The last section talked about applying tags for Azure deployments. Tags are great for organizing resources; however, there is one more factor and question that was not discussed. How do organizations enforce tags to be applied for every deployment? There should be automated enforcement of Azure tags to resources and resource groups. There is no check from Azure to ensure that appropriate tags will be applied to resources and resource groups. Now, this is not just related to tags--it could be related to any configuration for any resource on Azure. For example, all resources should be deployed only in East US and no resources can be deployed elsewhere.
You might have guessed by now that this section is all about formulating a governance model on Azure. Governance is an important element for Azure because it helps in bringing discipline and cost under control...