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Arindam Mitra
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Rule of Thumb for spinning up Azure Landing Zones

Greetings to my fellow Technology Advocates and Specialists.

In this Session, I will provide my understanding on Rule of Thumb for spinning up Azure Landing Zones.

# OBJECTIVES
1. THE WHAT: What is the Purpose of Rule of Thumb for spinning up Azure Landing Zones ?
2. THE WHY: Why is the Rule of Thumb for spinning up Azure Landing Zones required ?
3. THE HOW: How to define Rule of Thumb for spinning up Azure Landing Zones required ?
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Rule of Thumb for spinning up Azure Landing Zones:-

Greetings to my fellow Technology Advocates and Specialists.

In this Session, I will provide my understanding on Rule of Thumb for spinning up Azure Landing Zones.

# OBJECTIVES
1. THE WHAT: What is the Purpose of Rule of Thumb for spinning up Azure Landing Zones ?
2. THE WHY: Why is the Rule of Thumb for spinning up Azure Landing Zones required ?
3. THE HOW: How to define Rule of Thumb for spinning up Azure Landing Zones required ?
THE WHAT ?
Your organisation may have branch offices or subsidiaries spread across multiple countries.
THE WHY ?
Azure Landing Zones should be provisioned in regions closest to where the workloads are deployed, But there needs to be some guidelines/principles otherwise we would have Landing Zones in every region.
THE HOW ?
For this Article, we considered all Azure Data Centers
THE WHAT ?
Your organisation may have branch offices or subsidiaries spread across multiple countries.
THE WHY ?
Azure Landing Zones should be provisioned in regions closest to where the workloads are deployed, But there needs to be some guidelines/principles otherwise we would have Landing Zones in every region.
THE HOW ?
For this Article, we considered all Azure Data Centers in Europe: AZURE EUROPE REGIONS.
# REGIONS CITY
1. France Central Paris
2. France South Marseille
3. Germany Central Frankfurt
4. Germany North Berlin
5. Germany Northeast Magdeburg
6. Germany West Central Frankfurt
7. Greece Central Athens
8. North Europe Dublin
9. West Europe Amsterdam
10. Italy North Milan
11. Norway East Oslo
12. Norway West Stavanger
13. Poland Central Warsaw
14. Spain Central Madrid
15. Sweden Central Gavle
16. Sweden South Staffanstorp
17. Switzerland North Zurich
18. Switzerland West Geneva
19. UK South London
20. UK West Cardiff
RULE OF THUMB:-
# CRITERIA DETAILS PRIORITY OF THE CRITERIA REMARKS
1. Requirement from No. of Projects ? - P1 -
2. Anticipating Potential Future Region Trends. - P1 Coordinating with Internal Stakeholders if the potential future region(s) can be used to the maximum.
3. Availability Zones. If the Region Supports Availability Zones to provide higher Availability across multiple Zones. P1 Not all regions have three availability zones upon launch.
4. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery. If the region may not have a paired region, which could impact replication and disaster recovery strategies. P1 -
5. Scalability. Region may have limited capacity to scale resources. P1 -
6. Cost. Review the cost model as prices of Azure Services can vary between Regions. P1 -
7. Data Transfer. Data Transfer between regions incur additional costs. P1 Evaluate Operational Impact. Time to migrate date depends upon - a.) Network Speed; and b.) Volume of Data.
8. Performance. Test the Latency and Network Performance from Application to meet the required performance standards. P1 -
9. SLA. SLAs are adjusted until they reach full operational maturity. P2 This is not for all Azure Services but Few.
10. Data Residency and Compliance. Region should meet Compliance and Regulatory of the Organisation Domain. P2 -
11. Sustainability. Region operates on renewable energy Sources. P2 Microsoft emphasizes on sustainable data centers.

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