Engineering tools

Plan before you spend.

Practical estimation tools from AL Group for infrastructure, resilience, cloud, automation and connectivity planning. Results are indicative and designed to start a useful technical conversation.

Planning

Infrastructure as Code Readiness Check

Assess whether an infrastructure estate is ready for Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation adoption.

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Backup & RPO/RTO Planner

Estimate retained backup data and start translating recovery objectives into a practical resilience design.

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Microsoft 365 Readiness Check

Check core Microsoft 365 security, identity, device-management and resilience controls.

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Structured Cabling Estimator

Estimate structured cabling runs and spare capacity for an office or infrastructure refresh.

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Disaster Recovery Maturity Check

Assess whether backups, dependencies, runbooks and recovery testing form a credible disaster recovery capability.

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Proxmox Migration Readiness Check

Check whether a virtual estate is ready for detailed Proxmox migration assessment.

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Microsoft 365 Security Check

Review practical tenant controls across identity, email, endpoints, sharing and recovery.

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Cloud Cost Readiness Planner

Estimate the operational factors that should be understood before consumption-based cloud services.

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Cloudflare Deployment Readiness Check

Check DNS, TLS, origin, caching, application and security prerequisites before moving a production site behind Cloudflare.

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Cyber Security Maturity Check

Assess identity, endpoint, email, vulnerability, monitoring and recovery maturity.

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Database HA Readiness Check

Review replication, failover, backup, application connectivity and operational ownership before designing database HA.

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Wi-Fi Survey Readiness Check

Check whether floor plans, client requirements, cabling and application needs are ready for an effective wireless survey.

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Microsoft 365 Licensing Planner

Estimate a starting licence mix from user roles and security requirements.

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Server Refresh Planner

Estimate refresh complexity from hosts, workloads, storage, sites and critical services.

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Backup Capacity Planner

Estimate source data, change-rate and retention-driven protected capacity.

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Network Refresh Planner

Estimate network-refresh complexity from sites, switches, APs and critical services.

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Web Platform Modernisation Check

Assess performance, security, maintainability, accessibility, SEO and operational readiness.

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Business Wi-Fi Capacity Estimator

Estimate an initial access-point capacity range from users, devices and concurrency.

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Firewall Refresh Planner

Estimate firewall project complexity from sites, circuits, VPNs and policy size.

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IT Outsourcing Readiness Check

Assess documentation, ownership, access, asset, vendor and support-process readiness before transition.

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Microsoft 365 Migration Complexity Planner

Estimate migration complexity from users, mailboxes, shared data and source platforms.

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Azure Migration Estimator

Estimate workload migration complexity before an Azure discovery and landing-zone engagement.

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Cloud Migration Readiness Check

Assess application dependency, identity, networking, resilience and governance readiness.

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Cyber Essentials Technical Gap Check

Review common technical-control areas before a formal Cyber Essentials readiness engagement.

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Azure Landing Zone Readiness Check

Check governance, identity, networking, policy, security and ownership prerequisites before workload migration.

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Network Segmentation Planner

Estimate an initial segmentation model from users, devices, servers, guest access and operational technology.

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IT Outsourcing Capacity Planner

Estimate a starting support operating model from users, devices, sites and monthly demand.

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Virtualisation Migration Planner

Estimate migration complexity for VMware, Hyper-V or other virtualisation platform change programmes.

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Our planning tools are designed to help establish scope and priorities. For production decisions, AL Group can validate the assumptions against your infrastructure, services and operating requirements.

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