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Expert guidance for designing, assessing, and optimizing Azure workloads using Azure Well Architected. Covers design review checklists, recommendations, design principles, tradeoffs, service guides, workload patterns, and assessment questions. Use when designing AI, SAP, SaaS, HPC, AVD/AVS workloads, or choosing regions/AZs with cost–reliability tradeoffs, and other Azure Well Architected related development tasks.

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Azure Well Architected Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for designing, assessing, and optimizing Azure workloads using Azure Well Architected. Covers design review checklists, recommendations, design principles, tradeoffs, service guides, workload patterns, and assessment questions. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

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Category Lines Description
Design Review Checklists L35-L43 Checklists to review Azure workloads for cost, operations, performance, reliability, and security, with concrete questions and best practices for each architecture pillar.
Recommendations L44-L115 Prescriptive best practices for Azure workloads: cost optimization, reliability, performance, security, DevOps/CI-CD, operations, DR, and sustainability design and governance.
Design Principles L116-L134 Design principles and patterns for cost, reliability, security, performance, ops, and sustainability across Azure workloads like AI, SAP, Oracle, AVS, AVD, SaaS, HPC, and mission‑critical systems.
Tradeoffs L135-L144 Guidance on balancing cost, reliability, performance, security, and operations in Azure designs, including region/AZ choices and cross-pillar tradeoff analysis for architecture decisions
Service Guides L145-L195 End-to-end design, security, networking, operations, monitoring, and optimization guidance for specific Azure services, aligned to Well-Architected Framework best practices.
Workload Patterns L196-L256 Designing, operating, and optimizing Azure workloads (AI, HPC, mission‑critical, SaaS, SAP, sustainable) using Well‑Architected principles for architecture, platforms, data, ops, security, and governance.
Assessment Questions L257-L270 Guided assessments and maturity models to evaluate AI, SaaS, AVD, AVS, and other Azure workloads against WAF pillars: cost, reliability, security, performance, and operations.

Design Review Checklists

Topic URL
Use Cost Optimization design review checklist for Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/checklist
Use operational excellence design review checklist https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/checklist
Use the Performance Efficiency design review checklist https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/checklist
Use reliability design review checklist for Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/checklist
Use the Security design review checklist for workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/checklist

Recommendations

Topic URL
Align Azure resource usage with billing increments https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/align-usage-to-billing-increments
Collect and review Azure workload cost data effectively https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/collect-review-cost-data
Use consolidation strategies to reduce Azure costs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/consolidation
Build and maintain a cost model for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/cost-model
Create a culture of financial responsibility for cloud costs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/create-culture-financial-responsibility
Negotiate and obtain best provider rates for Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/get-best-rates
Reduce Azure workload costs through code optimization https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/optimize-code-costs
Optimize individual component costs in Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/optimize-component-costs
Optimize Azure data storage and management costs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/optimize-data-costs
Optimize non-production and production environment costs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/optimize-environment-costs
Optimize costs of workload flows in Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/optimize-flow-costs
Optimize personnel time for Azure workload operations https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/optimize-personnel-time
Optimize scaling strategies to reduce Azure costs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/optimize-scaling-costs
Define and enforce spending guardrails for Azure costs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/set-spending-guardrails
Develop background jobs to offload application workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/background-jobs
Create a disaster recovery plan for multi-region workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/disaster-recovery
Implement transient fault handling in cloud applications https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/handle-transient-faults
Build workload health models to improve reliability https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/health-modeling
Design and operate an incident management practice https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/incident-management
Design data partitioning for reliable Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/partition-data
Implement continuous integration for Azure release engineering https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/release-engineering-continuous-integration
Foster a DevOps culture for Azure workload teams https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/devops-culture
Design and implement automation in Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/enable-automation
Formalize software development practices for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/formalize-development-practices
Standardize and automate Azure operations tasks https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/formalize-operations-tasks
Design and run an incident management process for Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/incident-response
Adopt infrastructure as code for Azure deployments https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/infrastructure-as-code-design
Design observability and monitoring for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/observability
Apply safe deployment practices in Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/safe-deployments
Apply testing strategies for operational excellence https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/testing
Standardize development tools and processes for Azure teams https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/tools-processes
Design CI/CD-based workload development supply chains https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/workload-supply-chain
Implement capacity planning for Azure performance efficiency https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/capacity-planning
Collect and use performance data for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/collect-performance-data
Continuously optimize performance efficiency in Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/continuous-performance-optimize
Optimize application code and infrastructure performance on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/optimize-code-infrastructure
Optimize data performance in Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/optimize-data-performance
Optimize operational tasks to protect workload performance https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/optimize-operational-tasks
Define and expose performance targets for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/performance-targets
Plan and execute performance testing for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/performance-test
Prioritize performance of critical flows in Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/prioritize-critical-flows
Respond to live performance issues in Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/respond-live-performance-issues
Optimize scaling and partitioning for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/scale-partition
Select Azure services to meet workload performance needs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/select-services
Plan disaster recovery strategies for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/disaster-recovery
Perform failure mode analysis for Azure reliability https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/failure-mode-analysis
Identify and prioritize workload flows for reliability https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/identify-flows
Define availability and recovery targets for reliability https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/metrics
Design reliable monitoring and alerting for workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/monitoring-alerting-strategy
Design redundancy strategies to meet reliability targets https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/redundancy
Design reliable scaling strategies for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/scaling
Build self-healing and self-preservation into workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/self-preservation
Implement simplicity and efficiency for reliable workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/simplify
Design a reliability-focused testing strategy in Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/testing-strategy
Securely manage and store application secrets in Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/application-secrets
Implement data classification for secure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/data-classification
Apply encryption and secret management for Azure data https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/encryption
Establish and apply a security baseline in Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/establish-baseline
Implement security hardening controls for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/harden-resources
Design identity and access management for workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/identity-access
Implement security incident response for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/incident-response
Design monitoring and threat detection for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/monitor-threats
Implement secure networking and connectivity controls https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/networking
Implement secure development lifecycle architecture in Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/secure-development-lifecycle
Design segmentation strategies with perimeters and isolation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/segmentation
Plan and execute security testing for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/test
Apply security practices for sustainable Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-security
Implement sustainable data and storage design on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-storage

Design Principles

Topic URL
Apply WAF design principles to AI workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/design-principles
Apply WAF design principles to Azure Virtual Desktop https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/design-principles
Apply WAF design principles to Azure VMware Solution https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/design-principles
Use architecture patterns that improve cost optimization https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/design-patterns
Apply Cost Optimization design principles in Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/principles
Use WAF design principles for Azure HPC architectures https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/hpc/hpc-design-principles
Use mission-critical design principles on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-design-principles
Adopt architecture patterns that improve operations https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/design-patterns
Apply Operational Excellence design principles in Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/principles
Apply Performance Efficiency design principles in Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/principles
Apply reliability design principles to Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/principles
Use WAF-aligned design principles for SaaS on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/design-principles
Use WAF design principles for SAP workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/design-principles
Apply security design principles with zero trust https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/principles
Use sustainability design principles for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-design-principles

Tradeoffs

Topic URL
Evaluate Cost Optimization tradeoffs across WAF pillars https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/tradeoffs
Balance regions and availability zones for reliability and cost https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/regions-availability-zones
Analyze Operational Excellence tradeoffs across WAF pillars https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/tradeoffs
Evaluate Performance Efficiency tradeoffs across WAF pillars https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/tradeoffs
Evaluate cross-pillar tradeoffs for reliability designs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/tradeoffs
Analyze security tradeoffs across WAF pillars https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/tradeoffs

Service Guides

Topic URL
Design application delivery for Azure Virtual Desktop https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/application-delivery
Plan business continuity for Azure Virtual Desktop https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/business-continuity
Integrate Azure Virtual Desktop with Azure landing zones https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/landing-zone-integration
Implement monitoring for Azure Virtual Desktop workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/monitoring
Design networking and connectivity for Azure Virtual Desktop https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/networking
Define operations procedures for Azure Virtual Desktop https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/operations
Secure Azure Virtual Desktop and manage IAM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/security
Optimize storage for Azure Virtual Desktop workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/storage
Design application platforms on Azure VMware Solution https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/application-platform
Design infrastructure for Azure VMware Solution workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/infrastructure
Integrate Azure VMware Solution with Azure landing zones https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/landing-zone-integration
Implement monitoring for Azure VMware Solution workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/monitoring
Design networking for Azure VMware Solution workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/networking
Define operations model for Azure VMware Solution https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/operations
Secure Azure VMware Solution workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/security
Apply WAF best practices to Azure App Service Web Apps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/app-service-web-apps
Use WAF-aligned best practices for Azure Application Insights https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/application-insights
Apply WAF best practices to Azure API Management https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-api-management
Configure Azure Application Gateway v2 with WAF guidance https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-application-gateway
Configure Azure Blob Storage using WAF best practices https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-blob-storage
Apply Well-Architected best practices to Azure Container Apps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-container-apps
Apply WAF best practices to Azure Database for MySQL https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-database-for-mysql
Use WAF-aligned architecture for Azure Databricks https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-databricks
Optimize Azure Disk Storage using WAF guidance https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-disk-storage
Design Event Grid architectures with WAF best practices https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-event-grid
Implement Azure Event Hubs using WAF-aligned patterns https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-event-hubs
Architect Azure ExpressRoute connectivity with WAF https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-expressroute
Apply WAF guidance to Azure Files and File Sync https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-files
Secure and scale Azure Firewall with WAF practices https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-firewall
Design Azure Front Door for global reliability and performance https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-front-door
Configure Azure Functions using WAF-aligned best practices https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-functions
Architect Azure Kubernetes Service clusters with WAF https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-kubernetes-service
Design Azure Load Balancer deployments with WAF guidance https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-load-balancer
Deploy Azure Local with WAF-aligned architecture patterns https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-local
Design Log Analytics workspaces using WAF best practices https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-log-analytics
Apply WAF principles to Azure Machine Learning deployments https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-machine-learning
Optimize Azure NetApp Files with WAF-aligned configurations https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-netapp-files
Implement Azure Service Bus messaging with WAF guidance https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-service-bus
Design Azure Service Fabric clusters using WAF principles https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-service-fabric
Configure Azure SQL Database according to WAF best practices https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-sql-database
Apply WAF best practices to Azure SQL Managed Instance https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-sql-managed-instance
Architect Azure Traffic Manager with WAF-aligned routing https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-traffic-manager
Design Azure Virtual WAN architectures using WAF guidance https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-virtual-wan
Apply WAF best practices to Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/cosmos-db
Apply WAF best practices to Azure Database for PostgreSQL https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/postgresql
Design Azure Virtual Machines and scale sets with WAF https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/virtual-machines
Apply WAF best practices to Azure Virtual Network design https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/virtual-network

Workload Patterns

Topic URL
Apply Well-Architected principles to Azure AI workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/
Design AI-enabled applications on Azure using WAF https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/application-design
Select application platforms for AI workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/application-platform
Select and design data platforms for Azure AI https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/data-platform
Use a structured design methodology for AI workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/design-methodology
Apply WAF to AI workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/get-started
Design grounding data for Azure AI applications https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/grounding-data-design
Implement MLOps and GenAIOps for Azure AI workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/mlops-genaiops
Operate production AI workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/operations
Define roles and personas for Azure AI teams https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/personas
Apply responsible AI practices in Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/responsible-ai
Test and evaluate Azure AI models and systems https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/test
Design training data pipelines for Azure AI workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/training-data-design
Architect Azure Virtual Desktop workloads with WAF principles https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/
Design Azure VMware Solution workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/
Design high-performance computing workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/hpc/
Apply Well-Architected guidance to Azure HPC workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/hpc/get-started-overview
Adopt a reference architecture pattern for Azure HPC https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/hpc/hpc-architecture-pattern
Build mission-critical highly reliable workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/
Design resilient applications for mission-critical workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-application-design
Choose application platforms for mission-critical Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-application-platform
Adopt a reference architecture pattern for mission-critical workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-architecture-pattern
Select data platforms for mission-critical Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-data-platform
Design deployment and testing for mission-critical workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-deployment-testing
Apply a design methodology for mission-critical Azure apps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-design-methodology
Implement health modeling and observability for mission-critical apps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-health-modeling
Design networking and connectivity for mission-critical workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-networking-connectivity
Implement DevOps operational procedures for mission-critical Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-operational-procedures
Apply security design to mission-critical Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-security
Apply WAF best practices to SaaS solutions on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/
Develop an AI strategy for Azure-based SaaS products https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/ai-strategy
Design billing and cost management for SaaS on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/billing-cost-management
Choose and operate compute platforms for SaaS on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/compute
Design data platform and tenancy for SaaS workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/data
Apply structured design methodology to SaaS workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/design-methodology
Apply DevOps practices to manage SaaS workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/devops
Implement governance for SaaS workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/governance
Design identity and access management for SaaS workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/identity-access
Design incident management processes for SaaS solutions on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/incident-management
Design networking topology and security for SaaS on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/networking
Plan region selection and resource organization for SaaS on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/resource-organization
Design SAP applications on Azure for cost and reliability https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/application-design
Design SAP application platform on Azure for cost and performance https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/application-platform
Optimize SAP data platform on Azure for cost and performance https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/data-platform
Design networking and connectivity for SAP workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/networking-and-connectivity
Define operational procedures and SOPs for SAP workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/operational-procedures
Secure SAP workloads on Azure using WAF-aligned practices https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/security
Apply WAF best practices to SAP workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/get-started
Architect SAP workloads on Azure using WAF https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/quick-links
Optimize Azure workloads for sustainability with WAF https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/
Design applications on Azure for sustainability and carbon efficiency https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-application-design
Choose sustainable application platform and infrastructure options on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-application-platform
Apply design methodology to build sustainable Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-design-methodology
Design networking for sustainable Azure workloads to reduce emissions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-networking
Define operational procedures for sustainable workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-operational-procedures
Optimize testing and CI/CD for sustainable Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-testing
Design sustainable AI workloads on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainable-ai-design

Assessment Questions

Topic URL
Use AI workload assessment for WAF alignment https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/assessment
Use the Azure Virtual Desktop WAF assessment https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/assessment
Use the Azure VMware Solution WAF assessment https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/assessment
Assess Cost Optimization maturity for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/maturity-model
Use Azure Well-Architected Review assessment effectively https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/implementing-recommendations
Use mission-critical workload readiness assessment on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-assessment
Evaluate Operational Excellence maturity for workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/maturity-model
Assess Performance Efficiency maturity for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/maturity-model
Assess reliability maturity for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/maturity-model
Use SaaS workload assessment tool for Azure architectures https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/assessment
Evaluate security maturity for Azure workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/maturity-model

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