Functionality and Usage of Azure Policy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7WMqHE3R8g&list=PLlVtbbG169nED0_vMEniWBQjSoxTsBYS3&index=49

In the past, a user would put in a request and an operations manager would do a set of checks to ensure that is allowed

• In Azure, the operations manager is removed and automated via policies

  • These policies are enforced at the ARM level

Initiatives

• You can take multiple policies and create an initiative

Policy effects

• You can have different types of policies that have differente effects

  • Audit

  • Deny

  • Append

  • Modify