Microsoft Velocity Engineering
From idea → shipped value.
Microsoft Velocity Engineering

From idea → shipped value.

Paths, guardrails, and rhythms that turn releases into a weekly habit—and AI into a safe advantage.

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Enterprise Velocity Track

  • Standard pipelines for every team (build → test → release)
  • Guardrails: environments, DLP, secrets, identities
  • Health gates + dashboards (errors, latency, uptime)
  • On‑call, SLOs, rollback drills, blameless summaries
Outcomes: lead time ↓ 30–40%, MTTR < 60m

Cloud Innovation Track

  • AI copilots & conversational analytics with guardrails
  • Power Platform “flow factory” with adoption dashboards
  • Microservices & domain APIs; paved golden paths
  • FinOps: budgets, tags, unit economics per feature
Outcomes: adoption > 70%, cost‑to‑serve ↓ 10–20%

How it works

Kickoff
Confirm inputs; align KPIs & owners.
Foundations
Pipelines, guardrails, dashboards.
Cadence
Small batches, flags, weekly releases.
Reliability
SLOs, alert hygiene, rollback drills.
Scale & AI
Top‑25 automations, safe AI use cases.
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Full Scope & Deliverables

Safety & Standards
  • Environment strategy (dev/test/prod)
  • DLP policies; managed identities
  • Secrets in Key Vault; policy‑as‑code
  • Reusable pipeline templates
Release Rhythm
  • Feature flags; health gates
  • Trunk‑based flows; blue/green
  • Weekly release target
  • Dashboards for stability
Reliability & Cost
  • SLOs, runbooks, on‑call, drills
  • FinOps: budgets, tags, unit economics
  • Incident reviews (48h) & action tracker
  • MTTR & CFR trending
Automation Factory
  • Top‑25 workflows in 90 days
  • Intake & approvals; template library
  • Adoption dashboards & champions
AI‑Native Product
  • Secure RAG, usage telemetry
  • Prompt shields; human‑in‑loop
  • Quality feedback & learning
Conversational Analytics
  • NLQ → SQL across key systems
  • Insight packs (CSAT, cost‑to‑serve)
  • Teams actions & KPI store

Case Studies

Global Bank
Weekly release rhythm; MTTR from 180m → 45m; cost‑per‑feature visible.
Healthcare Platform
Top‑25 automations; security guardrails; adoption > 75% in 10 weeks.
Tech SaaS
AI search + drafting; release cadence 3×; run cost ↓ 18%.