Choose your focus
Select Data, Analytics or DevOps, or ask us to help you choose. We shape the scope around the outcome you want to create.
Masterminds Health Check
A connected view of the environment you rely on
Bring technical evidence and team insight together across Data, Analytics and DevOps. Start in one area and see how the wider platform supports it.
See the connections
We assess your chosen area and map the platform, information-flow and delivery dependencies that influence it.
Move forward with confidence
You receive an expert benchmark, clear priorities and a practical action plan for technical and business teams.
A focused, read-only assessment
We agree the scope and access with you from the start, then turn the evidence into clear priorities and a practical action plan.
Choose where you want to begin
Each Health Check combines specialist depth with a connected view of the environment around it.
Data Health Check
Strengthen SQL Server resilience, performance and lifecycle planning.
We map your SQL Server estate and assess backup and restore, HA/DR, patching, performance and day-to-day operations.
Analytics Health Check
Create trusted reporting on a well-governed data foundation.
We assess architecture, Fabric and Azure, Power BI governance, semantic models and ownership from source to report.
DevOps Health Check
Make Azure delivery repeatable, secure and ready to scale.
We assess the Azure foundation, landing zones, Infrastructure as Code, pipelines, security and FinOps against Microsoft best practice.
From evidence to action in four focused steps
The Health Check moves quickly while giving leadership and technical teams a shared, evidence-based view.
Connect and understand
We combine an automated, read-only environment scan with a focused workshop involving the people closest to the platform.
Benchmark the environment
Our specialists compare the evidence with Microsoft best practice and the operating reality of your organisation.
Set the priorities
We turn the findings into a clear action plan for near-term work, planned improvements and future investment.
Keep the view in Cortex
Your baseline remains available through the Cortex Portal so your team can keep using it after the report is delivered.
Your environment stays in your control Assessment access is read-only, and an NDA can be arranged before environment access is discussed.
What your team receives
A clear plan your team can use
- A prioritised view of the improvements that will add the most value
- A practical action plan for near-term work and longer-term investment
- An expert benchmark against Microsoft best practice
- A connected view of how Data, Analytics and DevOps support one another
- Ongoing access to the findings through the Cortex Portal
Plan your Health Check
Start with your priority
Choose Data, Analytics or DevOps, or ask us to help. Share the context you already have and we will shape the right scope with you.
- Choose a domain, or select Not sure yet
- Share only the context that is useful now
- Meet the right specialists in the first conversation
A straightforward start
We agree the scope, access and commercial terms with you first. The assessment is read-only, and an NDA is available.