Summary

This chapter completes the beyond the exam topic, and the book. Whereas most of the book has focused on the skills needed to pass the AZ-304 exam, these final two chapters have been a more general look at design considerations required to create and deliver successful designs for Azure-based solutions.

Each organization is very different, and we began the chapter by exploring the differences between two extreme examples – a multi-national corporation with existing systems and governance processes, versus a newly formed start-up. Each type of organization has its own challenges and opportunities, and so we explored some of the more common examples.

Next, we learned how cost management is a critical aspect of running any solution in the cloud, especially when building dynamic systems that respond and scale to usage, rather than more traditional infrastructure whose costs are fixed.

We have seen how Azure landing zones can impact our overall designs and looked at different...