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AI Readiness Assessment

8 dimensions, 16 statements, 5 minutes. Calibrated against what actually goes wrong in production AI deployments.

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AI Cost & ROI

AI Cost & ROI

PTU vs PAYG with real utilization math. Marketplace billing traps that drained $1,600 in startup credits. Honest cost frameworks.

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AI Governance

AI Governance That Ships

Six operational components. ISO 42001 alignment. EU AI Act August 2026 readiness. Microsoft Purview, Entra, Foundry, Sentinel mapped to controls.

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Topical clusters

Six clusters. Six audiences. One stack.

AI Cost & ROI

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AI Governance & Risk

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AI Strategy & Readiness

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AI Architecture

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Microsoft Copilot Governance

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Power Platform Governance & Operations

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Align Claude Code with your codebase and intent: plan mode, full context, project memory, and gates that cannot be skipped. Six practical techniques.

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Rayfin lets agents define and deploy a full backend to Microsoft Fabric in one command. What it actually compresses, what it couples you to, and when an architect should reach for it.

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