24 Feb Evaluation of Azure Resource Monitor Templates

Now that you have researched the industry standard cloud deployment programmatic approaches, you will discuss the critical elements of a successful programmatic approach. You should cover the following areas:

· What is the difference between programmatic and nonprogrammatic approaches?

· How would a programmatic approach address the data governance requirements?

· How would a programmatic approach address infrastructure and application security requirements?

· Are there any regulatory requirements to consider?

· Will the approach favor lift and shift migration methodology or building new infrastructure and then moving data? Why?

· Will the programmatic approach use existing organizational standards?

· How will the programmatic approach scale?

______________________-Answer the below separately on the same document with it’s own references______________________

Discussion: Evaluation of Azure Resource Monitor Templates

Now that you have reviewed Azure Resource Manager templates, you will discuss and evaluate critical elements Stacks. You should cover the following areas:

· What are ARM templates?

· What are some specific use cases where ARM templates can be beneficial?

· Are there alternatives (either Azure or third party) to ARM templates?

· What are some of the best practices for managing and maintaining ARM templates?

· How can you ensure your ARM templates are secure?

· What tools can be used to author ARM templates?

· How can you use ARM templates to deploy resources across multiple regions?

· What are some common mistakes to avoid when creating ARM templates?

· How can you test ARM templates before deploying them?