One of the most important steps before migrating or modernizing the first application workload to a cloud platform like Azure is to design, provision and manage the Azure Landing Zones according to the organization’s requirements. The design of the core architecture landscape as well as the fulfillment of related design principles build the foundation layer for all future workloads on Azure. Additionally, the core environment must be scalable, reliable, secure, and flexible in order to be able to meet the complex requirements of different cloud applications.

But which subject areas, disciplines and cloud services must be considered to provide a stable place for future application workloads? Moreover, it is important to understand the most common design patterns, concepts, blueprints, and best practices to design and provision a robust Azure core infrastructure for your organization, covering the following main topics:

• Necessity of governance in the Azure Tenant
• Benefits from the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
• Design of Azure Core architectures
• "Infrastructure as Code" (IaC) vs. "Click-Click-Cloud"
• Purpose of using a central IaC module library

In this session, participants will get an understanding of the key decisions and aspects that need to be designed and implemented for hosting future application cloud workloads the right way. Additionally, the content is complemented by real-life examples, practical experiences and architectural pitfalls.