Overview
An overview for Azure landing zones, Azure Verified Modules in the Terraform Registry, and the ALZ Accelerator before .
Azure landing zone
Microsoft regularly updates Azure landing zone and its governance guardrails, so it makes sense to use that. But how do you customise it, extend it, and merge it with your own IP? These labs are aimed at partners but anyone who wants to go deeper with ALZ will get something from these labs.
Introduction
Azure landing zone (ALZ) has evolved significantly. Microsoft maintains the open source repositories including governance guardrails and best practices. There is enormous value in leveraging that IP and knowing that you are building your platform landing zone based on Microsoft’s recommended configuration and that it will be updated to keep pace with the velocity of innovation in public cloud.
The introduction of the Azure landing zone Accelerator means you can quickly establish a solid CI/CD configuration, and these labs will walk through an example process. It is not mandatory to use the ALZ Accelerator if you are experienced in setting up CI/CD pipelines for Terraform deployments, but it is highly recommended to secure powerful workload identities in line with recommended standards.
The move to Azure Verified Modules (AVM) for modular and structured infrastructure deployment has been a game changer, especially when combined with the flexibility of the alz Terraform provider.
Content
Run the ALZ Accelerator
Learn how to use the Azure landing zone Accelerator to get to a GitHub CI/CD configuration recommended by Microsoft.
Deploy an Azure landing zone
Follow this guide to deploy an Azure landing zone using Azure Verified Modules
Understanding libraries
Deep dive into Azure landing zone library format. Run through its various assets and constructs. See how you can create your own libraries and how the alz provider and metadata files can be used to achieve customisation and extensibility.
Reference configs
A set of examples for commonly used alz provider and library metadata patterns for Azure landing zones.
Expected Knowledge
Before diving in to the, you should be familiar with:
Foundation Knowledge Required
- Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Platform Landing Zones (PLZ) concepts
- Application Landing Zones and Well-Architected Framework (WAF) principles
- Azure Policy and governance fundamentals
- Terraform infrastructure as code
- GitHub workflows and CI/CD pipelines
Understanding the Azure landing zone approach provides a solid foundation that will help with:
- Standard platform landing zone deployments (ALZ / PLZ)
- Deploying Sovereign landing zone (SLZ)
- Azure Monitoring Baseline Alerts (AMBA)
- AI Landing Zones (AI LZ) and other application landing zone accelerators