Illustrative solution brief · Proposed selections
Follow a proposed workplace lifecycle from approved arrival to verified removal. Evaluate directory, application and device options, then test the integrations and exceptions before the process becomes routine.
The challenge
Connect role approval, supported device baseline and application lifecycle, then test an arrival and departure.
Illustrative 25-user distributed team with an existing licensed workplace tenant and selected compatible business apps.
Connect role approval, supported device baseline and application lifecycle, then test an arrival and departure.
Lifecycle engineering and recurring coordination for the retained platform, with an optional application-federation pilot.
Every count, product selection, implementation and financial input below is illustrative. Actual customer results and realized ROI/profit have not been supplied.
Start with the work people need to do, the information they handle and the systems they already use. Check security, compatibility, support and recovery needs before comparing costs.
For candidates that pass the gates, score functional fit 30%, operational maintainability 25%, integration and data portability 20%, three-year total cost 15%, and supplier/support resilience 10%. These are proposed weights, not completed vendor test results.
Run a representative pilot, negative tests and recovery exercise. Price hosting, retention, patching, engineering, support, training and exit. A lower license bill wins only when the complete solution meets the requirement.
Use its existing supported enrollment and policy capabilities before adding a second management stack.
Alternative and decision trigger: A different commercial platform is selected if the baseline or recovery requirements cannot be met. Existing licensing is a cost, even when it is unchanged.
Pilot compatible apps when federation can reduce a duplicate identity subscription and the operators can maintain it.
Alternative and decision trigger: Use the existing identity platform if its entitlement meets the need. Do not insert an additional identity layer solely because its license is free.
Document request approval, enrollment, exceptions, retention and removal; connect these with the actual platform behavior.
Alternative and decision trigger: Automated provisioning requires a supported connector and tested removal. SSO by itself does not create or remove every application account.
An authorized request determines device settings and the application access the person should receive.
The retained management platform provisions the supported device; permitted federation covers only the pilot apps.
The owner decides retention and removal, then operators verify application, device and provider access in scope.
Map licenses, apps, device capabilities, data ownership and existing lifecycle gaps.
Use one synthetic arrival and departure to test approval, access, exceptions and retained records.
Expand by role and app; preserve emergency access and documented rollback for federation changes.
Hand off the request and removal procedure, exception register, platform recovery and quarterly role review.
These are required pilot checks, not tests already completed for a customer.
Lifecycle coordination plus an optional justified federation component for 25 synthetic users.
USD, 36 months, no discounting or inflation. The commercial assembly is hypothetical, not a vendor quote. Open-source license assumptions apply only to the selected community component; paid platforms, support and hosting remain explicit.
| Input or result | Hypothetical commercial assembly | Proposed L8DT assembly |
|---|---|---|
| One-time setup | $3,500 | $5,000 |
| Monthly licenses | $250 | $0 |
| Monthly infrastructure/storage | $50 | $180 |
| Monthly operating service | $400 | $500 |
| Customer operator effort / month | 4 hours | 6 hours |
| Monthly cash outlay | $700 | $680 |
| 36-month cash TCO | $28,700 | $29,480 |
| 36-month economic TCO incl. valued effort | $38,060 | $43,520 |
$-780 over 36 months; -2.72% of the commercial cash TCO.
-2.65%. Formula: (commercial cash TCO − proposed cash TCO) ÷ proposed cash TCO. This compares hypothetical avoided expenditure with the proposed component investment.
75 months. Formula: round up positive additional setup ÷ positive recurring monthly cash difference. No interest or time value included.
$-1,260 in year one; $240 per subsequent year. Assumes the modeled costs are recognized as operating expenses, equal revenue and unchanged other costs. Capitalization, depreciation and taxes may change accounting profit.
2 additional customer hours/month at $65/hour. Valued effort is not a payroll saving. Economic benefit including effort: $-5,460. Add 30% to proposed operating-service cost: 36-month cash advantage becomes $-6,180.
Actual implementation, measured ROI and realized profit: NOT PROVIDED. No revenue uplift, avoided breach, uptime improvement or staffing reduction is assumed.
Retained workplace/MDM and application licensing, device purchases, migrations, bespoke provisioning, project extras and taxes are excluded equally. This component does not replace the full workplace or security bill.
A signed scope and current supplier quotes replace these assumptions before any service commitment.
The intended result
Verify the approved roles, device setup and application-specific removal paths in the customer environment. Proposed tool choices and modeled economics require validation before adoption.
Define the actual assets, permissions, coverage, costs and acceptance with a Service Champion.