Azure Policy is the Azure service for defining rules (policy definitions, bundled as initiatives) that are assigned to a scope and inherited downward, to audit, deny, modify or deploy resources.
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Azure Policy is a tool to automate compliance checks and maintain an audit-ready posture. · Compliance as Code
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Frequently asked questions
Which tools support compliance as code?
The show notes name Azure Policy to automate compliance checks and maintain an audit-ready posture. This fits compliance as code, which builds governance directly into the architecture instead of relying on documents. · From the episode: Compliance as Code
What does the governance operating system include?
Landing zones, management groups, RBAC with PIM, Azure Policy as real guardrails and the feedback loops required to keep governance from degrading into entropy. The episode says it is not an Azure feature tour. · From the episode: Fix Azure Governance Before Your Next Cloud…
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