Migration approaching
Cost ownership, forecasting, and governance must be ready before consumption scales.
AZURE FINOPS & COST RISK ADVISORY
Control Azure cost. Reduce risk. Make cloud decisions with confidence.
Rivas Cloud Advisory helps growing Azure customers understand cost drivers, reduce financial and operational risk, and prepare for the decisions that affect cloud spend—without hiring a dedicated FinOps team.
Founder-led
Azure-focused
Read-only assessment
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FEATURED · AZURE RESERVATIONS 2027
Planning an Azure Reservation renewal or new purchase after February 1, 2027?
Microsoft is changing the exchange rules for certain Azure Reservations purchased after that date. Reservations can still be a strong choice for stable workloads—but the decision deserves more scrutiny when future flexibility matters.
RCA can help you review upcoming renewals, planned purchases, workload stability, Reservation versus Savings Plan trade-offs, and the ongoing utilization of the commitments you keep.
30–45 minutes · No cost · No obligation
WHEN AZURE COST BECOMES URGENT
A rising bill creates awareness. A decision with a date creates urgency.
Cloud cost management matters most when someone must explain a number, approve a commitment, or protect an operational decision.
Commitment or renewal
A Reservation, Savings Plan, or contract decision needs defensible assumptions.
Unexpected bill increase
Finance and Technology need to know what changed, whether it will recur, and who owns it.
Budget cycle
The next Azure forecast needs more than last month's bill and a growth percentage.
Leadership change
A new technology or finance leader inherited an environment they do not yet trust.
Reliability event
An incident exposed capacity, architecture, ownership, or governance decisions with financial consequences.
START HERE · NO-COST QUALIFICATION
Azure Cost & Risk Snapshot
A focused 30–45 minute conversation to determine what may matter, how material it could be, and whether a paid assessment is justified.
Choose a TimeBring
High-level spend, trend information, and the business event or decision creating urgency.
Receive
Two or three potential cost or risk areas, a materiality hypothesis, and a clear recommendation on next steps.
Know the boundary
The Snapshot is not a free resource-by-resource analysis, savings model, or implementation plan.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
A low-friction first conversation.
Book
Choose a convenient 30-minute time through Microsoft Bookings.
Share context
Tell us what changed or which Azure decision is approaching.
Receive direction
Leave with potential cost and risk areas and a recommendation on whether deeper analysis is justified.
SERVICES
One practical path from uncertainty to operating discipline.
Start with the decision you need to make. Continue only when the next stage creates measurable value.
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01 · DIAGNOSEPrimary paid entry
Azure FinOps Assessment
When you need to understand what is driving Azure cost, which decisions are exposed, and what should happen first.
What you receive
- 3–12 month cost baseline and change analysis
- Major drivers and quantified opportunities
- Commitment, ownership, and governance risks
- Recommendations ranked by value, effort, and risk
- Prioritized 30/60/90-day action backlog
Typical duration: 1–3 weeks
02 · IMPLEMENT
Azure Optimization Sprint
Turn approved findings into controlled improvements with clear ownership and validation.
What it can include
- Rightsizing and idle-resource actions
- Storage, database, and licensing optimization
- Reservations and Savings Plans preparation
- Budgets, alerts, tagging, and allocation controls
- Decision log and value-tracking baseline
Typical duration: 2–6 weeks
03 · OPERATE
Fractional Azure FinOps
An ongoing FinOps function for companies that need operating discipline, but not a full-time FinOps hire.
Ongoing support
- Monthly cost and variance review
- Forecast and budget decision support
- Optimization and commitment cadence
- Ownership and governance follow-through
- Finance and Technology alignment
Monthly engagement
NEED A FASTER ANSWER?
Azure Cost Incident Review
A focused 2–5 business-day investigation when Azure spend rises unexpectedly and the business needs to know what changed, whether it will recur, and what requires immediate containment.
WHO WE HELP
FinOps for companies too small to have FinOps.
RCA is built for growing companies that spend enough on Azure to need financial discipline and operational confidence, but are not large enough—or not ready—to build a dedicated FinOps function.
“We can see the bill, but we cannot confidently explain the increase or defend the next decision.”
CompanyTypically 50–300 employees
CloudAzure-only or predominantly Azure
Core spendApproximately $4K–$10K/month
Cloud teamCommonly 1–5 people
FinOps maturityCrawl or early Walk
RegionsAmericas
DECISION QUALITY
Cloud savings only count when the workload continues to perform as required.
A billing export can reveal where the number moved. Workload context, ownership, and operational evidence determine what should change.
No generic recommendation dump
Findings are translated into decisions, priorities, owners, and next actions.
No savings guarantee without evidence
Opportunities are quantified carefully and assumptions are made visible.
No production change by default
Assessment is separated from implementation so actions can be reviewed and approved.
ACCESS & DATA HANDLING
Read-only by default.
Assessments can be performed with appropriate read-only Azure access or customer-provided Cost Management exports. RCA does not make production changes during an Assessment.
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Minimum necessary access aligned with the agreed scope.
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CSV route available when direct Azure access cannot be granted.
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Implementation is separate and requires explicit customer approval.
FOUNDER-LED AZURE COST ADVISORY
The person reviewing the evidence stays accountable for the conclusion.
Rivas Cloud Advisory is led by Jafeth Rivas, an Azure cost and billing specialist with experience supporting enterprise customers across Azure Cost Management, billing structures, Reservations, Savings Plans, subscriptions, commitments, and complex cloud spending decisions.
Every engagement is delivered with direct senior involvement—no generic handoff between the person who understands the problem and the person presenting the recommendation.
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Have an Azure decision you need to defend?
Bring the bill, the upcoming decision, and the date. We will help determine what deserves a closer look and whether a full Assessment is justified.