Azure Well Architected Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for designing, assessing, and optimizing Azure workloads using Azure Well Architected. Covers design review checklists, recommendations, design principles, tradeoffs, service guides, workload patterns, and assessment questions. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

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This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

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• Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Design Review Checklists	L35-L43	Checklists to review Azure workloads for cost, operations, performance, reliability, and security, with concrete questions and best practices for each architecture pillar.
Recommendations	L44-L115	Guidance and best practices to design, operate, and improve Azure workloads across cost, operations, performance, reliability, security, and sustainability (FinOps, DevOps, DR, CI/CD, IAM, monitoring).
Design Principles	L116-L133	Design principles and patterns for cost, reliability, security, performance, ops, and sustainability across Azure workloads like AI, SAP, Oracle, AVS, AVD, SaaS, HPC, and mission‑critical systems.
Tradeoffs	L134-L143	Guidance on balancing cost, reliability, performance, security, and operations in Azure designs, including region/AZ choices and cross-pillar tradeoff analysis for architecture decisions
Service Guides	L144-L194	End-to-end design, security, networking, operations, monitoring, and optimization guidance for specific Azure services, aligned to Well-Architected Framework best practices.
Workload Patterns	L195-L255	Designing, operating, and optimizing specialized Azure workloads (AI, HPC, mission‑critical, SaaS, SAP, sustainability) using Well‑Architected principles for architecture, data, ops, security, and cost.
Assessment Questions	L256-L269	Guided assessments and maturity models to evaluate AI, SaaS, AVD, AVS, and other Azure workloads against WAF pillars: cost, reliability, security, performance, and operations.

Design Review Checklists

Topic	URL
Use Cost Optimization design review checklist for Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/checklist
Use operational excellence design review checklist	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/checklist
Use the Performance Efficiency design review checklist	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/checklist
Use reliability design review checklist for Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/checklist
Use the Security design review checklist for workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/checklist

Recommendations

Topic	URL
Align Azure resource usage with billing increments	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/align-usage-to-billing-increments
Collect and review Azure workload cost data effectively	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/collect-review-cost-data
Use consolidation strategies to reduce Azure costs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/consolidation
Build and maintain a cost model for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/cost-model
Create a culture of financial responsibility for cloud costs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/create-culture-financial-responsibility
Negotiate and obtain best provider rates for Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/get-best-rates
Reduce Azure workload costs through code optimization	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/optimize-code-costs
Optimize individual component costs in Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/optimize-component-costs
Optimize Azure data storage and management costs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/optimize-data-costs
Optimize non-production and production environment costs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/optimize-environment-costs
Implement cost optimization for workload data flows	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/optimize-flow-costs
Optimize personnel time for Azure workload operations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/optimize-personnel-time
Optimize scaling strategies to reduce Azure costs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/optimize-scaling-costs
Define and enforce spending guardrails for Azure costs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/set-spending-guardrails
Develop background jobs to offload application workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/background-jobs
Create a disaster recovery plan for multi-region workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/disaster-recovery
Implement transient fault handling in cloud applications	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/handle-transient-faults
Build workload health models to improve reliability	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/health-modeling
Design and operate an incident management practice	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/incident-management
Design data partitioning for reliable Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/partition-data
Implement continuous integration for Azure release engineering	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/release-engineering-continuous-integration
Foster a DevOps culture for Azure workload teams	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/devops-culture
Design and implement automation in Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/enable-automation
Formalize software development practices for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/formalize-development-practices
Standardize and automate Azure operations tasks	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/formalize-operations-tasks
Design and run an incident management process for Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/incident-response
Adopt infrastructure as code for Azure deployments	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/infrastructure-as-code-design
Design observability and monitoring for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/observability
Apply safe deployment practices in Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/safe-deployments
Apply testing strategies for operational excellence	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/testing
Standardize development tools and processes for Azure teams	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/tools-processes
Design CI/CD-based workload development supply chains	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/workload-supply-chain
Implement capacity planning for Azure performance efficiency	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/capacity-planning
Collect and use performance data for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/collect-performance-data
Continuously optimize performance efficiency in Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/continuous-performance-optimize
Optimize application code and infrastructure performance on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/optimize-code-infrastructure
Optimize data performance in Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/optimize-data-performance
Optimize operational tasks to protect workload performance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/optimize-operational-tasks
Define and expose performance targets for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/performance-targets
Plan and execute performance testing for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/performance-test
Prioritize performance of critical flows in Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/prioritize-critical-flows
Respond to live performance issues in Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/respond-live-performance-issues
Optimize scaling and partitioning for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/scale-partition
Select Azure services to meet workload performance needs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/select-services
Plan disaster recovery strategies for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/disaster-recovery
Perform failure mode analysis for Azure reliability	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/failure-mode-analysis
Identify and prioritize workload flows for reliability	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/identify-flows
Define availability and recovery targets for reliability	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/metrics
Design reliable monitoring and alerting for workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/monitoring-alerting-strategy
Design redundancy strategies to meet reliability targets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/redundancy
Design reliable scaling strategies for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/scaling
Build self-healing and self-preservation into workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/self-preservation
Implement simplicity and efficiency for reliable workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/simplify
Design a reliability-focused testing strategy in Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/testing-strategy
Securely manage and store application secrets in Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/application-secrets
Implement data classification for secure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/data-classification
Apply encryption and secret management for Azure data	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/encryption
Establish and apply a security baseline in Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/establish-baseline
Implement security hardening controls for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/harden-resources
Design identity and access management for workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/identity-access
Implement security incident response for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/incident-response
Design monitoring and threat detection for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/monitor-threats
Implement secure networking and connectivity controls	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/networking
Implement secure development lifecycle architecture in Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/secure-development-lifecycle
Design segmentation strategies with perimeters and isolation	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/segmentation
Plan and execute security testing for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/test
Apply security practices for sustainable Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-security
Implement sustainable data and storage design on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-storage

Design Principles

Topic	URL
Apply WAF design principles to AI workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/design-principles
Apply WAF design principles to Azure Virtual Desktop	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/design-principles
Apply WAF design principles to Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/design-principles
Use architecture patterns that improve cost optimization	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/design-patterns
Apply Cost Optimization design principles in Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/principles
Use WAF design principles for Azure HPC architectures	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/hpc/hpc-design-principles
Use mission-critical design principles on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-design-principles
Apply Operational Excellence design principles in Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/principles
Apply Performance Efficiency design principles in Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/principles
Apply reliability design principles to Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/principles
Use WAF-aligned design principles for SaaS on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/design-principles
Use WAF design principles for SAP workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/design-principles
Apply security design principles with zero trust	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/principles
Use sustainability design principles for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-design-principles

Tradeoffs

Topic	URL
Evaluate Cost Optimization tradeoffs across WAF pillars	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/tradeoffs
Balance regions and availability zones for reliability and cost	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/regions-availability-zones
Analyze Operational Excellence tradeoffs across WAF pillars	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/tradeoffs
Evaluate Performance Efficiency tradeoffs across WAF pillars	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/tradeoffs
Evaluate cross-pillar tradeoffs for reliability designs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/tradeoffs
Analyze security tradeoffs across WAF pillars	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/tradeoffs

Service Guides

Topic	URL
Design application delivery for Azure Virtual Desktop	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/application-delivery
Plan business continuity for Azure Virtual Desktop	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/business-continuity
Integrate Azure Virtual Desktop with Azure landing zones	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/landing-zone-integration
Implement monitoring for Azure Virtual Desktop workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/monitoring
Design networking and connectivity for Azure Virtual Desktop	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/networking
Define operations procedures for Azure Virtual Desktop	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/operations
Secure Azure Virtual Desktop and manage IAM	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/security
Optimize storage for Azure Virtual Desktop workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/storage
Design application platforms on Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/application-platform
Design infrastructure for Azure VMware Solution workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/infrastructure
Integrate Azure VMware Solution with Azure landing zones	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/landing-zone-integration
Implement monitoring for Azure VMware Solution workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/monitoring
Design networking for Azure VMware Solution workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/networking
Define operations model for Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/operations
Secure Azure VMware Solution workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/security
Apply WAF best practices to Azure App Service Web Apps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/app-service-web-apps
Use WAF-aligned best practices for Azure Application Insights	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/application-insights
Apply WAF best practices to Azure API Management	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-api-management
Configure Azure Application Gateway v2 with WAF guidance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-application-gateway
Configure Azure Blob Storage using WAF best practices	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-blob-storage
Apply Well-Architected best practices to Azure Container Apps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-container-apps
Apply WAF best practices to Azure Database for MySQL	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-database-for-mysql
Use WAF-aligned architecture for Azure Databricks	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-databricks
Optimize Azure Disk Storage using WAF guidance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-disk-storage
Design Event Grid architectures with WAF best practices	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-event-grid
Implement Azure Event Hubs using WAF-aligned patterns	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-event-hubs
Architect Azure ExpressRoute connectivity with WAF	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-expressroute
Apply WAF guidance to Azure Files and File Sync	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-files
Secure and scale Azure Firewall with WAF practices	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-firewall
Design Azure Front Door for global reliability and performance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-front-door
Configure Azure Functions using WAF-aligned best practices	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-functions
Architect Azure Kubernetes Service clusters with WAF	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-kubernetes-service
Design Azure Load Balancer deployments with WAF guidance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-load-balancer
Deploy Azure Local with WAF-aligned architecture patterns	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-local
Design Log Analytics workspaces using WAF best practices	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-log-analytics
Apply WAF principles to Azure Machine Learning deployments	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-machine-learning
Optimize Azure NetApp Files with WAF-aligned configurations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-netapp-files
Implement Azure Service Bus messaging with WAF guidance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-service-bus
Design Azure Service Fabric clusters using WAF principles	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-service-fabric
Configure Azure SQL Database according to WAF best practices	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-sql-database
Apply WAF best practices to Azure SQL Managed Instance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-sql-managed-instance
Architect Azure Traffic Manager with WAF-aligned routing	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-traffic-manager
Design Azure Virtual WAN architectures using WAF guidance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-virtual-wan
Apply WAF best practices to Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/cosmos-db
Apply WAF best practices to Azure Database for PostgreSQL	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/postgresql
Design Azure Virtual Machines and scale sets with WAF	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/virtual-machines
Apply WAF best practices to Azure Virtual Network design	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/service-guides/virtual-network

Workload Patterns

Topic	URL
Apply Well-Architected principles to Azure AI workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/
Design AI-enabled applications on Azure using WAF	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/application-design
Select application platforms for AI workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/application-platform
Select and design data platforms for Azure AI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/data-platform
Use a structured design methodology for AI workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/design-methodology
Apply WAF to AI workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/get-started
Design grounding data for Azure AI applications	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/grounding-data-design
Implement MLOps and GenAIOps for Azure AI workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/mlops-genaiops
Operate production AI workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/operations
Define roles and personas for Azure AI teams	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/personas
Apply responsible AI practices in Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/responsible-ai
Test and evaluate Azure AI models and systems	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/test
Design training data pipelines for Azure AI workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/training-data-design
Architect Azure Virtual Desktop workloads with WAF principles	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/
Design Azure VMware Solution workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/
Design high-performance computing workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/hpc/
Apply Well-Architected guidance to Azure HPC workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/hpc/get-started-overview
Adopt a reference architecture pattern for Azure HPC	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/hpc/hpc-architecture-pattern
Design and operate mission-critical workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/
Design resilient applications for mission-critical workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-application-design
Choose application platforms for mission-critical Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-application-platform
Adopt a reference architecture pattern for mission-critical workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-architecture-pattern
Select data platforms for mission-critical Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-data-platform
Design deployment and testing for mission-critical workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-deployment-testing
Apply a design methodology for mission-critical Azure apps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-design-methodology
Implement health modeling and observability for mission-critical apps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-health-modeling
Design networking and connectivity for mission-critical workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-networking-connectivity
Implement DevOps operational procedures for mission-critical Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-operational-procedures
Apply security design to mission-critical Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-security
Apply WAF best practices to SaaS solutions on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/
Develop an AI strategy for Azure-based SaaS products	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/ai-strategy
Design billing and cost management for SaaS on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/billing-cost-management
Choose and operate compute platforms for SaaS on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/compute
Design data platform and tenancy for SaaS workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/data
Apply structured design methodology to SaaS workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/design-methodology
Apply DevOps practices to manage SaaS workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/devops
Implement governance for SaaS workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/governance
Design identity and access management for SaaS workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/identity-access
Design incident management processes for SaaS solutions on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/incident-management
Design networking topology and security for SaaS on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/networking
Plan region selection and resource organization for SaaS on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/resource-organization
Design SAP applications on Azure for cost and reliability	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/application-design
Design SAP application platform on Azure for cost and performance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/application-platform
Optimize SAP data platform on Azure for cost and performance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/data-platform
Design networking and connectivity for SAP workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/networking-and-connectivity
Define operational procedures and SOPs for SAP workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/operational-procedures
Secure SAP workloads on Azure using WAF-aligned practices	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/security
Apply WAF best practices to SAP workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/get-started
Architect SAP workloads on Azure using WAF	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sap/quick-links
Optimize Azure workloads for sustainability with WAF	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/
Design applications on Azure for sustainability and carbon efficiency	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-application-design
Choose sustainable application platform and infrastructure options on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-application-platform
Apply design methodology to build sustainable Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-design-methodology
Design networking for sustainable Azure workloads to reduce emissions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-networking
Define operational procedures for sustainable workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-operational-procedures
Optimize testing and CI/CD for sustainable Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainability-testing
Design sustainable AI workloads on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/sustainability/sustainable-ai-design

Assessment Questions

Topic	URL
Use AI workload assessment for WAF alignment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ai/assessment
Use the Azure Virtual Desktop WAF assessment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-virtual-desktop/assessment
Use the Azure VMware Solution WAF assessment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/azure-vmware/assessment
Assess Cost Optimization maturity for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/cost-optimization/maturity-model
Use Azure Well-Architected Review assessment effectively	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/design-guides/implementing-recommendations
Use mission-critical workload readiness assessment on Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/mission-critical/mission-critical-assessment
Evaluate Operational Excellence maturity for workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/operational-excellence/maturity-model
Assess Performance Efficiency maturity for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/performance-efficiency/maturity-model
Assess reliability maturity for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/maturity-model
Use SaaS workload assessment tool for Azure architectures	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/saas/assessment
Evaluate security maturity for Azure workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/maturity-model