The Polish cloud computing market has doubled in value over the past three years. According to PMR’s report, “The Cloud Computing Market in Poland 2026,” the market has reached a high level of maturity, and the cloud has become the standard for the largest organizations.
At the same time, global spending on cloud infrastructure increased by 35% year-over-year (Q1 2026), meaning that cloud budgets are growing faster than ever.
The problem is that increased spending rarely goes hand in hand with cost control. Azure environments grow organically: new resources are created for new projects, old configurations go unreviewed, and cost-saving measures (reservations, right-sizing) remain unimplemented. This is exactly the situation EWL Global Services faced.
Azure cloud costs at EWL were rising, and resource configurations were not being reviewed for cost-effectiveness. The company needed an external FinOps audit and a concrete action plan that would result in measurable cost reductions.
Azure Environmental Audit and FinOps Recommendations
We conducted a comprehensive analysis of the Microsoft Azure environment, covering:
- Resource Utilization and Parameters (Right-Sizing)
- Cloud Cost Structure
- Backup Configurations
- Sizing Virtual Machines (Azure Virtual Machines)
- Reservation Mechanisms (Azure Reservations)
- Storage and Its Use
- Cost Reporting
- Identification of potentially unused resources
The report indicated that Azure could reduce costs by approximately 50% in the areas analyzed.
Phase 2: Implementation of Optimization and Validation
After agreeing on priorities with the IT team at EWL, we implemented the following recommendations:
- Optimizing Azure Resource Parameters
- Adjusting the Backup Configuration
- Implementation of Reservation Mechanisms (Reserved Instances)
- Cloud Infrastructure Optimization
- Validation of changes in terms of service continuity
Results:
An actual 29% reduction in Microsoft Azure costs compared to pre-optimization levels. Zero downtime, full service continuity.
Given that average cloud spending by Polish companies—which, according to Statista, is growing at a double-digit rate year over year—even an optimization of just a dozen or so percent translates into significant annual savings. In the case of EWL, the company managed to achieve nearly three times that amount.