Chapter 2Governance

This chapter focuses on the considerations and technologies to assist when applying governance to Azure services. While often initially overlooked, governance is critical to ensure that deployments meet company and regulatory requirements and also enable a more consistent and supportable environment. Governance should be one of the first work items when looking at using the cloud and will ultimately provide a securer and auditable deployment with some upfront effort.

In this chapter, you will learn to:

  • Understand the key constructs of Azure Resource Manager and their application to governance.
  • Explore governance technologies available in Azure.
  • Manage costs in Azure.

What Is Governance?

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