The Azure WAF
The Azure WAF is a framework created by Microsoft for architects, as a result of being a global leader in cloud architecting for years. The framework is designed to guarantee highly qualitative cloud architectures in accordance with proven best practices.
WAF does not only cover data and analytics but can also be used for any workload in the cloud, such as website hosting or application development. However, many of its core principles trickle down into data architectures as well.
The framework is extensively documented, yet the goal of this chapter is to provide you with the core principles and learnings in a bite-sized format and curate the content that is most relevant to the role of a data architect.
The Azure WAF is built upon the following five pillars:
- Reliability
- Security
- Cost optimization
- Operational excellence
- Performance efficiency
We will take a look at each pillar and how it translates into the responsibilities of a...
