Welcome to the weekly tips in the Azure cloud world!

Jiadong Chen
2 min read3 days ago
source: Microsoft

Discover the Azure Landing Zones Policy Refresh for improved security and AI readiness, advanced alerting strategies for robust monitoring, and the FinOps Best Practices Library for tailored cost optimization. Understand the differences between AKS Standard and AKS Automatic to find the right fit for your team, and check out new guides for deploying open source software on AKS and VMs!

✅ Azure Landing Zones — Policy Refresh Q1 FY25

The ALZ Policy Refresh focuses on enhancing security, quality, and AI readiness without introducing breaking changes, featuring updates to TLS policies, subnet security, automation account practices, and AI service compliance, along with improved testing efficiency and user experience.
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✅ Advanced Alerting Strategies for Azure Monitoring

To build a robust Azure monitoring strategy, you can expand beyond default Azure Service Health alerts by leveraging tools like Azure Advisor, Resource Health, Microsoft Defender for Cloud
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✅ Unlocking Azure Savings: Introducing the FinOps Best Practices Library

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Jiadong Chen

Microsoft MVP, MCT | Azure Certified Solutions Architect & Cybersecurity Architect Expert | Member of .NET Foundation | Packt Author