Azure Policy

Enforce organizational standards and assess compliance at-scale.

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Overview

Azure Policy is a service in Azure that enables you to create, assign, and manage policies. These policies enforce different rules and effects over your resources, so those resources stay compliant with your corporate standards and service level agreements. Azure Policy meets this need by continuously evaluating your resources for non-compliance with assigned policies.

✨ Key Features

  • Compliance evaluation
  • Remediation of non-compliant resources
  • Policy definition and assignment
  • Integration with Azure Management Groups
  • Guest Configuration for in-machine settings

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • Native integration with Azure
  • Deep control over Azure resources
  • Included with Azure subscriptions

Unique Value: Provides native, at-scale policy enforcement and compliance assessment for all Azure resources.

🎯 Use Cases (4)

Enforcing tagging and resource naming conventions Restricting resource types and locations Auditing security and compliance settings Automating remediation of misconfigurations

✅ Best For

  • Ensuring all storage accounts have encryption enabled
  • Restricting the deployment of public IP addresses

💡 Check With Vendor

Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

  • Real-time threat detection
  • Application performance monitoring

🏆 Alternatives

HashiCorp Sentinel CloudHealth by VMware Third-party CSPM tools

Offers deeper and more seamless integration with the Azure platform compared to third-party tools.

💻 Platforms

Web API

🔌 Integrations

Azure Management Groups Azure Blueprints Microsoft Defender for Cloud Azure Arc

🛟 Support Options

  • ✓ Email Support
  • ✓ Live Chat
  • ✓ Phone Support
  • ✓ Dedicated Support (Azure Support Plans tier)

🔒 Compliance & Security

✓ SOC 2 ✓ HIPAA ✓ BAA Available ✓ GDPR ✓ ISO 27001 ✓ SSO ✓ ISO 27001 ✓ SOC 1 ✓ SOC 2 ✓ SOC 3 ✓ PCI DSS ✓ HIPAA

💰 Pricing

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Free Tier Available

Free tier: Policy evaluation and enforcement are generally free.

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