Skill 3.2: Describe features and tools in Azure for governance and compliance

Unless you have some control over how your resources are created and managed, costs can spiral out of control. In addition to cost control, you might have other restrictions you’d like in place as well, such as which regions certain resources should be created in, how certain resources are tagged, and so on.

The traditional way of handling such governance issues would be to send out a memo to everyone explaining what the requirements are, and then crossing your fingers that people adhere to them. Fortunately, Azure Policy can ensure that your requirements and policies are adhered to.

Ensuring that you can re-create environments is another important aspect of governance, ...

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