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Azure AI consultancy

Azure AI consultancy, built in your own Azure and hosted in the UK.

Azure AI, built properly. We build AI on Microsoft Azure, in your tenancy or ours, with your data kept in-country. Models, retrieval and agents are built into your systems and measured against a baseline we agree with you.

At least 3x improvement on the process we take on, with our fee tied to it.

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What will be running

Azure AI running in your tenancy.

  • The working thing

    An AI workflow on Azure, with models accessed through Microsoft Foundry, retrieval over your own documents and agents connected to your systems.

  • Where it runs

    In your own Azure tenancy or ours, and in Azure UK South where you need UK hosting. Hosting is confirmed for each project.

  • How it is measured

    On the process it serves, such as cases per person or request to completion, against a baseline agreed first. Our fee is tied to at least 3x.

The offer

AI built on Azure, in your tenancy.

We design the architecture, build one working AI workflow in your Azure tenancy and show the measured result.

What is included

  • Architecture for your Azure tenancy
  • Azure OpenAI and Foundry models chosen for each step
  • Retrieval over your own documents
  • Agents and MCP access with controls
  • A working workflow, measured

What you provide

  • An Azure subscription, or access to ours
  • A named technical owner
  • Your security and data rules

What you are left with

  • A working AI system in your Azure
  • Architecture and documentation
  • The measured result
  • A team able to run it
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Today and rebuilt

Why AI on Azure needs a plan

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Today

Many organisations already run on Azure and want AI there. The risk is a pile of experiments, a model here and a chatbot there, none of them governed.

Putting AI inside your own tenancy keeps the data, the identity and the controls where your security team already looks.

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Rebuilt

AI built on Microsoft Azure in your own tenancy, hosted in the UK, with models, retrieval and agents measured on one process.

Your tenancy

What sits inside your Azure tenancy

Your people and dataYour people in Teams or a browserYour documents and systems
Inside your Azure tenancy
Foundry modelsRetrieval over your documentsAgents and MCP servers
IdentityPermissionsAudit log
Your existing AzureStorage and databasesMonitoring and security
Your people and your documents connect to a set of services running inside your own Azure tenancy. Foundry models, retrieval and agents sit together there. Identity, permissions and an audit log are applied on every request. Storage, monitoring and security stay in the Azure you already run.
Azure OpenAI

Azure OpenAI, built into your systems

We build Azure OpenAI into your own systems and workflows, inside your tenancy. The model is part of the process, not a separate tool people have to visit.

Microsoft Foundry

Agents and workflows built, evaluated and deployed on Foundry

Microsoft Foundry, also known as Azure AI Foundry, is where we build, evaluate and deploy agents and workflows, and choose the right model for each step.

We route every task to the best model for the requirement. That means models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, and open-source and open-weight models where appropriate, accessed securely through Microsoft Foundry on Azure. We never train models on your data.

RAG on Azure

Answers from your own documents, on Azure

We build retrieval over your own documents on Azure, so answers are current, cited and limited to what each person may see. We can do that through SmartRetriever, our own product, or Azure AI Search.

MCP and agents on Azure

Agents with access controls and an audit trail

Agents and MCP servers run inside your tenancy with identity, least privilege and approvals, and every action is logged.

UK data residency

Your data stays in the UK

We can host in Azure UK South, so your data stays in the UK. Your data is never used to train models. We confirm hosting for each project, so you know exactly where everything runs.

Documents and checks

Assessment as a service, on Azure

Assessment as a service checks documents against your rules and shows its evidence. On Azure we can read forms, invoices and scans with Azure Document Intelligence, then check what it reads against your standards, with a person confirming every outcome.

The work, rebuilt

What our Azure AI work covers

  • 01

    Architecture in your tenancy

    Designed with your cloud and security teams.

  • 02

    Models through Foundry

    The right model for each step, evaluated before it goes live.

  • 03

    Retrieval and agents

    Answers from your documents, and agents connected to your systems.

  • 04

    Operated and handed over

    Monitoring, documentation and training for your team.

Four steps

How it works

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  1. Step 1

    Design

    We agree the architecture with your cloud and security teams.

  2. Step 2

    Build

    Models, retrieval and agents are built in your tenancy.

  3. Step 3

    Evaluate

    We test on real cases before anything goes live.

  4. Step 4

    Run

    It goes live, monitored and handed over to your team.

Run and improve. After go live we keep the work running and keep improving it with you.

3×
At least 3x

What 3x is measured against

For Azure AI work, 3x is measured on the process the system serves, such as cases handled per person or the time from request to completion, against a baseline we agree first.

At least 3x improvement on the process we take on, with our fee tied to it.

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Proof from our own products

Built on Microsoft Azure.

Sendient builds on Microsoft Azure, and holds Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and Investors in People.

Safe by design

Controls and governance

  • A person in charge

    Every system we build keeps a person in charge of the outcome, and every action is logged.

  • Data protected first

    Data is classified and protected before any model sees it, and access follows each user.

  • Your cloud, in country

    Built on Microsoft Azure, in Sendient’s tenant or your own, with data kept in-country.

  • Never trained on your data

    We never train models on your data. What you share stays yours.

Sendient holds Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and Investors in People. See our certifications

Cyber Essentials PlusISO 27001ISO 9001Investors in People
See it working

Products built by Sendient

  • SmartAssessor

    Testing, inspection and compliance. Any standard, more than 100 integrations and a mobile app for inspections on site.

    See SmartAssessor →
  • SmartEducator

    For schools, universities and professional bodies. Marks written and typed work, detects AI, tailors learning and runs oral assessment in Teams.

    See SmartEducator →
  • SmartRecruits

    Agent-led interviews in Teams, CV and job matching on meaning, screening and shortlisting, working around the clock.

    See SmartRecruits →
  • SmartRetriever

    The right context for every person, department, location and country, with security and privacy built in.

    See SmartRetriever →
Good to know

Questions

Something else on your mind? Ask us directly and a person will reply.

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Can you build in our own Azure tenancy?

Built on Microsoft Azure, in Sendient’s tenant or your own, with data kept in-country.

Which models can we use?

We route every task to the best model for the requirement. That means models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, and open-source and open-weight models where appropriate, accessed securely through Microsoft Foundry on Azure. We never train models on your data.

Where is our data hosted?

We can host in Azure UK South. Your data is never used to train models, and we confirm hosting for each project.

How is the fee tied to the result?

We agree the measure and the baseline for the process first. Our fee is tied to at least 3x improvement on it, whichever Azure services we use.

Start here

Tell us the process you want to change.

Tell us what you want to build on Azure. A person at Sendient will reply with how we would approach it in your tenancy.

At least 3x improvement on the process we take on, with our fee tied to it.

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Start with one process.

At least 3x improvement on the process we take on, with our fee tied to it.

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