3.1. Domain Overview: Describing Azure Management and Governance

Describing Azure management and governance begins with a fundamental First Principle: Effective cloud adoption requires not just technical deployment, but also robust control over costs, compliance, and operations. Azure provides a suite of tools to ensure that your cloud environment is secure, well-managed, and aligned with business objectives.

This domain explores the tools and features that enable you to manage and govern your Azure resources, including:

• Cost Management: Tools for estimating, tracking, and optimizing Azure spending.
• Governance and Compliance: Features for enforcing rules, maintaining standards, and meeting regulatory requirements.
• Management and Deployment Tools: Interfaces and methods for creating and managing Azure resources.
• Monitoring Tools: Services for observing the health and performance of your Azure environment.

The focus is on comprehending how these tools help you maintain control and operational excellence in the cloud.

Scenario: An IT manager is concerned about the potential for uncontrolled spending and non-compliant resource configurations as their team adopts Azure. You need to explain the Azure tools available to address these concerns.

Reflection Question: How do the different pillars of Azure management and governance (cost, compliance, deployment, monitoring) work together to create a well-architected and controlled cloud environment?

💡 Tip: Think of this domain as the "how-to" of running Azure responsibly. How do you control costs? How do you enforce rules? How do you monitor what's happening?