Connectria's Well-Architected Framework Review (WAFR) is a structured evaluation that helps identify potential gaps, risks, and inefficiencies in AWS environments. Our review provides actionable insights and remediation support to help improve reliability, availability, security, and compliance. The review also provides cost optimization guidance and better governance through establishing best practices and standards, making it a valuable tool for organizations looking to reduce costs, optimize cloud resources, and implement more secure and scalable architecture designs.

**The Six Pillars of the Well-Architected Framework **

Security The security pillar focuses on protecting information and systems. Key topics include confidentiality and integrity of data, managing user permissions, and establishing controls to detect security events.

Cost Optimization The cost optimization pillar focuses on avoiding unnecessary costs. Key topics include understanding spending over time and controlling fund allocation, selecting resources of the right type and quantity, and scaling to meet business needs without overspending.

Operational Excellence The operational excellence pillar focuses on running and monitoring systems, and continually improving processes and procedures. Key topics include automating changes, responding to events, and defining standards to manage daily operations.

Reliability The reliability pillar focuses on workloads performing their intended functions and how to recover quickly from failure to meet demands. Key topics include distributed system design, recovery planning, and adapting to changing requirements.

Performance Efficiency The performance efficiency pillar focuses on structured and streamlined allocation of IT and computing resources. Key topics include selecting resource types and sizes optimized for workload requirements, monitoring performance, and maintaining efficiency as business needs evolve.

Sustainability The sustainability pillar focuses on minimizing the environmental impacts of running cloud workloads. Key topics include a shared responsibility model for sustainability, understanding impact, and maximizing utilization to minimize required resources and reduce downstream impacts.

AWS Well-Architected Framework Review Deliverables

During your review, you’ll receive:

• Identification of items that do not conform to best practices based on the Well-Architected Framework
• Prioritization of risks/opportunities by criticality
• Roadmap of estimated time and cost to resolve the identified issues
• Documentation of key findings that can be shared with other stakeholders

Accessing AWS Funding for Well-Architected Framework Reviews As a Well-Architected Partner and AWS Premier Tier Partner, Connectria can help you unlock funding opportunities for your Well-Architected Review that can reduce your total cost to zero. For qualified organizations who start identifying high risk items (HRIs) identified during a Well-Architected Framework Review, a $5,000 credit is available to offset the cost of your review. Contact us today to learn more.

Why Connectria? Connectria is a leading AWS Premier Partner with deep security and compliance expertise and a portfolio of managed and professional services built on more than 25 years of experience designing and supporting the mission-critical infrastructure that businesses rely on every day. As a true extension of your organization, our mission is to drive meaningful impact and deliver innovative, reliable, and secure solutions that help you connect the dots between today’s technology and tomorrow’s possibilities.