December 20, 2025
Azure Policy is powerful on paper, but in enterprise environments the guardrails collapse almost immediately. Here's why your policies stop working and what it takes to build a policy framework that survives production.
Azure
Cloud Governance
Azure Policy
Enterprise Architecture
DevOps
December 16, 2025
Azure Policy enforces rules. Landing Zones provide structure. Tags enable reporting. But if you can't explain your Azure bill on a napkin, none of it matters. Here's why governance fails—and what defensibility actually requires.
Azure
Governance
FinOps
Enterprise Architecture
Cost Management
Azure Policy
Executive Reporting
December 16, 2025
Microsoft documents subscriptions as security boundaries. Finance treats them as cost centers. Nobody tells you they're both—and that this dual nature is why your Azure governance keeps failing. Here's the architectural decision that determines whether your costs will ever be defensible.
Azure
Governance
FinOps
Enterprise Architecture
Subscriptions
Cost Management
December 13, 2025
Landing Zones look perfect in Microsoft's diagrams — but drift is inevitable. Here's why they fail (organizational reasons, not technical) and what must be included for Landing Zones to survive enterprise reality.
Azure
Cloud Governance
Enterprise Architecture
Landing Zones
FinOps
Executive Reporting
