Building an Azure Landing Zone touches every layer of the tenant — management groups, subscriptions, Entra ID, and policies. Before any deployment can begin, the right access needs to be in place.
Working effectively as an Azure Cloud Solution Architect requires a well-configured workstation. Whether you’re on macOS or Windows, you need a consistent set of tools for infrastructure provisioning, scripting, container management, and day-to-day cloud operations.
This post covers the tools I rely on daily and how to install them across macOS, Windows (PowerShell + Scoop), and Linux (WSL with Ubuntu).
Before you remediate a brownfield Azure environment, you need to know exactly what you’re working with. This post provides a systematic approach to discovering and documenting your current Azure state, producing output that’s both human-readable and structured for LLM-driven remediation.
