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title: Azure Optimization Delivers Budget Predictability - Oshyn
description: Optimize Azure costs with a Sitecore audit that cut 30% annually, improved performance, and delivered predictable cloud spend governance.
url: http://www.oshyn.com/work/azure-optimization-budget-predictability
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# Azure Optimization Delivers Budget Predictability - Oshyn

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Azure Optimization Delivers Budget Predictability for Solar Energy Company

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Optimize Azure costs with a Sitecore audit that cut 30% annually, improved performance, and delivered predictable cloud spend governance.

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Azure Optimization Delivers Budget Predictability for Solar Energy Company

Azure Optimization Delivers Budget Predictability for Solar Energy Company

GLOBAL SOLAR SOLUTIONS PROVIDER

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This leading global solar solutions provider manufactures solar panels and delivers utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) power systems to utilities, developers, and large commercial customers.

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- Services
- DevOps

- Technologies
- Microsoft Azure for Infrastructure

#### A critical energy infrastructure provider relies on Oshyn DevOps to configure and maintain its highly available website for customer communication.

## The Challenge

Solar developers, installers, and policymakers researching clean energy solutions need fast, reliable access to product data and technical specifications. A global solar solutions provider uses its Azure-hosted Sitecore platform as a central gateway for customers building large-scale and government-backed infrastructure projects.

As the Azure environment grew, it was time for a regular cloud cost review. Usage patterns shift over time, and resources appropriately sized at launch don't always reflect actual demand as a platform matures, making proactive cost management a natural next step.

As the team that had successfully migrated the company from its on-premise platform to the cloud, Oshyn was brought in to conduct a comprehensive cloud spend audit, identify optimization opportunities, and implement a sustainable framework that aligns cloud spend with actual usage.

## The Solution

Oshyn was selected for its expertise in Sitecore architecture, DevOps, and Azure optimization. The team delivered a specialized Sitecore-on-Azure infrastructure audit, analyzing how the application interacts with Azure services and identifying cost-saving opportunities.

Using Azure Advisor and custom telemetry, Oshyn reviewed the entire Sitecore environment, including content management servers, databases, reporting instances, and non-production environments. After monitoring performance over a quarter, the team identified several opportunities to better align Azure tier selections with actual processing demands.

Oshyn implemented a two-pronged optimization strategy. First, strategic right-sizing, which meant downshifting over-provisioned content management and reporting servers to appropriate tiers, and moving non-production environments to lower-tier B-series virtual machines. This immediately lowered baseline consumption without sacrificing stability.

Second, Oshyn automated the transition to Azure Reserved Instances for always-on infrastructure, such as Sitecore databases, locking in significant discounts and providing predictable monthly budgets. Finally, Oshyn implemented Azure Policy to block deployment of expensive, non-compliant resources, shifting the financial model from volatile Pay-As-You-Go to fixed costs.

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Azure Optimization Delivers Budget Predictability for Solar Energy Company

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Optimize Azure costs with a Sitecore audit that cut 30% annually, improved performance, and delivered predictable cloud spend governance.

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Azure Optimization Delivers Budget Predictability for Solar Energy Company

## The Outcome

The Azure optimization delivered immediate cost savings and long-term financial predictability for the company's Sitecore environment. By resizing and optimizing underutilized SQL servers and virtual machines, Oshyn reduced annual Azure costs by approximately 30% while maintaining full platform performance and stability.

Beyond direct savings, the company gained budget predictability. Reserved Instances and right-sized resources replaced volatile monthly bills with consistent, forecastable expenses. The Azure Policy governance framework prevents the deployment of expensive, non-compliant resources, ensuring continued optimization gains. Additionally, IT teams can provision resources confidently within approved parameters, while the finance team can plan budgets with fewer surprises.