đAt a glance
In early 2025, a large global law firm engaged Advania to assess the health, risks, and longâterm potential of their Power Platform ecosystem. What began as a focused audit evolved into a multiâphase transformation programme including strategy, governance, operating model redesign, and embedded AI capability.
This partnership now spans multiple financial years and continues to deliver sustainable, scalable innovation.
đ¨The challenge
The firm faced rapid growth of automation and lowâcode solutions, creating an opportunity to proactively enhance governance, visibility, and alignment to support security, compliance, and operational reliability.
Key challenges included:
- Ensuring greater visibility across environments to support consistent oversight
- Establishing standardised development practices to enable quality and scalability
- Clarifying ownership and governance to streamline decisionâmaking
- Preparing for expanded AI and Copilot adoption with a clear, forwardâlooking strategy
- Building a sustainable delivery capability across global offices to meet ongoing demand
đĄThe approach
1. Power Platform Audit (Feb 2025)
Advania delivered a comprehensive assessment of the firmâs Power Platform estate, covering security, compliance, architecture, solution health, and operational processes.
Key outputs:
- Detailed risk assessment & prioritised scoring
- Compliance and environment readiness review
- Clear, actionable remediation roadmap
2. Platform, AI & Copilot Studio Strategy (FebâJune 2025)
A strategic foundation was developed to align Power Platform, AI, and Copilot Studio with the firmâs global operating model.
Deliverables included:
- Full Power Platform Strategy
- AI & Copilot Studio Strategy
- New governance & operating model recommendations
- Global resourcing blueprint including recommended additional roles to support ongoing operations
- Roadmap for capability uplift and governance maturity
3. Embedded LongâTerm Resources
To execute the strategy, the firm has embedded on-going support from two Advania experts, UK and Australia based. These specialists provided:
- Copilot Studio and Power Platform governance oversight
- AI & automation delivery expertise
- Compliance alignment support
- Environment administration
- Training, upskilling and tailored enablement programmes for internal teams
- End-to-end solution design, development and support
This shifted the firm from reactive support to strategic, proactive capability development.
âď¸The outcome
Strategic Impact
- Clear visibility of platform risks and governance gaps
- A unified strategy across Power Platform, AI, and Copilot Studio
- Scalable governance and operating model tailored to the legal sector
- Strengthened operational resilience and enhanced compliance maturity
Capability Impact
- Embedded expertise accelerated delivery and uplifted internal capability
- Teams were trained on best practices, AI governance, and development standards
- Increased confidence using Power Platform and AI enterpriseâwide
Long-Term Impact
- A multiâyear transformation roadmap now in place
- A sustainable foundation for future AI innovation
- Ongoing partnership to expand AI and automation safely across the organisation
âĄď¸Why Advania
Advaniaâs blend of strategy, governance, delivery, and embedded expertise enabled the firm to not only stabilise their estate but create a futureâready framework for AI and automation. The transformation demonstrates the power of combining deep technical capability with longâterm partnership.
