AI Business Transformation Review
Know exactly where AI will pay off in your business.
Most businesses know AI should save time. Few know where to start. The AI Business Transformation Review gives an evidence-based answer and a phased AI roadmap for your business, built on the Microsoft 365 licences you already own.
The problem
An AI opportunity assessment, not another pilot that stalls.
The question in most boardrooms is no longer whether AI can help. It is where to point it first. Without an evidence base, that choice comes down to whichever idea was argued hardest, and the money follows the noise instead of the value.
The AI Business Transformation Review replaces the guess with a read on the business. Frontrow assesses the Microsoft 365 environment, works with the team to find where the hours go, and writes an AI transformation roadmap that ranks the opportunities by value.
The result is a plan grounded in the tools already owned, phased so the first wins arrive early. Whoever builds it, the business knows what it is building and why.
How it works
Three phases: assess, discover, roadmap.
The review moves from what the technology can support, to where the work actually is, to a plan the business can act on. Each phase feeds the next.
- 01
Assess
A technical readiness assessment of the Microsoft 365 environment.
Frontrow checks security, data governance, sharing and licensing across the tenant, then a senior consultant reviews by hand how the environment is really set up. The result is an honest read on what is ready for AI today and what needs tidying first.
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Discover
A structured workshop with the people who do the work.
Frontrow sits down with key members of the team to find the repeatable tasks, the workarounds, the spreadsheets held together by one person, and the places the hours quietly go. This is where the opportunities come from, because the people closest to the work already know where it hurts.
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Roadmap
A report with current state, ranked opportunities and a phased plan.
Frontrow hands over a report that sets out the current state, the automation and AI opportunities ranked by value, and a phased 12-month roadmap that puts quick wins first. The report is the client's to keep, whoever they choose to build with next.
What you receive
Six things the business keeps.
The review ends with documents the business owns, not a sales conversation. Here is what lands on the desk.
Copilot and AI readiness assessment
A readiness assessment of the Microsoft 365 tenant across security, data governance, sharing and licensing, so the AI plan rests on what is actually there.
Expert manual review
A senior consultant reviews the environment by hand, past what an automated scan can see, to judge how the tenant is genuinely configured.
Facilitated discovery workshop
A guided session with the key people in the business to surface the repeatable work, the manual steps and the tasks worth automating.
Current-state report
A written picture of where the business stands today across its data, its tools and the way work moves through it.
Opportunity statement
The automation and AI use cases for the business, ranked by value, so the order of work is a decision made on evidence rather than on the loudest idea.
High-level 12-month roadmap
A phased plan across the year that front-loads quick wins, so value starts landing early and the harder work is sequenced behind it.
Want a read before booking? Start self-serve with the AI Readiness check or the Copilot ROI calculator.
Why Frontrow
AI consulting in Australia, built on what you already own.
Frontrow is a Microsoft Partner. The review starts from the Microsoft 365 environment already in place, so the plan is real on day one and the business is never asked to buy its way to an answer.
No new platforms to buy
The review is built on the Microsoft 365 licences the business already owns. There is nothing new to purchase to get an answer, and no shelfware left behind.
No lock-in
The roadmap belongs to the client. It is written to be useful whoever builds it, so the business is never trapped with a single supplier to see the plan through.
Quick wins from day one
The roadmap is sequenced so the early phases return time in the first months, not at the end of a long program that has to be funded on faith.
The risk sits with Frontrow
Frontrow delivers on a model where the risk of getting it right rests with Frontrow, not the client, because the plan is only worth anything if it holds up in practice.
Proof point
An established mining consultancy came to the review knowing AI should help, without knowing where. The review uncovered nine automation opportunities and became the basis of a funded 12-month transformation program.
Sector named for context only. Frontrow publishes client results with consent and does not invent figures.
Read first
What goes into the review.
Three guides on how Frontrow finds the opportunities, runs the workshop and builds the 12-month plan.
How to identify AI and automation opportunities in Microsoft 365 →
Where the repeatable work hides and how to spot it.
How to build a 12-month AI roadmap on Microsoft 365 →
Sequencing quick wins ahead of the harder work.
What happens in an AI discovery workshop →
Who to bring and what the session gets to.
FAQ — AI Business Transformation Review
What businesses ask before they book.
- How long does the AI Business Transformation Review take?
- The review runs over a few weeks rather than a few months. Frontrow works through the readiness assessment and the expert review, runs the discovery workshop with the team, then writes up the current-state report, the ranked opportunity statement and the 12-month roadmap. The exact timing is agreed up front around the availability of the people who need to be in the workshop.
- Do we need to buy new software for the review?
- No. The review is built on the Microsoft 365 licences the business already owns. Frontrow assesses the existing environment and finds where AI can pay off inside it. There is nothing new to purchase to get the assessment and the roadmap, and the plan is written so quick wins can start on the tools already in place.
- Who should be in the discovery workshop?
- The people who know where the hours go. That usually means a mix of the leaders who set direction and the team members who do the repeatable work day to day, because they are the ones who know the spreadsheets, the manual steps and the workarounds. Frontrow helps decide who to include once the shape of the business is clear.
- What do we get to keep at the end?
- Everything the review produces is the client's to keep: the current-state report, the opportunity statement with use cases ranked by value, and the high-level 12-month roadmap. The roadmap is written so it stays useful whoever the business chooses to build it with, so there is no lock-in to Frontrow to act on the plan.
- Is the review built on our existing Microsoft 365 licences?
- Yes. Frontrow starts from the Microsoft 365 environment already in place and assesses readiness for Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI across security, data governance, sharing and licensing. The opportunities and the roadmap are grounded in what the licences already allow, so the business is not asked to invest in a platform before it knows where the value is.
- What if we are not sure our data is ready for AI?
- That is what the assessment is for. Most businesses are not sure, and the readiness assessment plus the senior consultant's manual review give an honest answer on what is ready now and what needs sorting first. If groundwork is needed before AI pays off, the roadmap says so and sequences it, rather than promising results the environment cannot yet support.
Find out where AI pays off in your business.
Frontrow will assess the Microsoft 365 environment, run the discovery workshop with the team, and hand over an AI transformation roadmap the business keeps.