategy, contact us to arrange an initial consultation.​