Summary

This chapter summarized the top best practices you could implement in your organization. It started with the importance of Azure governance in ensuring a secure, compliant, and efficient cloud environment. It highlighted the need for a clear organizational hierarchy, defining organizational roles and responsibilities, and using Azure initiatives and policies to manage and govern Azure resources. We suggested leveraging Azure landing zones with the Bicep language and Azure Blueprints and continuously monitoring and auditing the Azure environment. We recommended using tools such as the Cloud Adoption Framework Governance Benchmark Tool and IaC for Azure, such as ARM templates or the Bicep language, to automate the deployment of resources and ensure compliance with Azure governance policies.

We also highlighted the importance of creating a dedicated team to manage and maintain Azure’s monitoring solution. We emphasized the significance of clear communication channels...