Managing the landing zone using policies

When we work in cloud platforms, we work with code. Everything we do in the cloud is software- and code-defined. This makes the cloud infrastructure absolutely very agile, but it also means that we need some strict guidance in terms of how we manage the code, starting with the code that defines our landing zone or foundation environment. As with everything in IT, it needs maintenance. In traditional data centers and systems, we have maintenance windows where we can update and upgrade systems. In the cloud, things work a little differently.

First, the cloud providers apply maintenance whenever it's needed. There's no way that they can agree upon maintenance windows with thousands of customers spread across the globe. They simply do whatever needs to be done to keep the platform healthy, ready for improvements and the release of new features. Enterprises don't want to be impacted by these maintenance activities, so they will have to...