When your Azure environment is relatively small, it is straightforward to keep track of what resources you have running in Azure and make sure that your solution is secure, compliant, and cost-effective. When your cloud workload gets bigger, and you have a lot of subscriptions and multiple management groups, that is much harder to do. Luckily, Azure has a built-in feature called Azure Policy that can help you govern your Azure resources. But how do we implement policies, guarantee compliance and security, without decreasing developer agility? This session will teach you how to deploy policies using Infrastructure as Code. You will see how to use the built-in policies and how to create your own. We will look at all the different effects that a policy can have and which should be used when. You will learn how to assign policies on different scopes and finally how to review the compliance status. All with the goal to enforce security, being compliant, monitoring that continuously, and keep costs at bay.

In the ever-evolving IT operations and software development landscape, adopting Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has become essential. This presentation dives into the transformative advantages that IaC brings in contrast to the traditional manual configuration, often dubbed 'clickops.' IaC fundamentally revolutionizes infrastructure management by ushering in automation through code, leading to heightened efficiency, consistency, scalability, and reproducibility. We will explore the advantages of IaC, highlighting its capacity to boost agility, minimize errors, facilitate collaboration, and expedite the deployment and management of complex infrastructures. The analysis underscores the clear superiority of IaC over manual configurations, firmly positioning it as the foremost method for managing infrastructure in today's dynamic, cloud-centric landscape.

The session provides a comprehensive overview of Azure Virtual WAN, exploring its key features and functionalities. I will share some personal insights and lessons learned from practical experience, offering valuable takeaways for optimizing network architecture and enhancing connectivity within the Azure environment. You will gain a deeper understanding of Azure Virtual WAN's capabilities and practical considerations for successful implementation.

Resolving DNS queries in a hybrid cloud can be challenging, especially resolving on-premise environments from the Azure cloud and vice versa. If you are looking for a secure and private way to resolve DNS queries between Azure and the on-premises infrastructure, Azure DNS Private Resolver is the solution you need. It allows you to resolve DNS queries for resources within your Azure Virtual Network using a private DNS zone without any exposure to the public internet. This means you can use it to facilitate communication between your on-premises infrastructure and Azure Virtual Networks. Join me for this talk to learn how you can leverage this powerful service to ensure seamless communication in your hybrid cloud environment.

Have you ever had to deploy, configure, and maintain your own DevOps agents, be it for Azure DevOps or GitHub? If so, then you probably found out it is such a hassle to keep everything up-to-date and up-and-running. Join me during this session to find out how Managed DevOps Pools can help you with deployments and why I do not want to go back to tradditional self-hosted agents. I will also show you how to deploy and use these Managed DevOps Pools, so you can see it with your own eyes!