Hit the Ground Running with Azure Landing Zone
September 3, 2024//
As organizations continue to migrate their workloads to the cloud, security and compliance have become top priorities. But with the complexity of cloud infrastructure, it’s easy to get lost in the weeds. That’s where Azure Landing Zone comes in – a game-changing framework that helps you establish a secure, scalable, and compliant cloud environment with Microsoft Azure.
What is Azure Landing Zone?
Azure Landing Zone is a pre-configured environment that provides a foundation for deploying workloads in Azure. It’s a set of Azure resources, policies, and configurations that enable organizations to establish a secure, scalable, and compliant cloud environment. Think of it as a blueprint for your cloud infrastructure, ensuring that all Azure resources are properly configured, monitored, and secured.
Why Do You Need Azure Landing Zone?
With Azure Landing Zone, you can:
- Simplify Security: Establish a secure foundation for your cloud environment, ensuring that all resources are properly configured and secured.
- Scale with Confidence: Scale your cloud deployments quickly and efficiently, without compromising security or compliance.
- Meet Compliance Requirements: Meet regulatory requirements and industry standards, such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and GDPR, with ease.
Azure Landing Zone Areas of Focus
To ensure that your Azure Landing Zone is set up for success, follow this high-level checklist:
- Azure Subscription and Billing: Configure your subscription with proper billing and cost management settings.
- Azure Active Directory (AAD): Set up AAD with proper security settings, groups, and roles.
- Azure Networking: Configure virtual networks, subnets, and network security groups.
- Azure Security: Enable Azure Security Center and configure security policies.
- Azure Governance: Define and assign Azure policies and compliance policies.
- Azure Monitoring and Logging: Configure Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
- Azure Backup and Recovery: Set up Azure Backup and Site Recovery.
What if I already have an established cloud environment?
With Azure Review checklists, you can retroactively ensure a secure, scalable, and compliant cloud environment that meets your organization’s needs. The checklist spreadsheet is a dynamic tool that allows you to select various areas of focus.
Easily generate a dashboard with metrics of your cloud infrastructure
It comes with a dashboard that allows you a high-level assessment of your cloud architecture, without having to start from scratch. From there, you can triage the highest priority items and mark them off.