Assessments
Know where you stand.
See what comes next.
Connect your ambitions for AI with the environment, people and safeguards that make progress possible. Leave with clear priorities and a practical basis for deciding where to invest your effort.
Choose your starting point
One clear purpose.
Two different perspectives.
Choose the perspective closest to your work. We’ll confirm the right scope together before the assessment begins.
For businesses
Secure AI Assessment
For leaders who want to understand where AI can help and what their business is ready to support.
- Business priorities, everyday workflows and opportunities to create value.
- Microsoft capabilities, information access and security foundations.
- Ownership, governance and the support people need to use AI responsibly.
For MSPs
MSP Secure AI Practice Assessment
For MSP leaders shaping an AI practice their team can deliver and their clients can trust.
- Your own environment, team readiness and existing service capabilities.
- Security and governance foundations for responsible client delivery.
- Service opportunities, delivery responsibilities and priorities for building the practice.
Not sure which fits? Talk with us first about your priorities and who the work is for.
Clarity before commitment
A recommendation should have a reason.
Your priorities give the assessment its purpose.
Understand what the next step depends on.
We bring business context and technical readiness into the same conversation. The assessment helps distinguish opportunities you can pursue from the foundations that need attention first.
- Build on what is useful
- Recognize the knowledge, capabilities and Microsoft investment already in place.
- Make dependencies visible
- Identify the access, security, governance and ownership questions that affect readiness.
- Give priorities a basis
- Connect potential value with the effort, safeguards and evidence needed to pursue it.
What you take away
Core and Progress Map
The Core and Progress Map connects what matters today with the work worth doing next. Four connected outputs give your team a basis for decisions.
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Protect
What must be protected
The trust, relationships, knowledge and security controls the work must preserve.
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Evolve
What should evolve
Where the environment is exposed, underused, or costing more than it returns.
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Create
The value to create
One outcome worth proving, with a named owner and the people it actually affects.
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Prove
The evidence that will prove progress
The baseline, success measures and review points agreed before changes begin.
A practical basis for Protected Progress. Priorities, ownership and evidence stay connected. The assessment defines what to measure; delivery and ongoing measurement are agreed separately.
Your part in the assessment
Bring context.
We’ll shape the scope together.
You do not need every answer before you begin. A useful assessment starts with the people who know the work and the environment.
- The people
- A business or practice leader, someone familiar with the Microsoft environment, and people close to the work being explored. Your IT team or MSP can participate where appropriate.
- The starting information
- Your priorities, current tools, relevant policies and examples of work that could improve. We agree what information is needed and how it will be shared; please do not send credentials through the contact form.
- The agreement before we begin
- We confirm the questions to answer, the scope, participants, information needs, timing and fee. Any technical access or deeper review is agreed as part of that scope.
- The conversation at the end
- Review the findings and Core and Progress Map together. Clarify priorities, dependencies and ownership, then decide which next steps make sense for your team.
A few useful distinctions
What to expect.
Do we need a specific AI project in mind?
No. You can start with a business priority, a recurring difficulty or a question about readiness. The assessment helps make the opportunity and its requirements clearer.
Is this a security audit or certification?
The assessment connects business opportunity with security, governance and AI readiness within the agreed scope. It does not provide a certification or replace a separately scoped security audit, penetration test or compliance engagement.
Does the assessment include implementation?
The assessment produces findings and priorities for action. Implementation, remediation and ongoing operations are separate decisions, with responsibilities and scope agreed before that work begins.
How long does it take, and what does it cost?
Timing and fees depend on the scope and the environment being assessed. We confirm both with you before the engagement begins.
What if we already work with an IT provider?
Their understanding of your environment is valuable. We can include your IT team or MSP in the assessment and clarify responsibilities for any recommended follow-on work.
Start a conversation
Tell us what you want to make possible.
Let us know whether you’re exploring an assessment for your business or your MSP practice, and what prompted the conversation. We’ll help you find the right starting point.