Chapter 4: Managing Governance and Costs

This chapter covers how to manage the resources and services available in Azure that support governance objectives, as well as costs. We will cover resource groups, resource locks, subscriptions, costs, and management groups, all of which play a crucial role in maintaining governance within the Azure platform. You will build confidence in this chapter to do just that and understand how to apply what you have learned to your organization.

In this chapter, we are going to cover the following main topics:

  • Managing resource groups
  • Configuring resource locks
  • Managing subscriptions
  • Managing costs
  • Configuring management groups

Technical requirements

To follow along with the hands-on material, you will need ...

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