Best for
Subscription reviews
Review a scoped Azure estate with current deployed-state context.
Environment health checks
Check active resources, topology, and report readiness before planning work.
Architecture and cost baselines
Generate baseline cost and architecture reports from the same project.
Stakeholder snapshots
Share a project or read-only view when the review needs a broader audience.
Workflow
1
Create an Azure Cloud sync connection
Use a least-privilege service principal and the
CloudEval Live Sync Reader role.2
Scope the source
Choose the subscription or resource groups that match the review boundary.
3
Create and sync the project
Create a project from the connection, then run the initial sync.
4
Run reports
Generate cost and architecture reports from the synced project.
5
Share evidence
Share the project internally or publish a read-only view when the result is appropriate to distribute.
What makes this workflow valuable
It gives you current-state context. That is useful when the real question is about drift, active cost exposure, or the architecture that is actually running now.Good output
A good first review ends with:- one project per environment or scope that matters
- a recent cost snapshot
- an architecture score the team can discuss
- a short list of fixes or follow-up questions