Azure Infrastructure Architecture & Implementation Portfolio

This repository showcases Azure infrastructure architecture and implementation work aligned to:

• Azure Solution Architect responsibilities at Microsoft and enterprise customers
• Azure Landing Zone and Cloud Adoption Framework guidance
• Governance-first cloud design (management groups, policy, RBAC, cost)
• Hands-on implementation capabilities built from AZ-104 and beyond

Structure

• 00-foundation – Enterprise governance:

  • Management group hierarchy
  • RBAC architecture and role model
  • Policy and compliance baseline

• 01-network-architecture – Hub-spoke, hybrid connectivity, secure egress and network security patterns.

• 02-compute-platform – VM/VMSS topologies, availability sets/zones, scaling and platform services.

• 03-storage-backup-dr – Storage tiering, backup, restore and disaster recovery design.

• 04-monitoring-operations – Log Analytics, diagnostics, alerting, workbooks and operational runbooks.

• Instructions – Lab-style exercises and reference implementations used to validate designs.

Purpose

The goal of this repository is to present a portfolio of architecture decisions, not just lab steps:

Governance & architecture in 00-* & 01-* folders,
Backed by working implementations in Instructions.

This aligns with how a Solution Architect at Microsoft or a partner would document and defend their designs with real evidence.

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Architecture Overview

Visual Architecture Overview

This portfolio represents a layered enterprise Azure architecture built using a governance-first approach.

The design follows a structured progression:

1. Control Plane (Governance Foundation)

   • Management group hierarchy
   • Role-based access control (RBAC) model
   • Azure Policy baseline

2. Network Plane (Secure Connectivity)

   • Hub–spoke topology
   • Centralized firewall and secure egress
   • Private endpoint and DNS integration

3. Workload Plane (Compute & Data)

   • High availability VMSS web tier
   • Enterprise data platform landing zone
   • Environment isolation (Prod / NonProd)

4. Resiliency Layer (Storage, Backup & DR)

   • Tiered storage strategy
   • Backup enforcement via policy
   • Region-paired disaster recovery design

5. Operational Excellence Layer (Monitoring & Observability)

   • Central Log Analytics architecture
   • Alerting model (platform, workload, application)
   • Runbooks and incident response integration

Each layer builds on the previous one, reflecting how enterprise Azure environments are designed, governed and operated in real-world scenarios.

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Architectural Flow

The repository can be read in this order:

00-foundation → 01-network-architecture → 02-compute-platform → 03-storage-backup-dr → 04-monitoring-operations

This mirrors how a Solution Architect would design:

Govern → Secure → Deploy → Protect → Operate

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Design Principles

Across all layers, the architecture consistently applies:

• Governance before workload deployment
• Least privilege access control
• Zero Trust network posture
• Infrastructure as Code readiness
• Environment isolation (Prod vs NonProd)
• Cost-awareness and scalability trade-offs

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What This Demonstrates

This repository demonstrates the ability to:

• Design enterprise Azure environments from first principles
• Align architecture decisions to governance and compliance requirements
• Balance availability, cost and operational complexity
• Integrate security, networking, compute and data into a cohesive model
• Document architectural trade-offs clearly and defensibly

The result is not a collection of labs, but a structured portfolio of architectural decisions aligned to Solution Architect responsibilities.