New environment
A target model before deployment
Select the first use cases, responsibilities, routing and controls before production changes.
1 · Advice — assess and design
Make the Tailscale decision with a complete target model, not on the basis of an experiment.
Advice defines what to build, why, in which order and with which Tailscale subscription. The deliverables can be used by Defense First or another implementation partner.
When to choose Advice
When connectivity works or looks promising, but the production decision is still unclear.
Advice is for organisations considering Tailscale, moving from pilot to production or assessing the structure, security and licensing of an existing tailnet.
Pilot
From experiment to production
Turn a working experiment into an approved architecture, policy and implementation backlog.
Existing tailnet
Make structure and risks visible
Assess roles, groups, tags, Grants, devices, routes, logs and ownership.
Scope of work
The technical model is tied to use cases and decision ownership.
Advice is not a generic workshop. It is scoped to one organisation, its priority use cases and the decisions required for production.
Current state and use cases
- users, devices, resources and existing access paths
- up to five prioritised use cases
- risks, dependencies and migration sequence
Policy and ownership
- IdP, group, tag and tagOwners model
- Grants and posture principles
- device approval and administrative roles
Network, logs and licensing
- DNS, subnet routers and connectors
- audit, webhook and logging requirements
- recommendation for an appropriate Tailscale plan
Customer deliverables
Decision-ready deliverables that can also be put out to tender.
- decision memo and target-architecture diagram
- access matrix and policy and ownership model
- Tailscale licence recommendation with rationale
- risks, dependencies and a 90-day implementation plan
Acceptance criterion
The customer can make a go/no-go decision and start or tender the implementation without another discovery phase.
Responsibilities and boundaries
Advice designs. It does not change production.
The customer names use-case and resource owners and provides sufficient current-state information. Defense First also documents open decisions and uncertainties.
Included
Up to three workshops, a target model, licence assessment and implementation plan.
Not included
Production configuration, IdP/MDM/EDR changes, ongoing management or formal training.
Customer responsibilities
Owners, source information, approval of business permissions and third-party availability.
Pricing
A scoped, fixed-price expert engagement.
The final proposal is based on the use cases, environments, integrations and discovery work required.
Price on requestTailscale licences and third-party costs are not included in the Defense First service price.See how pricing is determined →
