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Azure Consulting

Azure Consulting

Australia’s Premier Azure Consulting Firm for secure, scalable and high-performance cloud analytics.

Transform Your Data Into Actionable Insights

Report Simple is Australia’s leading Azure consulting partner, specialising in cloud architecture, data engineering and modern analytics solutions. Our team helps organisations leverage Azure to accelerate insight delivery, improve performance and reduce operational overheads.

Automate Reporting

Stop losing hours to manual data entry. We configure automated pipelines that eliminate redundancy, ensuring your team focuses on analysis rather than assembly.

Dynamic Visualisation

Move beyond static spreadsheets. We build interactive, real-time dashboards that allow stakeholders to drill down into data and answer questions instantly.

Actionable Intelligence

Turn raw data into a strategic asset. Uncover hidden trends, predict future outcomes, and seize growth opportunities that were previously invisible.

Maximise ROI

Make profitable decisions based on facts, not hunches. Use precise analytics to pinpoint operational inefficiencies and significantly reduce waste.

Seamless Integration

Unify your data landscape. We create robust connections between your favourite sources - creating a single, truthful view of your entire business.

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SERVICES

Azure Data Architecture & Modernisation

We design enterprise-grade Azure data architectures that improve scalability, governance and long-term maintainability. Our solutions ensure your data environment is secure, future-proof and optimised for analytics performance.

Azure Data Engineering

From ingestion pipelines to real-time processing, we build robust Azure data engineering solutions using services such as Data Factory, Synapse and Event Hub. Our work enables clean, reliable and high-quality data to power business decisions.

Azure Analytics & Power BI Enablement

We align Azure analytics capability with Power BI to deliver dashboards that are fast, consistent and trusted across the business. This provides clarity at all levels, with governed data models and automated refresh pipelines.

Azure Integration & Automation

We integrate systems across the Azure ecosystem to remove manual processes and improve operational efficiency. Automated workflows ensure faster turnaround times and reduced reliance on spreadsheets or legacy processes.

Cost Optimisation & Cloud Governance

We review your Azure environment to identify cost inefficiencies, permission risks and architectural bottlenecks. Our optimisation frameworks ensure you stay compliant, reduce waste and maintain predictable cloud spending.

190+ Australian Enterprises Choose Report Simple. 

570+ Successful Projects

We bring deep experience to every engagement, having delivered hundreds of scalable analytics solutions across government and private sectors.

100% Australian Owned

We don't farm your data out to offshore teams. Our team is Australian-based, ensuring clear communication, local timezone alignment, and strict data sovereignty.

Your Tenant, Your IP

We build inside your environment so the solution is entirely yours - code, models, and IP. You stay in control, with the freedom to continue independently.

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We believe data should empower, not overwhelm. Simplicity is in our DNA.

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Founder of Report Simple

Collaborating with Report Simple lifted our marketing data strategy to a whole new level... The results speak for themselves with a 62% increase in ROI.

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Our Proven Azure Process

Our methodology ensures Azure solutions are delivered with clarity, speed and long-term sustainability. We focus on business outcomes first, then align Azure services to deliver secure, scalable and maintainable cloud environments.

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Discovery & Environment Assessment

We begin by analysing your current data landscape, cloud usage and business objectives. This step uncovers integration opportunities, identifies risks and establishes the technical roadmap needed to maximise Azure’s value.

Solution Architecture & Blueprint
2

We design a detailed Azure architecture covering ingestion, storage, transformation, analytics and governance. This blueprint provides clear direction, cost estimates and service recommendations tailored to your long-term scalability needs.

Implementation, Optimisation & Handover
3

Our team implements the Azure solution using engineering best practice, ensuring high performance and strong security baselines. We provide knowledge transfer, documentation and ongoing optimisation to ensure your environment continues to deliver ROI.

FAQ

Why are organisations modernising their cloud architecture with Azure, and how does a structured consulting approach reduce the complexity created by legacy data systems and fragmented cloud deployments?

Organisations modernise their cloud environments with Azure because traditional data systems create complexity that becomes difficult to scale. Many teams operate a mix of on premise databases, ad hoc scripts, unmanaged storage accounts, legacy SQL models, and pipelines that were built quickly without long term design. Azure Consulting replaces this with a structured model that defines clear storage layers, governed Data Factory orchestration, consistent naming standards, documented logic, and predictable refresh behaviour. This reduces technical debt by turning scattered elements into a cohesive ecosystem where ingestion, transformation, and semantic modelling follow logical patterns. As organisations move toward Fabric readiness, predictive analytics, and automated workflows, Azure provides the foundation needed for clean lineage and repeatable reporting. The result is a cloud system that behaves predictably, scales safely, and remains easy for teams to maintain even as business demands grow.

Azure Consulting also supports decision intelligence by connecting operational, financial, and behavioural data into governed pathways that feed Power BI, Fabric, or Databricks. When environments are designed with validation logic, version control, role based access, and curated zones, reporting becomes far more accurate and timely. A large organisation might notice this when inconsistent revenue definitions or mismatched cost allocations are replaced by unified logic inside Azure SQL or Lakehouse layers. Once structured, Azure enables forecasting, real time metrics, event driven triggers, automation, and AI assisted insight using reliable data rather than fragmented systems. Modernisation becomes a strategic advantage rather than a technical hurdle, allowing organisations to shift from reactive reporting to proactive operational intelligence.

How does Report Simple guide organisations through Azure Consulting to improve clarity, governance, and long term maintainability across the entire cloud environment?

Report Simple guides organisations through Azure Consulting by combining engineering precision with clear, human centred communication. Many teams feel overwhelmed by cloud complexity, especially when pipelines break, storage patterns become inconsistent, or lineage becomes unclear. Report Simple restructures Azure environments by defining storage standards, implementing permission models that prevent drift, redesigning Data Factory orchestration for reliability, and ensuring SQL modelling aligns with real business behaviour. Clients frequently describe our communication as calm, intuitive, and precise, helping teams understand decisions without feeling intimidated by technical depth. We design documentation, diagrams, and naming conventions that remain clear long after implementation, giving organisations the confidence to maintain their cloud ecosystem internally.

Report Simple also improves long term sustainability by reviewing and optimising cloud costs, removing redundant compute, tuning ingestion frequencies, consolidating storage tiers, and simplifying logic that has grown unnecessarily complex. We integrate Azure with Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, SQL Server, Dynamics, Power BI, and Fabric so organisations can unify their data stack across cloud and analytics layers. This ensures Azure supports future scalability, predictive modelling, ESG reporting, automation workflows, and decision intelligence without introducing risk. Through a balance of governance and practical guidance, Report Simple helps organisations build cloud systems that remain reliable, cost efficient, and easy to trust.

How does Azure Consulting support large scale cloud migration and legacy modernisation, and what improvements do teams notice after moving from outdated systems to a unified Azure ecosystem?

Azure Consulting supports large scale cloud migration by mapping existing legacy systems into a modern architecture that aligns with operational needs. Many organisations rely on outdated ETL scripts, unmanaged SQL servers, spreadsheets, or siloed data stores that slow reporting and create inconsistent business logic. Azure Consultants assess data sources, ingestion dependencies, transformation logic, and security posture before designing a structured migration path. Workloads are shifted into governed storage layers, SQL logic is rebuilt for clarity, and Data Factory pipelines are orchestrated with predictable schedules. This ensures the migration process is stable, transparent, and fully documented so teams understand how the modernised environment works.

A government agency might experience this improvement when overnight reconciliation tasks that once required manual fixes start running reliably through curated Azure zones, validated SQL models, and structured pipelines. After modernisation, refresh cycles stabilise, errors decrease, lineage becomes visible, metrics become consistent, and reporting shifts from reactive troubleshooting to real time operational clarity. Azure enables teams to adopt predictive analytics, integrate Fabric, standardise definitions, and introduce automation workflows because the cloud environment finally behaves as a unified, governed ecosystem rather than a patchwork of legacy systems.

How does Azure Consulting improve pipeline reliability, data quality, and operational accuracy, and what changes do teams experience once the cloud environment follows clear modelling and validation rules?

Azure Consulting improves reliability by redesigning ingestion and transformation processes so every stage follows clear rules. Many pipelines fail due to unclear dependencies, inconsistent file structures, undocumented SQL logic, or refresh schedules that conflict across teams. Azure Consultants rebuild these elements using governed Data Factory pipelines, curated storage zones, semantic consistency, and incremental processing that reduces refresh load. When lineage, validation, error handling, and monitoring are built directly into the architecture, reporting becomes far more predictable. A logistics organisation might see this when sensor data, ERP events, and scheduling information that previously caused errors begin flowing smoothly into curated Azure layers and Power BI dashboards that support real time operational planning.

These improvements also strengthen organisational confidence because people trust that the insights reflect reality rather than technical instability. Executives gain clearer visibility into operations, analysts spend less time troubleshooting, and frontline teams rely on dashboards for timely decisions. Once Azure pipelines follow structured modelling and validation rules, organisations experience fewer disruptions, faster reporting cycles, and improved alignment between data and business behaviour. The cloud environment becomes an asset that accelerates decisions rather than a source of uncertainty.

How does Azure Consulting prepare organisations for AI assisted analytics, and why are analysts still essential even as cloud automation becomes more advanced?

Azure Consulting prepares organisations for AI assisted analytics by ensuring data is structured, governed, and available through reliable pipelines. AI cannot correct inconsistent definitions, broken lineage, or ambiguous business logic, so Azure Consultants create curated storage patterns, semantic layers, and documented transformation rules that protect accuracy. Predictive models, Copilot queries, and automated decision workflows perform best when underlying datasets follow clear modelling standards. Azure integrates with Databricks, Power BI, Fabric AI workloads, and external modelling platforms so organisations can adopt advanced analytics safely. Once structure is in place, AI becomes a powerful amplifier of insight rather than a risk to reporting consistency.

Analysts remain essential because they bring the contextual understanding that AI cannot replicate. They validate assumptions, design KPIs, interpret trends, define thresholds, and adjust models based on organisational nuance. Azure provides the architecture, AI provides acceleration, and analysts provide the judgement required for responsible decision making. This partnership ensures automation supports clarity rather than replacing it, giving organisations confidence in both the technology and the human oversight behind it.

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Related services & resources

Azure delivers the most value when connected to the broader data ecosystem — from automation to analytics and cloud scale storage. These related services help extend your Azure capability, reduce operational friction and unlock richer insights across your organisation.

Complementary Platforms for Azure

Strengthen your cloud environment by pairing Azure with powerful productivity and automation platforms.

  • Power Automate – automate end-to-end workflows across your Azure and business systems.

  • Excel – enhance modelling and reporting with advanced formulas and analytics integrations.

  • Power Apps – digitise manual processes through custom low-code business applications.

Explore Alternative Data Warehouse Platforms

Consider these cloud data platforms to suit specific scale, performance or integration requirements.

  • Snowflake – a flexible, high-performance cloud warehouse ideal for multi-cloud strategies.

  • BigQuery – Google’s serverless warehouse for ultra-fast analytics workloads.

  • Microsoft Fabric – unify data engineering, analytics, governance and AI under one cloud-ready platform.

Explore the Azure Ecosystem

Extend Azure with specialist skills and strategic partners supporting delivery at scale.

  • Azure Expert – access deep technical knowledge for architecture reviews and mentoring.

  • Azure Partner – strategic support for ongoing cloud transformation and scalability.

  • Azure Specialist – optimise workloads, improve performance and strengthen cloud governance.

From Data Sources to Industries

See how Azure supports diverse industries and real-world data scenarios.

  • Xero – enhance financial visibility through cloud-ready data integrations.

  • Financial Services – improve reporting transparency and regulatory compliance with reliable cloud analytics.

  • BI Solutions vs Traditional Reporting – understand how modern cloud analytics outperforms legacy reporting methods.


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