Azure Policy
In the previous section, we talked about applying tags for Azure deployments. Tags are great for organizing resources; however, there is one more thing that was not discussed: how do organizations ensure that tags are 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 are applied to resources and resource groups. This is not just specific to tags—this applies to the configuration of any resource on Azure. For example, you may wish to restrict where your resources can be provisioned geographically (to only the US-East region, for instance).
You might have guessed by now that this section is all about formulating a governance model on Azure. Governance is an important element in Azure because it ensures that everyone accessing the Azure environment is aware of organizational priorities and processes. It also helps to bring...