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.
Infrastructure as Code Readiness Check
Assess whether an infrastructure estate is ready for Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation adoption.
Open tool → PlanningBackup & RPO/RTO Planner
Estimate retained backup data and start translating recovery objectives into a practical resilience design.
Open tool → PlanningMicrosoft 365 Readiness Check
Check core Microsoft 365 security, identity, device-management and resilience controls.
Open tool → PlanningStructured Cabling Estimator
Estimate structured cabling runs and spare capacity for an office or infrastructure refresh.
Open tool → PlanningDisaster Recovery Maturity Check
Assess whether backups, dependencies, runbooks and recovery testing form a credible disaster recovery capability.
Open tool → PlanningProxmox Migration Readiness Check
Check whether a virtual estate is ready for detailed Proxmox migration assessment.
Open tool → PlanningMicrosoft 365 Security Check
Review practical tenant controls across identity, email, endpoints, sharing and recovery.
Open tool → PlanningCloud Cost Readiness Planner
Estimate the operational factors that should be understood before consumption-based cloud services.
Open tool → PlanningCloudflare Deployment Readiness Check
Check DNS, TLS, origin, caching, application and security prerequisites before moving a production site behind Cloudflare.
Open tool → PlanningCyber Security Maturity Check
Assess identity, endpoint, email, vulnerability, monitoring and recovery maturity.
Open tool → PlanningDatabase HA Readiness Check
Review replication, failover, backup, application connectivity and operational ownership before designing database HA.
Open tool → PlanningWi-Fi Survey Readiness Check
Check whether floor plans, client requirements, cabling and application needs are ready for an effective wireless survey.
Open tool → PlanningMicrosoft 365 Licensing Planner
Estimate a starting licence mix from user roles and security requirements.
Open tool → PlanningServer Refresh Planner
Estimate refresh complexity from hosts, workloads, storage, sites and critical services.
Open tool → PlanningBackup Capacity Planner
Estimate source data, change-rate and retention-driven protected capacity.
Open tool → PlanningNetwork Refresh Planner
Estimate network-refresh complexity from sites, switches, APs and critical services.
Open tool → PlanningWeb Platform Modernisation Check
Assess performance, security, maintainability, accessibility, SEO and operational readiness.
Open tool → PlanningBusiness Wi-Fi Capacity Estimator
Estimate an initial access-point capacity range from users, devices and concurrency.
Open tool → PlanningFirewall Refresh Planner
Estimate firewall project complexity from sites, circuits, VPNs and policy size.
Open tool → PlanningIT Outsourcing Readiness Check
Assess documentation, ownership, access, asset, vendor and support-process readiness before transition.
Open tool → PlanningMicrosoft 365 Migration Complexity Planner
Estimate migration complexity from users, mailboxes, shared data and source platforms.
Open tool → PlanningAzure Migration Estimator
Estimate workload migration complexity before an Azure discovery and landing-zone engagement.
Open tool → PlanningCloud Migration Readiness Check
Assess application dependency, identity, networking, resilience and governance readiness.
Open tool → PlanningCyber Essentials Technical Gap Check
Review common technical-control areas before a formal Cyber Essentials readiness engagement.
Open tool → PlanningAzure Landing Zone Readiness Check
Check governance, identity, networking, policy, security and ownership prerequisites before workload migration.
Open tool → PlanningNetwork Segmentation Planner
Estimate an initial segmentation model from users, devices, servers, guest access and operational technology.
Open tool → PlanningIT Outsourcing Capacity Planner
Estimate a starting support operating model from users, devices, sites and monthly demand.
Open tool → PlanningVirtualisation Migration Planner
Estimate migration complexity for VMware, Hyper-V or other virtualisation platform change programmes.
Open tool →Use the tools to frame the question, then bring us the real environment.
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.