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Azure Cloud Ignite

Accelerate, Secure, and Scale Your Azure Hybrid Connectivity with Confidence.

Azure Cloud Ignite is a turnkey private interconnection service engineered to simplify and accelerate secure connectivity between on‑premises environments and Microsoft Azure.

Built on native Azure VPN technologies, Azure Cloud Ignite provides a rapid, guided path to establishing secure private transit for workloads, data, and shared services.

Oncore’s cloud engineering team works directly with your organization—designing, configuring, and validating end‑to‑end connectivity so you can onboard Azure workloads with confidence.

Once deployed, Cloud Ignite offers elastic scale, allowing customers to seamlessly evolve from VPN‑based connectivity to ExpressRoute for higher throughput and enterprise‑grade performance.

Flexibility

    • Azure Landing Zone Implementation - Accelerate your enterprise-wide Azure adoption with a secure, scalable, and governed foundation built for long-term success.
    • Advanced Observability - Gain effortless, real-time visibility into your Azure infrastructure, applications, and operations—empowering faster decisions and proactive performance.
    • Azure Cost Management & Optimization - Unlock maximum efficiency and savings with expert strategies that control spend, eliminate waste, and keep your cloud environment cost-effective.

Value

    • Accelerated cloud time‑to‑value with rapid deployment
    • Reduced operational and deployment risk through expert routing, encryption, and network design
    • Future‑proof hybrid architecture with scalable VPN‑to‑ExpressRoute connectivity
    • Governed, cost‑transparent environment with optional optimization
    • Enterprise‑ready controls and hybrid security, aligned with Microsoft CAF and the Well‑Architected Best Practice Framework
    • Comprehensive delivery package: as‑built documentation, diagrams, knowledge transfer, and Terraform‑based landing zone with optional observability.

Delivery Details

Cloud Ignite Core — Private VPN Interconnection (< 5 days)

A rapid deployment engagement to establish secure, end‑to‑end connectivity between your on‑premises network and Azure.  Assumes an existing Landing Zone and/or virtual network.

Key Services & Deliverables

  • Network design collaboration (IP addressing, routing, VPN topology)
  • Deployment and configuration of Azure Virtual Network Gateway
  • Gateway routing (BGP / OSPF / static) design and configuration
  • VPN tunnel architecture, encryption, failover and routing setup
  • Assistance with on‑premises network configuration
  • Full end‑to‑end transit validation (connectivity, routing, resiliency)
  • Advisory on scale, VPN capacity, and ExpressRoute evolution
  • Delivery of final “as‑built” architecture diagram documenting topology, routing, and deployed components
Cloud Ignite Option — Landing Zone (~4 weeks)

Design and deploy a production‑ready Azure Landing Zone powered by Terraform, inclusive of private interconnection and technical knowledge transfer.

Key Services & Deliverables

  • 1–2 day tailored design workshop (CAF, governance, automation, interconnection, observability, cost management)
  • Implementation of Landing Zone structure and shared services (infrastructure-as-code via Terraform)
  • Delivery of Terraform artifacts and high‑level deployment documentation
  • Up to 4 design diagrams and architecture documentation
  • Up to 2 days of post‑implementation support & monitoring
  • Post‑implementation knowledge transfer workshop
Cloud Ignite Option — Observability (3+ weeks)

Strengthen operational visibility, security posture, and performance monitoring with an integrated observability framework.

Key Services & Deliverables

  • 1–2 day design workshop covering metrics, monitoring scope, tooling, and onboarding
  • 2 day Azure environment discovery and analysis
  • Observability architecture and Terraform deployment scripts
  • Configure Azure Monitor, dashboards, and Defender for Cloud
  • Application Insights setup & integration support
  • Terraform scripts and deployment documentation
  • Up to 2 architecture diagrams + design documentation
  • Post‑implementation workshop and operational hand‑off
Cloud Ignite Option — Performance and Cost Optimization (3+ weeks)

A deep assessment focused on maximizing efficiency, reducing spend, and improving performance across your Azure footprint.

Key Services & Deliverables

  • 2–3 90-minute structured workshops analyzing workloads, costs, utilization, and architecture
  • Detailed analysis of compute, storage, networking, and application resources
  • Tactical and strategic optimization recommendations to optimize resources
  • Guidance on resiliency, scale, and DR/BC posture
  • Optional support implementing approved recommendations