Tag Archives: governance

How to master Azure resources? Watch my new recording!

Posted on 16/11/2020 by Marcel Zehner

How to master resources in Azure? This is a question I receive a lot. We all agree that deploying resources in Azure is a simple process: You just go to the marketplace, fill out some form, hit next, next, finish, … Continue reading →

Posted in Azure, DevOps | Tagged azure, blueprint, code, DevOps, govern, governance, IaC, manage, master, microsoft, operations, policy | Leave a comment

Azure Guest Policy Configuration – A look behind the curtain

Posted on 05/04/2020 by Marcel Zehner

If you work with Azure you probably heard of Azure Policy. It’s a key component for governing your infrastructure and services to audit and enforce proper compliance. Azure policy can not only be used to audit and govern Azure resources, … Continue reading →

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Azure Resource Tags in JSON Format

Posted on 16/03/2019 by Marcel Zehner

This is a quick one: We all know that using Azure Resource Tags is a key element in a company’s governance strategy. Tags are used on resources to ensure you stay in control (e.g. to set an owner, department or … Continue reading →

Posted in Azure | Tagged azure, azure governance, azure management, Control, governance, json, tags | 2 Comments

Azure Resource Graph Introduction

Posted on 10/01/2019 by Marcel Zehner

The most important part of Azure governance is to keep control of your Azure resources while not loosing agility and speed. There are several tools, procedures and services that assist you getting in control of your Azure resources. One I … Continue reading →

Posted in Azure | Tagged azure, Control, govern, governance, graph, graph explorer, resource management, resources, speed, transparency, transparent, visualization | 3 Comments

Azure Blueprints – Overview

Posted on 04/10/2018 by Marcel Zehner

Azure Blueprints were announced during Microsoft Ignite 2018. I had the privilege to already get access some months earlier and played with the new feature/service to gain some experience. In this blog post I want to give you a quick … Continue reading →

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Azure Resource Policies Management in the Azure Portal

Posted on 08/02/2018 by Marcel Zehner

A while back I blogged about Azure Policies. Policies can be used as part of Azure Governance to audit and enforce compliance. For instance, it lets you enforce the use of specific regions, or enforces you to tag your resources. … Continue reading →

Posted in Azure | Tagged assignment, azure, compliance, governance, initiatives, policies, policy | 2 Comments