Customer
Zero is a UK‑based challenger brand helping customers manage money while understanding the environmental impact of spending.
Case study · Azure Well‑Architected Review
Zero: Strengthening Azure for fintech scale
Zero partnered with Critical Cloud for a Microsoft Azure Well‑Architected Review to benchmark the platform, strengthen resilience, improve monitoring consistency, and identify cost optimisation opportunities—without slowing product delivery.
Snapshot
Azure Well‑Architected Review Datadog Governance Resilience
“The review gave us real confidence in our Azure setup—collaborative and insightful, with a clear path to improve security, operational excellence and cost optimisation.”
— Mark Rawson, Head of Development, Zero
Engagement
Microsoft Azure Well‑Architected Review using Azure Lighthouse and Datadog to benchmark and improve the platform.
Outcome
A clear, actionable roadmap to strengthen security, resilience, monitoring consistency, and cost optimisation.
Challenge
With a growing user base and an increasingly sophisticated platform, Zero wanted to ensure its Azure environment remained secure, resilient, and ready for scale.
What we did
- Ran a collaborative Microsoft Azure Well‑Architected Review with Zero’s engineering team.
- Used Azure Lighthouse and Datadog to assess posture, resilience, visibility, and operational readiness.
- Prioritised improvements based on impact and effort to create a practical roadmap.
Results
Security posture
Recommendations to tighten access controls and strengthen governance.
Resilience
Guidance to enhance resilience through zone redundancy and platform hardening.
Consistency + cost
Improved monitoring consistency and identified opportunities for cost optimisation.
Want to replicate the outcome?
We’ll recommend the right starting point—Critical Support, Launchpad, FETCH, or HyperCare—based on where you are today.