At Microsoft Core Services and Engineering (CSEO), Microsoft used Azure governance to create a solution that enables enterprise-scale governance and compliance enforcement for our entire Azure environment. Article by Microsoft.
At Azure they use Management Groups to create a logical hierarchy within the Azure governance environment. Azure Management groups can be nested, so they use the nesting behavior to replicate the relevant business and engineering structure for the groups and organizations that support each subscription.
The article goes on and covers:
- Adopting a cloud-centric architecture at Microsoft
- Adopting Azure governance
- Building an effective framework in Azure governance
- Best practices
Azure governance has enabled CSEO to create an Azure-native, enterprise-scale governance solution that will provide decentralized management of our Azure environment and its governance needs. With Azure governance, our environment is more compliant with our organizational policies and, as a result, more efficient, robust, and effective.
The cloud governance hierarchy and few more schemas included. Nice one!
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