Platform engineering
Azure Data Platform
Review Azure landing zones, trace ingestion pipelines and define access, deployment and support controls for downstream analytics.
Review Microsoft data and AI delivery decisions.
MDE helps Microsoft-based organisations decide where AI and data will genuinely add value, with human accountability and a clear, sustainable next step.
You work directly with Rory, the principal delivering the work. No sales layer, no hand-off.
What MDE does
Pipelines & ELT
Data Transformation & Integration
Trace pipelines in Data Factory, Databricks or related tools, then define transformation rules, quality checks and alert owners.
Fabric configuration
Power BI & Microsoft Fabric
Review Power BI models, define measures and owners, and configure agreed Microsoft Fabric workspace and deployment controls.
Reporting & forecasting
Analytics & Decision Intelligence
Trace reports to source records, define disputed measures and test forecasting models against a stated business decision.
Governance & assurance
Data Governance & Controls
Define control owners, document lineage and policy rules, and test monitoring and exception procedures against acceptance conditions.
Adoption review
AI decisions and evaluation
Rory reviews proposed use cases and supplier claims, then designs evaluation criteria, ownership and adoption checks around the real task and the outcome the client needs.
How MDE engages
Model 01
Advisor
Rory reviews architecture, governance and roadmap options and records the evidence, owner and next decision before delivery begins.
Model 02
Implementation partner
Design and delivery of Azure-native platforms, pipelines and analytics, architected and led by Rory. Where implementation requires a partner, their work is scoped to defined delivery tasks, with their role and outcomes agreed transparently. Rory remains accountable for the engagement.
Model 03
Task-defined associates
Rory remains the accountable principal. An associate may be engaged for a defined task, with role and scope agreed transparently.
Review, define and hand over
01
Review goals and systems
Review the goals, current systems, constraints and owners so the right problem is being solved from day one.
02
Compare and define
Compare architecture options and document the selected design, delivery tasks, roles and acceptance conditions.
03
Configure and hand over
Configure the agreed components, test acceptance conditions and document ownership and support procedures for the partner team.
Why partners work with MDE
- Enterprise-architecture led
- Rory maps the operating roles and support decisions alongside the technical architecture.
- Evidence-first
- Claims are tied to outcomes and validated against acceptance criteria, not declared from configuration.
- Microsoft-first
- Rory reviews and configures defined Azure, Fabric and Power BI components in the Microsoft environments clients already run.
- Governance-aware
- Reviews identify compliance rules, lineage records, support owners and the evidence required to accept each control.
- Documented handover
- The handover records configuration changes, decisions, owners, operating steps and acceptance-test results.
Where Rory has delivered
Rory's delivery background spans public-sector and commercial environments:
Public-sector programs
Architecture reviews, governance controls and analytics definitions for cloud-hosted workloads.
Retail, environmental sciences and construction
Review security and consent controls, trace audit records and identify the responsible owner.
Professional services and SMEs
Scoped delivery reviews, configured controls and documented handovers.
Rory inventories priority data assets, traces them to business processes and records ownership and control gaps across the platforms a client runs.
Bring a delivery risk, architecture decision or handover gap.
There is no obligation and no sales layer. Your first conversation is with Rory, who leads the work.