The Microsoft Azure Checklist is a practical guide for building and managing a secure, cost-controlled Azure environment. It covers 18 actions across cloud foundation, FinOps, security, reliability, operations, and data and AI services. Use it to identify gaps, improve governance, and prepare your Azure estate for enterprise workloads.

Assess Your Azure Environment

Review key areas of your Azure estate, including landing zones, resource costs, identity controls, recovery plans, monitoring practices, and data services. The checklist helps identify configuration gaps, security risks, cost issues, and operational challenges before they impact cloud performance.

Build a Secure and Optimized Azure Foundation

Apply proven practices to improve cloud management, control spend, and support modern workloads. The checklist guides teams through Azure Policy, cost governance, identity management, infrastructure automation, monitoring, and data services to create an Azure environment ready for growth and innovation.