Azure Policy

Policy Definition

• Azure Policy is a service in Azure that you use to create, assign and, manage policies
• Azure Policy runs evaluations and scans for non-compliant resources

Usage Cases

• Allowed resource types
• Allowed virtual machine
• Allowed locations
• Require tag and its value
• Azure Backup should be enabled for Virtual Machines

Advantages

• Enforcement and compliance
• Apply policies at scale
• Remediation - what action to take if the policy is violated Eg: If required tags is not present add that tag automatically

Implementing Azure Policy

• Browse Policy Definitions
• Create Initiative Definitions
• Scope the Initiative Definition
• View Policy evaluation results

Definition type

• Policy
• Initiate –> Collection of Policy

Key Points

• Azure Policy can be applied to Management group, Subscription and Resource group
• Policy will effect on new resources