Azure Landing Zones provide a prescriptive architecture for enterprise-scale cloud adoption. After years of helping organizations migrate to Azure, I've seen the difference a solid foundation makes.
The Landing Zone Concept
A landing zone is a pre-configured environment with:
- Identity and access management
- Network topology and connectivity
- Security and compliance policies
- Management and monitoring
- Platform automation
Architecture Decisions
The enterprise-scale architecture addresses critical concerns:
Management Group Hierarchy
├── Root
│ ├── Platform
│ │ ├── Identity
│ │ ├── Management
│ │ └── Connectivity
│ └── Landing Zones
│ ├── Corp
│ └── Online
Start with the end in mind. Retrofitting governance is always harder than building it in from the start.