Azure cost optimization and architecture in the Washington, DC area
We bring Azure bills down to what the platform actually needs, then plan, build and modernize the architecture behind them, with a focus on cost, performance and security.
Azure cost optimization that reads the architecture
Most recurring Azure spend comes from design decisions, not a setting left too high. Cost optimization here starts from why each resource exists, then fixes the things that keep costing money every month.
- Non-production environments running at production scale, resized and scheduled
- Reserved instances and savings plans matched to actual usage patterns
- Rightsizing and consolidation of App Service plans and SQL tiers
- Storage tiering, lifecycle policies and log retention
- Orphaned and idle resources removed
- Networking egress attributed to the features that generate it
- Licensing and Azure Hybrid Benefit
It starts with the Azure Cost Review: one day of read-only Cost Management Reader access and a written findings memo with the annualized dollar impact of each finding within five business days. See also where mid-market Azure bills actually leak money.
Why Azure?
Microsoft Azure provides a comprehensive, secure cloud platform that supports everything from app hosting and DevOps to advanced AI and data analytics. We help you unlock its full potential through architecture, automation, and continuous improvement.
What we do on Azure
Azure Architecture for New Applications
We design new systems on Azure with scalability, security, and cost-efficiency in mind, using modern patterns like microservices, event-driven architecture, and zero-trust networking. Whether you're building APIs, web apps, or backend services, we build for reliability and growth.
Migration to Azure from On-Premise
From virtual machines to legacy databases, we guide you through cloud migration with minimal disruption. We assess your current infrastructure, plan your migration strategy, and implement it using best practices and native Azure tools.
Modernization of .NET Estates
Aging .NET applications brought to a state where they can be changed safely: security and identity with Entra ID, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, observability, and the architectural decisions that stop the next five years of technical debt.
Performance Optimization
Slow apps and over-provisioned services waste money and frustrate users. We analyze and optimize compute, storage, networking, and database performance, using tools like Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Workbooks.
Serverless Applications
We build serverless backends using Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and Event Grid, enabling faster development and lower operational overhead. Ideal for event-driven systems, automation, and scalable microservices that run only when needed.
Azure consulting in Washington DC
Imhauser Technologies provides Azure consulting to organizations in Washington DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland: startups hardening an MVP, companies modernizing a .NET estate, and teams that need senior architecture for a defined piece of work rather than a large integrator. Every engagement is senior-led, from the first call to the last deployment.
The work covers Azure cost optimization, architecture and application design, security and identity with Entra ID, networking, observability, serverless and event-driven systems, and migration from on-premise or from other clouds. Most engagements start with the Azure Cost Review, a one-day read-only look at the bill with a written findings memo. Larger architecture work starts with the fixed-scope Azure Architecture Assessment, a two-to-four-week senior review that produces a target architecture, a production checklist and an implementation backlog before anything is built.
Based in McLean, Virginia, with on-site and hybrid availability across the DC metro. Remote for everything that does not need a room.
Questions DC organizations ask
Do you work on-site in Washington DC?
Yes. Imhauser Technologies is based in McLean, Virginia and works on-site or hybrid across the DC metro, including Washington DC, Arlington, Tysons and Bethesda. Remote is fine for the rest.
How do you reduce an Azure bill?
Start with the Azure Cost Review: one day of read-only Cost Management Reader access and a findings memo within five business days that names each cost driver, its annualized dollar impact and the effort to fix it. The review is free, and your own team can implement the findings or we can on a fixed scope.
Do you take small Azure engagements?
Yes. Small, defined engagements are the norm: an architecture assessment, a production-readiness pass on an MVP, an Azure Cost Review, or a specific integration. There is no minimum team size on your side.
What does an Azure Architecture Assessment cost and how long does it take?
It is fixed scope and runs two to four weeks depending on the size of the estate. The price is quoted after a short scoping call; see the Azure Architecture Assessment page for what it includes.
Are you a Microsoft partner?
Imhauser Technologies is an independent consultancy, not a Microsoft reseller or partner program member. You keep your own Azure subscription and billing; the work is architecture and engineering, delivered by a senior architect with 35 years of software experience.
Find out what your Azure bill should be, then build the architecture that keeps it there.
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Imhauser Technologies
McLean, VA
United States
Available on-site across the DC metro, Tysons, Reston, Arlington, and Washington, DC, as well as hybrid and remote worldwide.