diff --git a/checklists/waf_checklist.en.json b/checklists/waf_checklist.en.json
index 5d02303e7..b8f933d83 100644
--- a/checklists/waf_checklist.en.json
+++ b/checklists/waf_checklist.en.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
"description": "Disable image export to prevent data exfiltration. Note that this will prevent image import of images into another ACR instance.",
"guid": "ab91932c-9fc9-4d1b-a880-37f5e6bfcb9e",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/data-loss-prevention",
+ "query": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries' | extend acrName = name, acrId = id | extend exportPolicyStatus = properties.policies.exportPolicy.status | extend compliant = iif(exportPolicyStatus =~ 'Disabled', true, false) | project acrName, acrId, exportPolicyStatus, compliant",
"service": "ACR",
"severity": "High",
"text": "Disable Azure Container Registry image export",
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerregistry/registries",
"checklist": "Azure Container Registry Security Review",
"description": "Azure Container Registry automatically encrypts images and other artifacts that you store. By default, Azure automatically encrypts the registry content at rest by using service-managed keys. By using a customer-managed key, you can supplement default encryption with an additional encryption layer.",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries' | extend acrName = name, acrId = id | extend encryptionStatus = properties.encryption.status | extend compliant = iif(encryptionStatus == 'disabled', false, true) | project acrName, acrId, encryptionStatus, compliant",
"guid": "0bd05dc2-efd5-4d76-8d41-d2500cc47b49",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/tutorial-customer-managed-keys",
"service": "ACR",
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerregistry/registries",
"checklist": "Azure Container Registry Security Review",
"description": "The local Administrator account is disabled by default and should not be enabled. Use either Token or RBAC-based access methods instead",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.containerregistry/registries' | extend localAdminDisabled = properties.adminUserEnabled // Adjust this property as needed | extend compliant = iif(localAdminDisabled == 'false', true, false) // Check if local admin is disabled | project compliant, name, id, tags | distinct id, compliant",
"guid": "be0e38ce-e297-411b-b363-caaab79b198d",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/container-registry-authentication-managed-identity",
"service": "ACR",
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerregistry/registries",
"checklist": "Azure Container Registry Security Review",
"description": "Disable Administrator account and assign RBAC roles to principals for ACR Pull/Push operations",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.containerregistry/registries' | extend localAdminDisabled = properties.adminUserEnabled // Adjust this property as needed | extend compliant = iif(localAdminDisabled == 'false', true, false) // Check if local admin is disabled | project compliant, name, id, tags | distinct id, compliant",
"guid": "387e5ced-126c-4d13-8af5-b20c6998a646",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/container-registry-roles?tabs=azure-cli",
"service": "ACR",
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerregistry/registries",
"checklist": "Azure Container Registry Security Review",
"description": "Disable anonymous pull/push access",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.containerregistry/registries' | extend compliant = iif(properties.anonymousPullEnabled == false, true, false) | project compliant, name, id, tags | distinct id, compliant",
"guid": "e338997e-41c7-47d7-acf6-a62a1194956d",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/anonymous-pull-access#configure-anonymous-pull-access",
"service": "ACR",
@@ -146,6 +151,7 @@
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerregistry/registries",
"checklist": "Azure Container Registry Security Review",
"description": "Disable public network access if inbound network access is secured using Private Link",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries' | where sku.name =~ 'Premium' // Check for Premium SKU | extend publicAccessEnabled = properties.publicNetworkAccess | extend defaultAction = tostring(properties.networkRuleSet.defaultAction) // Extract defaultAction | extend compliant = iif(publicAccessEnabled != 'Enabled' or defaultAction == 'Deny', true, false) | project name, id, publicAccessEnabled, defaultAction, compliant",
"guid": "cd289ced-6b17-4db8-8554-62f2aee4553a",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/container-registry-access-selected-networks#disable-public-network-access",
"service": "ACR",
@@ -157,6 +163,7 @@
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerregistry/registries",
"checklist": "Azure Container Registry Security Review",
"description": "Only the ACR Premium SKU supports Private Link access",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries' | extend skuName = sku.name // Extract the SKU name | extend compliant = iif(skuName == 'Premium', true, false) // Check if SKU is Premium | project name, id, skuName, compliant",
"guid": "fc833934-8b26-42d6-ac5f-512925498f6d",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/container-registry-skus",
"service": "ACR",
@@ -196,10956 +203,10955 @@
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "graph": "resources | where type=~'Microsoft.ServiceFabric/managedClusters' | extend compliant = (sku=~'{\"name\":\"Standard\"}') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "182840d2-9ef8-4238-8fd6-0d76186830ac",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/overview-managed-cluster#service-fabric-managed-cluster-skus",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.DataFactory/datafactories",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Factory Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "ab91932c-9fc9-4d1b-a881-37f5e6c0cb9e",
+ "link": "https://github.com/Azure/fta-resiliencyplaybooks/blob/main/paas-foundations-playbooks-ADF_v1.docx",
+ "service": "Azure Data Factory",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Standard SKU for production scenarios.",
+ "text": "Leverage FTA Resiliency Playbook for Azure Data Factory",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "graph": "resources | where type=~'Microsoft.ServiceFabric/clusters' | extend nodeTypes= array_concat(properties.nodeTypes) | mv-expand nodeTypes | summarize BronzeDurabilityCount = countif(nodeTypes.durabilityLevel == 'Bronze') by id | extend compliant = (BronzeDurabilityCount == 0) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "182840d2-9ef8-4238-8fd6-0d76186830ac",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-cluster-capacity#durability-characteristics-of-the-cluster",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use durability level Silver (5 VMs) or greater for production scenarios",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.DataFactory/datafactories",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Factory Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "e503547c-d447-4e82-9138-a7200f1cac6d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/example-scenario/analytics/pipelines-disaster-recovery",
+ "service": "Azure Data Factory",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use zone redundant pipelines in regions that support Availability Zones",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "graph": "resources | where type=~'Microsoft.ServiceFabric/managedClusters' | extend compliant= ( properties.zonalResiliency =~ 'true') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "2363878d-55c4-4cbd-9bc2-94523c85f12e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/how-to-managed-cluster-availability-zones",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.DataFactory/datafactories",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Factory Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "9ef1d6e8-32e5-42e3-911c-818b1a0bc511",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-factory/source-control",
+ "service": "Azure Data Factory",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider using Availability Zones for your Service Fabric clusters. Service Fabric managed cluster supports deployments that span across multiple Availability Zones to provide zone resiliency. This configuration will ensure high-availability of the critical system services and your applications to protect from single-points-of-failure.",
+ "text": "Use DevOps to Backup the ARM templates with Github/Azure DevOps integration ",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "guid": "5ba74cc8-3ca2-44d5-9a67-bdc8e102e7b4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-api-management-overview",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.DataFactory/datafactories",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Factory Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "e43a18a9-cd29-49cf-b7b1-7db8255562f2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/example-scenario/analytics/pipelines-disaster-recovery",
+ "service": "Azure Data Factory",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider using Azure API Management to expose and offload cross-cutting functionality for APIs hosted on the cluster. API Management can integrate with Service Fabric directly.",
+ "text": "Make sure you replicate the Self-Hosted Integration Runtime VMs in another region ",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "guid": "ef17bb8f-4e2c-488b-8ceb-a07c3d750dd3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-reliable-services-introduction",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.DataFactory/datafactories",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Factory Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "aee4563a-fd83-4393-98b2-62d6dc5f512a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/example-scenario/analytics/pipelines-disaster-recovery",
+ "service": "Azure Data Factory",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For stateful workload scenarios, consider using Reliable Services. The Reliable Services model allows your services to stay up even in unreliable environments where your machines fail or hit network issues, or in cases where the services themselves encounter errors and crash or fail. For stateful services, your state is preserved even in the presence of network or other failures.",
+ "text": "Make sure you replicate or duplicate your network in the sister region. You have to make a copy of your Vnet in another region",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "graph": "resources | where type=~'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets' | extend vmssExtension= array_concat(properties.virtualMachineProfile.extensionProfile.extensions) | mv-expand vmssExtension | where vmssExtension.properties.publisher matches regex '^Microsoft.Azure.ServiceFabric.*' | summarize arg_max(id, *) | summarize compliant = countif(sku.name matches regex '^Standard_[^d]*$' ) by id",
- "guid": "4da21268-f775-4c89-a271-eb80543c8df7",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Avoid VM SKUs with temp disk offerings. Service Fabric uses managed disks by default, so avoiding temp disk offerings ensures you don't pay for unneeded resources.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.DataFactory/datafactories",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Factory Review Checklist",
+ "description": "If your ADF Pipelines use Key Vault you don't have to do anything to replicate Key Vault. Key Vault is a managed service and Microsoft takes care of it for you",
+ "guid": "25498f6d-bad3-47da-a43b-c6ce1d7aa9b2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/disaster-recovery-guidance",
+ "service": "Azure Data Factory",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "If using Keyvault integration, use SLA of Keyvault to understand your availablity",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "guid": "1890b796-f300-41a3-a8d4-29738c1f4ad0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/how-to-managed-cluster-stateless-node-type#temporary-disk-support",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If you need to select a certain VM SKU for capacity reasons and it happens to offer temp disk, consider using temporary disk support for your stateless workloads.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Using the correct approach to feed a datalake with cold data and having the Kusto query engine at your disposal at the same time, as in the short-term storage",
+ "guid": "ba7da7be-9951-4914-a384-5d997cb39132",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/kusto/management/data-export/continuous-data-export",
+ "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
+ "text": "Leverage External Tables and Continuous data export overview to reduce costs",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "guid": "5247bb32-6778-49c7-8b40-e171c9a3ce1e",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Align SKU selection and managed disk size with workload requirements. Matching your selection to your workload demands ensures you don't pay for unneeded resources.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Azure Data Explorer provides an optional follower capability for a leader cluster to be followed by other follower clusters for read-only access to the leader's data and metadata. Changes in the leader, such as create, append, and drop are automatically synchronized to the follower. While the leaders could span Azure regions, the follower clusters should be hosted in the same region(s) as the leader. If the leader cluster is down or databases or tables are accidentally dropped, the follower clusters will lose access until access is recovered in the leader.",
+ "guid": "56a22586-f490-4641-addd-ea8a377cdeb3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/follower?tabs=csharp",
+ "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
+ "text": "To share data, explore Leader-follower cluster configuration",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "guid": "6028759b-446a-41bc-8b0e-7728e61ca704",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/how-to-managed-cluster-networking#manage-nsg-rules",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure Network Security Groups (NSG) are configured to restrict traffic flow between subnets and node types. For example, you may have an API Management instance (one subnet), a frontend subnet (exposing a website directly), and a backend subnet (accessible only to frontend).",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Azure Data Explorer doesn't support automatic protection against the outage of an entire Azure region. This disruption can happen during a natural disaster, like an earthquake. If you require a solution for a disaster recovery situation, do the following steps to ensure business continuity. In these steps, you'll replicate your clusters, management, and data ingestion in two Azure paired regions.",
+ "guid": "861bb2bc-14ae-4a6e-95d8-d9a3adc218e6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/business-continuity-create-solution#create-multiple-independent-clusters",
+ "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
+ "text": "To protect against regional failure, create Multiple independent clusters, preferably in two Azure Paired regions",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "graph": "resources | where type=~'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets' | extend vmssExtension= array_concat(properties.virtualMachineProfile.extensionProfile.extensions) | mv-expand vmssExtension | where vmssExtension.properties.publisher matches regex '^Microsoft.Azure.ServiceFabric.*' | summarize arg_max(id, *) | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.virtualMachineProfile.osProfile.secrets))",
- "guid": "4e98c903-14cf-4c72-9c45-b8b23bc4cbd8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-best-practices-security#deploy-key-vault-certificates-to-service-fabric-cluster-virtual-machine-scale-sets",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy Key Vault certificates to Service Fabric cluster virtual machine scale sets. Centralizing storage of application secrets in Azure Key Vault allows you to control their distribution. Key Vault greatly reduces the chances that secrets may be accidentally leaked.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "436b0635-cb45-4e57-a603-324ace8cc123",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/business-continuity-create-solution#replicate-management-activities",
+ "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
+ "text": "Replicate all management activities such as creating new tables or managing user roles on each cluster.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "guid": "001cbb6f-d88d-4431-8434-d01333397776",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-best-practices-security#apply-an-access-control-list-acl-to-your-certificate-for-your-service-fabric-cluster",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Apply an Access Control List (ACL) to your client certificate for your Service Fabric cluster. Using an ACL provides an additional level of authentication.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "18ca6017-0265-4f4b-a46a-393af7f31728",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/business-continuity-create-solution",
+ "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
+ "text": "Ingest data into each cluster in parallel",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "guid": "4b74b7a5-bb1e-4fca-948c-037ba95fb73b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-resource-governance#resource-governance-mechanism",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use resource requests and limits to govern resource usage across the nodes in your cluster. Enforcing resource limits helps ensure that one service doesn't consume too many resources and starve other services.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
+ "description": "This configuration is also called 'always-on'. For critical application deployments with no tolerance for outages, you should use multiple Azure Data Explorer clusters across Azure paired regions.",
+ "guid": "58a9c279-9c42-4bb6-9d0c-65556246b338",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/business-continuity-overview#active-active-active-configuration",
+ "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
+ "text": "For critical application with no tolerance for outages, create Active-Active-Active (always-on) configuration",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "guid": "cd9233ba-f3aa-4353-8d2f-7ea4a64160e6",
- "link": "",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Encrypt Service Fabric package secret values. Encryption on your secret values provides an additional level of security.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
+ "description": "This configuration is identical to the active-active-active configuration, but only involves two Azure paired regions. Configure dual ingestion, processing, and curation. Users are routed to the nearest region. The cluster SKU must be the same across regions.",
+ "guid": "563a4dc7-4a74-48b6-922a-d190916a6649",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/business-continuity-overview#active-active-configuration",
+ "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
+ "text": "For critical applications, create Active-Active configuration in two paired regions",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "guid": "44b989d4-9f72-42b6-99da-ec2a79f83299",
- "link": "",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Include client certificates in Service Fabric applications. Having your applications use client certificates for authentication provides opportunities for security at both the cluster and workload level.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
+ "description": "The Active-Hot configuration is similar to the Active-Active configuration in dual ingest, processing, and curation. While the standby cluster is online for ingestion, process, and curation, it isn't available to query. The standby cluster doesn't need to be in the same SKU as the primary cluster. It can be of a smaller SKU and scale, which may result in it being less performant. In a disaster scenario, users are redirected to the standby cluster, which can optionally be scaled up to increase performance.",
+ "guid": "8fadfe27-7de2-483b-8ac3-52baa9b75708",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/business-continuity-overview#active-hot-standby-configuration",
+ "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
+ "text": "For applications, which required only read during failure, create Active-Hot standby configuration",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "guid": "28e66ff7-4a77-4b2c-910d-0335f141208a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/how-to-managed-identity-managed-cluster-virtual-machine-scale-sets",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Authenticate Service Fabric applications to Azure Resources using Managed Identity. Using Managed Identity allow you to securely manage the credentials in your code for authenticating to various services without saving them locally on a developer workstation or in source control.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
+ "description": "This solution offers the least resiliency (highest RPO and RTO), is the lowest in cost and highest in effort. In this configuration, there's no data recovery cluster. Configure continuous export of curated data (unless raw and intermediate data is also required) to a storage account that is configured GRS (Geo Redundant Storage). A data recovery cluster is spun up if there is a disaster recovery scenario. At that time, DDLs, configuration, policies, and processes are applied. Data is ingested from storage with the ingestion property kustoCreationTime to over-ride the ingestion time that defaults to system time.",
+ "guid": "49aa8092-dc8e-4b9d-8bb7-3b26a5a67eba",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/business-continuity-overview#on-demand-data-recovery-configuration",
+ "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
+ "text": "For applications, where cost is a concern and can withstand some downtime during failure, create on-demand data recovery cluster configuration",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
- "guid": "f16c413c-00a6-43aa-852c-b97292c33a56",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-best-practices-security#hosting-untrusted-applications-in-a-service-fabric-cluster",
- "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Follow Service Fabric best practices when hosting untrusted applications. Following the best practices provides a security standard to follow.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
+ "description": "All database objects, policies, and configurations should be persisted in source control so they can be released to the cluster from your release automation tool.",
+ "guid": "5a907e1e-348e-4f25-9c27-d32e8bbac757",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/devops",
+ "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
+ "text": "Wrap DevOps and source control around all your code",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-your-cloud-data/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/applicationgateways' | project id, compliant = properties.sku.name in ('Standard_v2', 'WAF_v2') | project id,compliant",
- "guid": "553585a6-abe0-11ed-afa1-0242ac120002",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/overview-v2",
- "service": "App Gateway",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure you are using Application Gateway v2 SKU",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "1559ab91-53e8-4908-ae28-b84c33b6b780",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/devops",
+ "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
+ "text": "Design, develop, and implement validation routines to ensure all clusters are in-sync from a data perspective.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-active-directory/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "8b9fe5c4-1049-4d40-9a82-2c3474d00f18",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/devops",
+ "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
+ "text": "Be fully cognizant of what it takes to build a cluster from scratch. Leverage Infrastructure as a Code for your deployments",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/implement-hybrid-identity-windows-server/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/loadbalancers' | project id, compliant=(tolower(sku.name) == 'standard')",
- "guid": "4e35fbf5-0ae2-48b2-97ce-753353edbd1a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-overview",
- "service": "Load Balancer",
+ "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.Cdn/profiles/secrets' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/secrets')) | where properties.parameters.type =~ 'CustomerCertificate' | extend compliant = properties.parameters.useLatestVersion == true | project compliant, id=frontDoorId, certificateName = name | distinct id, certificateName, compliant",
+ "guid": "f00a69de-7076-4734-a734-6e4552cad9e1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-latest-version-for-customer-managed-certificates",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure you are using the Standard SKU for your Azure Load Balancers",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "If you use customer-managed TLS certificates with Azure Front Door, use the 'Latest' certificate version. Reduce the risk of outages caused by manual certificate renewal.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "9432621a-8397-4654-a882-5bc856b7ef83",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-standard-availability-zones",
- "service": "Load Balancer",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles' and sku has 'AzureFrontDoor' | project name, cdnprofileid=tolower(id), tostring(tags), resourceGroup, subscriptionId,skuname=tostring(sku.name) | join kind= fullouter ( cdnresources | where type == 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/securitypolicies' | extend wafpolicyid=tostring(properties['parameters']['wafPolicy']['id']) | extend splitid=split(id, '/') | extend cdnprofileid=tolower(strcat_array(array_slice(splitid, 0, 8), '/')) | project secpolname=name, cdnprofileid, wafpolicyid ) on cdnprofileid | project name, cdnprofileid, secpolname, wafpolicyid,skuname | join kind = fullouter ( resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/frontdoorwebapplicationfirewallpolicies' | extend managedrulesenabled=iff(tostring(properties.managedRules.managedRuleSets) != '[]', true, false), enabledState = tostring(properties.policySettings.enabledState) | project afdwafname=name, managedrulesenabled, wafpolicyid=id, enabledState, tostring(tags) ) on wafpolicyid | where name != '' | summarize associatedsecuritypolicies=countif(secpolname != ''), wafswithmanagedrules=countif(managedrulesenabled == 1) by name, id=cdnprofileid, tags,skuname | extend compliant = (associatedsecuritypolicies > 0 and wafswithmanagedrules > 0) | project id, compliant",
+ "guid": "e79d17b7-3b22-4a5a-97e7-a8ed4b30e38c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure your Load Balancers frontend IP addresses are zone-redundant (unless you require zonal frontends).",
+ "text": "Use Azure Front Door with WAF policies to deliver and help protect global HTTP/S apps that span multiple Azure regions.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/applicationgateways' | extend subnetId = tostring(properties.gatewayIPConfigurations[0].properties.subnet.id) | project id, subnetId | join (resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | mv-expand subnets.properties.addressPrefixes | project id, subnetId = tostring(subnets.id), prefix1 = subnets.properties.addressPrefix, prefix2 = subnets.properties.addressPrefixes | mv-expand prefix2 | extend prefix = iff(isnotnull(prefix1), prefix1, prefix2) | extend subnetPrefixLength = split(prefix, '/')[1])on subnetId | extend compliant = (subnetPrefixLength <= 24 or subnetPrefixLength == 64) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "dfc50f87-3800-424c-937b-ed5f186e7c15",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/configuration-infrastructure#size-of-the-subnet",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "3f29812b-2363-4cef-b179-b599de0d5973",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/origin-security?tabs=application-gateway&pivots=front-door-standard-premium#example-configuration",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Your Application Gateways v2 should be deployed in subnets with IP prefixes equal or larger than /24",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "text": "When using Front Door and Application Gateway to help protect HTTP/S apps, use WAF policies in Front Door. Lock down Application Gateway to receive traffic only from Front Door.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "description": "Administration of reverse proxies in general and WAF in particular is closer to the application than to networking, so they belong in the same subscription as the app. Centralizing the Application Gateway and WAF in the connectivity subscription might be OK if it is managed by one single team.",
- "guid": "48b662d6-d15f-4512-a654-98f6dfe237de",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
- "service": "App Gateway",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy Azure Application Gateway v2 or partner NVAs used for proxying inbound HTTP(S) connections within the landing-zone virtual network and with the apps that they're securing.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/frontdoorwebapplicationfirewallpolicies' | project policyName=name, policyId=id,policySku=sku.name, links=properties.securityPolicyLinks, enabledState=properties.policySettings.enabledState, mode=properties.policySettings.mode | mvexpand links | extend securityPolicy=links.id | extend securityPolicyParts=split(securityPolicy, '/') | extend profileId=strcat_array(array_slice(securityPolicyParts, 0, -3), '/') | project id=profileId, compliant=((enabledState=='Enabled') and (mode=='Prevention')), enabledState, mode",
+ "guid": "ae248989-b306-4591-9186-de482e3f0f0e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-policy-settings",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Deploy your WAF policy for Front Door in 'Prevention' mode' so that Web Application Firewall takes appropriate action to allow or deny traffic.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "f109e1f3-c79b-4f14-82de-6b5c22314d08",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
- "service": "App Gateway",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use a DDoS Network or IP protection plans for all Public IP addresses in application landing zones.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups/origins' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/origingroups')) | extend compliant = properties['hostName'] !endswith '.trafficmanager.net' | project compliant, id=frontDoorId",
+ "guid": "062d5839-4d36-402f-bfa4-02811eb936e9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#avoid-combining-traffic-manager-and-front-door",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Avoid placing Traffic Manager behind Front Door.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/applicationGateways' | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.autoscaleConfiguration) and properties.autoscaleConfiguration.minCapacity >= 2) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "135bf4ac-f9db-461f-b76b-2ee9e30b12c0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-autoscaling-zone-redundant",
- "service": "App Gateway",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Configure autoscaling with a minimum amount of instances of two.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups/origins' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/origins')) | extend compliant = isempty(properties.originHostHeader) or (tostring(properties.hostName) =~ tostring(properties.originHostHeader)) | project id=frontDoorId, originName = name, compliant",
+ "guid": "5efeb96a-003f-4b18-8fcd-b4d84459c2b2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-the-same-domain-name-on-front-door-and-your-origin",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use the same domain name on Azure Front Door and your origin. Mismatched host names can cause subtle bugs.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/applicationGateways' | extend compliant = (isnotnull(zones) and array_length(zones) > 1) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "060c6964-52b5-48db-af8b-83e4b2d85349",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/migrate-app-gateway-v2",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups/origins' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/origingroups')) | extend originGroupId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/origins')) | join kind=inner (cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups' | extend originGroupName = name | extend hasHealthProbe = isnotnull(properties.healthProbeSettings)) on $left.originGroupId == $right.id | summarize numberOrigins = count() by originGroupId, subscriptionId, frontDoorId, hasHealthProbe, originGroupName | extend compliant = not(numberOrigins == 1 and hasHealthProbe) | project id = frontDoorId, compliant",
+ "guid": "0b5a380c-4bfb-47bc-b1d7-dcfef363a61b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#disable-health-probes-when-theres-only-one-origin-in-an-origin-group",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Disable health probes when there is only one origin in an Azure Front Door origin group.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "5567048e-e5d7-4206-9c55-b5ed45d2cc0c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#select-good-health-probe-endpoints",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy Application Gateway across Availability Zones",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "text": "Select good health probe endpoints for Azure Front Door. Consider building health endpoints that check all of your application's dependencies.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "3f29812b-2363-4cef-b179-b599de0d5973",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-overview",
+ "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/origingroups/')) | extend compliant = (isnull(properties['healthProbeSettings']['probeRequestType']) or toupper(properties['healthProbeSettings']['probeRequestType']) == 'HEAD') | project compliant, id=frontDoorId",
+ "guid": "a13f72f3-8f5c-4864-95e5-75bf37fbbeb1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-head-health-probes",
"service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When using Front Door and Application Gateway to help protect HTTP/S apps, use WAF policies in Front Door. Lock down Application Gateway to receive traffic only from Front Door.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use HEAD health probes with Azure Front Door, to reduce the traffic that Front Door sends to your application.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "ammp": true,
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/trafficManagerProfiles",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "cd4cd21b-0881-437f-9e6c-4cfd3e504547",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
- "service": "Traffic Manager",
+ "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/customdomains' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/customdomains')) | extend compliant = (isnull(properties['tlsSettings']['certificateType']) or tolower(properties['tlsSettings']['certificateType']) =~ 'customercertificate') | project compliant, id = frontDoorId",
+ "guid": "af95c92d-d723-4f4a-98d7-8722324efd4d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-managed-tls-certificates",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Traffic Manager to deliver global apps that span protocols other than HTTP/S.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use managed TLS certificates with Azure Front Door. Reduce operational cost and risk of outages due to certificate renewals.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "3b4b3e88-a459-4ed5-a22f-644dfbc58204",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-proxy/application-proxy#how-application-proxy-works",
- "service": "Entra",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "If users only need access to internal applications, has Microsoft Entra ID Application Proxy been considered as an alternative to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)?",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/configure-azure-ad-application-proxy/",
+ "guid": "189ea962-3969-4863-8f5a-5ad808c2cf4b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#define-your-waf-configuration-as-code",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Define your Azure Front Door WAF configuration as code. By using code, you can more easily adopt new rule set version and gain additional protection.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "graph": "cdnresources | where type == 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/afdendpoints/routes' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/afdendpoints')) | extend forwardingProtocol=tostring(properties.forwardingProtocol),supportedProtocols=properties.supportedProtocols,httpsRedirect=properties.httpsRedirect | extend compliant = forwardingProtocol =~ 'httpsonly' and (supportedProtocols has 'https' or httpsRedirect =~ 'enabled') | project id = frontDoorId, compliant",
+ "guid": "2e30abab-5478-417c-81bf-bf1ad4ed1ed4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-end-to-end-tls",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use end-to-end TLS with Azure Front Door. Use TLS for connections from your clients to Front Door, and from Front Door to your origin.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "01ca7cf1-5754-442d-babb-8ba6772e5c30",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-proxy/application-proxy#how-application-proxy-works",
- "service": "Entra",
+ "graph": "cdnresources | where type == 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/afdendpoints/routes' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/afdendpoints')) | extend forwardingProtocol=tostring(properties.forwardingProtocol),supportedProtocols=properties.supportedProtocols,httpsRedirect=properties.httpsRedirect | extend compliant = httpsRedirect =~ 'enabled' | project id = frontDoorId, compliant",
+ "guid": "10aa45af-166f-44c4-9f36-b6d592dac2ca",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-http-to-https-redirection",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "To reduce the number of firewall ports open for incoming connections in your network, consider using Microsoft Entra ID Application Proxy to give remote users secure and authenticated access to internal applications.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-applications-external-access-azure-ad/",
+ "text": "Use HTTP to HTTPS redirection with Azure Front Door. Support older clients by redirecting them to an HTTPS request automatically.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "ammp": true,
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/loadbalancers' | extend countOutRules=array_length(properties.outboundRules) | extend compliant = (countOutRules == 0) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "97a2fd46-64b0-1dfa-b72d-9c8869496d75",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/nat-gateway/nat-overview#outbound-connectivity",
- "service": "Load Balancer",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/frontdoorwebapplicationfirewallpolicies' | project policyName=name, policyId=id,policySku=sku.name, links=properties.securityPolicyLinks, enabledState=properties.policySettings.enabledState, mode=properties.policySettings.mode | mvexpand links | extend securityPolicy=links.id | extend securityPolicyParts=split(securityPolicy, '/') | extend profileId=strcat_array(array_slice(securityPolicyParts, 0, -3), '/') | project id=profileId, compliant=((enabledState=~'Enabled') and (mode=~'Prevention')), enabledState, mode",
+ "guid": "28b9ee82-b2c7-45aa-bc98-6de6f59a095d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#enable-the-waf",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Azure NAT Gateway instead of Load Balancer outbound rules for better SNAT scalability",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Enable the Azure Front Door WAF. Protect your application from a range of attacks.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "ammp": true,
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/applicationgatewaywebapplicationfirewallpolicies' | mv-expand properties.managedRules.managedRuleSets | project id, rulesettype = properties_managedRules_managedRuleSets.ruleSetType | extend compliant1 = (rulesettype == 'Microsoft_BotManagerRuleSet') | project id, compliant1 | summarize compliant = max(compliant1) by id",
- "guid": "2f8e81eb-8e68-4026-8b1f-70f9b05f7cf9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/bot-protection",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "2902d8cc-1b0c-4495-afad-624ab70f7bd6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#tune-your-waf",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable the Azure Application Gateway WAF bot protection rule set. The bot rules detect good and bad bots.",
+ "text": "Tune the Azure Front Door WAF for your workload by configuring the WAF in Detection mode to reduce and fix false positive detections.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "ammp": true,
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/applicationgatewaywebapplicationfirewallpolicies' | extend compliant = (properties['policySettings']['requestBodyCheck'] == 'true' and properties['policySettings']['state'] =~ 'Enabled') | distinct id, name, compliant",
- "guid": "8ea8e0d4-84e8-4b33-aeab-493f6391b4d6",
+ "guid": "17ba124b-127d-42b6-9322-388d5b2bbcfc",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/application-gateway-waf-request-size-limits#request-body-inspection",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure if request body inspection feature is enabled in Azure Application Gateway WAF policy.",
+ "text": "Enable request body inspection feature enabled in Azure Front Door WAF policy.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "ammp": true,
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "a4dd86d3-5ffa-408c-b660-cce073d085b8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/best-practices#tune-your-waf",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "49a98f2b-ec22-4a87-9415-6a10b00d6555",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#enable-default-rule-sets",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Tune the Azure Application Gateway WAF in detection mode for your workload. Reduce false positive detections.",
+ "text": "Enable the Azure Front Door WAF default rule sets. The default rule sets detect and block common attacks.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "ammp": true,
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "baf8e317-2397-4d49-b3d1-0dcc16d8778d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/policy-overview?source=recommendations",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "147a13d4-2a2f-4824-a524-f5855b52b946",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#enable-bot-management-rules",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Deploy your WAF policy for Application Gateway in 'Prevention' mode.",
+ "text": "Enable the Azure Front Door WAF bot protection rule set. The bot rules detect good and bad bots.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "43fae595-8a32-4299-a69e-0f32c454dcc9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/rate-limiting-overview",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "d7dcdcb9-0d99-44b9-baab-ac7570ede79a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#use-the-latest-ruleset-versions",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Add rate limiting to the Azure Application Gateway WAF. Rate limiting blocks clients accidentally or intentionally sending large amounts of traffic in a short period of time.",
+ "text": "Use the latest Azure Front Door WAF rule set version. Rule set updates are regularly updated to take account of the current threat landscape.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "041e0ad8-7b12-4694-a0b7-a0e25ee2470f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/rate-limiting-overview#rate-limiting-details",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "b9620385-1cde-418f-914b-a84a06982ffc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#add-rate-limiting",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use a high threshold for Azure Application Gateway WAF rate limits. High rate limit thresholds avoid blocking legitimate traffic, while still providing protection against extremely high numbers of requests that might overwhelm your infrastructure. ",
+ "text": "Add rate limiting to the Azure Front Door WAF. Rate limiting blocks clients accidentally or intentionally sending large amounts of traffic in a short period of time.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "99937189-ff78-492a-b9ca-18d828d82b37",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/best-practices#geo-filtering-best-practices",
- "service": "App Gateway",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "If you are not expecting traffic from all geographical regions, use geo-filters to block traffic from non-expected countries.",
+ "guid": "6dc36c52-0124-4ffe-9eaf-23ec1282dedb",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#use-a-high-threshold-for-rate-limits",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use a high threshold for Azure Front Door WAF rate limits. High rate limit thresholds avoid blocking legitimate traffic, while still providing protection against extremely high numbers of requests that might overwhelm your infrastructure.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "349a15c1-52f4-4319-9078-3895d95ecafd",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/geomatch-custom-rules",
- "service": "App Gateway",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Specify the unknown (ZZ) location when geo-filtering traffic with the Azure Application Gateway WAF. Avoid accidentally blocking legitimate requests when IP addresses can't be geo-matched.",
+ "guid": "388a3d0e-0a43-4367-90b2-3dd2aeece5ee",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#geo-filter-traffic",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "If you are not expecting traffic from all geographical regions, use geo-filters to block traffic from non-expected countries.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "6c19dfd5-a61c-436c-9001-491b9b3d0228",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/best-practices#use-the-latest-ruleset-versions",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "00acd8a9-6975-414f-8491-2be6309893b8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#specify-the-unknown-zz-location",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use the latest Azure Application Gateway WAF rule set version. Rule set updates are regularly updated to take account of the current threat landscape.",
+ "text": "Specify the unknown (ZZ) location when geo-filtering traffic with the Azure Front Door WAF. Avoid accidentally blocking legitimate requests when IP addresses can't be geo-matched.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "f84106a2-2e9e-42ac-add6-d3416ecfed53",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/best-practices#add-diagnostic-settings-to-save-your-wafs-logs",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "4cea4050-7946-4a7c-89e6-b021b73c352d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#add-diagnostic-settings-to-save-your-wafs-logs",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Add diagnostic settings to save your Azure Application Gateway WAF logs.",
+ "text": "Capture logs and metrics by turning on Diagnostic Settings. Include resource activity logs, access logs, health probe logs, and WAF logs. Set up alerts.",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "92664c60-47e3-4591-8b1b-8d557656e686",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/best-practices#send-logs-to-microsoft-sentinel",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "845f5f91-9c21-4674-a725-5ce890850e20",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#send-logs-to-microsoft-sentinel",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Send Azure Application Gateway WAF logs to Microsoft Sentinel.",
+ "text": "Send Azure Front Door WAF logs to Microsoft Sentinel.",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "ba0e9b26-6e0d-4ec8-8541-023c00afd5b7",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/best-practices#define-your-waf-configuration-as-code",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "3bb0a854-ea3d-4212-bd8e-3f0cb7792b02",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/routing-methods",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Define your Azure Application Gateway WAF configuration as code. By using code, you can more easily adopt new rule set version and gain additional protection.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Choose a routing method that supports your deployment strategy. The weighted method, which distributes traffic based on the configured weight coefficient, supports active-active models. A priority-based value that configures the primary region to receive all traffic and send traffic to the secondary region as a backup supports active-passive models. Combine the preceding methods with latency so that the origin with the lowest latency receives traffic.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "f17ec301-8470-4afd-aabc-c1fdfe47dcc0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/policy-overview",
- "service": "App Gateway",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use WAF Policies instead of the legacy WAF configuration.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/origingroups')) | extend healthprobe=tostring(properties.healthProbeSettings) | project origingroupname=name, id, tags, resourceGroup, subscriptionId, healthprobe, frontDoorId | join ( cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups/Origins' | extend origingroupname = tostring(properties.originGroupName) ) on origingroupname | summarize origincount=count(), enabledhealthprobecount=countif(healthprobe != '') by origingroupname, id, tostring(tags), resourceGroup, subscriptionId, frontDoorId | extend compliant = origincount > 1 | project id = frontDoorId, compliant",
+ "guid": "c3a769e4-cc78-40a9-b36a-f9bcab19ec2d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/quickstart-create-front-door",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Support redundancy by having multiple origins in one or more back-end pools. Always have redundant instances of your application and make sure each instance exposes an endpoint or origin. You can place those origins in one or more back-end pools.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "d4eb8667-f8cb-4cdd-94e6-2f967ba98f88",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/scenario-secured-hub-app-gateway",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "999852be-2137-4179-8fc3-30d1df6fed1d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/troubleshoot-issues#troubleshooting-steps",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Filter inbound traffic in the backends so that they only accept connections from the Application Gateway subnet, for example with NSGs.",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "a66f0fd8-2ca4-422e-8df3-235148127ca2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/ssl-overview",
- "service": "App Gateway",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "You should encrypt traffic to the backend servers.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Set a timeout on forwarding requests to the back end. Adjust the timeout setting according to your endpoints' needs. If you don't, Azure Front Door might close the connection before the origin sends the response. You can also lower the default timeout for Azure Front Door if all of your origins have a shorter timeout.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "3dba65cb-834d-44d8-a3ca-a6aa2f1587be",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/overview",
- "service": "App Gateway",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "You should use a Web Application Firewall.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "guid": "17bf6351-3e5e-41f1-87bb-d5ad0b4e3de6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/routing-methods#23session-affinity",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Decide if your application requires session affinity. If you have high reliability requirements, we recommend that you disable session affinity.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "0158fcb6-0bc1-4687-832f-cc7c359c22d2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/redirect-overview",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "425bfb31-94c4-4007-b9ae-46da9fe57cc7",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/origin?pivots=front-door-standard-premium#origin-host-header",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Redirect HTTP to HTTPS",
+ "text": "Send the host header to the back end. The back-end services should be aware of the host name so that they can create rules to accept traffic only from that host.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "bb697864-1b4c-43af-8667-90cc69aaed5f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/how-application-gateway-works#modifications-to-the-request",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "81a5398a-2414-450f-9fc3-e048bc65784c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/front-door-caching",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use gateway-managed cookies to direct traffic from a user session to the same server for processing",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Use caching for endpoints that support it.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "ff353ad8-15fb-4ae8-9fc5-a85a36d36a35",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/configuration-http-settings",
- "service": "App Gateway",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable connection draining during planned service updates to prevent connection loss to existing members of the backend pool",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/origingroups')) | extend healthprobe=tostring(properties.healthProbeSettings) | project origingroupname=name, id, tags, resourceGroup, subscriptionId, healthprobe, frontDoorId | join ( cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups/Origins' | extend origingroupname = tostring(properties.originGroupName) ) on origingroupname | summarize origincount=count(), enabledhealthprobecount=countif(healthprobe != '') by origingroupname, id, tostring(tags), resourceGroup, subscriptionId, frontDoorId | extend compliant = origincount > 1 or (origincount == 1 and enabledhealthprobecount == 0) | project id = frontDoorId, compliant",
+ "guid": "34069d73-e4de-46c5-a36f-625f87575a56",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#disable-health-probes-when-theres-only-one-origin-in-an-origin-group",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Disable health checks in single back-end pools. If you have only one origin configured in your Azure Front Door origin group, these calls are unnecessary. This is only recommended if you can't have multiple origins in your endpoint.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "c8741f03-45a4-4183-a6b8-139e0773b8b5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/custom-error",
- "service": "App Gateway",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Create custom error pages to display a personalized user experience",
+ "guid": "c92d6786-cdd1-444d-9cad-934a192a276a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/standard-premium/how-to-reports",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "We recommend using the Premium Tier for leveraging the Security reports while the Standard Azure Front Door Profile provides only traffic reports under built-in analytics/reports.",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "f850d46f-f5d7-4b17-b48c-a780741402e1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/rewrite-http-headers-url",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "440cf7de-30a1-4550-ab50-c9f6eac140cd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/front-door-wildcard-domain",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Edit HTTP requests and response headers for easier routing and information exchange between the client and server",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use wildcard TLS certificates when possible.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "eadc3164-4a0f-461c-85f1-1a372c04dfd1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/front-door-overview",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "556e2733-6ca9-4edd-9cc7-26de66d46c2e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/front-door-caching",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Configure Front Door to optimize global web traffic routing and top-tier end-user performance, and reliability through quick global failover",
+ "text": "Optimize your application query string for caching. For purely static content, ignore query strings to maximize your use of the cache. If your application uses query strings, consider including them in the cache key. Including the query strings in the cache key allows Azure Front Door to serve cached responses or other responses, based on your configuration.",
"waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "29dcc19f-a8fa-4c35-8281-290577538793",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-overview",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "c0b7e55e-fcab-4e66-bdae-bd0290f6aece",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/standard-premium/how-to-compression",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use transport layer load balancing",
+ "text": "Use file compression when you're accessing downloadable content.",
"waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "276898c1-af5e-4819-9e8e-049c7801ab9d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/multiple-site-overview",
- "service": "App Gateway",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Configure routing based on host or domain name for multiple web applications on a single gateway",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/frontdoors' and properties['resourceState'] !~ 'migrated' | extend compliant = false | project id, compliant",
+ "guid": "cb8eb8c0-aa73-4a26-a495-6eba8dc4a243",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cdn/tier-migration",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Consider migrating to Standard or Premium SKU if you are using Classic Azure Front Door currently as Classic Azure Front Door will be deprecated by March 2027.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "5fe365b6-58e8-47ed-a8cf-5163850380a2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/create-ssl-portal",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "guid": "67c33697-15b1-4752-aeee-0b9b588defc4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/networking/global-web-applications/mission-critical-content-delivery",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Centralize SSL certificate management to reduce encryption and decryption overhead from a backend server farm",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Consider using Traffic Manager load balancing Azure Front Door and a third party CDN provider CDN profile for mission critical high availability scenario. ",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
"checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "fa64b4dd-35c2-4047-ac5c-45dfbf8b0db9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-websocket",
- "service": "App Gateway",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use Application Gateway for native support for WebSocket and HTTP/2 protocols",
+ "guid": "972cd4cd-25b0-4b70-96e9-eab4bfd32907",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/app-service-ip-restrictions?tabs=azurecli#restrict-access-to-a-specific-azure-front-door-instance",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "When using Front Door with origin as App services, consider locking down the traffic to app services only through Azure Front Door using access restrictions. ",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/servers",
- "checklist": "PostgreSQL Review Checklist",
- "guid": "65285269-441c-44bf-9d3e-0844276d4bdc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/postgresql/flexible-server/overview",
- "service": "PostgreSQL",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Leverage Flexible Server",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "ab5351f6-383a-45ed-9c5e-b143b16db40a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-windows-hpc",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "If required for AKS Windows workloads HostProcess containers can be used",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/servers",
- "checklist": "PostgreSQL Review Checklist",
- "guid": "016ccf31-ae5a-41eb-9888-9535e227896d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/postgresql/flexible-server/overview#architecture-and-high-availability",
- "service": "PostgreSQL",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Leverage Availability Zones where regionally applicable",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "a280dcf5-90ce-465d-b8e1-3f9ccbd46926",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-functions/functions-kubernetes-keda",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use KEDA if running event-driven workloads",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/servers",
- "checklist": "PostgreSQL Review Checklist",
- "guid": "31b67c67-be59-4519-8083-845d587cb391",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/postgresql/single-server/concepts-business-continuity#cross-region-read-replicas",
- "service": "PostgreSQL",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Leverage cross-region read replicas for BCDR",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "26886d20-b66c-457b-a591-19bf8e8f5c58",
+ "link": "https://dapr.io/",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use Dapr to ease microservice development",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Cognitive Services Review Checklist",
- "guid": "21c30d25-ffb7-4f6a-b9ea-b3fec328f787",
- "link": "https://github.com/Azure/fta-resiliencyplaybooks/blob/main/paas-foundations-playbooks-cog_svcs_v1.docx",
- "service": "Cognitive Services",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Leverage FTA HandBook for Cognitive Services",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (sku.tier=='Paid') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "71d41e36-10cc-457b-9a4b-1410d4395898",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/uptime-sla",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use the SLA-backed AKS offering",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Cognitive Services Review Checklist",
- "guid": "78c34698-16b2-4763-aefe-1b9b599de0d5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/advanced-prompt-engineering?pivots=programming-language-chat-completions",
- "service": "Cognitive Services",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Backup Your Prompts",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "c1288b3c-6a57-4cfc-9444-51e1a3d3453a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-scheduler",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use Disruption Budgets in your pod and deployment definitions",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Cognitive Services Review Checklist",
- "guid": "750ab2ab-039d-4a6d-95d7-c892adb107d5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/business-continuity-disaster-recovery",
- "service": "Cognitive Services",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerregistry/registries",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "3c763963-7a55-42d5-a15e-401955387e5c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/container-registry-geo-replication",
+ "service": "ACR",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) considerations with Azure OpenAI Service",
+ "text": "If using a private registry, configure region replication to store images in multiple regions",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Cognitive Services Review Checklist",
- "guid": "325af625-ca44-4e46-a5e2-223ace8bb123",
- "link": "https://github.com/abacaj/chatgpt-backup#backup-your-chatgpt-conversations",
- "service": "Cognitive Services",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Backup Your ChatGPT conversations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "f82cb8eb-8c0a-4a63-a25a-4956eaa8dc4a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/aks/eslz-cost-governance-with-kubecost",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use an external application such as kubecost to allocate costs to different users",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Cognitive Services Review Checklist",
- "guid": "07ca5f17-f154-4e3a-a369-2829e7e31618",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-custom-speech-continuous-integration-continuous-deployment",
- "service": "Cognitive Services",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "CI/CD for custom speech",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "4d3dfbab-9924-4831-a68d-fdf0d72f462c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/scale-down-mode",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use scale down mode to delete/deallocate nodes",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Cognitive Services Review Checklist",
- "guid": "3687a046-7a1f-4893-9bda-43324f248116",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/qnamaker/tutorials/export-knowledge-base",
- "service": "Cognitive Services",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Move a knowledge base using export-import",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "87e651ea-bc4a-4a87-a6df-c06a4b570ebc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/gpu-multi-instance",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "When required use multi-instance partitioning GPU on AKS Clusters",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Logic Apps checklist",
- "guid": "3b7a56de-5020-4642-b3cb-c976e80b6d6d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/logic-apps/single-tenant-overview-compare",
- "service": "Logic Apps",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Select the right Logic App hosting plan based on your business & SLO requirements",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "2b72a08b-0410-4cd6-9093-e068a5cf27e8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/start-stop-nodepools",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "If running a Dev/Test cluster use NodePool Start/Stop",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Logic Apps checklist",
- "guid": "3d7008bd-6bc1-4b03-8aa8-ec2a3b55786a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/logic-apps/set-up-zone-redundancy-availability-zones?tabs=standard#next-steps",
- "service": "Logic Apps",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Protect logic apps from region failures with zone redundancy and availability zones",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.addonProfiles.azurepolicy) and properties.addonProfiles.azurepolicy.enabled==true) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "9ca48e4a-85e2-4223-bce8-bb12307ca5f1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/concepts/policy-for-kubernetes",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Azure Policy for Kubernetes to ensure cluster compliance",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Logic Apps checklist",
- "guid": "1cda768f-a206-445d-8234-56f6a6e7286e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/logic-apps/business-continuity-disaster-recovery-guidance?toc=%2Fazure%2Freliability%2Ftoc.json&bc=%2Fazure%2Freliability%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json",
- "service": "Logic Apps",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Consider a Cross-Region DR strategy for critical workloads",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | project id,resourceGroup,name,pools=properties.agentPoolProfiles | project id,name,resourceGroup,poolcount=array_length(pools) | extend compliant = (poolcount > 1)",
+ "guid": "6f158e3e-a3a9-42c2-be7e-2165c3a87af4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-system-pools",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Separate applications from the control plane with user/system node pools",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Logic Apps checklist",
- "guid": "82118ec5-ed6f-4c68-9471-eb0da98a1b34",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/environment/intro",
- "service": "Logic Apps",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "If deploying to an Isolated environment, use or migrate to App Service Environment (ASE) v3",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "a7a1f893-9bda-4477-98f2-4c116775c2ea",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-system-pools",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Add taint to your system nodepool to make it dedicated",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Logic Apps checklist",
- "guid": "74275fa5-9e08-4c7e-b096-13b538fe1501",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/deploy-azure-functions/",
- "service": "Logic Apps",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "55b46a94-8008-4ae7-b7e4-b475b6c8bdbf",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Leverage Azure DevOps or GitHub to streamline CI/CD and safeguard your Logic App code",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Use a private registry for your images, such as ACR",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure Function Review",
- "guid": "4238f409-2ea0-43be-a06b-2a993c98aa7b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-scale#overview-of-plans",
- "service": "Azure Functions",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Select the right Function hosting plan based on your business & SLO requirements",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerregistry/registries",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "59bce65d-e8a0-43f9-9879-468d66a786d6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/security-center/container-security",
+ "service": "ACR",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Scan your images for vulnerabilities",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure Function Review",
- "guid": "a9808100-d640-4f77-ac56-1ec0600f6752",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-scale#overview-of-plans",
- "query": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Web/sites' and kind has 'functionapp' and tolower(kind) !contains 'workflow' | extend aspResourceId = tostring(properties.serverFarmId), managedEnvId = tostring(properties.managedEnvironmentId), sku = tostring(properties.sku) | extend sku = iif(isnotempty(sku), sku, iif(isnotempty(managedEnvId), 'ContainerApps', '')) | where sku !in ('Dynamic', 'FlexConsumption', '') | extend aspName = tostring(split(aspResourceId, '/').[-1]), managedEnvName = tostring(split(managedEnvId, '/').[-1]) | extend HostingPlan = tostring(iif(isnotempty(aspName), aspName, managedEnvName)) | project functionAppName = name, functionAppId = id, HostingPlan, sku | join kind=inner ( resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Web/serverfarms' or type =~ 'Microsoft.App/managedEnvironments' | extend HostingPlan = tostring(name), zoneRedundant = tostring(properties.zoneRedundant), compliant = tobool(properties.zoneRedundant) | project HostingPlan, resourceId = id, zoneRedundant, compliant ) on HostingPlan | project functionAppName, functionAppId, sku, HostingPlan, resourceId, zoneRedundant, compliant",
- "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "d167dd18-2b0a-4c24-8b99-9a646f8389a7",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-cluster-isolation",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Leverage Availability Zones where regionally applicable (not available for Consumption tier)",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Define app separation requirements (namespace/nodepool/cluster)",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure Function Review",
- "guid": "5969d03e-eacf-4042-b127-73c55e3575fa",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/reliability-functions?tabs=azure-portal#cross-region-disaster-recovery-and-business-continuity",
- "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "5e3df584-eccc-4d97-a3b6-bcda3b50eb2e",
+ "link": "https://github.com/Azure/secrets-store-csi-driver-provider-azure",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider a Cross-Region DR strategy for critical workloads",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure Function Review",
- "guid": "47a0aae0-d8a0-43b1-9791-e934dee3754c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/intro",
- "service": "Azure Functions",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "If deploying to an Isolated environment, use or migrate to App Service Environment (ASE) v3",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Store your secrets in Azure Key Vault with the CSI Secrets Store driver",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure Function Review",
- "guid": "17232891-f89f-4eaa-90f1-3b34bf798ed5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/dedicated-plan#always-on",
- "query": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Web/sites' and kind has 'functionapp' | where tolower(kind) !contains 'workflow' | where isnotempty(properties.serverFarmId) | extend sku = tostring(properties.sku) | where isnotempty(sku) | where sku !in ('Dynamic', 'FlexConsumption', 'ElasticPremium') | extend alwaysOn = properties.siteConfig.alwaysOn | project functionAppName = name, functionAppId = id, serverFarmId = tostring(properties.serverFarmId), sku, alwaysOn, compliant = tobool(alwaysOn)",
- "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "b03dda6d-58d7-4c89-8ddb-107d5769ae66",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/update-credentials",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure 'Always On' is enabled for all Function Apps running on App Service Plan",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "If using Service Principals for the cluster, refresh credentials periodically (like quarterly)",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure Function Review",
- "guid": "40a325c2-7c0e-49e6-86d8-c273b4dc21ba",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/storage-considerations?tabs=azure-cli#shared-storage-accounts",
- "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "e7ba73a3-0508-4f80-806f-527db30cee96",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-kms-etcd-encryption",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Pair a Function App to its own storage account. Try not to re-use storage accounts for Function Apps unless they are tightly coupled",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "If required add Key Management Service etcd encryption",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure Function Review",
- "guid": "bb42650c-257d-4cb0-822a-131138b8e6f0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/deploy-azure-functions/",
- "service": "Azure Functions",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Leverage Azure DevOps or GitHub to streamline CI/CD and safeguard your Function App code",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "ec8e4e42-0344-41b0-b865-9123e8956d31",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/confidential-computing/confidential-nodes-aks-overview",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "If required consider using Confidential Compute for AKS",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
- "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
- "guid": "43e52f47-22d9-428c-8b1c-d521e54a29a9",
- "link": "https://github.com/Azure/fta-resiliencyplaybooks/blob/main/pass-foundations-playbooks-CosmosDB_v1.docx",
- "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "c9e95ffe-6dd1-4a17-8c5f-110389ca9b21",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-containers-enable",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "FTA Resiliency Playbook",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Consider using Defender for Containers",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
- "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
- "guid": "de39ac0e-7c28-4dc9-9565-7202bff4564b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/high-availability#slas",
- "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (properties.servicePrincipalProfile.clientId=='msi') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "ed127dd1-42b0-46b2-8c69-99a646f3389a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-managed-identity",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Leverage Availablity Zones where regionally applicable and ofcourse if the service offers it",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use managed identities instead of Service Principals",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
- "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
- "guid": "0d934a34-8b26-43e7-bd60-513a3649906e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/high-availability#replica-outages",
- "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = isnotnull(properties.aadProfile) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "7e42c78e-78c0-46a6-8a21-94956e698dc4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/managed-aad",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Run multiple replicas of the database (>1 ) in Prod",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Integrate authentication with AAD (using the managed integration)",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
- "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
- "description": "Multi-region writes capability allows you to take advantage of the provisioned throughput for your databases and containers across the globe",
- "guid": "bad38ead-53cc-47de-8d8a-aab3571449ab",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/high-availability#multiple-write-regions",
- "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "a2fe27b2-e287-401a-8352-beedf79b488d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/control-kubeconfig-access",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Leverage Multi-Region Writes",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Limit access to admin kubeconfig (get-credentials --admin)",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
- "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
- "description": "Span Cosmos account across two or more regions with multi-region writes",
- "guid": "8153d89f-89dc-47b3-9be2-b1a27f7b9e91",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/high-availability#slas",
- "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "eec4962c-c3bd-421b-b77f-26e5e6b3bec3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/manage-azure-rbac",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Distribute your data globally",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Integrate authorization with AAD RBAC",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
- "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
- "description": "Choose from various consistency levels such as Eventual, Consistent Prefix, Session, Bounded Staleness and strong",
- "guid": "9f8ea848-25ec-4140-bc32-2758e6ee9ac0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/consistency-levels",
- "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "d4f3537c-1346-4dc5-9027-a71ffe1bd05d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-identity",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Choose from several well-defined consistency models",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use namespaces for restricting RBAC privilege in Kubernetes",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
- "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
- "description": "Maintain business continuity during regional outages. Azure Cosmos DB supports service-managed failover during a regional outage. During a regional outage, Azure Cosmos DB continues to maintain its latency, availability, consistency, and throughput SLAs. To help make sure that your entire application is highly available, Azure Cosmos DB offers a manual failover API to simulate a regional outage. By using this API, you can carry out regular business continuity drills.",
- "guid": "a47e4d1e-bb79-43f9-bf87-69e1032b72fe",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/how-to-manage-database-account#automatic-failover",
- "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "d2e0d5d7-71d4-41e3-910c-c57b4a4b1410",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/workload-identity-migration-sidecar",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable Service managed failover",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "For Pod Identity Access Management use Azure AD Workload Identity (preview)",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
- "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
- "description": "Azure Cosmos DB automatically takes backups of your data at regular intervals. The automatic backups are taken without affecting the performance or availability of the database operations. All the backups are stored separately in a storage service.",
- "guid": "3499c9c1-133d-42f7-a4b1-a5bd06ff1a90",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/online-backup-and-restore",
- "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "f4dcf690-1b30-407d-abab-6f8aa780d3a3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/managed-aad#non-interactive-sign-in-with-kubelogin",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable Automatic Backups",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/explore-basic-services-identity-types/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "For AKS non-interactive logins use kubelogin (preview)",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
- "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
- "description": "This mode is the default backup mode for all existing accounts. In this mode, backup is taken at a periodic interval and the data is restored by creating a request with the support team. In this mode, you configure a backup interval and retention for your account. The maximum retention period extends to a month. The minimum backup interval can be one hour.",
- "guid": "a6eb33f6-005c-4d92-9286-7655672d6121",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/periodic-backup-restore-introduction",
- "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (properties.disableLocalAccounts==true) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "b085b1f2-3119-4771-8c9a-bbf4411810ec",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/managed-aad#disable-local-accounts",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Perform Periodic Backups",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-identity-and-access/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Disable AKS local accounts",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
- "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
- "description": "Continous 7 day retention and 30 day retention backups. Azure Cosmos DB performs data backup in the background without consuming any extra provisioned throughput (RUs) or affecting the performance and availability of your database. Continuous backups are taken in every region where the account exists.",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/continuous-backup-restore-introduction",
- "service": "CosmosDB",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Continous Backup with point-in-time restore in Azure Cosmos DB",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/create-custom-azure-roles-with-rbac/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "36abb0db-c118-4f4c-9880-3f30f9a2deb6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/managed-aad#configure-just-in-time-cluster-access-with-azure-ad-and-aks",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Configure if required Just-in-time cluster access",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
- "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
- "description": "Azure Event Hub provides encryption of data at rest. If you use your own key, the data is still encrypted using the Microsoft-managed key, but in addition the Microsoft-managed key will be encrypted using the customer-managed key. ",
- "guid": "7aaf12e7-b94e-4f6e-847d-2d92981b1cd6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/configure-customer-managed-key",
- "service": "Event Hubs",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "c4d7f4c6-79bf-45d0-aa05-ce8fc717e150",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/managed-aad#use-conditional-access-with-azure-ad-and-aks",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use customer-managed key option in data at rest encryption when required",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/plan-implement-administer-conditional-access/",
+ "text": "Configure if required AAD conditional access for AKS",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
- "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
- "description": "Azure Event Hubs namespaces permit clients to send and receive data with TLS 1.0 and above. To enforce stricter security measures, you can configure your Event Hubs namespace to require that clients send and receive data with a newer version of TLS. If an Event Hubs namespace requires a minimum version of TLS, then any requests made with an older version will fail. ",
- "guid": "d2f54b29-769e-43a6-a0e7-828ac936657e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/transport-layer-security-configure-minimum-version",
- "service": "Event Hubs",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enforce a minimum required version of Transport Layer Security (TLS) for requests ",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/secure-aad-users-with-mfa/",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "e1123a7c-a333-4eb4-a120-4ee3f293c9f3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-group-managed-service-accounts",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "If required for Windows AKS workloads configure gMSA ",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
- "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
- "description": "When you create an Event Hubs namespace, a policy rule named RootManageSharedAccessKey is automatically created for the namespace. This policy has manage permissions for the entire namespace. It�s recommended that you treat this rule like an administrative root account and don�t use it in your application. Using AAD as an authentication provider with RBAC is recommended. ",
- "guid": "13b0f566-4b1e-4944-a459-837ee79d6c6d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/authorize-access-shared-access-signature#shared-access-authorization-policies",
- "service": "Event Hubs",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "1f711a74-3672-470b-b8b8-a2148d640d79",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-managed-identity#use-a-pre-created-kubelet-managed-identity",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Avoid using root account when it is not necessary",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/azure-administrator-manage-identities-governance/",
+ "text": "For finer control consider using a managed Kubelet Identity",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
- "description": "Managed identities for Azure resources can authorize access to Event Hubs resources using Azure AD credentials from applications running in Azure Virtual Machines (VMs), Function apps, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, and other services. By using managed identities for Azure resources together with Azure AD authentication, you can avoid storing credentials with your applications that run in the cloud. ",
- "guid": "3a365a5c-7acb-4e48-abd5-4cd79f2e8776",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/authenticate-managed-identity?tabs=latest",
- "service": "Event Hubs",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "cbd8ac2a-aebc-4a2a-94da-1dbf3dc99248",
+ "link": "https://azure.github.io/application-gateway-kubernetes-ingress/setup/install-existing/",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When possible, your application should be using a managed identity to authenticate to Azure Event Hub. If not, consider having the storage credential (SAS, service principal credential) in Azure Key Vault or an equivalent service",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-ad-privileged-identity-management/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "If using AGIC, do not share an AppGW across clusters",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
- "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
- "description": "When creating permissions, provide fine-grained control over a client's access to Azure Event Hub. Permissions in Azure Event Hub can and should be scoped to the individual resource level e.g. consumer group, event hub entity, event hub namespaces, etc.",
- "guid": "8357c559-675c-45ee-a5b8-6ad8844ce3b2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/authorize-access-azure-active-directory#azure-built-in-roles-for-azure-event-hubs",
- "service": "Event Hubs",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (isnull(properties.addonProfiles.httpApplicationRouting) or properties.addonProfiles.httpApplicationRouting.enabled==false) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "8008ae7d-7e4b-4475-a6c8-bdbf59bce65d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/http-application-routing",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use least privilege data plane RBAC",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/explore-basic-services-identity-types/",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
- "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
- "description": "Azure Event Hub resource logs include operational logs, virtual network and Kafka logs. Runtime audit logs capture aggregated diagnostic information for all data plane access operations (such as send or receive events) in Event Hubs.",
- "guid": "b38b875b-a1cf-4104-a900-3a4d3ce474db",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/monitor-event-hubs-reference",
- "service": "Event Hubs",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable logging for security investigation. Use Azure Monitor to captured metrics and logs such as resource logs, runtime audit logs and Kafka logs",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-identity-and-access/",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
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- "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
- "description": "Azure Event Hub by default has a public IP address and is Internet-reachable. Private endpoints allow traffic between your virtual network and Azure Event Hub traverses over the Microsoft backbone network. In addition to that, you should disable public endpoints if those are not used. ",
- "guid": "5abca2a4-eda1-4dae-8cc9-5d48c6b791dc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/private-link-service",
- "service": "Event Hubs",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider using private endpoints to access Azure Event Hub and disable public network access when applicable.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-ad-privileged-identity-management/",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
- "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
- "description": "With IP firewall, you can restrict public endpoint further to only a set of IPv4 addresses or IPv4 address ranges in CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) notation. ",
- "guid": "a0e6c465-89e5-458b-a37d-3974d1112dbd",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-ip-filtering",
- "service": "Event Hubs",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider only allowing access to Azure Event Hub namespace from specific IP addresses or ranges",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
- "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
- "guid": "31d41e36-11c8-417b-8afb-c410d4391898",
- "link": "https://github.com/Azure/fta-resiliencyplaybooks/blob/main/paas-foundations-playbooks-AEH_v1.docx",
- "service": "Event Hubs",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Leverage FTA Resillency HandBook",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
- "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
- "description": " This will be turned on automatically for a new EH namespace created from the portal with Premium, Dedicated, or Standard SKUs in a zone-enabled region. Both the EH metadata and the event data itself are replicated across zones",
- "guid": "f15bce21-9e4a-40eb-9787-9424d226786d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-premium-overview#high-availability-with-availability-zones",
- "service": "Event Hubs",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Leverage Availability Zones if regionally applicable",
+ "text": "Do not use AKS HTTP Routing Add-On, use instead the managed NGINX ingress with the application routing add-on.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
- "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
- "guid": "20b56c56-ad58-4519-8f82-735c586bb281",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/compare-tiers",
- "service": "Event Hubs",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "7bacd7b9-c025-4a9d-a5d2-25d6bc5439d9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/accelerated-networking-overview",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use the Premium or Dedicated SKUs for predicable performance",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "For Windows workloads use Accelerated Networking",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
- "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
- "description": "The built-in geo-disaster recovery feature, when enabled, ensures that the entire configuration of anamespace (Event Hubs, Consumer Groups and settings) is continuously replicated from a primary namespace to a secondary namespace, and it allows a once-only failover move from the primary to the secondary at any time. Active/Passive feature is designed to make it easier to recover from and abandon a failed Azure region without having to change application configurations",
- "guid": "dc15a1c0-75ee-49f1-90ac-ccd579376bcd",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-geo-dr?tabs=portal",
- "service": "Event Hubs",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (tolower(properties.networkProfile.loadBalancerSku)=='standard') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "ba7da7be-9952-4914-a384-5d997cb39132",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/load-balancer-standard",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Plan for Geo Disaster Recovery using Active Passive configuration",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
- "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
- "description": "Should be used for DR configurations where an outage or loss of event data in the downed region cannot be tolerated. For these cases, follow the replication guidance and do not use the built-in geo-disaster recovery capability (active/passive). With Active/Active, Maintain multiple Event Hubs in different regions and namespaces, and events will be replicated between the hubs",
- "guid": "6e31b67d-67ba-4591-89c0-9e805d597c7e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-federation-overview",
- "service": "Event Hubs",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For Business Critical Applications, use Active Active configuration",
+ "text": "Use the standard ALB (as opposed to the basic one)",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
- "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
- "guid": "9ced16ad-d186-4f0a-a241-a999a68af77c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/serverless/event-hubs-functions/resilient-design",
- "service": "Event Hubs",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
+ "guid": "22fbe8d6-9b40-47ef-9011-25bb1a555a6b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-multiple-node-pools#add-a-node-pool-with-a-unique-subnet",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Design Resilient Event Hubs",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "If using Azure CNI, consider using different Subnets for NodePools",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "ab5351f6-383a-45ed-9c5e-b143b16db40a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-windows-hpc",
+ "guid": "c3c39c98-6bb2-4c12-859a-114b5e3df584",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/private-link/private-link-overview",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "If required for AKS Windows workloads HostProcess containers can be used",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Private Endpoints (preferred) or Virtual Network Service Endpoints to access PaaS services from the cluster",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "a280dcf5-90ce-465d-b8e1-3f9ccbd46926",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-functions/functions-kubernetes-keda",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (properties.networkProfile.networkPlugin=='azure') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "a0f61565-9de5-458f-a372-49c831112dbd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-network",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use KEDA if running event-driven workloads",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Choose the best CNI network plugin for your requirements (Azure CNI recommended)",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "26886d20-b66c-457b-a591-19bf8e8f5c58",
- "link": "https://dapr.io/",
+ "guid": "7faf12e7-0943-4f63-8472-2da29c2b1cd6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/configure-azure-cni",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use Dapr to ease microservice development",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "If using Azure CNI, size your subnet accordingly considering the maximum number of pods per node",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (sku.tier=='Paid') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "71d41e36-10cc-457b-9a4b-1410d4395898",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/uptime-sla",
+ "guid": "22f54b29-bade-43aa-b1e8-c38ec9366673",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/configure-azure-cni",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use the SLA-backed AKS offering",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "If using Azure CNI, check the maximum pods/node (default 30)",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "c1288b3c-6a57-4cfc-9444-51e1a3d3453a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-scheduler",
+ "description": "For internal apps organizations often open the whole AKS subnet in their firewalls. This opens network access to the nodes too, and potentially to the pods as well (if using Azure CNI). If LoadBalancer IPs are in a different subnet, only this one needs to be available to the app clients. Another reason is that if the IP addresses in the AKS subnet are a scarce resource, consuming its IP addresses for services will reduce the maximum scalability of the cluster .",
+ "guid": "13c00567-4b1e-4945-a459-c373e7ed6162",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/internal-lb",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use Disruption Budgets in your pod and deployment definitions",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "If using private-IP LoadBalancer services, use a dedicated subnet (not the AKS subnet)",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerregistry/registries",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "3c763963-7a55-42d5-a15e-401955387e5c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/container-registry-geo-replication",
- "service": "ACR",
+ "guid": "43f63047-22d9-429c-8b1c-d622f54b29ba",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/configure-azure-cni",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "If using a private registry, configure region replication to store images in multiple regions",
+ "text": "Size the service IP address range accordingly (it is going to limit the cluster scalability)",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "f82cb8eb-8c0a-4a63-a25a-4956eaa8dc4a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/aks/eslz-cost-governance-with-kubecost",
+ "guid": "57bf217f-6dc8-481c-81e2-785773e9c00f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-byo-cni",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use an external application such as kubecost to allocate costs to different users",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "If required add your own CNI plugin",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "4d3dfbab-9924-4831-a68d-fdf0d72f462c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/scale-down-mode",
+ "guid": "4b3bb365-9458-44d9-9ed1-5c8f52890364",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-multiple-node-pools#assign-a-public-ip-per-node-for-your-node-pools",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use scale down mode to delete/deallocate nodes",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "If required configure Public IP per node in AKS",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "87e651ea-bc4a-4a87-a6df-c06a4b570ebc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/gpu-multi-instance",
+ "guid": "b3808b9f-a1cf-4204-ad01-3a923ce474db",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/concepts-network",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When required use multi-instance partitioning GPU on AKS Clusters",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Use an ingress controller to expose web-based apps instead of exposing them with LoadBalancer-type services",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "2b72a08b-0410-4cd6-9093-e068a5cf27e8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/start-stop-nodepools",
+ "guid": "ccb534e7-416e-4a1d-8e93-533b53199085",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/nat-gateway",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "If running a Dev/Test cluster use NodePool Start/Stop",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Use Azure NAT Gateway as outboundType for scaling egress traffic",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.addonProfiles.azurepolicy) and properties.addonProfiles.azurepolicy.enabled==true) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "9ca48e4a-85e2-4223-bce8-bb12307ca5f1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/concepts/policy-for-kubernetes",
+ "guid": "8ee9a69a-1b58-4b1e-9c61-476e110a160b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/configure-azure-cni#dynamic-allocation-of-ips-and-enhanced-subnet-support",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Policy for Kubernetes to ensure cluster compliance",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use Dynamic allocations of IPs in order to avoid Azure CNI IP exhaustion",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | project id,resourceGroup,name,pools=properties.agentPoolProfiles | project id,name,resourceGroup,poolcount=array_length(pools) | extend compliant = (poolcount > 1)",
- "guid": "6f158e3e-a3a9-42c2-be7e-2165c3a87af4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-system-pools",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (properties.networkProfile.outboundType=='userDefinedRouting') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "3b365a91-7ecb-4e48-bbe5-4cd7df2e8bba",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/limit-egress-traffic",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Separate applications from the control plane with user/system node pools",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Filter egress traffic with AzFW/NVA if your security requirements mandate it",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "a7a1f893-9bda-4477-98f2-4c116775c2ea",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-system-pools",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = ((isnull(properties.apiServerAccessProfile.enablePrivateCluster) or properties.apiServerAccessProfile.enablePrivateCluster==false) and isnotnull(properties.apiServerAccessProfile.authorizedIPRanges)) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "c4581559-bb91-463e-a908-aed8c44ce3b2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/api-server-authorized-ip-ranges",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Add taint to your system nodepool to make it dedicated",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "If using a public API endpoint, restrict the IP addresses that can access it",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "55b46a94-8008-4ae7-b7e4-b475b6c8bdbf",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | where isnotnull(properties.apiServerAccessProfile.enablePrivateCluster) | extend compliant = (properties.apiServerAccessProfile.enablePrivateCluster==true) | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "ecccd979-3b6b-4cda-9b50-eb2eb03dda6d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/private-clusters",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use a private registry for your images, such as ACR",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use private clusters if your requirements mandate it",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerregistry/registries",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "59bce65d-e8a0-43f9-9879-468d66a786d6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/security-center/container-security",
- "service": "ACR",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | where isnotnull(properties.apiServerAccessProfile.enablePrivateCluster) | extend compliant = (properties.apiServerAccessProfile.enablePrivateCluster==true) | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "ce7f2a7c-297c-47c6-adea-a6ff838db665",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-network-policies",
+ "service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Scan your images for vulnerabilities",
+ "text": "For Windows 2019 and 2022 AKS nodes Calico Network Policies can be used ",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "d167dd18-2b0a-4c24-8b99-9a646f8389a7",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-cluster-isolation",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = isnotnull(properties.networkProfile.networkPolicy) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "58d7c892-ddb1-407d-9769-ae669ca48e4a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-network-policies",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Define app separation requirements (namespace/nodepool/cluster)",
+ "text": "Enable a Kubernetes Network Policy option (Calico/Azure)",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "5e3df584-eccc-4d97-a3b6-bcda3b50eb2e",
- "link": "https://github.com/Azure/secrets-store-csi-driver-provider-azure",
+ "guid": "85e2223e-ce8b-4b12-907c-a5f16f158e3e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-network",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Store your secrets in Azure Key Vault with the CSI Secrets Store driver",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use Kubernetes network policies to increase intra-cluster security",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "b03dda6d-58d7-4c89-8ddb-107d5769ae66",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/update-credentials",
+ "guid": "a3a92c2d-e7e2-4165-a3a8-7af4a7a1f893",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-network",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "If using Service Principals for the cluster, refresh credentials periodically (like quarterly)",
+ "text": "Use a WAF for web workloads (UIs or APIs)",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "e7ba73a3-0508-4f80-806f-527db30cee96",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-kms-etcd-encryption",
+ "graph": "Resources | where type=~'microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | project resourceGroup,name,pools=properties.agentPoolProfiles | mv-expand pools | project subnetId=tostring(pools.vnetSubnetID) | where isnotempty(subnetId) | join (Resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection=tostring(properties.enableDdosProtection),subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection,subnetId=tostring(subnets.id)) on subnetId | distinct id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection | extend compliant = (enableDdosProtection == 'true')",
+ "guid": "9bda4776-8f24-4c11-9775-c2ea55b46a94",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/ddos-protection-overview",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If required add Key Management Service etcd encryption",
+ "text": "Use DDoS Standard in the AKS Virtual Network",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "ec8e4e42-0344-41b0-b865-9123e8956d31",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/confidential-computing/confidential-nodes-aks-overview",
+ "graph": "Resources | where type=~'microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | project resourceGroup,name,pools=properties.agentPoolProfiles | mv-expand pools | project subnetId=tostring(pools.vnetSubnetID) | where isnotempty(subnetId) | join (Resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection=tostring(properties.enableDdosProtection),subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection,subnetId=tostring(subnets.id)) on subnetId | distinct id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection | extend compliant = (enableDdosProtection == 'true')",
+ "guid": "6c46b91a-1107-4485-ad66-3183e2a8c266",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/http-proxy",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "If required consider using Confidential Compute for AKS",
+ "text": "If required add company HTTP Proxy",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "c9e95ffe-6dd1-4a17-8c5f-110389ca9b21",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-containers-enable",
+ "guid": "e9855d04-c3c3-49c9-a6bb-2c12159a114b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/servicemesh-about",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider using Defender for Containers",
+ "text": "Consider using a service mesh for advanced microservice communication management",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (properties.servicePrincipalProfile.clientId=='msi') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "ed127dd1-42b0-46b2-8c69-99a646f3389a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-managed-identity",
+ "guid": "67f7a9ed-5b31-4f38-a3f3-9812b2463cff",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/insights/container-insights-metric-alerts",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use managed identities instead of Service Principals",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Configure alerts on the most critical metrics (see Container Insights for recommendations)",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = isnotnull(properties.aadProfile) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "7e42c78e-78c0-46a6-8a21-94956e698dc4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/managed-aad",
+ "guid": "337453a3-cc63-4963-9a65-22ac19e80696",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/advisor/advisor-get-started",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Integrate authentication with AAD (using the managed integration)",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Check regularly Azure Advisor for recommendations on your cluster",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "a2fe27b2-e287-401a-8352-beedf79b488d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/control-kubeconfig-access",
+ "guid": "3aa70560-e7e7-4968-be3d-628af35b2ced",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/certificate-rotation",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Limit access to admin kubeconfig (get-credentials --admin)",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Enable AKS auto-certificate rotation",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "eec4962c-c3bd-421b-b77f-26e5e6b3bec3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/manage-azure-rbac",
+ "guid": "e189c599-df0d-45a7-9dd4-ce32c1881370",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/supported-kubernetes-versions",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Integrate authorization with AAD RBAC",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Have a regular process to upgrade your kubernetes version periodically (quarterly, for example), or use the AKS autoupgrade feature",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "d4f3537c-1346-4dc5-9027-a71ffe1bd05d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-identity",
+ "guid": "6f7c4c0d-4e51-4464-ad24-57ed67138b82",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/node-updates-kured",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use namespaces for restricting RBAC privilege in Kubernetes",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use kured for Linux node upgrades in case you are not using node-image upgrade",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "d2e0d5d7-71d4-41e3-910c-c57b4a4b1410",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/workload-identity-migration-sidecar",
+ "guid": "139c9580-ade3-426a-ba09-cf157d9f6477",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/node-image-upgrade",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For Pod Identity Access Management use Azure AD Workload Identity (preview)",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Have a regular process to upgrade the cluster node images periodically (weekly, for example)",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "f4dcf690-1b30-407d-abab-6f8aa780d3a3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/managed-aad#non-interactive-sign-in-with-kubelogin",
+ "guid": "0102ce16-ee30-41e6-b882-e52e4621dd68",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/example-scenario/bedrock/bedrock-automated-deployments",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For AKS non-interactive logins use kubelogin (preview)",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Consider gitops to deploy applications or cluster configuration to multiple clusters",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (properties.disableLocalAccounts==true) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "b085b1f2-3119-4771-8c9a-bbf4411810ec",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/managed-aad#disable-local-accounts",
+ "guid": "d7672c26-7602-4482-85a4-14527fbe855c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/command-invoke",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Disable AKS local accounts",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Consider using AKS command invoke on private clusters",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "36abb0db-c118-4f4c-9880-3f30f9a2deb6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/managed-aad#configure-just-in-time-cluster-access-with-azure-ad-and-aks",
+ "guid": "31d7aaab-7571-4449-ab80-53d89e89d17b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/node-auto-repair#node-autodrain",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Configure if required Just-in-time cluster access",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "For planned events consider using Node Auto Drain",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "c4d7f4c6-79bf-45d0-aa05-ce8fc717e150",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/managed-aad#use-conditional-access-with-azure-ad-and-aks",
+ "guid": "ed0fda7f-211b-47c7-8b6e-c18873fb473c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/faq",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Configure if required AAD conditional access for AKS",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Develop own governance practices to make sure no changes are performed by operators in the node RG (aka 'infra RG')",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "e1123a7c-a333-4eb4-a120-4ee3f293c9f3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-group-managed-service-accounts",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (properties.nodeResourceGroup !startswith 'MC_') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "73b32a5a-67f7-4a9e-b5b3-1f38c3f39812",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/cluster-configuration",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "If required for Windows AKS workloads configure gMSA ",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use custom Node RG (aka 'Infra RG') name",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "1f711a74-3672-470b-b8b8-a2148d640d79",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-managed-identity#use-a-pre-created-kubelet-managed-identity",
+ "guid": "b2463cff-e189-4c59-adf0-d5a73dd4ce32",
+ "link": "https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/release/notes/",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For finer control consider using a managed Kubelet Identity",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Do not use deprecated Kubernetes APIs in your YAML manifests",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "cbd8ac2a-aebc-4a2a-94da-1dbf3dc99248",
- "link": "https://azure.github.io/application-gateway-kubernetes-ingress/setup/install-existing/",
+ "guid": "c1881370-6f7c-44c0-b4e5-14648d2457ed",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure-stack/aks-hci/adapt-apps-mixed-os-clusters",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If using AGIC, do not share an AppGW across clusters",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Taint Windows nodes",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (isnull(properties.addonProfiles.httpApplicationRouting) or properties.addonProfiles.httpApplicationRouting.enabled==false) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "8008ae7d-7e4b-4475-a6c8-bdbf59bce65d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/http-application-routing",
+ "guid": "67138b82-0102-4ce1-9ee3-01e6e882e52e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/virtualization/windowscontainers/deploy-containers/version-compatibility?tabs=windows-server-20H2%2Cwindows-10-20H2",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Do not use AKS HTTP Routing Add-On, use instead the managed NGINX ingress with the application routing add-on.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Keep windows containers patch level in sync with host patch level",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "7bacd7b9-c025-4a9d-a5d2-25d6bc5439d9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/accelerated-networking-overview",
+ "description": "Via Diagnostic Settings at the cluster level",
+ "guid": "5b56ad48-408f-4e72-934c-476ba280dcf5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/monitor-aks",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For Windows workloads use Accelerated Networking",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Send master logs (aka API logs) to Azure Monitor or your preferred log management solution",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (tolower(properties.networkProfile.loadBalancerSku)=='standard') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "ba7da7be-9952-4914-a384-5d997cb39132",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/load-balancer-standard",
+ "guid": "64d1a846-e28a-4b6b-9a33-22a635c15a21",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/node-pool-snapshot",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use the standard ALB (as opposed to the basic one)",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "If required use nodePool snapshots",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "22fbe8d6-9b40-47ef-9011-25bb1a555a6b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-multiple-node-pools#add-a-node-pool-with-a-unique-subnet",
+ "guid": "c5a5b252-1e44-4a59-a9d2-399c4d7b68d0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/spot-node-pool",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If using Azure CNI, consider using different Subnets for NodePools",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Consider spot node pools for non time-sensitive workloads",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "c3c39c98-6bb2-4c12-859a-114b5e3df584",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/private-link/private-link-overview",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.addonProfiles.aciConnectorLinux) and properties.addonProfiles.aciConnectorLinux.enabled==true) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "c755562f-2b4e-4456-9b4d-874a748b662e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/concepts-scale",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Private Endpoints (preferred) or Virtual Network Service Endpoints to access PaaS services from the cluster",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Consider AKS virtual node for quick bursting",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (properties.networkProfile.networkPlugin=='azure') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "a0f61565-9de5-458f-a372-49c831112dbd",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-network",
+ "guid": "6f8389a7-f82c-4b8e-a8c0-aa63a25a4956",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/insights/container-insights-overview",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Choose the best CNI network plugin for your requirements (Azure CNI recommended)",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Monitor your cluster metrics with Container Insights (or other tools like Prometheus)",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "7faf12e7-0943-4f63-8472-2da29c2b1cd6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/configure-azure-cni",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.addonProfiles.omsagent) and properties.addonProfiles.omsagent.enabled==true) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "eaa8dc4a-2436-47b3-9697-15b1752beee0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/insights/container-insights-overview",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "If using Azure CNI, size your subnet accordingly considering the maximum number of pods per node",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Store and analyze your cluster logs with Container Insights (or other tools like Telegraf/ElasticSearch)",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "22f54b29-bade-43aa-b1e8-c38ec9366673",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/configure-azure-cni",
+ "guid": "4621dd68-c5a5-4be2-bdb1-1726769ef669",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/containers/container-insights-analyze",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "If using Azure CNI, check the maximum pods/node (default 30)",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Monitor CPU and memory utilization of the nodes",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "description": "For internal apps organizations often open the whole AKS subnet in their firewalls. This opens network access to the nodes too, and potentially to the pods as well (if using Azure CNI). If LoadBalancer IPs are in a different subnet, only this one needs to be available to the app clients. Another reason is that if the IP addresses in the AKS subnet are a scarce resource, consuming its IP addresses for services will reduce the maximum scalability of the cluster .",
- "guid": "13c00567-4b1e-4945-a459-c373e7ed6162",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/internal-lb",
+ "guid": "1a4835ac-9422-423e-ae80-b123081a5417",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/configure-azure-cni",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "If using private-IP LoadBalancer services, use a dedicated subnet (not the AKS subnet)",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "If using Azure CNI, monitor % of pod IPs consumed per node",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "43f63047-22d9-429c-8b1c-d622f54b29ba",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/configure-azure-cni",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Size the service IP address range accordingly (it is going to limit the cluster scalability)",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "57bf217f-6dc8-481c-81e2-785773e9c00f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-byo-cni",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "If required add your own CNI plugin",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "4b3bb365-9458-44d9-9ed1-5c8f52890364",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-multiple-node-pools#assign-a-public-ip-per-node-for-your-node-pools",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "If required configure Public IP per node in AKS",
- "waf": "Performance"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "b3808b9f-a1cf-4204-ad01-3a923ce474db",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/concepts-network",
+ "description": "I/O in the OS disk is a critical resource. If the OS in the nodes gets throttled on I/O, this could lead to unpredictable behavior, typically ending up in node being declared NotReady",
+ "guid": "415833ea-3ad3-4c2d-b733-165c3acbe04b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/premium-storage-performance",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use an ingress controller to expose web-based apps instead of exposing them with LoadBalancer-type services",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "ccb534e7-416e-4a1d-8e93-533b53199085",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/nat-gateway",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use Azure NAT Gateway as outboundType for scaling egress traffic",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Monitor OS disk queue depth in nodes",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "8ee9a69a-1b58-4b1e-9c61-476e110a160b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/configure-azure-cni#dynamic-allocation-of-ips-and-enhanced-subnet-support",
+ "guid": "be209d39-fda4-4777-a424-d116785c2fa5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/load-balancer-standard",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Dynamic allocations of IPs in order to avoid Azure CNI IP exhaustion",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (properties.networkProfile.outboundType=='userDefinedRouting') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "3b365a91-7ecb-4e48-bbe5-4cd7df2e8bba",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/limit-egress-traffic",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Filter egress traffic with AzFW/NVA if your security requirements mandate it",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "If not using egress filtering with AzFW/NVA, monitor standard ALB allocated SNAT ports",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = ((isnull(properties.apiServerAccessProfile.enablePrivateCluster) or properties.apiServerAccessProfile.enablePrivateCluster==false) and isnotnull(properties.apiServerAccessProfile.authorizedIPRanges)) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "c4581559-bb91-463e-a908-aed8c44ce3b2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/api-server-authorized-ip-ranges",
+ "guid": "74c2ee76-569b-4a79-a57e-dedf91b022c9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/aks-resource-health",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If using a public API endpoint, restrict the IP addresses that can access it",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Subscribe to resource health notifications for your AKS cluster",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | where isnotnull(properties.apiServerAccessProfile.enablePrivateCluster) | extend compliant = (properties.apiServerAccessProfile.enablePrivateCluster==true) | distinct id, compliant",
- "guid": "ecccd979-3b6b-4cda-9b50-eb2eb03dda6d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/private-clusters",
+ "guid": "b54eb2eb-03dd-4aa3-9927-18e2edb11726",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-scheduler",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use private clusters if your requirements mandate it",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Configure requests and limits in your pod specs",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | where isnotnull(properties.apiServerAccessProfile.enablePrivateCluster) | extend compliant = (properties.apiServerAccessProfile.enablePrivateCluster==true) | distinct id, compliant",
- "guid": "ce7f2a7c-297c-47c6-adea-a6ff838db665",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-network-policies",
+ "guid": "769ef669-1a48-435a-a942-223ece80b123",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-scheduler",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For Windows 2019 and 2022 AKS nodes Calico Network Policies can be used ",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = isnotnull(properties.networkProfile.networkPolicy) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "58d7c892-ddb1-407d-9769-ae669ca48e4a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-network-policies",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable a Kubernetes Network Policy option (Calico/Azure)",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Enforce resource quotas for namespaces",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "85e2223e-ce8b-4b12-907c-a5f16f158e3e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-network",
+ "guid": "081a5417-4158-433e-a3ad-3c2de733165c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Kubernetes network policies to increase intra-cluster security",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Ensure your subscription has enough quota to scale out your nodepools",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "a3a92c2d-e7e2-4165-a3a8-7af4a7a1f893",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-network",
+ "guid": "f4fd0602-7ab5-46f1-b66a-e9dea9654a65",
+ "link": "https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use a WAF for web workloads (UIs or APIs)",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Configure Liveness and Readiness probes for all deployments",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "Resources | where type=~'microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | project resourceGroup,name,pools=properties.agentPoolProfiles | mv-expand pools | project subnetId=tostring(pools.vnetSubnetID) | where isnotempty(subnetId) | join (Resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection=tostring(properties.enableDdosProtection),subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection,subnetId=tostring(subnets.id)) on subnetId | distinct id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection | extend compliant = (enableDdosProtection == 'true')",
- "guid": "9bda4776-8f24-4c11-9775-c2ea55b46a94",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/ddos-protection-overview",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.autoScalerProfile)) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "90ce65de-8e13-4f9c-abd4-69266abca264",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/concepts-scale",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use DDoS Standard in the AKS Virtual Network",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use the Cluster Autoscaler",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "Resources | where type=~'microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | project resourceGroup,name,pools=properties.agentPoolProfiles | mv-expand pools | project subnetId=tostring(pools.vnetSubnetID) | where isnotempty(subnetId) | join (Resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection=tostring(properties.enableDdosProtection),subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection,subnetId=tostring(subnets.id)) on subnetId | distinct id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection | extend compliant = (enableDdosProtection == 'true')",
- "guid": "6c46b91a-1107-4485-ad66-3183e2a8c266",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/http-proxy",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.austoscalerProfile)) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "831c2872-c693-4b39-a887-a561bada49bc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/custom-node-configuration",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "If required add company HTTP Proxy",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Customize node configuration for AKS node pools",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "e9855d04-c3c3-49c9-a6bb-2c12159a114b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/servicemesh-about",
+ "guid": "faa19bfe-9d55-4d04-a3c4-919ca1b2d121",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/concepts-scale",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider using a service mesh for advanced microservice communication management",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use the Horizontal Pod Autoscaler when required",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "67f7a9ed-5b31-4f38-a3f3-9812b2463cff",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/insights/container-insights-metric-alerts",
+ "description": "Larger nodes will bring higher performance and features such as ephemeral disks and accelerated networking, but they will increase the blast radius and decrease the scaling granularity",
+ "guid": "5ae124ba-34df-4585-bcdc-e9bd3bb0cdb3",
+ "link": "https://blog.cloudtrooper.net/2020/10/23/which-vm-size-should-i-choose-as-aks-node/",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Configure alerts on the most critical metrics (see Container Insights for recommendations)",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Consider an appropriate node size, not too large or too small",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "337453a3-cc63-4963-9a65-22ac19e80696",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/advisor/advisor-get-started",
+ "guid": "38800e6a-ae01-40a2-9fbc-ae5a06e5462d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/quotas-skus-regions#service-quotas-and-limits",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Check regularly Azure Advisor for recommendations on your cluster",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "If more than 5000 nodes are required for scalability then consider using an additional AKS cluster",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "3aa70560-e7e7-4968-be3d-628af35b2ced",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/certificate-rotation",
+ "guid": "9583c0f6-6083-43f6-aa6b-df7102c901bb",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-grid/event-schema-aks",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Enable AKS auto-certificate rotation",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Consider subscribing to EventGrid Events for AKS automation",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "e189c599-df0d-45a7-9dd4-ce32c1881370",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/supported-kubernetes-versions",
+ "guid": "c5016d8c-c6c9-4165-89ae-673ef0fff19d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/manage-abort-operations",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Have a regular process to upgrade your kubernetes version periodically (quarterly, for example), or use the AKS autoupgrade feature",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "For long running operation on an AKS cluster consider event termination",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "6f7c4c0d-4e51-4464-ad24-57ed67138b82",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/node-updates-kured",
+ "guid": "c4e37133-f186-4ce1-aed9-9f1b32f6e021",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-azure-dedicated-hosts",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use kured for Linux node upgrades in case you are not using node-image upgrade",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "If required consider using Azure Dedicated Hosts for AKS nodes",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "139c9580-ade3-426a-ba09-cf157d9f6477",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/node-image-upgrade",
+ "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | project id,resourceGroup,name,pools=properties.agentPoolProfiles | mvexpand pools | extend compliant = (pools.osDiskType=='Ephemeral') | project id,name=strcat(name,'-',pools.name), resourceGroup, compliant",
+ "guid": "24367b33-6971-45b1-952b-eee0b9b588de",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/cluster-configuration",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Have a regular process to upgrade the cluster node images periodically (weekly, for example)",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Use ephemeral OS disks",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "0102ce16-ee30-41e6-b882-e52e4621dd68",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/example-scenario/bedrock/bedrock-automated-deployments",
+ "guid": "f0ce315f-1120-4166-8206-94f2cf3a4d07",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/disks-types",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Consider gitops to deploy applications or cluster configuration to multiple clusters",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "For non-ephemeral disks, use high IOPS and larger OS disks for the nodes when running many pods/node since it requires high performance for running multiple pods and will generate huge logs with default AKS log rotation thresholds",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "d7672c26-7602-4482-85a4-14527fbe855c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/command-invoke",
+ "guid": "39c486ce-d5af-4062-89d5-18bb5fd795db",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-ultra-disks",
"service": "AKS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Consider using AKS command invoke on private clusters",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "For hyper performance storage option use Ultra Disks on AKS",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "31d7aaab-7571-4449-ab80-53d89e89d17b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/node-auto-repair#node-autodrain",
+ "guid": "9f7547c1-747d-4c56-868a-714435bd19dd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-multi-region",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "For planned events consider using Node Auto Drain",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Avoid keeping state in the cluster, and store data outside (AzStorage, AzSQL, Cosmos, etc)",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "ed0fda7f-211b-47c7-8b6e-c18873fb473c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/faq",
+ "guid": "24429eb7-2281-4376-85cc-57b4a4b18142",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-storage",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Develop own governance practices to make sure no changes are performed by operators in the node RG (aka 'infra RG')",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "If using AzFiles Standard, consider AzFiles Premium and/or ANF for performance reasons",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
"arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
"checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (properties.nodeResourceGroup !startswith 'MC_') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "73b32a5a-67f7-4a9e-b5b3-1f38c3f39812",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/cluster-configuration",
+ "guid": "83958a8c-2689-4b32-ab57-cfc64546135a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/availability-zones#azure-disk-availability-zone-support",
"service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use custom Node RG (aka 'Infra RG') name",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "If using Azure Disks and AZs, consider having nodepools within a zone for LRS disk with VolumeBindingMode:WaitForFirstConsumer for provisioning storage in right zone or use ZRS disk for nodepools spanning multiple zones",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "b2463cff-e189-4c59-adf0-d5a73dd4ce32",
- "link": "https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/release/notes/",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Do not use deprecated Kubernetes APIs in your YAML manifests",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "7bc1c396-2461-4698-b57f-30ca69525252",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/considerations/regions",
+ "service": "VNet",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Deploy your Azure landing zone connectivity resources in multiple regions, so that you can quickly support multi-region application landing zones and disaster recovery scenarios.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "c1881370-6f7c-44c0-b4e5-14648d2457ed",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure-stack/aks-hci/adapt-apps-mixed-os-clusters",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Taint Windows nodes",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "70c15989-c726-42c7-b0d3-24b7375b9201",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/multi-tenant/considerations-recommendations",
+ "service": "Entra",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use one Entra tenant for managing your Azure resources, unless you have a clear regulatory or business requirement for multi-tenants.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/deploy-resources-scopes-bicep/2-understand-deployment-scopes",
"waf": "Operations"
},
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- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "67138b82-0102-4ce1-9ee3-01e6e882e52e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/virtualization/windowscontainers/deploy-containers/version-compatibility?tabs=windows-server-20H2%2Cwindows-10-20H2",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "6309957b-821a-43d1-b9d9-7fcf1802b747",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/multi-tenant/automation",
+ "service": "Entra",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Keep windows containers patch level in sync with host patch level",
+ "text": "Use Multi-Tenant Automation approach to managing your Microsoft Entra ID Tenants.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/architecture/multi-tenant-user-management-introduction/",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "description": "Via Diagnostic Settings at the cluster level",
- "guid": "5b56ad48-408f-4e72-934c-476ba280dcf5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/monitor-aks",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Send master logs (aka API logs) to Azure Monitor or your preferred log management solution",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "78e11934-499a-45ed-8ef7-aae5578f0ecf",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/multi-tenant/lighthouse",
+ "service": "Entra",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use Azure Lighthouse for Multi-Tenant Management with the same IDs.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/lighthouse/concepts/cross-tenant-management-experience",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "64d1a846-e28a-4b6b-9a33-22a635c15a21",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/node-pool-snapshot",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "If required use nodePool snapshots",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "5d82e6df-6f61-42f2-82e2-3132d293be3d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-microsoft-customer-agreement#design-recommendations",
+ "service": "Entra",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "If you give a partner access to administer your tenant, use Azure Lighthouse.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/lighthouse/how-to/onboard-customer",
"waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "c5a5b252-1e44-4a59-a9d2-399c4d7b68d0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/spot-node-pool",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Consider spot node pools for non time-sensitive workloads",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "348ef254-c27d-442e-abba-c7571559ab91",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/role-based-access-control/overview",
+ "service": "Entra",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enforce a RBAC model that aligns to your cloud operating model. Scope and Assign across Management Groups and Subscriptions.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.addonProfiles.aciConnectorLinux) and properties.addonProfiles.aciConnectorLinux.enabled==true) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "c755562f-2b4e-4456-9b4d-874a748b662e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/concepts-scale",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Consider AKS virtual node for quick bursting",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "12e7f983-f630-4472-8dd6-9c5b5c2622f5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/roles/security-planning#identify-microsoft-accounts-in-administrative-roles-that-need-to-be-switched-to-work-or-school-accounts",
+ "service": "Entra",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Only use the authentication type Work or school account for all account types. Avoid using the Microsoft account",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/explore-basic-services-identity-types/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "6f8389a7-f82c-4b8e-a8c0-aa63a25a4956",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/insights/container-insights-overview",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Monitor your cluster metrics with Container Insights (or other tools like Prometheus)",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "4b69bad3-3aad-45e8-a68e-1d76667313b4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/active-directory-groups-create-azure-portal",
+ "service": "Entra",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Only use groups to assign permissions. Add on-premises groups to the Entra ID only group if a group management system is already in place.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-identity-and-access/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.addonProfiles.omsagent) and properties.addonProfiles.omsagent.enabled==true) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "eaa8dc4a-2436-47b3-9697-15b1752beee0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/insights/container-insights-overview",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "53e8908a-e28c-484c-93b6-b7808b9fe5c4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/conditional-access/overview",
+ "service": "Entra",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Store and analyze your cluster logs with Container Insights (or other tools like Telegraf/ElasticSearch)",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Enforce Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access policies for any user with rights to Azure environments.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/plan-implement-administer-conditional-access/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "4621dd68-c5a5-4be2-bdb1-1726769ef669",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/containers/container-insights-analyze",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Monitor CPU and memory utilization of the nodes",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "1049d403-a923-4c34-94d0-0018ac6a9e01",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/authentication/concept-mfa-howitworks",
+ "service": "Entra",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enforce multi-factor authentication for any user with rights to the Azure environments.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/authentication/concept-mandatory-multifactor-authentication",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "1a4835ac-9422-423e-ae80-b123081a5417",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/configure-azure-cni",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "14658d35-58fd-4772-99b8-21112df27ee4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/privileged-identity-management/pim-configure",
+ "service": "Entra",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If using Azure CNI, monitor % of pod IPs consumed per node",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Enforce Microsoft Entra ID Privileged Identity Management (PIM) to establish zero standing access and least privilege.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-ad-privileged-identity-management/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "description": "I/O in the OS disk is a critical resource. If the OS in the nodes gets throttled on I/O, this could lead to unpredictable behavior, typically ending up in node being declared NotReady",
- "guid": "415833ea-3ad3-4c2d-b733-165c3acbe04b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/premium-storage-performance",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "8b9fe5c4-1049-4d40-9a92-3c3474d00018",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/domain-services/overview",
+ "service": "Entra",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Monitor OS disk queue depth in nodes",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "If planning to switch from Active Directory Domain Services to Entra domain services, evaluate the compatibility of all workloads.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/implement-hybrid-identity-windows-server/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "be209d39-fda4-4777-a424-d116785c2fa5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/load-balancer-standard",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.aad/domainservices' | extend replicaSets = properties.replicaSets | where array_length(replicaSets) < 2 | project name=name, id=id, tags=tags, param1=strcat('replicaSetLocation:', replicaSets[0].location)",
+ "guid": "0dd4e625-9c4b-4a56-b54a-4357bac12761",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/domain-services/overview",
+ "service": "Entra",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If not using egress filtering with AzFW/NVA, monitor standard ALB allocated SNAT ports",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "When using Microsoft Entra Domain Services use replica sets. Replica sets will improve the resiliency of your managed domain and allow you to deploy to additional regions. ",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/understand-azure-active-directory/6-examine-azure-domain-services",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "74c2ee76-569b-4a79-a57e-dedf91b022c9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/aks-resource-health",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "1cf0b8da-70bd-44d0-94af-8d99cfc89ae1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/concept-activity-logs-azure-monitor",
+ "service": "Entra",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Subscribe to resource health notifications for your AKS cluster",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Integrate Microsoft Entra ID logs with the platform-central Azure Monitor. Azure Monitor allows for a single source of truth around log and monitoring data in Azure, giving organizations a cloud native options to meet requirements around log collection and retention.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/monitoring-health/howto-integrate-activity-logs-with-azure-monitor-logs",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "b54eb2eb-03dd-4aa3-9927-18e2edb11726",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-scheduler",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "ammp": true,
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "984a859c-773e-47d2-9162-3a765a917e1f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/roles/security-emergency-access",
+ "service": "Entra",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Configure requests and limits in your pod specs",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Implement an emergency access or break-glass accounts to prevent tenant-wide account lockout. MFA will be turned on by default for all users in Oct 2024. We recommend updating these accounts to use passkey (FIDO2) or configure certificate-based authentication for MFA. ",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/role-based-access-control/security-emergency-access#exclude-at-least-one-account-from-conditional-access-policies",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "769ef669-1a48-435a-a942-223ece80b123",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-scheduler",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "35037e68-9349-4c15-b371-228514f4cdff",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/roles/best-practices",
+ "service": "Entra",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enforce resource quotas for namespaces",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Do not use on-premises synced accounts for Microsoft Entra ID role assignments, unless you have a scenario that specifically requires it.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-identity-security-strategy/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "081a5417-4158-433e-a3ad-3c2de733165c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure your subscription has enough quota to scale out your nodepools",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "d5d1e4e6-1465-48d3-958f-d77249b82111",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-proxy/application-proxy",
+ "service": "Entra",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "When using Microsoft Entra ID Application Proxy to give remote users access to applications, manage it as a Platform resource as you can only have one instance per tenant.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-applications-external-access-azure-ad/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "f4fd0602-7ab5-46f1-b66a-e9dea9654a65",
- "link": "https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Configure Liveness and Readiness probes for all deployments",
- "waf": "Operations"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.autoScalerProfile)) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "90ce65de-8e13-4f9c-abd4-69266abca264",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/concepts-scale",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use the Cluster Autoscaler",
- "waf": "Performance"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.austoscalerProfile)) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "831c2872-c693-4b39-a887-a561bada49bc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/custom-node-configuration",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Customize node configuration for AKS node pools",
- "waf": "Performance"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "faa19bfe-9d55-4d04-a3c4-919ca1b2d121",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/concepts-scale",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "e8bbac75-7155-49ab-a153-e8908ae28c84",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/enterprise-scale/network-topology-and-connectivity",
+ "service": "VNet",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use the Horizontal Pod Autoscaler when required",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Use a hub-and-spoke network topology for network scenarios that require maximum flexibility.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "description": "Larger nodes will bring higher performance and features such as ephemeral disks and accelerated networking, but they will increase the blast radius and decrease the scaling granularity",
- "guid": "5ae124ba-34df-4585-bcdc-e9bd3bb0cdb3",
- "link": "https://blog.cloudtrooper.net/2020/10/23/which-vm-size-should-i-choose-as-aks-node/",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "7dd61623-a364-4a90-9eca-e48ebd54cd7d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/traditional-azure-networking-topology",
+ "service": "VNet",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Consider an appropriate node size, not too large or too small",
- "waf": "Performance"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "38800e6a-ae01-40a2-9fbc-ae5a06e5462d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/quotas-skus-regions#service-quotas-and-limits",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "If more than 5000 nodes are required for scalability then consider using an additional AKS cluster",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Deploy shared networking services, including ExpressRoute gateways, VPN gateways, and Azure Firewall or partner NVAs in the central-hub virtual network. If necessary, also deploy DNS services.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "9583c0f6-6083-43f6-aa6b-df7102c901bb",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-grid/event-schema-aks",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Consider subscribing to EventGrid Events for AKS automation",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "143b16c3-1d7a-4a9b-9470-4489a8042d88",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-overview",
+ "service": "VNet",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use a DDoS Network or IP protection plan for all public IP addresses in application landing zones.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "c5016d8c-c6c9-4165-89ae-673ef0fff19d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/manage-abort-operations",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "For long running operation on an AKS cluster consider event termination",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "e2e8abac-3571-4559-ab91-53e89f89dc7b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/dmz/nva-ha",
+ "service": "NVA",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "When deploying partner networking technologies or NVAs, follow the partner vendor's guidance.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "c4e37133-f186-4ce1-aed9-9f1b32f6e021",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-azure-dedicated-hosts",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "ce463dbb-bc8a-4c2a-aebc-92a43da1dae2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-coexist-resource-manager#to-enable-transit-routing-between-expressroute-and-azure-vpn",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "If required consider using Azure Dedicated Hosts for AKS nodes",
- "waf": "Performance"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "graph": "where type=='microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters' | project id,resourceGroup,name,pools=properties.agentPoolProfiles | mvexpand pools | extend compliant = (pools.osDiskType=='Ephemeral') | project id,name=strcat(name,'-',pools.name), resourceGroup, compliant",
- "guid": "24367b33-6971-45b1-952b-eee0b9b588de",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/cluster-configuration",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use ephemeral OS disks",
- "waf": "Performance"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "f0ce315f-1120-4166-8206-94f2cf3a4d07",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/disks-types",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "For non-ephemeral disks, use high IOPS and larger OS disks for the nodes when running many pods/node since it requires high performance for running multiple pods and will generate huge logs with default AKS log rotation thresholds",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "If you need transit between ExpressRoute and VPN gateways in hub and spoke scenarios, use Azure Route Server.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-route-server/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "39c486ce-d5af-4062-89d5-18bb5fd795db",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/use-ultra-disks",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualHubs",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id, subnetName = subnets.name, subnetPrefix = subnets.properties.addressPrefix | extend subnetPrefixLength = split(subnetPrefix, '/')[1] | where subnetName == 'RouteServerSubnet' | extend compliant = (subnetPrefixLength <= 27) | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "91b9d7d5-91e1-4dcb-8f1f-fa7e465646cc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/route-server/quickstart-configure-route-server-portal#create-a-route-server-1",
+ "service": "ARS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "For hyper performance storage option use Ultra Disks on AKS",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "If using Route Server, use a /27 prefix for the Route Server subnet.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-route-server/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "9f7547c1-747d-4c56-868a-714435bd19dd",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-multi-region",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "cc881471-607c-41cc-a0e6-14658dd558f9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-faq#can-i-create-a-peering-connection-to-a-vnet-in-a-different-region",
+ "service": "VNet",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Avoid keeping state in the cluster, and store data outside (AzStorage, AzSQL, Cosmos, etc)",
+ "text": "For network architectures with multiple hub-and-spoke topologies across Azure regions, use global virtual network peerings between the hub VNets to connect the regions to each other.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/azure-administrator-manage-virtual-networks/",
"waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "24429eb7-2281-4376-85cc-57b4a4b18142",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/operator-best-practices-storage",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "4722d929-c1b1-4cd6-81f5-4b29bade39ad",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/insights/network-insights-overview",
+ "service": "VNet",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If using AzFiles Standard, consider AzFiles Premium and/or ANF for performance reasons",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Use Azure Monitor for Networks to monitor the end-to-end state of the networks on Azure.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-network-monitoring/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Azure AKS Review",
- "guid": "83958a8c-2689-4b32-ab57-cfc64546135a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/availability-zones#azure-disk-availability-zone-support",
- "service": "AKS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | mvexpand properties.virtualNetworkPeerings | summarize peeringcount = count() by id | extend compliant = (peeringcount < 450) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "0e7c28ec-9366-4572-83b0-f4664b1d944a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits?toc=/azure/virtual-network/toc.json#azure-resource-manager-virtual-networking-limits",
+ "service": "VNet",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If using Azure Disks and AZs, consider having nodepools within a zone for LRS disk with VolumeBindingMode:WaitForFirstConsumer for provisioning storage in right zone or use ZRS disk for nodepools spanning multiple zones",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "If you have more than 400 spoke networks in a region, deploy an additional hub to bypass VNet peering limits (500) and the maximum number of prefixes that can be advertised via ExpressRoute (1000).",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "1fc2fc14-eea6-4e69-b8d9-a3edc218e687",
- "link": "https://polite-sea-0995b240f.2.azurestaticapps.net/technical-delivery-playbook/azure-services/analytics/purview/",
- "service": "Purview",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/routetables' | mvexpand properties.routes | summarize routeCount = count() by id | extend compliant = (routeCount < 360) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "3d457936-e9b7-41eb-bdff-314b26450b12",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits?toc=/azure/virtual-network/toc.json#azure-resource-manager-virtual-networking-limits",
+ "service": "VNet",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Leverage FTA Resillency Handbook",
+ "text": "Limit the number of routes per route table to 400.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "ab067acb-49e5-4b96-8332-4ecf8cc13318",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/disaster-recovery",
- "service": "Purview",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | mvexpand properties.virtualNetworkPeerings | project id, peeringName=properties_virtualNetworkPeerings.name, compliant = (properties_virtualNetworkPeerings.properties.allowVirtualNetworkAccess == True)",
+ "guid": "c76cb5a2-abe2-11ed-afa1-0242ac120002",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-manage-peering",
+ "service": "VNet",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Plan for Data Center level outage",
+ "text": "Use the setting 'Allow traffic to remote virtual network' when configuring VNet peerings.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "description": "1. Create the new account 2. Migrate configuration items 3. Run scans 4. Migrate custom typedefs and custom assets 5. Migrate relationships 6. Migrate glossary terms 7. Assign classifications to assets 8. Assign contacts to assets",
- "guid": "da611702-69f4-4fb4-aa3d-3ef7f3176c4b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/disaster-recovery",
- "service": "Purview",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Practice Failover for BCDR",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/loadbalancers' | where tolower(sku.name) != 'basic' | mv-expand feIPconfigs = properties.frontendIPConfigurations | extend feConfigName = (feIPconfigs.name), PrivateSubnetId = toupper(feIPconfigs.properties.subnet.id), PrivateIPZones = feIPconfigs.zones, PIPid = toupper(feIPconfigs.properties.publicIPAddress.id), JoinID = toupper(id) | where isnotempty(PrivateSubnetId) | where isnull(PrivateIPZones) or array_length(PrivateIPZones) < 2 | project name, feConfigName, id | union (resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/loadbalancers' | where tolower(sku.name) != 'basic' | mv-expand feIPconfigs = properties.frontendIPConfigurations | extend feConfigName = (feIPconfigs.name), PIPid = toupper(feIPconfigs.properties.publicIPAddress.id), JoinID = toupper(id) | where isnotempty(PIPid) | join kind=innerunique ( resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/publicipaddresses' | where isnull(zones) or array_length(zones) < 2 | extend LBid = toupper(substring(properties.ipConfiguration.id, 0, indexof(properties.ipConfiguration.id, '/frontendIPConfigurations'))), InnerID = toupper(id) ) on $left.PIPid == $right.InnerID) | project name, id, tags, param1='Zones: No Zone or Zonal', param2=strcat('Frontend IP Configuration:', ' ', feConfigName)",
+ "guid": "9dcd6250-9c4a-4382-aa9b-5b84c64fc1fe",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/reliability-load-balancer?tabs=graph#zone-redundant",
+ "service": "Load Balancers",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use Standard Load Balancer SKU with a zone-redundant deployment, Selecting Standard SKU Load Balancer enhances reliability through availability zones and zone resiliency, ensuring deployments withstand zone and region failures. Unlike Basic, it supports global load balancing and offers an SLA.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "97b15b8a-219a-44ab-bb57-879024d22678",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/disaster-recovery",
- "service": "Purview",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | extend bep = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackEndPools = array_length(bep) | where BackEndPools == 0 | project name, id, Param1='backendPools', Param2=toint(0), tags | union (resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | where sku.name == 'Standard' | extend bep = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackEndPools = toint(array_length(bep)) | mv-expand bip = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackendAddresses = array_length(bip.properties.loadBalancerBackendAddresses) | where toint(BackendAddresses) <= 1 | project name, id, tags, Param1='backendAddresses', Param2=toint(BackendAddresses)) | union ( resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | where sku.name == 'Basic' | mv-expand properties.backendAddressPools | extend backendPoolId = properties_backendAddressPools.id | project id, name, tags, tostring(backendPoolId), Param1='BackEndPools' | join kind = leftouter ( resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces' | mv-expand properties.ipConfigurations | mv-expand properties_ipConfigurations.properties.loadBalancerBackendAddressPools | extend backendPoolId = tostring(properties_ipConfigurations_properties_loadBalancerBackendAddressPools.id) | summarize poolMembers = count() by backendPoolId | project tostring(backendPoolId), poolMembers ) on backendPoolId | where toint(poolMembers) <= 1 | extend BackendAddresses = poolMembers | project id, name, tags, Param1='backendAddresses', Param2=toint(BackendAddresses))",
+ "guid": "48682fb1-1e86-4458-a686-518ebd47393d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/reliability-load-balancer?tabs=graph#zone-redundant",
+ "service": "Load Balancers",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Plan a backup strategy and take regular backups",
+ "text": "Ensure load balancer backend pool(s) contains at least two instances, Deploying Azure Load Balancers with at least two instances in the backend prevents a single point of failure and supports scalability.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "6d20b56c-56a9-4581-89bf-8d8e5c586b7d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/manage-kafka-dotnet",
- "service": "Purview",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use Microsoft Purview's Event Hubs to subscribe and create entities to another account",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "de0d5973-cd4c-4d21-a088-137f5e6c4cfd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-macsec",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "When you're using ExpressRoute Direct, configure MACsec in order to encrypt traffic at the layer-two level between the organization's routers and MSEE. The diagram shows this encryption in flow.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "8cdc15ac-c075-4ee9-a130-a8889579e76b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/deployment-best-practices",
- "service": "Purview",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "ed301d6e-872e-452e-9611-cc58b5a4b151",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/vpn-gateway/site-to-site-vpn-private-peering",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Follow Purview accounts architectures and deployment best practices",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "For scenarios where MACsec isn't an option (for example, not using ExpressRoute Direct), use a VPN gateway to establish IPsec tunnels over ExpressRoute private peering.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-network-security/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "896e710a-7da7-4be9-a56d-14d3c49d997c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-collections",
- "service": "Purview",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Follow Collection Architectures and best practices",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "558fd772-49b8-4211-82df-27ee412e7f98",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-ip-addressing",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure no overlapping IP address spaces across Azure regions and on-premises locations are used.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "b3d1325a-a225-4c6f-9e06-85edddea8a4b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-asset-lifecycle",
- "service": "Purview",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | extend addressSpace = todynamic(properties.addressSpace) | extend addressPrefix = todynamic(properties.addressSpace.addressPrefixes) | mvexpand addressSpace | mvexpand addressPrefix | project name, id, location, resourceGroup, subscriptionId, cidr = addressPrefix | extend compliant = (cidr matches regex @'^(10\\\\.|172\\\\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[01])\\\\.|192\\\\.168\\\\.)') | project id, compliant, cidr",
+ "guid": "3f630472-2dd6-49c5-a5c2-622f54b69bad",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-ip-addressing",
+ "service": "VNet",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Follow Assest lifecycle best practices",
+ "text": "Use IP addresses from the address allocation ranges for private internets (RFC 1918).",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | extend addressSpace = todynamic(properties.addressSpace) | extend addressPrefix = todynamic(properties.addressSpace.addressPrefixes) | mvexpand addressSpace | mvexpand addressPrefix | extend addressMask = split(addressPrefix,'/')[1] | extend compliant = addressMask > 16 | project name, id, subscriptionId, resourceGroup, addressPrefix, compliant",
+ "guid": "33aad5e8-c68e-41d7-9667-313b4f5664b5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-ip-addressing",
+ "service": "VNet",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure that IP address space isn't wasted, don't create unnecessarily large virtual networks (for example /16).",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
+ "waf": "Performance"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "f348ef25-4c27-4d42-b8bb-ac7571559ab9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery/concepts-on-premises-to-azure-networking#retain-ip-addresses",
+ "service": "VNet",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Do not use overlapping IP address ranges for production and disaster recovery sites.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/az-104-manage-virtual-networks/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "7cdeb3c6-1fc2-4fc1-9eea-6e69d8d9a3ed",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-automation",
- "service": "Purview",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Follow automation best practices",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "Resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses' and sku.tier =~ 'Regional' | where isempty(zones) or array_length(zones) <= 1 | extend az = case(isempty(zones), 'Non-zonal', array_length(zones) <= 1, strcat('Zonal (', strcat_array(zones, ','), ')'), zones) | project name, id, tags, param1 = strcat('sku: ', sku.name), param2 = strcat('availabilityZone: ', az)",
+ "guid": "0c47f486-656d-4699-8c30-edef5b8a93c4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/public-ip-addresses#availability-zone",
+ "service": "Public IP Addresses",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use Standard SKU and Zone-Redundant IPs when applicable, Public IP addresses in Azure can be of standard SKU, available as non-zonal, zonal, or zone-redundant. Zone-redundant IPs are accessible across all zones, resisting any single zone failure, thereby providing higher resilience. ",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/training/modules/configure-virtual-networks/6-create-public-ip-addressing",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "c218e687-ab06-47ac-a49e-5b9603324ecf",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/disaster-recovery",
- "service": "Purview",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "153e8908-ae28-4c84-a33b-6b7808b9fe5c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/dns/private-dns-getstarted-portal",
+ "service": "DNS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Follow Backup and Migration Best practices",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "For environments where name resolution in Azure is all that's required, use Azure Private DNS for resolution with a delegated zone for name resolution (such as 'azure.contoso.com').",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/az-104-manage-virtual-networks/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "8cc13318-da61-4170-869f-4fb4aa3d3ef7",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-glossary",
- "service": "Purview",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "41049d40-3a92-43c3-974d-00018ac6a9e0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/dns/dns-private-resolver-overview",
+ "service": "DNS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Follow Purview Glossary Best Practices",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "For environments where name resolution across Azure and on-premises is required and there is no existing enterprise DNS service like Active Directory, use Azure DNS Private Resolver to route DNS requests to Azure or to on-premises DNS servers.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-dns-private-resolver/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "f3176c4b-97b1-45b8-a219-a4abeb578790",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-workflow",
- "service": "Purview",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "1e6a83de-5de3-42c1-a924-81607d5d1e4e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-name-resolution-for-vms-and-role-instances",
+ "service": "DNS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Leverage Workflows ",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Special workloads that require and deploy their own DNS (such as Red Hat OpenShift) should use their preferred DNS solution.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/courses/az-700t00",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "24d22678-6d20-4b56-a56a-958119bf8d8e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-security",
- "service": "Purview",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Follow Purview Security Best Practices",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "614658d3-558f-4d77-849b-821112df27ee",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/dns/private-dns-autoregistration",
+ "service": "DNS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enable auto-registration for Azure DNS to automatically manage the lifecycle of the DNS records for the virtual machines deployed within a virtual network.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/az-104-manage-virtual-networks/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "5c586b7d-8cdc-415a-ac07-5ee9b130a888",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-lineage-azure-data-factory",
- "service": "Purview",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "18c80eb0-582a-4198-bf5c-d8800b2d263b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/private-link-and-dns-integration-at-scale#private-link-and-dns-integration-in-hub-and-spoke-network-architectures",
+ "service": "DNS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Follow Purview Data Lineage Best Practices",
+ "text": "Implement a plan for managing DNS resolution between multiple Azure regions and when services fail over to another region",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/az-104-manage-virtual-networks/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "9579e76b-896e-4710-a7da-7be9956d14d3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-scanning",
- "service": "Purview",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/bastionHosts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "ee1ac551-c4d5-46cf-b035-d0a3c50d87ad",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/bastion/bastion-overview",
+ "service": "Bastion",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Follow Best Practices for Scanning Registered Sources",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use Azure Bastion to securely connect to your network.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-bastion/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "c49d997c-b3d1-4325-aa22-5c6f4e0685ed",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-classification",
- "service": "Purview",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/bastionHosts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id, subnetName = subnets.name, subnetPrefix = subnets.properties.addressPrefix | extend subnetPrefixLength = split(subnetPrefix, '/')[1] | where subnetName == 'AzureBastionSubnet' | extend compliant = (subnetPrefixLength <= 26) | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "6eab9eb6-762b-485e-8ea8-15aa5dba0bd0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/bastion/bastion-faq#subnet",
+ "service": "Bastion",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Follow Classification Best Practices in Governance Portal",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use Azure Bastion in a subnet /26 or larger.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-bastion/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "ddea8a4b-7cde-4b3c-91fc-2fc14eea6e69",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/sensitivity-labels-frequently-asked-questions",
- "service": "Purview",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoorwebApplicationFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "1d7aa9b6-4704-4489-a804-2d88e79d17b7",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/afds-overview",
+ "service": "WAF",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Perform Sensitivity Labelling in the Purview Data Map",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use Azure Front Door and WAF policies to provide global protection across Azure regions for inbound HTTP/S connections to a landing zone.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "d8d9a3ed-c218-4e68-9ab0-67acb49e5b96",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-data-share",
- "service": "Purview",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoorwebApplicationFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "3b22a5a6-7e7a-48ed-9b30-e38c3f29812b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
+ "service": "WAF",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Leverage Azure Storage in-place data sharing with Microsoft Purview",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "When using Azure Front Door and Azure Application Gateway to help protect HTTP/S apps, use WAF policies in Azure Front Door. Lock down Azure Application Gateway to receive traffic only from Azure Front Door.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "03324ecf-8cc1-4331-ada6-1170269f4fb4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-insights",
- "service": "Purview",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Leverage Data Estate Insights",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoorwebApplicationFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "2363cefe-179b-4599-be0d-5973cd4cd21b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
+ "service": "WAF",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "When WAFs and other reverse proxies are required for inbound HTTP/S connections, deploy them within a landing-zone virtual network and together with the apps that they're protecting and exposing to the internet.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "aa3d3ef7-f317-46c4-a97b-15b8a219a4ab",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/catalog-adoption-insights",
- "service": "Purview",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use Data stewardship and Catalog adoption",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "088137f5-e6c4-4cfd-9e50-4547c2447ec6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-reference-architectures",
+ "service": "VNet",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use Azure DDoS Network or IP Protection plans to help protect Public IP Addresses endpoints within the virtual networks.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "eb578790-24d2-4267-a6d2-0b56c56a9581",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-insights",
- "service": "Purview",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use Inventory and Ownership",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "b034c01e-110b-463a-b36e-e3346e57f225",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/default-outbound-access",
+ "service": "VNet",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Plan for how to manage your network outbound traffic configuration and strategy before the upcoming breaking change. On September 30, 2025, default outbound access for new deployments will be retired and only explicit access configurations will be allowed.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-virtual-networks/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "19bf8d8e-5c58-46b7-b8cd-c15acc075ee9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/glossary-insights",
- "service": "Purview",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Leverage Insights for Glossary, Classifications, Sensitivity Labels",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "b1c82a3f-2320-4dfa-8972-7ae4823c8930",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-reference-architectures",
+ "service": "VNet",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Add diagnostic settings to save DDoS related logs for all the protected public IP addresses (DDoS IP or Network Protection).",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "b130a888-9579-4e76-a896-e710a7da7be9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/compliance-manager",
- "service": "Purview",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Generate assessment scores",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "3c5a808d-c695-4c14-a63c-c7ab7a510e41",
+ "link": "https://github.com/Azure/Enterprise-Scale/wiki/ALZ-Policies#corp",
+ "service": "Policy",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure there is a policy assignment to deny Public IP addresses directly tied to Virtual Machines. Use exclusions if public IPs are needed on specific VMs.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "956d14d3-c49d-4997-ab3d-1325aa225c6f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/compliance-manager-scoring",
- "service": "Purview",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "359c373e-7dd6-4162-9a36-4a907ecae48e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/connectivity-to-azure",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Profiling- get summaries of data content",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "4e0685ed-ddea-48a4-a7cd-eb3c61fc2fc1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-policies-data-owner#microsoft-purview-policy-concepts",
- "service": "Purview",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Follow Microsoft Purview Data Owner access policies",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "4eea6e69-d8d9-4a3e-bc21-8e687ab067ac",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-self-service-data-access-policy",
- "service": "Purview",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Follow Self-service access policies",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
- "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
- "guid": "b49e5b96-0332-44ec-b8cc-13318da61170",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-policies-devops",
- "service": "Purview",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Follow DevOps policies",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use ExpressRoute as the primary connection to Azure. Use VPNs as a source of backup connectivity.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.App/containerApps",
- "checklist": "Container Apps Review",
- "guid": "af416482-663c-4ed6-b195-b44c7068e09c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/reliability-azure-container-apps?tabs=azure-cli#availability-zone-support",
- "query": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.App/managedEnvironments' | project name, resourceGroup, location, zoneRedundancy = tolower(tostring(properties.zoneRedundant)) | extend Compliance = iff(zoneRedundancy == 'true', true, false)",
- "service": "Container Apps",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Leverage Availability Zones if regionally applicable",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "description": "You can use AS-path prepending and connection weights to influence traffic from Azure to on-premises, and the full range of BGP attributes in your own routers to influence traffic from on-premises to Azure.",
+ "guid": "f29812b2-363c-4efe-879b-599de0d5973c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-routing",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "When you use multiple ExpressRoute circuits or multiple on-prem locations, use BGP attributes to optimize routing.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.App/containerApps",
- "checklist": "Container Apps Review",
- "guid": "95bc80ec-6499-4d14-a7d2-7d296b1d8abc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/reliability-azure-container-apps?tabs=azure-cli#set-up-zone-redundancy-in-your-container-apps-environment",
- "query": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.App/containerApps' | project name, resourceGroup, location, minReplicas = toint(properties.template.scale.minReplicas), maxReplicas = toint(properties.template.scale.maxReplicas) | extend Compliance = iff(minReplicas >= 1, true, false)",
- "service": "Container Apps",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use more than one replica and enable Zone Redundancy.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources| where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworkgateways'| where properties.gatewayType =~ 'vpn' or properties.gatewayType == 'ExpressRoute'| extend SKUName = properties.sku.name, SKUTier = properties.sku.tier, Type = properties.gatewayType| extend compliant = SKUTier !in ('Basic', 'Standard')| project name, id, subscriptionId, resourceGroup, compliant",
+ "guid": "d4cd21b0-8813-47f5-b6c4-cfd3e504547c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-about-virtual-network-gateways?source=recommendations#gwsku",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Select the right SKU for the ExpressRoute/VPN gateways based on bandwidth and performance requirements.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.App/containerApps",
- "checklist": "Container Apps Review",
- "guid": "ccaa4fc2-fdbc-4432-8bb7-f7e6469e4dc3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/reliability-azure-container-apps?tabs=azure-cli#cross-region-disaster-recovery-and-business-continuity",
- "service": "Container Apps",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/expressroutecircuits' | extend compliant = (tolower(sku.family) == 'metereddata' or tolower(sku.tier) == 'local') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "7025b442-f6e9-4af6-b11f-c9574916016f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/plan-manage-cost",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "For cross-region DR, deploy container apps in multiple regions and follow active/active or active/passive application guidance.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Ensure that you're using unlimited-data ExpressRoute circuits only if you reach the bandwidth that justifies their cost.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.App/containerApps",
- "checklist": "Container Apps Review",
- "guid": "2ffada86-c031-4933-bf7d-0c45bc4e5919",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/reliability-azure-container-apps?tabs=azure-cli#cross-region-disaster-recovery-and-business-continuity",
- "service": "Container Apps",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/connections' | where properties.connectionType == 'ExpressRoute' | project id, gwid=tostring(properties.virtualNetworkGateway1.id), circuitid=tostring(properties.peer.id) | join (resources | where type=='microsoft.network/expressroutecircuits' | project circuitid=tostring(id), circuitsku=sku.tier) on circuitid | project id=gwid, compliant = (circuitsku == 'Local') | summarize compliant=max(compliant) by id",
+ "guid": "f4e7926a-ec35-476e-a412-5dd17136bd62",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-faqs#expressroute-local",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Front Door or Traffic Manager to route traffic to the closest region",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Leverage the Local SKU of ExpressRoute to reduce the cost of your circuits, if your circuit peering location supports your Azure regions for the Local SKU.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
- "guid": "bb235c70-5e17-496f-bedf-a8a4c8cdec4c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity-platform/msal-acquire-cache-tokens",
- "service": "Entra",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources| where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworkgateways'| where properties.gatewayType =~ 'vpn' or properties.gatewayType == 'ExpressRoute'| extend SKUName = properties.sku.name, SKUTier = properties.sku.tier, Type = properties.gatewayType| extend compliant = SKUTier contains 'AZ'| project name, id, subscriptionId, resourceGroup, Type, compliant",
+ "guid": "2447ec66-138a-4720-8f1c-e16ed301d6e8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-about-virtual-network-gateways",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use long-live revocable token, cache your token and acquire your silently using Microsoft Identity Library",
+ "text": "Deploy a zone-redundant ExpressRoute gateway in the supported Azure regions.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
- "guid": "503547c1-447e-4c66-828a-71f0f1ce16dd",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory-b2c/deploy-custom-policies-devops",
- "service": "AAD B2C",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "72e52e36-11cc-458b-9a4b-1511e43a58a9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/connectivity-to-azure",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Make sure that your sign-in user flows are backed up and resilient. Make sure that the code that you use to sign-in your users are backed up and recoverable. Resilient interfaces with external processes",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "For scenarios that require bandwidth higher than 10 Gbps or dedicated 10/100-Gbps ports, use ExpressRoute Direct.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
- "guid": "3e3553a4-c873-4964-ab66-2d6c15f51296",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/architecture/resilient-end-user-experience#use-a-content-delivery-network",
- "service": "AAD B2C",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "c2299c4d-7b57-4d0c-9555-62f2b3e4563a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/about-fastpath",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Custom brand assets should be hosted on a CDN",
+ "text": "When low latency is required, or throughput from on-premises to Azure must be greater than 10 Gbps, enable FastPath to bypass the ExpressRoute gateway from the data path.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
"waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
- "guid": "5398e6df-d237-4de1-93b1-6c21d79a9b64",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/monitoring-health/reference-sla-performance",
- "service": "AAD B2C",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Have multiple identiy providers (i.e., login with your microsoft, google, facebook accounts)",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualNetworkGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworkgateways' | where properties.gatewayType == 'Vpn' | extend compliant = (tolower(properties.sku.name) contains 'az') | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "4d873974-8b66-42d6-b15f-512a65498f6d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/vpn-gateway/create-zone-redundant-vnet-gateway",
+ "service": "VPN",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use zone-redundant VPN gateways to connect branches or remote locations to Azure (where available).",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-vpn-gateway/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
- "guid": "604489a8-f42d-478e-98c0-7a73b22a4a57",
- "link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/setting-up-active-directory-for-a-disaster-recovery-environment-2/",
- "service": "Windows AD",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualNetworkGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "45866df8-cf85-4ca9-bbe2-65ec1478919e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-highlyavailable",
+ "service": "VPN",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Follow VM rules for high availability on the VM level (premium disks, two or more in a region, in different availability zones)",
+ "text": "Use redundant VPN appliances on-premises (active/active or active/passive).",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-vpn-gateway/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
- "guid": "e7a8dd4a-30e3-47c3-b297-11b2362ceee0",
- "link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/setting-up-active-directory-for-a-disaster-recovery-environment-2/",
- "service": "Windows AD",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Don't replicate! Replication can create issues with directory synchronization",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "718cb437-b060-2589-8856-2e93a5c6633b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-erdirect-about",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "If using ExpressRoute Direct, consider using ExpressRoute Local circuits to the local Azure regions to save costs.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
- "guid": "79b598de-fc59-472c-b4cd-21b078036f5e",
- "link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/setting-up-active-directory-for-a-disaster-recovery-environment-2/",
- "service": "Windows AD",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "8042d88e-79d1-47b7-9b22-a5a67e7a8ed4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/framework/services/networking/expressroute/reliability",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Have active-active for multi-regions",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "When traffic isolation or dedicated bandwidth is required, such as for separating production and nonproduction environments, use different ExpressRoute circuits. It will help you ensure isolated routing domains and alleviate noisy-neighbor risks.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
- "guid": "6b4bfd3d-5035-447c-8447-ec66128a71f0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/domain-services/tutorial-perform-disaster-recovery-drill",
- "service": "Entra",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "b30e38c3-f298-412b-8363-cefe179b599d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-monitoring-metrics-alerts",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Add Azure AD Domain service stamps to additional regions and locations",
+ "text": "Monitor ExpressRoute availability and utilization using built-in Express Route Insights.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "5bf68dc9-325e-4873-bf88-f8214ef2e5d2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/how-to-configure-connection-monitor",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Connection Monitor for connectivity monitoring across the network, especially between on-premises and Azure.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/connections' | where properties.connectionType == 'ExpressRoute' | project cxId=id, gwId=tostring(properties.virtualNetworkGateway1.id), circuitId=tostring(properties.peer.id) | join (resources | where type=='microsoft.network/expressroutecircuits' | project circuitId=tostring(id), circuitLocation=tostring(properties.serviceProviderProperties.peeringLocation)) on circuitId | distinct gwId, circuitLocation | summarize countErLocations=count() by id=gwId | extend compliant = (countErLocations >= 2)",
+ "guid": "e0d5973c-d4cd-421b-8881-37f5e6c4cfd3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/designing-for-disaster-recovery-with-expressroute-privatepeering#need-for-redundant-connectivity-solution",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use ExpressRoute circuits from different peering locations for redundancy.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
- "guid": "f1ce16dd-3f1d-45e8-92e4-2e3611cc58b4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/domain-services/tutorial-perform-disaster-recovery-drill",
- "service": "Entra",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "cf3fe65c-fec0-495a-8edc-9675200f2add",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-coexist-resource-manager",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Replica Sets for DR",
+ "text": "Use site-to-site VPN as failover of ExpressRoute, if only using a single ExpressRoute circuit.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "32e42e36-11c8-418b-8a0b-c510e43a18a9",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,resourceGroup,name,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id,resourceGroup,name,subnetName=tostring(subnets.name),routeTableId=tostring(subnets.properties.routeTable.id) | where subnetName == 'GatewaySubnet' | join kind=leftouter (Resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/routetables' | project routeTableName=name,routeTableId=id, disableBgpRoutePropagation=properties.disableBgpRoutePropagation) on routeTableId | project id,compliant = (disableBgpRoutePropagation == False or isnull(disableBgpRoutePropagation))",
+ "guid": "72105cc8-aaea-4ee1-8c7a-ad25977afcaf",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-about-vpn-gateway-settings#gwsub",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure ADDS domain controller(s) are deployed in the identity subscription in native Azure",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "If you are using a route table in the GatewaySubnet, make sure that gateway routes are propagated.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "75089c20-990d-4927-b105-885576f76fc2",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "d581a947-69a2-4783-942e-9df3664324c8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/designing-for-high-availability-with-expressroute#active-active-connections",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "If using ExpressRoute, your on-premises routing should be dynamic: in the event of a connection failure it should converge to the remaining connection of the circuit. Load should be shared across both connections ideally as active/active, although active/passive is supported too.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "b258f058-b9f6-46cd-b28d-990106f0c3f8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/designing-for-high-availability-with-expressroute",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure ADDS sites and services is configured to keep authentication requests from Azure-based resources (including Azure VMware Solution) local to Azure",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Ensure the two physical links of your ExpressRoute circuit are connected to two distinct edge devices in your network.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "de3aad1e-7c28-4ec9-9666-b7570449aa80",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "fe2a1b53-6fbd-4c67-b58a-85d7c7a0afcb",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-bfd",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Ensure Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) is enabled and configured on customer or provider edge routing devices.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "669b215a-ce43-4371-8f6f-11047f6490f1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/designing-for-disaster-recovery-with-expressroute-privatepeering",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure that vCenter is connected to ADDS to enable authentication based on 'named user accounts'",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Connect the ExpressRoute Gateway to two or more circuits from different peering locations for higher resiliency.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "cd289ced-6b17-4db8-8554-61e2aee3553a",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "3f79ed00-203b-4c95-9efd-691505f5a1f9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-howto-setup-alerts-virtual-network-gateway-log",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure that the connection from vCenter to ADDS is using a secure protocol (LDAPS)",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Configure diagnostic logs and alerts for ExpressRoute virtual network gateway.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "b9d37dac-43bc-46cd-8d79-a9b24604489a",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "5234c93f-b651-41dd-80c1-234177b91ced",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/virtual-network-connectivity-guidance",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "CloudAdmin account in vCenter IdP is used only as an emergency account (break-glass)",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Do not use ExpressRoute circuits for VNet-to-VNet communication.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "53d88e89-d17b-473b-82a5-a67e7a9ed5b3",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "8ac6a9e0-1e6a-483d-b5de-32c199248160",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-about",
+ "service": "N/A",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Do not send Azure traffic to hybrid locations for inspection. Instead, follow the principle 'traffic in Azure stays in Azure' so that communication across resources in Azure occurs via the Microsoft backbone network.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "e6c4cfd3-e504-4547-a244-7ec66138a720",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/overview",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure that NSX-Manager is integrated with an external Identity provider (LDAPS)",
+ "text": "Use Azure Firewall to govern Azure outbound traffic to the internet, non-HTTP/S inbound connections, and East/West traffic filtering (if the organization requires it).",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "ae0e37ce-e297-411b-b352-caaab79b198d",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "5a4b1511-e43a-458a-ac22-99c4d7b57d0c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall-manager/policy-overview",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Has an RBAC model been created for use within VMware vSphere",
+ "text": "Create a global Azure Firewall policy to govern security posture across the global network environment and assign it to all Azure Firewall instances. Allow for granular policies to meet requirements of specific regions by delegating incremental firewall policies to local security teams via Azure role-based access control.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "ab81932c-9fc9-4d1b-a780-36f5e6bfbb9e",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "RBAC permissions should be granted on ADDS groups and not on specific users",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "655562f2-b3e4-4563-a4d8-739748b662d6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall-manager/deploy-trusted-security-partner",
+ "service": "Firewall",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Configure supported partner SaaS security providers within Firewall Manager if the organization wants to use such solutions to help protect outbound connections.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "d503547c-c447-4e82-9128-a71f0f1cac6d",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/firewallpolicies' | extend compliant = (properties.dnsSettings.enableProxy == true) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "14d99880-2f88-47e8-a134-62a7d85c94af",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/fqdn-filtering-network-rules",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "RBAC permissions on the Azure VMware Solution resource in Azure are 'locked down' to a limited set of owners only",
+ "text": "Use application rules to filter outbound traffic on destination host name for supported protocols. Use FQDN-based network rules and Azure Firewall with DNS proxy to filter egress traffic to the Internet over other protocols.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "fd9f0df4-68dc-4976-b9a9-e6a79f7682c5",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/firewallpolicies' | extend compliant = (properties.sku.tier == 'Premium') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "c10d51ef-f999-455d-bba0-5c90ece07447",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/premium-features",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure all custom roles are scoped with CloudAdmin permitted authorizations",
+ "text": "Use Azure Firewall Premium to enable additional security features.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-firewall/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "9ef1d5e8-32e4-42e3-911c-818b0a0bc510",
- "link": "https://github.com/Azure/AzureCAT-AVS/tree/main/networking",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/firewallpolicies' | extend compliant = (properties.threatIntelMode == 'Deny') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "e9c8f584-6d5e-473b-8dc5-acc9fbaab4e3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/premium-features#idps-signature-rules",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Is the correct Azure VMware Solution connectivity model selected for the customer use case at hand",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Configure Azure Firewall Threat Intelligence mode to Alert and Deny for additional protection.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "eb710a37-cbc1-4055-8dd5-a936a8bb7cf5",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/firewallpolicies' | extend compliant = (properties.intrusionDetection.mode == 'Deny') | project id, compliant",
+ "guid": "b9d0dff5-bdd4-4cd8-88ed-5811610b2b2c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/premium-features#idps",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure ExpressRoute or VPN connections from on-premises to Azure are monitored using 'connection monitor'",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Configure Azure Firewall IDPS mode to Deny for additional protection.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-firewall/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "976e24f2-a7f8-426c-9253-2a92a2a7ed99",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure a connection monitor is created from an Azure native resource to an Azure VMware Solution virtual machine to monitor the Azure VMware Solution back-end ExpressRoute connection",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,resourceGroup,name,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id,name,subnetId=tostring(subnets.id), subnetName=tostring(subnets.name),subnetRT=subnets.properties.routeTable.id | where not (subnetName in ('GatewaySubnet', 'AzureFirewallSubnet', 'RouteServerSubnet', 'AzureBastionSubnet')) | extend hasRT = isnotnull(subnetRT) | distinct id, hasRT, subnetId | join kind=fullouter (resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | mvexpand properties.virtualNetworkPeerings | extend isVWAN=(tolower(split(properties_virtualNetworkPeerings.name, '_')[0]) == 'remotevnettohubpeering') | mv-expand properties.subnets | project id, isVWAN, name, subnetId=tostring(properties_subnets.id), subnetName=tostring(properties_subnets.name) | summarize PeeredToVWAN=max(isVWAN) by id, subnetId | project id, subnetId, isVWANpeer = (PeeredToVWAN == true)) on subnetId | project id=iff(isnotempty(id), id, id1), subnetId=iff(isnotempty(subnetId), subnetId, subnetId1), hasRT, isVWANpeer | extend compliant = (hasRT==true or isVWANpeer==true) | distinct id, subnetId, compliant",
+ "guid": "a3784907-9836-4271-aafc-93535f8ec08b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-udr-overview",
+ "service": "Firewall",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "For subnets in VNets not connected to Virtual WAN, attach a route table so that Internet traffic is redirected to Azure Firewall or a Network Virtual Appliance.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "f41ce6a0-64f3-4805-bc65-3ab50df01265",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "715d833d-4708-4527-90ac-1b142c7045ba",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/firewall-structured-logs",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure a connection monitor is created from an on-premises resource to an Azure VMware Solution virtual machine to monitor end-2-end connectivity",
+ "text": "Add diagnostic settings to save logs, using the Resource Specific destination table, for all Azure Firewall deployments.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "563b4dc7-4a74-48b6-933a-d1a0916a6649",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "e960fc6b-4ab2-4db6-9609-3745135f9ffa",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall-manager/migrate-to-policy",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "When route server is used, ensure no more then 1000 routes are propagated from route server to ExR gateway to on-premises (ARS limit).",
+ "text": "Migrate from Azure Firewall Classic rules (if exist) to Firewall Policy.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "6128a71f-0f1c-4ac6-b9ef-1d5e832e42e3",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id, subnetName = subnets.name, subnetPrefix = subnets.properties.addressPrefix | extend subnetPrefixLength = split(subnetPrefix, '/')[1] | where subnetName == 'AzureFirewallSubnet' | extend compliant = (subnetPrefixLength == 26) | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "22d6419e-b627-4d95-9e7d-019fa759387f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/firewall-faq#why-does-azure-firewall-need-a--26-subnet-size",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Is Privileged Identity Management implemented for roles managing the Azure VMware Solution resource in the Azure Portal (no standing permissions allowed)",
+ "text": "Use a /26 prefix for your Azure Firewall subnets.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-firewall/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "c4e2436b-b336-4d71-9f17-960eee0b9b5c",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Privileged Identity Management audit reporting should be implemented for the Azure VMware Solution PIM roles",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "828cec2e-af6c-40c2-8fa2-1b681ee63eb7",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall-manager/rule-hierarchy",
+ "service": "Firewall",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Arrange rules within the firewall policy into Rule Collection Groups and Rule Collections and based on their frequency of use.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-firewall-manager/",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "78c447a8-26b2-4863-af0f-1cac599ef1d5",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "0da83bb1-2f39-49af-b5c9-835fc455e3d1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/ip-groups",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If using Privileged Identity Management is being used, ensure that a valid Entra ID enabled account is created with a valid SMTP record for Azure VMware Solution Automatic Host replacement notifications. (standing permissions required)",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use IP Groups or IP prefixes to reduce number of IP table rules.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "8defc4d7-21d3-41d2-90fb-707ae9eab40e",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "c44c6f0e-1642-4a61-a17b-0922f835c93a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/tutorial-firewall-dnat",
+ "service": "Firewall",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Do not use wildcards as a source IP for DNATS, such as * or any, you should specify source IPs for incoming DNATs.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-to-azure-virtual-networks/",
+ "waf": "Performance"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "7371dc21-251a-47a3-af14-6e01b9da4757",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/integrate-with-nat-gateway",
+ "service": "Firewall",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Prevent SNAT Port exhaustion by monitoring SNAT port usage, evaluating NAT Gateway settings, and ensuring seamless failover. If the port count approaches the limit, it’s a sign that SNAT exhaustion might be imminent.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-to-azure-virtual-networks/",
+ "waf": "Performance"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "346840b8-1064-496e-8396-4b1340172d52",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/premium-features#tls-inspection",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Limit use of CloudAdmin account to emergency access only",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "If you are using Azure Firewall Premium, enable TLS Inspection.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "d329f798-bc17-48bd-a5a0-6ca7144351d1",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "39990a13-915c-45f9-a2d3-562d7d6c4b7c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/premium-features#web-categories",
+ "service": "Firewall",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use web categories to allow or deny outbound access to specific topics.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "6eff7e6c-6c4a-43d7-be3f-6641c2cb3d4a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/example-scenario/gateway/application-gateway-before-azure-firewall",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Create custom RBAC roles in vCenter to implement a least-privilege model inside vCenter",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "As part of your TLS inspection, plan for receiving traffic from Azure App Gateways for inspection.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-application-gateway/",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "9dd24429-eb72-4281-97a1-51c5bb4e4f18",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/firewallPolicies' | where array_length(properties.firewalls) > 0 | extend compliant = (properties.dnsSettings.enableProxy =~ 'true') | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "94f3eede-9aa3-4088-92a3-bb9a56509fad",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/dns-details",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Is a process defined to regularly rotate cloudadmin (vCenter) and admin (NSX) credentials",
+ "text": "Enable Azure Firewall DNS proxy configuration.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/courses/az-700t00/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "586cb291-ec16-4a1d-876e-f9f141acdce5",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "1dc04554-dece-4ffb-a49e-5c683e09f8da",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/firewall-diagnostics",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use a centralized identity provider to be used for workloads (VM's) running on Azure VMware Solution",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Integrate Azure Firewall with Azure Monitor and enable diagnostic logging to store and analyze firewall logs and metrics.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/courses/az-700t00/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "79377bcd-b375-41ab-8ab0-ead66e15d3d4",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Is East-West traffic filtering implemented within NSX-T",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "64e7000e-3c06-485e-b455-ced7f454cba3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-firewall",
+ "service": "Firewall",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Implement backups for your firewall rules",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/courses/az-104t00/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "a2adb1c3-d232-46af-825c-a44e1695fddd",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/azurefirewalls' | where array_length(zones) <= 1 or isnull(zones) | where isempty(properties.virtualHub.id) or isnull(properties.virtualHub.id) | project name, id, tags, param1='multipleZones:false'",
+ "guid": "d38ad60c-bc9e-4d49-b699-97e5d4dcf707",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/deploy-availability-zone-powershell",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Workloads on Azure VMware Solution are not directly exposed to the internet. Traffic is filtered and inspected by Azure Application Gateway, Azure Firewall or 3rd party solutions",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Deploy Azure Firewall across multiple availability zones. Azure Firewall offers different SLAs depending on its deployment; in a single availability zone or across multiple, potentially improving reliability and performance.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/courses/az-104t00/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "eace4cb1-deb4-4c65-8c3f-c14eeab36938",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls' | where isempty(properties.virtualHub.id) or isnull(properties.virtualHub.id) | mv-expand ipConfig = properties.ipConfigurations | project name, firewallId = id, tags, vNetName = split(ipConfig.properties.subnet.id, '/', 8)[0], vNetId = tolower(substring(ipConfig.properties.subnet.id, 0, indexof(ipConfig.properties.subnet.id, /subnet'))) | join kind=fullouter ( resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/ddosProtectionPlans' | mv-expand vNet = properties.virtualNetworks | project ddosProtectionPlanId = id, vNetId = tolower(vNet.id) ) on vNetId | where isempty(ddosProtectionPlanId) | , name, id = firewallId, tags, param1 = strcat('vNet: ', vNetName), param2 = 'ddosProtection: Disabled'",
+ "guid": "e8143efa-0301-4d62-be54-ca7b5ce566dc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-overview",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Auditing and logging is implemented for inbound internet requests to Azure VMware Solution and Azure VMware Solution based workloads",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Configure DDoS Protection on the Azure Firewall VNet, Associate a DDoS protection plan with the virtual network hosting Azure Firewall to provide enhanced mitigation against DDoS attacks. Azure Firewall Manager integrates the creation of firewall infrastructure and DDoS protection plans. ",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "29e3eec2-1836-487a-8077-a2b5945bda43",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Session monitoring is implemented for outbound internet connections from Azure VMware Solution or Azure VMware Solution based workloads to identify suspicious/malicious activity",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "d301d6e8-72e5-42e3-911c-c58b5a4b1511",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/vnet-integration-for-azure-services",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Do not disrupt control-plane communication for Azure PaaS services injected into a virtual networks, such as with a 0.0.0.0/0 route or an NSG rule that blocks control plane traffic.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-network-security/?source=learn",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "graph": "resources| where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways'| mv-expand ipConfigurations=properties.ipConfigurations| project subnetId=tostring(ipConfigurations.properties.subnet.id)| where isnotempty(subnetId)| join (resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection=tostring(properties.enableDdosProtection),subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection,subnetId=tostring(subnets.id)) on subnetId | distinct id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection | project id, compliant = (enableDdosProtection == 'true')",
- "guid": "334fdf91-c234-4182-a652-75269440b4be",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "b3e4563a-4d87-4397-98b6-62d6d15f512a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/private-link/private-endpoint-overview",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Is DDoS standard protection enabled on ExR/VPN Gateway subnet in Azure",
+ "text": "Access Azure PaaS services from on-premises via private endpoints and ExpressRoute private peering. This method avoids transiting over the public internet.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "3d3e0843-276d-44bd-a015-bcf219e4a1eb",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use a dedicated privileged access workstation (PAW) to manage Azure VMware Solution, vCenter, NSX manager and HCX manager",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,resourceGroup,name,subnets = properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id = subnets.id, resourceGroup, VNet = name, serviceEndpoints = subnets.properties.serviceEndpoints, compliant = (isnull(subnets.properties.serviceEndpoints) or array_length(subnets.properties.serviceEndpoints) == 0) | order by compliant asc",
+ "guid": "4704489a-8042-4d88-b79d-17b73b22a5a6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-service-endpoints-overview",
+ "service": "VNet",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Don't enable virtual network service endpoints by default on all subnets.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-network-security/?source=learn",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "9ccbd869-266a-4cca-874f-aa19bf39d95d",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "7e7a8ed4-b30e-438c-9f29-812b2363cefe",
+ "link": "azure/private-link/inspect-traffic-with-azure-firewall",
+ "service": "Firewall",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable Advanced Threat Detection (Microsoft Defender for Cloud aka ASC) for workloads running on Azure VMware Solution",
+ "text": "Filter egress traffic to Azure PaaS services using FQDNs instead of IP addresses in Azure Firewall or an NVA to prevent data exfiltration. If using Private Link you can block all FQDNs, otherwise allow only the required PaaS services.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-network-security/?source=learn",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "44c7c891-9ca1-4f6d-9315-ae524ba34d45",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure ARC for Servers to properly govern workloads running on Azure VMware Solution using Azure native technologies (Azure ARC for Azure VMware Solution is not yet available)",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id, subnetName = subnets.name, subnetPrefix = subnets.properties.addressPrefix | extend subnetPrefixLength = split(subnetPrefix, '/')[1] | where subnetName == 'GatewaySubnet' | extend compliant = (subnetPrefixLength <= 27) | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "f2aad7e3-bb03-4adc-8606-4123d342a917",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-add-gateway-resource-manager#add-a-gateway",
+ "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use at least a /27 prefix for your Gateway subnets.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "85e12139-bd7b-4b01-8f7b-95ef6e043e2a",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Ensure workloads on Azure VMware Solution use sufficient data encryption during run-time (like in-guest disk encryption and SQL TDE). (vSAN encryption at rest is default)",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/networksecuritygroups' | mvexpand properties.securityRules | project id,name,ruleAction=properties_securityRules.properties.access,rulePriority=properties_securityRules.properties.priority,ruleDst=properties_securityRules.properties.destinationAddressPrefix,ruleSrc=properties_securityRules.properties.sourceAddressPrefix,ruleProt=properties_securityRules.properties.protocol,ruleDirection=properties_securityRules.properties.direction,rulePort=properties_securityRules.properties.destinationPortRange | summarize StarDenies=countif(ruleAction=='Deny' and ruleDst=='*' and ruleSrc=='*' and ruleProt=='*' and rulePort=='*') by id,tostring(ruleDirection) | where ruleDirection == 'Inbound' | project id,compliant=(StarDenies>0) | union (resources | where type=='microsoft.network/networksecuritygroups' | where array_length(properties.securityRules)==0 | extend compliant=false | project id,compliant)",
+ "guid": "11deb39d-8299-4e47-bbe0-0fb5a36318a8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/service-tags-overview#available-service-tags",
+ "service": "NSG",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Don't rely on the NSG inbound default rules using the VirtualNetwork service tag to limit connectivity.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "a3592718-e6e2-4051-9267-6ae46691e883",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "When in-guest encryption is used, store encryption keys in Azure Key vault when possible",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | mv-expand subnet = properties.subnets | where subnet.name !in~ ('GatewaySubnet', 'AzureFirewallSubnet', 'AzureFirewallManagementSubnet', 'RouteServerSubnet') | extend compliant = iff(isnotnull(subnet.properties.networkSecurityGroup.id), true, false) | project id, subnetName = subnet.name, vnetName = name, NSG = subnet.properties.networkSecurityGroup.id, compliant",
+ "guid": "872e52e3-611c-4c58-a5a4-b1511e43a58a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-landing-zone-network-segmentation",
+ "service": "NSG",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use NSGs to help protect traffic across subnets, as well as east/west traffic across the platform (traffic between landing zones).",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-network-security/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "5ac94222-3e13-4810-9230-81a941741583",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "a4d87397-48b6-462d-9d15-f512a65498f6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/network-security-group-how-it-works",
+ "service": "NSG",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider using extended security update support for workloads running on Azure VMware Solution (Azure VMware Solution is eligible for ESU)",
+ "text": "Use NSGs and application security groups to micro-segment traffic within the landing zone and avoid using a central NVA to filter traffic flows.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-network-security/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "3ef7ad7c-6d37-4331-95c7-acbe44bbe609",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure that the appropriate vSAN Data redundancy method is used (RAID specification)",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "d88408f3-7273-44c8-96ba-280214590146",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure that the Failure-to-tolerate policy is in place to meet your vSAN storage needs",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "d89f2e87-7784-424d-9167-85c6fa95b96a",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure that you have requested enough quota, ensuring you have considered growth and Disaster Recovery requirement",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "5d38e53f-9ccb-4d86-a266-acca274faa19",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/virtualnetworks' | project subscriptionId, lowerCaseVNetId = tolower(id) | join kind = leftouter ( resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/networkwatchers/flowlogs' and properties.enabled == true and properties.provisioningState =~ 'succeeded' | where properties.targetResourceId contains '/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/' | project flowlogId = id, trafficAnalyticsEnabled = properties.flowAnalyticsConfiguration.networkWatcherFlowAnalyticsConfiguration.enabled, lowerCaseTargetVNetId = tolower(properties.targetResourceId) ) on $left.lowerCaseVNetId == $right.lowerCaseTargetVNetId | extend compliant = iff(isnotempty(lowerCaseTargetVNetId), true, false) | project id = lowerCaseVNetId, flowlogId, trafficAnalyticsEnabled, compliant",
+ "guid": "dfe237de-143b-416c-91d7-aa9b64704489",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/network-watcher/vnet-flow-logs-overview",
+ "service": "NSG",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure that access constraints to ESXi are understood, there are access limits which might affect 3rd party solutions.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Enable VNet Flow Logs and feed them into Traffic Analytics to gain insights into internal and external traffic flows.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-network-monitoring/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "bf39d95d-44c7-4c89-89ca-1f6d5315ae52",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/networksecuritygroups' | project id, rules = array_length(properties.securityRules) | project id, compliant = (rules < 900)",
+ "guid": "0390417d-53dc-44d9-b3f4-c8832f359b41",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits",
+ "service": "NSG",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure that you have a policy around ESXi host density and efficiency, keeping in mind the lead time for requesting new nodes",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Do not implement more than 900 NSG rules per NSG, due to the limit of 1000 rules.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/network-security-group-how-it-works",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "4ba34d45-85e1-4213-abd7-bb012f7b95ef",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "412e7f98-3f63-4047-82dd-69c5b5c2622f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/scenario-any-to-any",
+ "service": "VWAN",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure a good cost management process is in place for Azure VMware Solution - Azure Cost Management can be used",
- "waf": "Cost"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "6e043e2a-a359-4271-ae6e-205172676ae4",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Are Azure reserved instances used to optimize cost for using Azure VMware Solution",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Use Virtual WAN if your scenario is explicitly described in the list of Virtual WAN routing designs.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "6691e883-5ac9-4422-83e1-3810523081a9",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "54b69bad-33aa-4d5e-ac68-e1d76667313b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/virtual-wan-network-topology#virtual-wan-network-design-recommendationst",
+ "service": "VWAN",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider the use of Azure Private-Link when using other Azure Native Services",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "db611712-6904-40b4-aa3d-3e0803276d4b",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure all required resource reside within the same Azure availability zone(s)",
+ "text": "Use a Virtual WAN hub per Azure region to connect multiple landing zones together across Azure regions via a common global Azure Virtual WAN.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
"waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "48b262d6-cc5f-4512-a253-98e6db9d37da",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualhubs' | extend compliant = isnotnull(properties.azureFirewall.id) | project id, compliant",
+ "guid": "7d5d1e4e-6146-458d-9558-fd77249b8211",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/howto-firewall",
+ "service": "VWAN",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud for Azure VMware Solution guest VM workloads",
+ "text": "For outbound Internet traffic protection and filtering, deploy Azure Firewall in secured hubs.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "41741583-3ef7-4ad7-a6d3-733165c7acbe",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "6667313b-4f56-464b-9e98-4a859c773e7d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/migrate-from-hub-spoke-topology",
+ "service": "VWAN",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Arc enabled servers to manage your Azure VMware Solution guest VM workloads",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "88f03a4d-2cd4-463c-abbc-868295abc91a",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable Diagnostic and metric logging on Azure VMware Solution",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Ensure that your virtual WAN network architecture aligns to an identified architecture scenario.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "4ed90dae-2cc8-44c4-9b6b-781cbafe6c46",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "261623a7-65a9-417e-8f34-8ef254c27d42",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/azure-monitor-insights",
+ "service": "VWAN",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy the Log Analytics Agents to Azure VMware Solution guest VM workloads",
+ "text": "Use Azure Monitor Insights for Virtual WAN to monitor the end-to-end topology of the Virtual WAN, status, and key metrics.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "589d457a-927c-4397-9d11-02cad6aae11e",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources| where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualwans' | extend compliant= (properties.allowBranchToBranchTraffic == 'true') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "727c77e1-b9aa-4a37-a024-129d042422c1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-faq#is-branch-to-branch-connectivity-allowed-in-virtual-wan",
+ "service": "VWAN",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure you have a documented and implemented backup policy and solution for Azure VMware Solution VM workloads",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Do not disable branch-to-branch traffic in Virtual WAN, unless these flows should be explicitly blocked.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "ee29711b-d352-4caa-ab79-b198dab81932",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualhubs'| extend compliant= (properties.hubRoutingPreference =~ 'ASPath') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "d49ac006-6670-4bc9-9948-d3e0a3a94f4d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/about-virtual-hub-routing-preference",
+ "service": "VWAN",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Microsoft Defender for Cloud for compliance monitoring of workloads running on Azure VMware Solution",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use AS-Path as hub routing preference, since it is more flexible than ExpressRoute or VPN.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "c9fc9d1b-b780-436f-9e6b-fbb9ed503547",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "2586b854-237e-47f1-84a1-d45d4cd2310d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/about-virtual-hub-routing#labels",
+ "service": "VWAN",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Are the applicable compliance baselines added to Microsoft Defender for Cloud",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Configure label-based propagation in Virtual WAN, otherwise connectivity between virtual hubs will be impaired.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "cc447e82-6128-4a71-b0f1-cac6d9ef1d5e",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualhubs' | extend addressSpace = properties.addressPrefix | extend compliant= (toint(substring(addressSpace, indexof(addressSpace, '/') + 1)) < 23) | distinct name, id, compliant",
+ "guid": "9c75dfef-573c-461c-a698-68598595581a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-faq#what-is-the-recommended-hub-address-space-during-hub-creation",
+ "service": "VWAN",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Was data residency evaluated when selecting Azure regions to use for Azure VMware Solution deployment",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Assign at least a /23 prefix to virtual hubs to ensure enough IP space is available.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "832e42e3-611c-4818-a0a0-bc510e43a18a",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "5c986cb2-9131-456a-8247-6e49f541acdc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
+ "service": "Policy",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Are data processing implications (service provider / service consumer model) clear and documented",
+ "text": "Leverage Azure Policy strategically, define controls for your environment, using Policy Initiatives to group related policies.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "547c1747-dc56-4068-a714-435cd19dd244",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "d8a2adb1-17d6-4326-af62-5ca44e5695f2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
+ "service": "Policy",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider using CMK (Customer Managed Key) for vSAN only if needed for compliance reason(s).",
+ "text": "Map regulatory and compliance requirements to Azure Policy definitions and Azure role assignments.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/governance-security/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "e43a18a9-cd28-49ce-b6b1-7db8255461e2",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Create dashboards to enable core Azure VMware Solution monitoring insights",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "223ace8c-b123-408c-a501-7f154e3ab369",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
+ "service": "Policy",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Establish Azure Policy definitions at the intermediate root management group so that they can be assigned at inherited scopes.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "graph": "resources| where type =~ 'Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds'| join kind=leftouter(resources| where type =~ 'Microsoft.Insights/metricalerts'| mv-expand scopes=properties.scopes| mv-expand criteria=properties.criteria.allOf| extend metricName=criteria.metricName| distinct tostring(scopes), tostring(metricName))on $left.id == $right.scopes| extend compliant=toint(metricName in ('UsageAverage', 'EffectiveCpuAverage', 'DiskUsedPercentage'))| summarize compliant=min(compliant) by id",
- "guid": "6b84ee5d-f47d-42d9-8881-b1cd5d1e54a2",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "3829e7e3-1618-4368-9a04-77a209945bda",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
+ "service": "Policy",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Create warning alerts for critical thresholds for automatic alerting on Azure VMware Solution performance (CPU >80%, Avg Memory >80%, vSAN >70%)",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Manage policy assignments at the highest appropriate level with exclusions at bottom levels, if required.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "graph": "resources| where type =~ 'Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds'| join kind=leftouter(resources| where type =~ 'Microsoft.Insights/metricalerts'| mv-expand scopes=properties.scopes| mv-expand criteria=properties.criteria.allOf| extend metricName=criteria.metricName| distinct tostring(scopes), tostring(metricName))on $left.id == $right.scopes| extend compliant=toint(metricName in ('UsageAverage', 'EffectiveCpuAverage', 'DiskUsedPercentage'))| summarize compliant=min(compliant) by id",
- "guid": "9659e396-80e7-4828-ac93-5657d02bff45",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure critical alert is created to monitor if vSAN consumption is below 75% as this is a support threshold from VMware",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "43334f24-9116-4341-a2ba-527526944008",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/mcsb-asset-management#am-2-use-only-approved-services",
+ "service": "Policy",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use Azure Policy to control which services users can provision at the subscription/management group level.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "graph": "resources| distinct subscriptionId| join kind=leftouter( resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.insights/activitylogalerts' | mv-expand condition1 = properties.condition.allOf | mv-expand condition2 = condition1.anyOf | extend alertEnabled = tostring(properties.enabled) | summarize set_condition1=make_set(condition1.equals), set_condition2=make_set(condition2.equals) by id, name,type,tenantId,resourceGroup,subscriptionId, alertEnabled | where set_has_element(set_condition1, 'ServiceHealth') | extend category = 'ServiceHealth' | extend all = iff(set_has_element(set_condition1, 'ServiceHealth') and array_length(set_condition2) == 0, true, false) | extend incident = iff(all, true, iff(set_has_element(set_condition1, 'Incident'), true, set_has_element(set_condition2, 'Incident'))) | extend maintenance = iff(all, true, iff(set_has_element(set_condition1, 'Maintenance'), true, set_has_element(set_condition2, 'Maintenance'))) | extend informational = iff(all, true, iff(set_has_element(set_condition1, 'Informational') or set_has_element(set_condition1, 'ActionRequired'), true, set_has_element(set_condition2, 'Informational') or set_has_element(set_condition2, 'ActionRequired'))) | extend security = iff(all, true, iff(set_has_element(set_condition1, 'Security'), true, set_has_element(set_condition2, 'Security'))) | project id, name, subscriptionId, category, tostring(alertEnabled), tostring(incident), tostring(maintenance), tostring(informational), tostring(security) | summarize count_alertEnabled=countif(alertEnabled == 'true'), count_incident=countif(incident == 'True'), count_maintenance=countif(maintenance == 'True'), count_informational=countif(informational == 'True'), count_security=countif(security == 'True') by subscriptionId) on subscriptionId| project subscriptionId, alertEnabled=iff(isnotnull(count_alertEnabled), count_alertEnabled, 0), incident=iff(isnotnull(count_incident), count_incident, 0), security=iff(isnotnull(count_security), count_security, 0), maintenance=iff(isnotnull(count_maintenance), count_maintenance, 0), informational=iff(isnotnull(count_informational), count_informational, 0)| order by incident, maintenance, informational, security desc| project id=subscriptionId, compliant=(alertEnabled > 0 and incident > 0 and security > 0 and maintenance > 0 and informational > 0)",
- "guid": "64b0d934-a348-4726-be79-d6b5c3a36495",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "be7d7e48-4327-46d8-adc0-55bcf619e8a1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
+ "service": "Policy",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure alerts are configured for Azure Service Health alerts and notifications",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Use built-in policies where possible to minimize operational overhead.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "b6abad38-aad5-43cc-99e1-d86667357c54",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "description": "Assigning the Resource Policy Contributor role to specific scopes allows you to delegate policy management to relevant teams. For instance, a central IT team may oversee management group-level policies, while application teams handle policies for their subscriptions, enabling distributed governance with adherence to organizational standards.",
+ "guid": "3f988795-25d6-4268-a6d7-0ba6c97be995",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview#azure-rbac-permissions-in-azure-policy",
+ "service": "Policy",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Configure Azure VMware Solution logging to be send to an Azure Storage account or Azure EventHub for processing",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Assign the built-in Resource Policy Contributor role at a particular scope to enable application-level governance.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "9674c5ed-85b8-459c-9733-be2b1a27b775",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "If deep insight in VMware vSphere is required: Is vRealize Operations and/or vRealize Network Insights used in the solution?",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "19048384-5c98-46cb-8913-156a12476e49",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
+ "service": "Policy",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Limit the number of Azure Policy assignments made at the root management group scope to avoid managing through exclusions at inherited scopes.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "a91be1f3-88f0-43a4-b2cd-463cbbbc8682",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure the vSAN storage policy for VM's is NOT the default storage policy as this policy applies thick provisioning",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "5a917e1f-348e-4f25-9c27-d42e8bbac757",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/industry/release-plan/2023wave2/cloud-sovereignty/enable-data-sovereignty-policy-baseline",
+ "service": "Policy",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "If any data sovereignty requirements exist, Azure Policies should be deployed to enforce them.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-your-cloud-data/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "d9ef1d5e-832d-442e-9611-c818b0afbc51",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "78b22132-b41c-460b-a4d3-df8f73a67dc2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/sovereign-landing-zone",
+ "service": "Policy",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure vSphere content libraries are not placed on vSAN as vSAN is a finite resource",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "For Sovereign Landing Zone, deploy sovereignty policy baseline and assign at correct management group level.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "0e43a18a-9cd2-489b-bd6b-17db8255461e",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "caeea0e9-1024-41df-a52e-d99c3f22a6f4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/industry/sovereignty/policy-portfolio-baseline",
+ "service": "Policy",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure data repositories for the backup solution are stored outside of vSAN storage. Either in Azure native or on a disk pool-backed datastore",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "For Sovereign Landing Zone, document Sovereign Control objectives to policy mapping.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "2aee3453-aec8-4339-848b-262d6cc5f512",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "9b461617-db7b-4399-8ac6-d4eb7153893a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/industry/sovereignty/policy-portfolio-baseline#sovereignty-baseline-policy-initiatives",
+ "service": "Policy",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure workloads running on Azure VMware Solution are hybrid managed using Azure Arc for Servers (Arc for Azure VMware Solution is in preview)",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "For Sovereign Landing Zone, ensure process is in place for management of 'Sovereign Control objectives to policy mapping'.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "925398e6-da9d-437d-ac43-bc6cd1d79a9b",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "67e7a8ed-4b30-4e38-a3f2-9812b2363cef",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/workspace-design#azure-regions",
+ "service": "Monitor",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure workloads running on Azure VMware Solution are monitored using Azure Log Analytics and Azure Monitor",
+ "text": "Use a single monitor logs workspace to manage platforms centrally except where Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC), data sovereignty requirements, or data retention policies mandate separate workspaces.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/design-logs-deployment",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "24604489-a8f4-42d7-ae78-cb6a33bd2a09",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "7418ada9-4199-4c28-8286-d15e9433e8f3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/design-logs-deployment",
+ "service": "Monitor",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Include workloads running on Azure VMware Solution in existing update management tooling or in Azure Update Management",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Decide whether to use a single Azure Monitor Logs workspace for all regions or to create multiple workspaces to cover various geographical regions. Each approach has advantages and disadvantages, including potential cross-region networking charges",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/design-logs-deployment",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "17e7a8d9-0ae0-4e27-aee2-9711bd352caa",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Policy to onboard Azure VMware Solution workloads in the Azure Management, Monitoring and Security solutions",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "5e6c4cfd-3e50-4454-9c24-47ec66138a72",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/data-retention-archive?tabs=portal-1%2Cportal-2#how-retention-and-archiving-work",
+ "service": "Monitor",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Export logs to Azure Storage if your log retention requirements exceed twelve years. Use immutable storage with a write-once, read-many policy to make data non-erasable and non-modifiable for a user-specified interval.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-infrastructure-operations/",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "aee3553a-fc83-4392-98b2-62d6cc5f5129",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "e7d7e484-3276-4d8b-bc05-5bcf619e8a13",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/machine-configuration/overview",
+ "service": "VM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure workloads running on Azure VMware Solution are onboarded to Microsoft Defender for Cloud",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Monitor OS level virtual machine (VM) configuration drift using Azure Policy. Enabling Azure Automanage Machine Configuration audit capabilities through policy helps application team workloads to immediately consume feature capabilities with little effort.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "25398e6d-b9d3-47da-a43b-c6cd1d79a9b2",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "f9887952-5d62-4688-9d70-ba6c97be9951",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/management-operational-compliance#update-management-considerations",
+ "service": "VM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure backups are not stored on vSAN as vSAN is a finite resource",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use Azure Update Manager as a patching mechanism for Windows and Linux VMs in Azure.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/update-manager/overview?tabs=azure-vms",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "5e6bfbb9-ed50-4354-9cc4-47e826028a71",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "c806c048-26b7-4ddf-b4c2-b4f0c476925d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/management-operational-compliance#update-management-considerations ",
+ "service": "VM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Have all DR solutions been considered and a solution that is best for your business been decided upon? [SRM/JetStream/Zerto/Veeam/...]",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use Azure Update Manager as a patching mechanism for Windows and Linux VMs outside of Azure using Azure Arc.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/update-manager/overview?tabs=azure-vms",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "f0f1cac6-d9ef-41d5-b832-d42e3611c818",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/networkWatchers",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "90483845-c986-4cb2-a131-56a12476e49f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/network-watcher/network-watcher-monitoring-overview",
+ "service": "Network Watcher",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Site Recovery when the Disaster Recovery technology is native Azure IaaS",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "b0afbc51-0e43-4a18-a9cd-289bed6b17db",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Automated recovery plans with either of the Disaster solutions, avoid manual tasks as much as possible",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use Network Watcher to proactively monitor traffic flows.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/configure-network-watcher/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "8255461e-2aee-4345-9aec-8339248b262d",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "6944008b-e7d7-4e48-9327-6d8bdc055bcf",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-setup-guide/monitoring-reporting?tabs=AzureMonitor",
+ "service": "Monitor",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use the geopolitical region pair as the secondary disaster recovery environment",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "6cc5f512-9253-498e-9da9-d37dac43bc6c",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use 2 different address spaces between the regions, for example: 10.0.0.0/16 and 192.168.0.0/16 for the different regions",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use Azure Monitor Logs for insights and reporting.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-monitor/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "d1d79a9b-2460-4448-aa8f-42d78e78cb6a",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "97be9951-9048-4384-9c98-6cb2913156a1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/alerts-overview",
+ "service": "Monitor",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Will ExpressRoute Global Reach be used for connectivity between the primary and secondary Azure VMware Solution Private Clouds or is routing done through network virtual appliances?",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use Azure Monitor alerts for the generation of operational alerts.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/incident-response-with-alerting-on-azure/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "33bd2a09-17e7-4a8d-a0ae-0e27cee29711",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "fed3c55f-a67e-4875-aadd-3aba3f9fde31",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/automation/how-to/region-mappings",
+ "service": "Monitor",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Have all Backup solutions been considered and a solution that is best for your business been decided upon? [ MABS/CommVault/Metallic.io/Veeam/�. ]",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "When using Change and Inventory Tracking via Azure Automation Accounts, ensure that you have selected supported regions for linking your Log Analytics workspace and automation accounts together.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-automation-devops/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "bd352caa-ab79-4b18-adab-81932c9fc9d1",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy your backup solution in the same region as your Azure VMware Solution private cloud",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "eba8cf22-45c6-4dc1-9b57-2cceb3b97ce5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy",
+ "service": "Backup",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "When using Azure Backup, use the correct backup types (GRS, ZRS & LRS) for your backup, as the default setting is GRS.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-solution-for-backup-disaster-recovery/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "bb77036f-5e6b-4fbb-aed5-03547cc447e8",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "f541acdc-e979-4377-acdb-3751ab2ab13a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/concepts/guest-configuration",
+ "service": "VM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy your backup solution outside of vSan, on Azure native components",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use Azure guest policies to automatically deploy software configurations through VM extensions and enforce a compliant baseline VM configuration.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
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- "guid": "26028a71-f0f1-4cac-9d9e-f1d5e832d42e",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Is a process in place to request a restore of the VMware components managed by the Azure Platform?",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "description": "Use Azure Policy's guest configuration features to audit and remediate machine settings (e.g., OS, application, environment) to ensure resources align with expected configurations, and Update Management can enforce patch management for VMs.",
+ "guid": "da6e55d7-d8a2-4adb-817d-6326af625ca4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/management-operational-compliance#monitoring-for-configuration-drift",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Monitor VM security configuration drift via Azure Policy.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "4604489a-8f42-4d78-b78c-b7a33bd2a0a1",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "For manual deployments, all configuration and deployments must be documented",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "2476e49f-541a-4cdc-b979-377bcdb3751a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-overview",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Azure Site Recovery for Azure-to-Azure Virtual Machines disaster recovery scenarios. This enables you to replicate workloads across regions.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/protect-infrastructure-with-site-recovery/",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
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- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "For manual deployments, consider implementing resource locks to prevent accidental actions on your Azure VMware Solution Private Cloud",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "f625ca44-e569-45f2-823a-ce8cb12308ca",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/backup-center-overview",
+ "service": "Backup",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Azure-native backup capabilities, or an Azure-compatible, 3rd-party backup solution.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-solution-for-backup-disaster-recovery/",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "b79b198d-ab81-4932-a9fc-9d1bb78036f5",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "For automated deployments, deploy a minimal private cloud and scale as needed",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoorwebApplicationFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "89cc5e11-aa4d-4c3b-893d-feb99215266a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#add-diagnostic-settings-to-save-your-wafs-logs",
+ "service": "WAF",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Add diagnostic settings to save WAF logs from application delivery services like Azure Front Door and Azure Application Gateway. Regularly review the logs to check for attacks and for false positive detections.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/capture-application-logs-app-service/",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "e6bfbb9e-d503-4547-ac44-7e826128a71f",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "For automated deployments, request or reserve quota prior to starting the deployment",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoorwebApplicationFirewalls",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "7f408960-c626-44cb-a018-347c8d790cdf",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#send-logs-to-microsoft-sentinel",
+ "service": "WAF",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Send WAF logs from your application delivery services like Azure Front Door and Azure Application Gateway to Microsoft Sentinel. Detect attacks and integrate WAF telemetry into your overall Azure environment.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/sc-200-connect-logs-to-azure-sentinel/",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "0f1cac6d-9ef1-4d5e-a32e-42e3611c818b",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "For automated deployment, ensure that relevant resource locks are created through the automation or through Azure Policy for proper governance",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "5017f154-e3ab-4369-9829-e7e316183687",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/overview",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use Azure Key Vault to store your secrets and credentials.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-azure-key-vault/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "e2cc95d4-8c6b-4791-bca0-f6c56589e558",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Implement human understandable names for ExR authorization keys to allow for easy identification of the keys purpose/use",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "ResourceContainers | where type=='microsoft.resources/subscriptions'| parse id with '/subscriptions/' SubscriptionID| project subscriptionId, SubscriptionName = name| join kind=leftouter (Resources| where type == 'microsoft.keyvault/vaults'| project id, name, subscriptionId) on subscriptionId| join kind= leftouter (Resources| where type == 'microsoft.keyvault/vaults'| summarize ResourceCount = count() by subscriptionId) on subscriptionId| extend RCount = iff(isnull(ResourceCount), 0, ResourceCount)| project-away ResourceCount| extend compliant = (RCount <> 1)",
+ "guid": "a0477a20-9945-4bda-9333-4f2491163418",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/overview-throttling",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use different Azure Key Vaults for different applications and regions to avoid transaction scale limits and restrict access to secrets.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-and-manage-azure-key-vault/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "255461e2-aee3-4553-afc8-339248b262d6",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use Key vault to store secrets and authorization keys when separate Service Principles are used for deploying Azure VMware Solution and ExpressRoute",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "2ba52752-6944-4008-ae7d-7e4843276d8b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Provision Azure Key Vault with the soft delete and purge policies enabled to allow retention protection for deleted objects.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-azure-key-vault/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "cc5f5129-2539-48e6-bb9d-37dac43bc6cd",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Define resource dependencies for serializing actions in IaC when many resources need to be deployed in/on Azure VMware Solution as Azure VMware Solution only supports a limited number of parallel operations.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "dc055bcf-619e-48a1-9f98-879525d62688",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Follow a least privilege model by limiting authorization to permanently delete keys, secrets, and certificates to specialized custom Microsoft Entra ID roles.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-azure-key-vault/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "1d79a9b2-4604-4489-a8f4-2d78e78cb7a3",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "When performing automated configuration of NSX-T segments with a single Tier-1 gateway, use Azure Portal APIs instead of NSX-Manager APIs",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "6d70ba6c-97be-4995-8904-83845c986cb2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Automate the certificate management and renewal process with public certificate authorities to ease administration.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/configure-and-manage-azure-key-vault/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "3bd2a0a1-7e7a-48d9-8ae0-e37cee29711b",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "913156a1-2476-4e49-b541-acdce979377b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When intending to use automated scale-out, be sure to apply for sufficient Azure VMware Solution quota for the subscriptions running Azure VMware Solution",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Establish an automated process for key and certificate rotation.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-and-manage-azure-key-vault/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "d352caaa-b79b-4198-bab8-1932c9fc9d1b",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "cdb3751a-b2ab-413a-ba6e-55d7d8a2adb1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When intending to use automated scale-in, be sure to take storage policy requirements into account before performing such action",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Enable firewall and virtual network service endpoint or private endpoint on the vault to control access to the key vault.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-private-access-to-azure-services/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "b78036f5-e6bf-4bb9-bd50-3547cc447e82",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "17d6326a-f625-4ca4-9e56-95f2223ace8c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/monitor-key-vault",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Scaling operations always need to be serialized within a single SDDC as only one scale operation can be performed at a time (even when multiple clusters are used)",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Use the platform-central Azure Monitor Log Analytics workspace to audit key, certificate, and secret usage within each instance of Key Vault.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/analyze-infrastructure-with-azure-monitor-logs/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "bf15bce2-19e4-4a0e-a588-79424d226786",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "b12308ca-5017-4f15-9e3a-b3693829e7e3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider and validate scaling operations on 3rd party solutions used in the architecture (supported or not)",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Delegate Key Vault instantiation and privileged access and use Azure Policy to enforce a consistent compliant configuration.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-key-vault-networking-settings/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "d20b56c5-7be5-4851-a0f8-3835c586cb29",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "91163418-2ba5-4275-8694-4008be7d7e48",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Define and enforce scale in/out maximum limits for your environment in the automations",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Use an Azure Key Vault per application per environment per region.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-azure-key-vault/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "1dc15a1c-075e-4e9f-841a-cccd579376bc",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "25d62688-6d70-4ba6-a97b-e99519048384",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement monitoring rules to monitor automated scaling operations and monitor success and failure to enable appropriate (automated) responses",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "If you want to bring your own keys, this might not be supported across all considered services. Implement relevant mitigation so that inconsistencies don't hinder desired outcomes. Choose appropriate region pairs and disaster recovery regions that minimize latency.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-and-manage-azure-key-vault/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "c5972cd4-cd21-4b07-9036-f5e6b4bfd3d5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-proxy/application-proxy#how-application-proxy-works",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "When using MON, be aware of the limits of simulataneously configured VMs (MON Limit for HCX [400 - standard, 1000 - Larger appliance])",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/configure-azure-ad-application-proxy/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "4ac6b67c-b3a4-4ff9-8e87-b07a7ce7bbdb",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/industry/sovereignty/key-management",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "For Sovereign Landing Zone, use Azure Key Vault managed HSM to store your secrets and credentials.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-and-manage-azure-key-vault/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "be1f38cf-03a8-422b-b463-cbbbc8ac299e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-proxy/application-proxy#how-application-proxy-works",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "When using MON, you cannot enable MON on more than 100 Network extensions",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-applications-external-access-azure-ad/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "4e5695f2-223a-4ce8-ab12-308ca5017f15",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/overview-reports",
+ "service": "Entra",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Microsoft Entra ID reporting capabilities to generate access control audit reports.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/monitor-report-aad-security-events/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "bc91a43d-90da-4e2c-a881-4706f7c1cbaf",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If using a VPN connection for migrations, adjust your MTU size accordingly.",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "09945bda-4333-44f2-9911-634182ba5275",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/concept-cloud-security-posture-management",
+ "service": "Defender",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enable Defender Cloud Security Posture Management for all subscriptions.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/microsoft-defender-cloud-security-posture/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "e614658d-d457-4e92-9139-b821102cad6e",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For low connectivity regions connecting into Azure (500Mbps or less), considering deploying the HCX WAN optimization appliance",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "36a72a48-fffe-4c40-9747-0ab5064355ba",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/plan-defender-for-servers-select-plan",
+ "service": "Defender",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enable a Defender Cloud Workload Protection Plan for Servers on all subscriptions.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/understand-azure-defender-cloud-workload-protection/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "ae01e6e8-43e5-42f4-922d-928c1b1cd521",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure that migrations are started from the on-premises appliance and NOT from the Cloud appliance (do NOT perform a reverse migration)",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "77425f48-ecba-43a0-aeac-a3ac733ccc6a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/connect-azure-subscription",
+ "service": "Defender",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enable Defender Cloud Workload Protection Plans for Azure Resources on all subscriptions.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/understand-azure-defender-cloud-workload-protection/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "e54a29a9-de39-4ac0-b7c2-8dc935657202",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-policy-settings",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When Azure Netapp Files is used to extend storage for Azure VMware Solution,consider using this as a VMware datastore instead of attaching directly to a VM.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "24d96b30-61ee-4436-a1cc-d6ef08bc574b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/mem/configmgr/protect/deploy-use/endpoint-protection",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enable Endpoint Protection on IaaS Servers.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-solutions-securing-server-client-endpoints/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "bff4564b-0d93-44a3-98b2-63e7dd60513a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#avoid-combining-traffic-manager-and-front-door",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "15833ee7-ad6c-46d3-9331-65c7acbe44ab",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/security-center/",
+ "service": "VM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure that a dedicated ExpressRoute Gateway is being used for external data storage solutions",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Monitor base operating system patching drift via Azure Monitor Logs and Defender for Cloud.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/create-log-analytics-workspace-microsoft-defender-cloud/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "3649906e-bad3-48ea-b53c-c7de1d8aaab3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-the-same-domain-name-on-front-door-and-your-origin",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "e5f8d79f-2e87-4768-924c-516775c6ea95",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/design-logs-deployment",
+ "service": "Monitor",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure that FastPath is enabled on the ExpressRoute Gateway that is being used for external data storage solutions",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Connect default resource configurations to a centralized Azure Monitor Log Analytics workspace.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/analyze-infrastructure-with-azure-monitor-logs/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "571549ab-8153-4d89-b89d-c7b33be2b1a2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#disable-health-probes-when-theres-only-one-origin-in-an-origin-group",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "graph": "resources| where type == 'microsoft.operationalinsights/workspaces'| extend wsid = properties.customerId| project workspaceResourceId = tolower(id), name, wsid| join (resources| where type == 'microsoft.operationsmanagement/solutions'| where name has 'SecurityInsights'| extend workspaceResourceId = tostring(tolower(properties.workspaceResourceId))| project workspaceResourceId | summarize ResourceCount = count() by workspaceResourceId) on workspaceResourceId| extend RCount = iff(isnull(ResourceCount), 0, ResourceCount)| project-away ResourceCount| extend compliant = (RCount <> 0)",
+ "guid": "a56888b2-7e83-4404-bd31-b886528502d1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/monitor-threats#centralized-threat-detection-with-correlated-logs",
+ "service": "Entra",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "If using stretched cluster, ensure that your selected Disaster Recovery solution is supported by the vendor",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Centralized threat detection with correlated logs - consolidate security data in a central location where it can be correlated across various services via SIEM (security information and event management)",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "4c486b6d-8bdc-4059-acf7-5ee8a1309888",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#select-good-health-probe-endpoints",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "If using stretched cluster, ensure that the SLA provided will meet your requirements",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "1761e147-f65e-4d09-bbc2-f464f23e2eba",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/industry/sovereignty/transparency-logs",
+ "service": "Entra",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "For Sovereign Landing Zone, enable transparancy logs on the Entra ID tenant.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "9579d66b-896d-471f-a6ca-7be9955d04c3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-head-health-probes",
- "service": "AVS",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "If using stretched cluster, ensure that both ExpressRoute circuits are connected to your connectivity hub.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "d21a922d-5ca7-427a-82a6-35f7b21f1bfc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/security/fundamentals/customer-lockbox-overview",
+ "service": "Entra",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "For Sovereign Landing Zone, enable customer Lockbox on the Entra ID tenant.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "c49d987c-b3d1-4325-aa12-4b6e4d0685ed",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/nat-gateway/nat-overview#outbound-connectivity",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "b03ed428-4617-4067-a787-85468b9ccf3f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-require-secure-transfer",
+ "service": "Storage",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "If using stretched cluster, ensure that both ExpressRoute circuits have GlobalReach enabled.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Enable secure transfer to storage accounts.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/secure-azure-storage-account/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
- "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
- "guid": "dce9793b-7bcd-4b3b-91eb-2ec14eea6e59",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-managed-tls-certificates",
- "service": "AVS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "159aac9f-863f-4f48-82cf-00c28fa97a0e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/data-protection-overview#recommendations-for-basic-data-protection",
+ "service": "Storage",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Have site disaster tolerance settings been properly considered and changed for your business if needed.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Enable container soft delete for the storage account to recover a deleted container and its contents.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.cache/redis",
- "checklist": "Redis Resiliency checklist",
- "guid": "65285269-440b-44be-9d3e-0844276d4bdc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-how-to-zone-redundancy",
- "service": "Redis",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
+ "guid": "108d5099-a11d-4445-bd8b-e12a5e95412e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/considerations/development-strategy-development-lifecycle#automated-builds",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable zone redundancy for Azure Cache for Redis. Azure Cache for Redis supports zone redundant configurations in the Premium and Enterprise tiers. A zone redundant cache can place its nodes across different Azure Availability Zones in the same region. It eliminates data center or AZ outage as a single point of failure and increases the overall availability of your cache.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.cache/redis",
- "checklist": "Redis Resiliency checklist",
- "guid": "bc178bdc-5a06-4ca7-8443-51e19dd34429",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-high-availability#persistence",
- "service": "Redis",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Configure data persistence for an Azure Cache for Redis instance. Because your cache data is stored in memory, a rare and unplanned failure of multiple nodes can cause all the data to be dropped. To avoid losing data completely, Redis persistence allows you to take periodic snapshots of in-memory data, and store it to your storage account.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.cache/redis",
- "checklist": "Redis Resiliency checklist",
- "guid": "eb722823-7a15-41c5-ab4e-4f1814387e5c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-high-availability#storage-account-for-persistence",
- "service": "Redis",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Geo-redundant storage account to persist Azure Cache for Redis data, or zonally redundant where geo-redundancy is not available",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use Key Vault secrets to avoid hard-coding sensitive information such as credentials (virtual machines user passwords), certificates or keys.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/implement-azure-key-vault/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.cache/redis",
- "checklist": "Redis Resiliency checklist",
- "guid": "a8c26c9b-32ab-45bd-bc69-98a135e33789",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-how-to-geo-replication",
- "service": "Redis",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Configure passive geo-replication for Premium Azure Cache for Redis instances. Geo-replication is a mechanism for linking two or more Azure Cache for Redis instances, typically spanning two Azure regions. Geo-replication is designed mainly for cross-region disaster recovery. Two Premium tier cache instances are connected through geo-replication in a way that provides reads and writes to your primary cache, and that data is replicated to the secondary cache.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "a85b86ad-884f-48e3-9273-4b875ba18f10",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/system-message#define-additional-safety-and-behavioral-guardrails",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Follow Metaprompting guardrails for resonsible AI",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.DataFactory/datafactories",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Factory Review Checklist",
- "guid": "ab91932c-9fc9-4d1b-a881-37f5e6c0cb9e",
- "link": "https://github.com/Azure/fta-resiliencyplaybooks/blob/main/paas-foundations-playbooks-ADF_v1.docx",
- "service": "Azure Data Factory",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Leverage FTA Resiliency Playbook for Azure Data Factory",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "d4391898-cd28-48be-b6b1-7cb8245451e1",
+ "link": "https://github.com/Azure-Samples/AI-Gateway",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Consider Gateway patterns with APIM or solutions like AI central for better rate limiting, load balancing, authentication and logging",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.DataFactory/datafactories",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Factory Review Checklist",
- "guid": "e503547c-d447-4e82-9138-a7200f1cac6d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/example-scenario/analytics/pipelines-disaster-recovery",
- "service": "Azure Data Factory",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "aed3453a-ec72-4392-97a1-52d6cc5e4029",
+ "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/azure-openai-insights-monitoring-ai-with-confidence/ba-p/4026850",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use zone redundant pipelines in regions that support Availability Zones",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Enable monitoring for your AOAI instances",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.DataFactory/datafactories",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Factory Review Checklist",
- "guid": "9ef1d6e8-32e5-42e3-911c-818b1a0bc511",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-factory/source-control",
- "service": "Azure Data Factory",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use DevOps to Backup the ARM templates with Github/Azure DevOps integration ",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.insights/metricalerts' | extend compliant = (properties.targetResourceType =~ 'Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts') | project id, compliant",
+ "guid": "697cb391-ed16-4b2d-886f-0a0241addde6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/monitoring#set-up-alerts",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Create alerts to notify teams of events such as an entry in the activity log created by an action performed on the resource, such as regenerating its subscription keys or a metric threshold such as the number of errors exceeding 10 in an hour",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.DataFactory/datafactories",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Factory Review Checklist",
- "guid": "e43a18a9-cd29-49cf-b7b1-7db8255562f2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/example-scenario/analytics/pipelines-disaster-recovery",
- "service": "Azure Data Factory",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Make sure you replicate the Self-Hosted Integration Runtime VMs in another region ",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "8a477cde-b486-41bc-9bc1-0ae66e25d4d5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/monitoring",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Monitor token usage to prevent service disruptions due to capacity",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.DataFactory/datafactories",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Factory Review Checklist",
- "guid": "aee4563a-fd83-4393-98b2-62d6dc5f512a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/example-scenario/analytics/pipelines-disaster-recovery",
- "service": "Azure Data Factory",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "a3aec2c4-e243-46b0-936c-b45e17960eee",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/monitoring",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Make sure you replicate or duplicate your network in the sister region. You have to make a copy of your Vnet in another region",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "observe metrics like processed inference tokens, generated completion tokens monitor for rate limit",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.DataFactory/datafactories",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Factory Review Checklist",
- "description": "If your ADF Pipelines use Key Vault you don't have to do anything to replicate Key Vault. Key Vault is a managed service and Microsoft takes care of it for you",
- "guid": "25498f6d-bad3-47da-a43b-c6ce1d7aa9b2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/disaster-recovery-guidance",
- "service": "Azure Data Factory",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "fbdf4cc2-eec4-4d76-8c31-d25ffbb46a39",
+ "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/build-an-enterprise-ready-azure-openai-solution-with-azure-api/ba-p/3907562",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "If using Keyvault integration, use SLA of Keyvault to understand your availablity",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Enable and configure Diagnostics for the Azure OpenAI Service. If not sufficient, consider using a gateway such as Azure API Managements in front of Azure OpenAI to log both incoming prompts and outgoing responses, where permitted",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces",
- "checklist": "Service Bus Review Checklist",
- "description": "Azure Service Bus Premium provides encryption of data at rest. If you use your own key, the data is still encrypted using the Microsoft-managed key, but in addition the Microsoft-managed key will be encrypted using the customer-managed key. ",
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- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/plan-implement-administer-conditional-access/",
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+ "guid": "3af30ed3-2947-498b-8178-a2c5a46ceb54",
+ "link": "https://github.com/Azure-Samples/openai-enterprise-iac",
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+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
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- "text": "Enforce a minimum required version of Transport Layer Security (TLS) for requests ",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/secure-aad-users-with-mfa/",
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "4350d092-d234-4292-a752-8537a551c5bf",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/managed-identity",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use Microsoft Entra Authentication with Managed Identity instead of API Key",
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},
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- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/azure-administrator-manage-identities-governance/",
- "waf": "Security"
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "4e4f1854-287d-45cd-a126-cc031af5b1fc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/machine-learning/prompt-flow/how-to-bulk-test-evaluate-flow?view=azureml-api-2",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Evaluate the performance/accuracy of the system with a known golden dataset which has the inputs and the correct answers. Leverage capabilities in PromptFlow for Evaluation.",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
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- "description": "Microsoft Entra ID provides superior security and ease of use over shared access signatures (SAS). With Microsoft Entra ID, there’s no need to store the tokens in your code and risk potential security vulnerabilities. We recommend that you use Microsoft Entra ID with your Azure Service Bus applications when possible.",
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- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-ad-privileged-identity-management/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "68889535-e327-4897-b31b-67d67be5962a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/baseline-openai-e2e-chat#azure-openai---performance-efficiency",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Evaluate usage of Provisioned throughput model ",
+ "waf": "Performance"
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- "description": "When creating permissions, provide fine-grained control over a client's access to Azure Service Bus. Permissions in Azure Service Bus can and should be scoped to the individual resource level e.g. queue, topic or subscription. ",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-bus-messaging/authenticate-application#azure-built-in-roles-for-azure-service-bus",
- "service": "Service Bus",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "cd288bed-6b17-4cb8-8454-51e1aed3453a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/content-safety/overview",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "text": "Use least privilege data plane RBAC",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/explore-basic-services-identity-types/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Review and implement Azure AI content safety",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
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- "description": "Azure Service Bus resource logs include operational logs, virtual network and IP filtering logs. Runtime audit logs capture aggregated diagnostic information for various data plane access operations (such as send or receive messages) in Service Bus.",
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- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-identity-and-access/",
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+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "1193846d-697c-4b39-8ed1-6b2d186f0a02",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/latency#system-level-throughput",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-bus-messaging/private-link-service",
- "service": "Service Bus",
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "41addde6-8a47-47cd-bb48-61bc3bc10ae6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/latency#improve-performance",
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+ "waf": "Performance"
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- "description": "With IP firewall, you can restrict the public endpoint further to only a set of IPv4 addresses or IPv4 address ranges in CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) notation. ",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-bus-messaging/service-bus-ip-filtering",
- "service": "Service Bus",
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "6e25d4d5-a3ae-4c2c-9e24-36b0336cb45e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/latency#batching",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "text": "Consider only allowing access to Azure Service Bus namespace from specific IP addresses or ranges",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Estimate elasticity demands to determine synchronous and batch request segregation based on priority. For high priority, use synchronous approach and for low priority, asynchronous batch processing with queue is preferred",
+ "waf": "Performance"
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- "checklist": "Device Provisioning Service Review",
- "guid": "cb26b2ba-a9db-45d1-8260-d9c6ec1447d9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/single-tenant-overview-compare",
- "service": "IoT Hub DPS",
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "5bda4332-4f24-4811-9331-82ba51752694",
+ "link": "https://github.com/Azure/azure-openai-benchmark/",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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+ "waf": "Performance"
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- "guid": "f6dd7977-1123-4f39-b488-f91415a8430a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/set-up-zone-redundancy-availability-zones?tabs=standard#next-steps",
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "4008ae7d-7e47-4432-96d8-bdcf55bce619",
+ "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/optimizing-azure-openai-a-guide-to-limits-quotas-and-best/ba-p/4076268",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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+ "waf": "Performance"
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- "guid": "8aed4fbf-0830-4883-899d-222a154af478",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/business-continuity-disaster-recovery-guidance?toc=%2Fazure%2Freliability%2Ftoc.json&bc=%2Fazure%2Freliability%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json",
- "service": "IoT Hub DPS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "e8a13f98-8794-424d-9267-86d60b96c97b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/models",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "text": "Consider a Cross-Region DR strategy for critical workloads",
+ "text": "Choose the right model for the right task. Pick models with right tradeoff between speed, quality of response and output complexity",
+ "waf": "Performance"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
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+ "link": "https://github.com/Azure/azure-openai-benchmark/",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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+ "text": "Have a baseline for performance without fine-tuning for knowing whether or not fine-tuning has improved model performance",
+ "waf": "Performance"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/baseline-openai-e2e-chat#azure-openai---reliability",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Deploy multiple OAI instances across regions",
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- "checklist": "Device Provisioning Service Review",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/intro",
- "service": "IoT Hub DPS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/baseline-openai-e2e-chat#azure-openai---reliability",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/deploy-azure-functions/",
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+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "5ca44e46-85e2-4223-ace8-bb12308ca5f1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/quota?tabs=rest#introduction-to-quota",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Ensure having adequate quotas of TPM & RPM for the workload",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/storage-security-baseline",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "ec723923-7a15-42d6-ac5e-402925387e5c",
+ "link": "https://www.microsoft.com/research/project/guidelines-for-human-ai-interaction/",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Review the considerations in HAI toolkit guidance and apply those interaction practices for the slution",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
{
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- "service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Consider using private endpoints for Azure Storage",
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+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "7f154e3a-a369-4282-ae7e-316183687a04",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/business-continuity-disaster-recovery",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Deploy separate fine tuned models across regions if finetuning is employed",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
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{
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/migration-classic-resource-manager-overview#migration-of-storage-accounts",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "77a1f893-5bda-4433-84f2-4811633182ba",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/backup-overview",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "text": "Ensure older storage accounts are not using 'classic deployment model'",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Regularly backup and replicate critical data to ensure data availability and recoverability in case of data loss or system failures. Leverage Azure's backup and disaster recovery services to protect your data.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
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- "description": "Leverage Microsoft Defender to learn about suspicious activity and misconfigurations.",
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- "guid": "fc5972cd-4cd2-41b0-a803-7f5e6b4bfd3d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/azure-defender-storage-configure",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.search/searchservices' | extend compliant = (sku.name != 'free' and properties.replicaCount >= 3) | project id, compliant",
+ "guid": "95b96ad8-844c-4e3b-8b38-b876ba2cf204",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-blob-overview",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable 'soft delete' for blobs",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Azure AI search service tiers should be choosen to have a SLA ",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "Consider selectively disabling 'soft delete' for certain blob containers, for example if the application must ensure that deleted information is immediately deleted, e.g. for confidentiality, privacy or compliance reasons. ",
- "guid": "3f1d5e87-2e52-4e36-81cc-58b4a4b1510e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-blob-enable",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Disable 'soft delete' for blobs",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "99013a5d-3ce4-474d-acbd-8682a6abca2a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/purview",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Classify data and sensitivity, labeling with Microsoft Purview before generating the embeddings and make sure to treat the embeddings generated with same sensitivity and classification",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-container-overview",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "4fda1dbf-3dd9-45d4-ac7c-891dca1f6d56",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/use-your-data-securely",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable 'soft delete' for containers",
+ "text": "Encrypt data used for RAG with SSE/Disk encryption with optional BYOK",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "Consider selectively disabling 'soft delete' for certain blob containers, for example if the application must ensure that deleted information is immediately deleted, e.g. for confidentiality, privacy or compliance reasons. ",
- "guid": "3e3453a3-c863-4964-ab65-2d6c15f51296",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-container-enable",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Disable 'soft delete' for containers",
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- },
- {
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- "description": "Prevents accidental deletion of a storage account, by forcing the user to first remove the deletion lock, prior to deletion",
- "guid": "5398e6de-d227-4dd1-92b0-6c21d7999a64",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/lock-account-resource",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "59ae558b-937d-4498-9e11-12dbd7ba012f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-security-overview",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable resource locks on storage accounts",
+ "text": "Ensure TLS is enforced for data in transit across data sources, AI search used for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and LLM communication",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "Consider 'legal hold' or 'time-based retention' policies for blobs, so that is is impossible to delete the blob, the container, or the storage account. Please note that 'impossible' actually means 'impossible'; once a storage account contains an immutable blob, the only way to 'get rid' of that storage account is by cancelling the Azure subscription.",
- "guid": "6f4389a8-f42c-478e-98c0-6a73a22a4956",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/immutable-storage-overview",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "7b94ef6e-047d-42ea-8992-b1cd6e2054b2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/role-based-access-control",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Consider immutable blobs",
+ "text": "Use RBAC to manage access to Azure OpenAI services. Assign appropriate permissions to users and restrict access based on their roles and responsibilities",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "Consider disabling unprotected HTTP/80 access to the storage account, so that all data transfers are encrypted, integrity protected, and the server is authenticated. ",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Storage/StorageAccounts' | extend compliant = (properties.supportsHttpsTrafficOnly == false) | distinct id, compliant",
- "guid": "e7a8dc4a-20e2-47c3-b297-11b1352beee0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-require-secure-transfer",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Require HTTPS, i.e. disable port 80 on the storage account",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "9769e4a6-91e8-4838-ac93-6667e13c0056",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/security/fundamentals/data-encryption-best-practices",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Implement data encryption, masking or redaction techniques to hide sensitive data or replace it with obfuscated values in non-production environments or when sharing data for testing or troubleshooting purposes",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "When configuring a custom domain (hostname) on a storage account, check whether you need TLS/HTTPS; if so, you might have to put Azure CDN in front of your storage account.",
- "guid": "79b588de-fc49-472c-b3cd-21bf77036e5e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/storage-custom-domain-name",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "74b1e945-b459-4837-be7a-d6c6d3b375a5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/ai-onboarding",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "When enforcing HTTPS (disabling HTTP), check that you do not use custom domains (CNAME) for the storage account.",
+ "text": "Utilize Azure Defender to detect and respond to security threats and set up monitoring and alerting mechanisms to identify suspicious activities or breaches. Leverage Azure Sentinel for advanced threat detection and response",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "Requiring HTTPS when a client uses a SAS token to access blob data helps to minimize the risk of credential loss.",
- "guid": "6b4bed3d-5035-447c-8347-dc56028a71ff",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-sas-overview",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "c7acbe48-abe5-44cd-99f2-e87768468c55",
+ "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-storage-blog/managing-long-term-log-retention-or-any-business-data/ba-p/2494791",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Limit shared access signature (SAS) tokens to HTTPS connections only",
+ "text": "Establish data retention and disposal policies to adhere to compliance regulations. Implement secure deletion methods for data that is no longer required and maintain an audit trail of data retention and disposal activities",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": ". Enforcing the latest TLS version will reject request from clients using the older version. ",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.storage/storageaccounts' | extend compliant = (isnull(properties.minimumTlsVersion) == false and properties.minimumTlsVersion in ('TLS1_2', 'TLS1_3')) | distinct id, compliant",
- "guid": "e12be569-a18f-4562-8d5d-ce151b9e7d55",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/transport-layer-security-configure-minimum-version",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "a9c27d9c-42bb-46bd-8c69-99a246f3389a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/content-safety/concepts/jailbreak-detection",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Enforce the latest TLS version for a storage account",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Implement Prompt shields and groundedness detection using Content Safety ",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "Microsoft Entra ID tokens should be favored over shared access signatures, wherever possible",
- "guid": "e1ce15dd-3f0d-45e7-92d4-1e3611cc57b4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/authorize-data-access",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "a775c6ee-95b9-46ad-a844-ce3b2b38b876",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/compliance/",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Microsoft Entra ID tokens for blob access",
+ "text": "Ensure compliance with relevant data protection regulations, such as GDPR or HIPAA, by implementing privacy controls and obtaining necessary consents or permissions for data processing activities.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "When assigning a role to a user, group, or application, grant that security principal only those permissions that are necessary for them to perform their tasks. Limiting access to resources helps prevent both unintentional and malicious misuse of your data.",
- "guid": "a4b1410d-4395-48a8-a228-9b3d6b57cfc6",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "ba2cf204-9901-43a5-b3ce-474dccbd8682",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Least privilege in IaM permissions",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "A user delegation SAS is secured with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) credentials and also by the permissions specified for the SAS. A user delegation SAS is analogous to a service SAS in terms of its scope and function, but offers security benefits over the service SAS. ",
- "guid": "55461e1a-3e34-453a-9c86-39648b652d6c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-sas-overview?toc=%2Fazure%2Fstorage%2Fblobs%2Ftoc.json#best-practices-when-using-sas",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "When using SAS, prefer 'user delegation SAS' over storage-account-key based SAS.",
+ "text": "Educate your employees about data security best practices, the importance of handling data securely, and potential risks associated with data breaches. Encourage them to follow data security protocols diligently.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "Storage account keys ('shared keys') have very little audit capabilities. While it can be monitored on who/when fetched a copy of the keys, once the keys are in the hands of multiple people, it is impossible to attribute usage to a specific user. Solely relying on Entra ID authentication makes it easier to tie storage access to a user. ",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.storage/storageaccounts' | extend allowSharedKeyAccess = tostring(properties.allowSharedKeyAccess) | extend compliant = (isnotempty(allowSharedKeyAccess) and allowSharedKeyAccess == 'false') | distinct id, compliant",
- "guid": "15f51296-5398-4e6d-bd22-7dd142b06c21",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/storageservices/authorize-with-shared-key",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "eae01e6e-842e-452f-9721-d928c1b1cd52",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Consider disabling storage account keys, so that only Microsoft Entra ID access (and user delegation SAS) is supported.",
+ "text": "Keep production data separate from development and testing data. Only use real sensitive data in production and utilize anonymized or synthetic data in development and test environments.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "Use Activity Log data to identify 'when', 'who', 'what' and 'how' the security of your storage account is being viewed or changed (i.e. storage account keys, access policies, etc.).",
- "guid": "d7999a64-6f43-489a-af42-c78e78c06a73",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/blob-storage-monitoring-scenarios#audit-account-activity",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Consider using Azure Monitor to audit control plane operations on the storage account",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "1e54a29a-9de3-499c-bd7b-28dc93555620",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "If you have varying levels of data sensitivity, consider creating separate indexes for each level. For instance, you could have one index for general data and another for sensitive data, each governed by different access protocols",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "A key expiration policy enables you to set a reminder for the rotation of the account access keys. The reminder is displayed if the specified interval has elapsed and the keys have not yet been rotated.",
- "guid": "a22a4956-e7a8-4dc4-a20e-27c3e29711b1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-account-keys-manage?tabs=azure-portal#create-a-key-expiration-policy",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "2bfe4564-b0d8-434a-948b-263e6dd60512",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When using storage account keys, consider enabling a 'key expiration policy'",
+ "text": "Take segregation a step further by placing sensitive datasets in different instances of the service. Each instance can be controlled with its own specific set of RBAC policies",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "A SAS expiration policy specifies a recommended interval over which the SAS is valid. SAS expiration policies apply to a service SAS or an account SAS. When a user generates service SAS or an account SAS with a validity interval that is larger than the recommended interval, they'll see a warning.",
- "guid": "352beee0-79b5-488d-bfc4-972cd3cd21bf",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/sas-expiration-policy",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider configuring an SAS expiration policy",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "a36498f6-dbad-438e-ad53-cc7ce1d7aaab",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Recognize that embeddings and vectors generated from sensitive information are themselves sensitive. This data should be afforded the same protective measures as the source material",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "Stored access policies give you the option to revoke permissions for a service SAS without having to regenerate the storage account keys. ",
- "guid": "77036e5e-6b4b-4ed3-b503-547c1347dc56",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/storageservices/define-stored-access-policy",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider linking SAS to a stored access policy",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "3571449a-b805-43d8-af89-dc7b33be2a1a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/role-based-access-control",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Apply RBAC to th data stores having embeddings and vectors and scope access based on role's access requirements",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "guid": "028a71ff-e1ce-415d-b3f0-d5e772d41e36",
- "link": "https://microsoft.github.io/code-with-engineering-playbook/continuous-integration/dev-sec-ops/secret-management/recipes/detect-secrets-ado/",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider configuring your application's source code repository to detect checked-in connection strings and storage account keys.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts' or type == 'microsoft.search/searchservices' | project id, compliant = (properties.privateEndpointConnections != '[]' and properties.publicNetworkAccess !~ 'enabled')",
+ "guid": "27f7b9e9-1be1-4f38-aef3-9812bd463cbb",
+ "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/azure-openai-private-endpoints-connecting-across-vnet-s/ba-p/3913325",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Configure private endpoint for AI services to restrict service access within your network",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "Ideally, your application should be using a managed identity to authenticate to Azure Storage. If that is not possible, consider having the storage credential (connection string, storage account key, SAS, service principal credential) in Azure KeyVault or an equivalent service.",
- "guid": "11cc57b4-a4b1-4410-b439-58a8c2289b3d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/framework/security/design-storage-keys",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "ac8ac199-ebb9-41a3-9d90-cae2cc881370",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Consider storing connection strings in Azure KeyVault (in scenarios where managed identities are not possible)",
+ "text": "Enforce strict inbound and outbound traffic control with Azure Firewall and UDRs and limit the external integration points",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "Use near-term expiration times on an ad hoc SAS service SAS or account SAS. In this way, even if a SAS is compromised, it's valid only for a short time. This practice is especially important if you cannot reference a stored access policy. Near-term expiration times also limit the amount of data that can be written to a blob by limiting the time available to upload to it.",
- "guid": "27138b82-1102-4cac-9eae-01e6e842e52f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/storageservices/delegate-access-with-shared-access-signature",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "6f7c0cba-fe51-4464-add4-57e927138b82",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Strive for short validity periods for ad-hoc SAS",
+ "text": "Implement network segmentation and access controls to restrict access to the LLM application only to authorized users and systems and prevent lateral movement",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "When creating a SAS, be as specific and restrictive as possible. Prefer a SAS for a single resource and operation over a SAS which gives much broader access.",
- "guid": "4721d928-c1b1-4cd5-81e5-4a29a9de399c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/storageservices/delegate-access-with-shared-access-signature",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "7f42c78e-78cb-46a2-8ad1-90916e6a8d8f",
+ "link": "https://www.microsoft.com/research/blog/llmlingua-innovating-llm-efficiency-with-prompt-compression/",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Apply a narrow scope to a SAS",
+ "text": "Use prompt compression tools like LLMLingua or gprtrim",
+ "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts' or type == 'microsoft.search/searchservices' | project id, compliant = (isnotnull(identity))",
+ "guid": "1102cac6-eae0-41e6-b842-e52f4721d928",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/managed-identity",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure that APIs and endpoints used by the LLM application are properly secured with authentication and authorization mechanisms, such as Managed identities, API keys or OAuth, to prevent unauthorized access.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "A SAS can include parameters on which client IP addresses or address ranges are authorized to request a resource using the SAS. ",
- "guid": "fd7b28dc-9355-4562-82bf-e4564b0d834a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/storageservices/create-account-sas",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "c1b1cd52-1e54-4a29-a9de-399cfd7b28dc",
+ "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/security-best-practices-for-genai-applications-openai-in-azure/ba-p/4027885",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider scoping SAS to a specific client IP address, wherever possible",
+ "text": "Enforce strong end user authentication mechanisms, such as multi-factor authentication, to prevent unauthorized access to the LLM application and associated network resources",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "A SAS cannot constrain how much data a client uploads; given the pricing model of amount of storage over time, it might make sense to validate whether clients uploaded maliciously large contents.",
- "guid": "348b263e-6dd6-4051-8a36-498f6dbad38e",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Consider checking uploaded data, after clients used a SAS to upload a file. ",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "93555620-2bfe-4456-9b0d-834a348b263e",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Implement network monitoring tools to detect and analyze network traffic for any suspicious or malicious activities. Enable logging to capture network events and facilitate forensic analysis in case of security incidents",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "When accessing blob storage via SFTP using a 'local user account', the 'usual' RBAC controls do not apply. Blob access via NFS or REST might be more restrictive than SFTP access. Unfortunately, as of early 2023, local users are the only form of identity management that is currently supported for the SFTP endpoint",
- "guid": "ad53cc7c-e1d7-4aaa-a357-1449ab8053d8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/secure-file-transfer-protocol-support#sftp-permission-model",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "SFTP: Limit the amount of 'local users' for SFTP access, and audit whether access is needed over time.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "6dd60512-a364-498f-9dba-d38ead53cc7c",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Conduct security audits and penetration testing to identify and address any network security weaknesses or vulnerabilities in the LLM application's network infrastructure",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "guid": "9f89dc7b-33be-42a1-a27f-7b9e91be1f38",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/secure-file-transfer-protocol-known-issues#authentication-and-authorization",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "SFTP: The SFTP endpoint does not support POSIX-like ACLs.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.cognitiveservices/accounts' or type == 'microsoft.search/searchservices' | project id, compliant = (tags != '{}')",
+ "guid": "e1d7aaab-3571-4449-ab80-53d89f89dc7b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-resources?tabs=json",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Azure AI Services are properly tagged for better management",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "Storage supports CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing), i.e. an HTTP feature that enables web apps from a different domain to loosen the same-origin policy. When enabling CORS, keep the CorsRules to the least privilege.",
- "guid": "cef39812-bd46-43cb-aac8-ac199ebb91a3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/storageservices/cross-origin-resource-sharing--cors--support-for-the-azure-storage-services",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "77036e5e-6b4b-4ed3-b503-547c1347dc56",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/resource-abbreviations",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Azure AI Service accounts follows organizational naming conventions",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "028a71ff-e1ce-415d-b3f0-d5e772d41e36",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/diagnostic-logging",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Avoid overly broad CORS policies",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Diagnostic logs in Azure AI services resources should be enabled",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
- "description": "Data at rest is always encrypted server-side, and in addition might be encrypted client-side as well. Server-side encryption might happen using a platform-managed key (default) or customer-managed key. Client-side encryption might happen by either having the client supply an encryption/decryption key on a per-blob basis to Azure storage, or by completely handling encryption on the client-side. thus not relying on Azure Storage at all for confidentiality guarantees.",
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+ "guid": "11cc57b4-a4b1-4410-b439-58a8c2289b3d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/authentication",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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+ "text": "Regularly rotate and expire keys stored in Azure Key Vault to minimize the risk of unauthorized access.",
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+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
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+ "link": "https://github.com/openai/tiktoken",
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+ "text": "Use tiktoken to understand token sizes for token optimizations in conversational mode",
+ "waf": "Cost Optimization"
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-account-upgrade?tabs=azure-portal",
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/security/develop/secure-dev-overview",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "text": "Leverage a storagev2 account type for better performance and reliability",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Follow secure coding practices to prevent common vulnerabilities such as injection attacks, cross-site scripting (XSS), or security misconfigurations",
+ "waf": "Security"
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "78c06a73-a22a-4495-9e6a-8dc4a20e27c3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/devops/repos/security/github-advanced-security-dependency-scanning?view=azure-devops",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "text": "Leverage GRS, ZRS or GZRS storage for the highest availability",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Setup a process to regularly update and patch the LLM libraries and other system components",
+ "waf": "Security"
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- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For write operation after failover, use customer-Managed Failover ",
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "e29711b1-352b-4eee-879b-588defc4972c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/legal/cognitive-services/openai/code-of-conduct",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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+ "text": "Adhere to Azure OpenAI or other LLMs terms of use, policies and guidance and allowed use cases",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-disaster-recovery-guidance#microsoft-managed-failover",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/manage-costs#base-series-and-codex-series-fine-tuned-models",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "text": "Understand Microsoft-Managed Failover details",
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- "service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable Soft Delete",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "1347dc56-028a-471f-be1c-e15dd3f0d5e7",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/latency#batching",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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+ "text": "Batch requests, where possible, to minimize the per-call overhead which can reduce overall costs. Ensure you optimize batch size",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/reliability-bot",
- "service": "Bot service",
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "72d41e36-11cc-457b-9a4b-1410d43958a8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/manage-costs",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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+ "text": "Set up a cost tracking system that monitors model usage and use that information to help inform model choices and prompt sizes",
+ "waf": "Cost Optimization"
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-concept-regionalization",
- "service": "Bot service",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "166cd072-af9b-4141-a898-a535e737897e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/quota?tabs=rest#understanding-rate-limits",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "text": "Deploying bots with local data residency and regional compliance",
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+ "text": "Set a maximum limit on the number of tokens per model response (max_tokens and the number of completions to generate). Optimize the size to ensure it is large enough for a valid response",
+ "waf": "Cost Optimization"
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/reliability-bot#cross-region-disaster-recovery-in-multi-region-geography",
- "service": "Bot service",
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "3266b225-86f4-4a16-92bd-ddea8a487cde",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/vector-search-index-size?tabs=portal-vector-quota",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Plan and manage AI Search Vector storage",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/spring-apps/concepts-blue-green-deployment-strategies",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/machine-learning/prompt-flow/how-to-end-to-end-llmops-with-prompt-flow?view=azureml-api-2",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "waf": "Reliability"
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+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/web-apps/spring-apps/architectures/spring-apps-multi-region",
- "service": "Spring Apps",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/provisioned-throughput-onboarding#understanding-the-provisioned-throughput-purchase-model",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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+ "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
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+ "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-azure-ai-services-blog/how-to-control-azure-openai-models/ba-p/4146793",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "waf": "Reliability"
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/reliability-spring-apps",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/machine-learning/prompt-flow/concept-model-monitoring-generative-ai-evaluation-metrics?view=azureml-api-2",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Evaluate, monitor and refine your GenAI apps for features like groundedness, relevance, accuracy, coherence and fluency",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/spring-apps/concept-understand-app-and-deployment",
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+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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+ "text": "Evaluate your Azure AI Search results based on different search parameters",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/spring-apps/diagnostic-services",
- "service": "Spring Apps",
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/fine-tuning-considerations",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "text": "Monitor Azure Spring Apps with logs, metrics and tracing. Integrate ASA with application insights and track failures and create workbooks.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
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+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
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{
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/spring-apps/how-to-configure-enterprise-spring-cloud-gateway",
- "service": "Spring Apps",
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/advanced-prompt-engineering?pivots=programming-language-chat-completions",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Set up autoscaling in Spring Cloud Gateway",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use prompt engineering techniques to improve the accuracy of LLM responses",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
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- "service": "Spring Apps",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Enable autoscale for the apps with Standard consumption & dedicated plan.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "e737897e-71ca-47da-acfa-962a1594946d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/red-teaming",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Red team your GenAI applications",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/spring-apps/overview",
- "service": "Spring Apps",
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+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "edb117e6-76aa-4f66-aca4-8e5a95f2223e",
+ "link": "https://www.microsoft.com/haxtoolkit/guideline/encourage-granular-feedback/",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
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- "text": "Use Enterprise plan for commercial support of spring boot for mission critical apps. With other tiers you get OSS support.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Provide end users with scoring options for LLM responses and track these scores. ",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-dps/iot-dps-ha-dr#high-availability",
- "service": "Device Update for IoT Hub",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "d5f3547c-c346-4d81-9028-a71ffe1b9b5d",
+ "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/optimizing-azure-openai-a-guide-to-limits-quotas-and-best/ba-p/4076268",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Leverage Availability Zones if regionally applicable (this is automatically enabled).",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Consider Quota management practices. Use dynamic quota for certain use cases when your application can use extra capacity opportunistically or the application itself is driving the rate at which the Azure OpenAI API is called",
+ "waf": "Cost Optimization"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Device Update Review",
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- "text": "Be aware of Microsoft-initiated failovers. These are exercised by Microsoft in rare situations to fail over all the DPS instances from an affected region to the corresponding geo-paired region.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc410",
+ "link": "https://github.com/Azure/aoai-apim/blob/main/README.md",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Load balancer solutions like APIM based gateway for balancing load and capacity across services and regions",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
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- "checklist": "Device Update Review",
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- "service": "Device Update for IoT Hub",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Consider a Cross-Region DR strategy for critical workloads",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc411",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/fine-tuning?tabs=turbo%2Cpython-new&pivots=programming-language-studio#import-training-data-from-azure-blob-store",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Follow the guidance for fine-tuning with large data files and import the data from an Azure blob store. Large files, 100 MB or larger, can become unstable when uploaded through multipart forms because the requests are atomic and can't be retried or resumed",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/intro",
- "service": "Device Update for IoT Hub",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "If deploying to an Isolated environment, use or migrate to App Service Environment (ASE) v3",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc412",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/quota?tabs=rest",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Manage rate limits for your model deployments and monitor usage of tokens per minute (TPM) and requests per minute (RPM) for pay-as-you-go deployments",
"waf": "Reliability"
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- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "7bc1c396-2461-4698-b57f-30ca69525252",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/considerations/regions",
- "service": "VNet",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc413",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/monitor-openai",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy your Azure landing zone connectivity resources in multiple regions, so that you can quickly support multi-region application landing zones and disaster recovery scenarios.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/",
+ "text": "Monitor provision-managed utilization if you're using the provisioned throughput payment model",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "70c15989-c726-42c7-b0d3-24b7375b9201",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/multi-tenant/considerations-recommendations",
- "service": "Entra",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc414",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/content-filters",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use one Entra tenant for managing your Azure resources, unless you have a clear regulatory or business requirement for multi-tenants.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/deploy-resources-scopes-bicep/2-understand-deployment-scopes",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Tune content filters to minimize false positives from overly aggressive filters",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
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- "service": "Entra",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use Multi-Tenant Automation approach to managing your Microsoft Entra ID Tenants.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/architecture/multi-tenant-user-management-introduction/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc415",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/encrypt-data-at-rest",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use customer-managed keys for fine-tuned models and training data that's uploaded to Azure OpenAI",
+ "waf": "Security"
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{
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/multi-tenant/lighthouse",
- "service": "Entra",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Azure Lighthouse for Multi-Tenant Management with the same IDs.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/lighthouse/concepts/cross-tenant-management-experience",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.cognitiveservices/accounts' and kind =~ 'contentsafety' | project id, compliant = 1",
+ "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc416",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/content-safety/concepts/jailbreak-detection",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Implement jailbreak risk detection to safeguard your language model deployments against prompt injection attacks",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "5d82e6df-6f61-42f2-82e2-3132d293be3d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-microsoft-customer-agreement#design-recommendations",
- "service": "Entra",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "If you give a partner access to administer your tenant, use Azure Lighthouse.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/lighthouse/how-to/onboard-customer",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc417",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/monitor-openai",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use security controls like throttling, service isolation and gateway pattern to prevent attacks that might exhaust model usage quotas",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/role-based-access-control/overview",
- "service": "Entra",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enforce a RBAC model that aligns to your cloud operating model. Scope and Assign across Management Groups and Subscriptions.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "72d41e36-11cc-457b-9a4b-1410d43958a9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/manage-costs",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Develop your cost model, considering prompt sizes. Understanding prompt input and response sizes and how text translates into tokens helps you create a viable cost model",
+ "waf": "Cost Optimization"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "12e7f983-f630-4472-8dd6-9c5b5c2622f5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/roles/security-planning#identify-microsoft-accounts-in-administrative-roles-that-need-to-be-switched-to-work-or-school-accounts",
- "service": "Entra",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "72d41e36-11cc-457b-9a4b-1410d43958a1",
+ "link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/cognitive-services/openai-service/",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Only use the authentication type Work or school account for all account types. Avoid using the Microsoft account",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/explore-basic-services-identity-types/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Consider model pricing and capabilities when you choose models. Start with less-costly models for less-complex tasks like text generation or completion tasks and for complex tasks like language translation or content understanding, consider using more advanced models. Optimize costs while still achieving the desired application performance",
+ "waf": "Cost Optimization"
},
{
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- "guid": "4b69bad3-3aad-45e8-a68e-1d76667313b4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/active-directory-groups-create-azure-portal",
- "service": "Entra",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "72d41e36-11cc-457b-9a4b-1410d43958a2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/manage-costs",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Only use groups to assign permissions. Add on-premises groups to the Entra ID only group if a group management system is already in place.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-identity-and-access/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Maximize Azure OpenAI price breakpoints like fine-tuning and model breakpoints like image generation to your advantage. Fine-tuning is charged per hour, use as much time as you have available per hour to improve results without slipping into the next billing period. The cost for generating 100 images is the same as the cost for 1 image",
+ "waf": "Cost Optimization"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "53e8908a-e28c-484c-93b6-b7808b9fe5c4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/conditional-access/overview",
- "service": "Entra",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enforce Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access policies for any user with rights to Azure environments.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/plan-implement-administer-conditional-access/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "72d41e36-11cc-457b-9a4b-1410d43958a3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/manage-costs",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Remove unused fine-tuned models when they're no longer being consumed to avoid incurring an ongoing hosting fee",
+ "waf": "Cost Optimization"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "1049d403-a923-4c34-94d0-0018ac6a9e01",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/authentication/concept-mfa-howitworks",
- "service": "Entra",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enforce multi-factor authentication for any user with rights to the Azure environments.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/authentication/concept-mandatory-multifactor-authentication",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "7f42c78e-78cb-46a2-8ad1-90916e6a8d8g",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/manage-costs",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Create concise prompts that provide enough context for the model to generate a useful response. Also ensure that you optimize the limit of the response length.",
+ "waf": "Cost Optimization"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "14658d35-58fd-4772-99b8-21112df27ee4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/privileged-identity-management/pim-configure",
- "service": "Entra",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "b4861bc3-bc14-4aeb-9e66-e8d9a3aec219",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/create-account-bicep",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enforce Microsoft Entra ID Privileged Identity Management (PIM) to establish zero standing access and least privilege.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-ad-privileged-identity-management/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use infrastructure as code (IaC) to deploy Azure OpenAI, model deployments, and other infrastructure required for fine-tuning models",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "8b9fe5c4-1049-4d40-9a92-3c3474d00018",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/domain-services/overview",
- "service": "Entra",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
+ "guid": "2744293b-b628-4537-a551-19b08e8f5855",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/multitenant/service/openai",
+ "service": "Azure OpenAI",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If planning to switch from Active Directory Domain Services to Entra domain services, evaluate the compatibility of all workloads.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/implement-hybrid-identity-windows-server/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Consider using dedicated model deployments per consumer group to provide per-model usage isolation that can help prevent noisy neighbors between your consumer groups",
+ "waf": "Operational Excellence"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.aad/domainservices' | extend replicaSets = properties.replicaSets | where array_length(replicaSets) < 2 | project name=name, id=id, tags=tags, param1=strcat('replicaSetLocation:', replicaSets[0].location)",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/domain-services/overview",
- "service": "Entra",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "d7941d4a-7b6f-458f-8714-2f8f8c059ad4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-error-handling-policies",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When using Microsoft Entra Domain Services use replica sets. Replica sets will improve the resiliency of your managed domain and allow you to deploy to additional regions. ",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/understand-azure-active-directory/6-examine-azure-domain-services",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Implement an error handling policy at the global level",
+ "waf": "Operations"
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{
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- "guid": "1cf0b8da-70bd-44d0-94af-8d99cfc89ae1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/concept-activity-logs-azure-monitor",
- "service": "Entra",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "0b0c0765-ff37-4369-90bd-3eb23ce71b08",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/set-edit-policies?tabs=form#use-base-element-to-set-policy-evaluation-order",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Integrate Microsoft Entra ID logs with the platform-central Azure Monitor. Azure Monitor allows for a single source of truth around log and monitoring data in Azure, giving organizations a cloud native options to meet requirements around log collection and retention.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/monitoring-health/howto-integrate-activity-logs-with-azure-monitor-logs",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Ensure all APIs policies include a element.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
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{
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- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "984a859c-773e-47d2-9162-3a765a917e1f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/roles/security-emergency-access",
- "service": "Entra",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Implement an emergency access or break-glass accounts to prevent tenant-wide account lockout. MFA will be turned on by default for all users in Oct 2024. We recommend updating these accounts to use passkey (FIDO2) or configure certificate-based authentication for MFA. ",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/role-based-access-control/security-emergency-access#exclude-at-least-one-account-from-conditional-access-policies",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "a5c45b03-93b6-42fe-b16b-8fccb6a79902",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/policy-fragments",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Policy Fragments to avoid repeating same policies definitions across multiple APIs",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "35037e68-9349-4c15-b371-228514f4cdff",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/roles/best-practices",
- "service": "Entra",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "c3818a95-6ff3-4474-88dc-e809b46dad6a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/monetization-support",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Do not use on-premises synced accounts for Microsoft Entra ID role assignments, unless you have a scenario that specifically requires it.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-identity-security-strategy/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "If you are planning to monetize your APIs, review the 'monetization support' article for best practices",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "d5d1e4e6-1465-48d3-958f-d77249b82111",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-proxy/application-proxy",
- "service": "Entra",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When using Microsoft Entra ID Application Proxy to give remote users access to applications, manage it as a Platform resource as you can only have one instance per tenant.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-applications-external-access-azure-ad/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "a7d0840a-c8c4-4e83-adec-5ca578eb4049",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-use-azure-monitor#resource-logs",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enable Diagnostics Settings to export logs to Azure Monitor",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "e8bbac75-7155-49ab-a153-e8908ae28c84",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/enterprise-scale/network-topology-and-connectivity",
- "service": "VNet",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "8691fa38-45ed-4299-a247-fecd98d35deb",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-app-insights",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use a hub-and-spoke network topology for network scenarios that require maximum flexibility.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Enable Application Insights for more detailed telemetry",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "7dd61623-a364-4a90-9eca-e48ebd54cd7d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/traditional-azure-networking-topology",
- "service": "VNet",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "55fd27bb-76ac-4a91-bc37-049e885be6b7",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-use-azure-monitor",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Deploy shared networking services, including ExpressRoute gateways, VPN gateways, and Azure Firewall or partner NVAs in the central-hub virtual network. If necessary, also deploy DNS services.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Configure alerts on the most critical metrics",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "143b16c3-1d7a-4a9b-9470-4489a8042d88",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-overview",
- "service": "VNet",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "39460bdb-156f-4dc2-a87f-1e8c11ab0998",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#certificate-management-in-azure-key-vault",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use a DDoS Network or IP protection plan for all public IP addresses in application landing zones.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "text": "Ensure that custom SSL certificates are stored an Azure Key Vault so they can be securely accessed and updated",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "e2e8abac-3571-4559-ab91-53e89f89dc7b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/dmz/nva-ha",
- "service": "NVA",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When deploying partner networking technologies or NVAs, follow the partner vendor's guidance.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "e9217997-5f6c-479d-8576-8f2adf706ec8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#azure-ad-authentication-required-for-data-plane-access",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Protect incoming requests to APIs (data plane) with Azure AD",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "ce463dbb-bc8a-4c2a-aebc-92a43da1dae2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-coexist-resource-manager#to-enable-transit-routing-between-expressroute-and-azure-vpn",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "If you need transit between ExpressRoute and VPN gateways in hub and spoke scenarios, use Azure Route Server.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-route-server/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "5e5f64ba-c90e-480e-8888-398d96cf0bfb",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-aad",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Microsoft Entra ID to authenticate users in the Developer Portal",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualHubs",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id, subnetName = subnets.name, subnetPrefix = subnets.properties.addressPrefix | extend subnetPrefixLength = split(subnetPrefix, '/')[1] | where subnetName == 'RouteServerSubnet' | extend compliant = (subnetPrefixLength <= 27) | distinct id, compliant",
- "guid": "91b9d7d5-91e1-4dcb-8f1f-fa7e465646cc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/route-server/quickstart-configure-route-server-portal#create-a-route-server-1",
- "service": "ARS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "If using Route Server, use a /27 prefix for the Route Server subnet.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-route-server/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "f8e574ce-280f-49c8-b2ef-68279b081cf3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-create-groups",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Create appropriate groups to control the visibility of the products",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "cc881471-607c-41cc-a0e6-14658dd558f9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-faq#can-i-create-a-peering-connection-to-a-vnet-in-a-different-region",
- "service": "VNet",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "06862505-2d9a-4874-9491-2837b00a3475",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/backends",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For network architectures with multiple hub-and-spoke topologies across Azure regions, use global virtual network peerings between the hub VNets to connect the regions to each other.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/azure-administrator-manage-virtual-networks/",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Use Backends feature to eliminate redundant API backend configurations",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "4722d929-c1b1-4cd6-81f5-4b29bade39ad",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/insights/network-insights-overview",
- "service": "VNet",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "03b125d5-b69b-4739-b7fd-84b86da4933e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-properties?tabs=azure-portal",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Monitor for Networks to monitor the end-to-end state of the networks on Azure.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-network-monitoring/",
+ "text": "Use Named Values to store common values that can be used in policies",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | mvexpand properties.virtualNetworkPeerings | summarize peeringcount = count() by id | extend compliant = (peeringcount < 450) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "0e7c28ec-9366-4572-83b0-f4664b1d944a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits?toc=/azure/virtual-network/toc.json#azure-resource-manager-virtual-networking-limits",
- "service": "VNet",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "beae759e-4ddb-4326-bf26-47f87d3454b6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-deploy-multi-region",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If you have more than 400 spoke networks in a region, deploy an additional hub to bypass VNet peering limits (500) and the maximum number of prefixes that can be advertised via ExpressRoute (1000).",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/",
+ "text": "For DR, leverage the premium tier with deployments scaled across two or more regions for 99.99% SLA",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/routetables' | mvexpand properties.routes | summarize routeCount = count() by id | extend compliant = (routeCount < 360) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "3d457936-e9b7-41eb-bdff-314b26450b12",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits?toc=/azure/virtual-network/toc.json#azure-resource-manager-virtual-networking-limits",
- "service": "VNet",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "9c8d1664-dd9a-49d4-bd83-950af0af4044",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/high-availability",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Limit the number of routes per route table to 400.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/",
+ "text": "Deploy at least one unit in two or more availability zones for an increased SLA of 99.99%",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | mvexpand properties.virtualNetworkPeerings | project id, peeringName=properties_virtualNetworkPeerings.name, compliant = (properties_virtualNetworkPeerings.properties.allowVirtualNetworkAccess == True)",
- "guid": "c76cb5a2-abe2-11ed-afa1-0242ac120002",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-manage-peering",
- "service": "VNet",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "8d2db6e8-85c6-4118-a52c-ae76a4f27934",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#service-native-backup-capability",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use the setting 'Allow traffic to remote virtual network' when configuring VNet peerings.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/",
+ "text": "Ensure there is an automated backup routine",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/loadbalancers' | where tolower(sku.name) != 'basic' | mv-expand feIPconfigs = properties.frontendIPConfigurations | extend feConfigName = (feIPconfigs.name), PrivateSubnetId = toupper(feIPconfigs.properties.subnet.id), PrivateIPZones = feIPconfigs.zones, PIPid = toupper(feIPconfigs.properties.publicIPAddress.id), JoinID = toupper(id) | where isnotempty(PrivateSubnetId) | where isnull(PrivateIPZones) or array_length(PrivateIPZones) < 2 | project name, feConfigName, id | union (resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/loadbalancers' | where tolower(sku.name) != 'basic' | mv-expand feIPconfigs = properties.frontendIPConfigurations | extend feConfigName = (feIPconfigs.name), PIPid = toupper(feIPconfigs.properties.publicIPAddress.id), JoinID = toupper(id) | where isnotempty(PIPid) | join kind=innerunique ( resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/publicipaddresses' | where isnull(zones) or array_length(zones) < 2 | extend LBid = toupper(substring(properties.ipConfiguration.id, 0, indexof(properties.ipConfiguration.id, '/frontendIPConfigurations'))), InnerID = toupper(id) ) on $left.PIPid == $right.InnerID) | project name, id, tags, param1='Zones: No Zone or Zonal', param2=strcat('Frontend IP Configuration:', ' ', feConfigName)",
- "guid": "9dcd6250-9c4a-4382-aa9b-5b84c64fc1fe",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/reliability-load-balancer?tabs=graph#zone-redundant",
- "service": "Load Balancers",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Standard Load Balancer SKU with a zone-redundant deployment, Selecting Standard SKU Load Balancer enhances reliability through availability zones and zone resiliency, ensuring deployments withstand zone and region failures. Unlike Basic, it supports global load balancing and offers an SLA.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "43e60b94-7bca-43a2-aadf-efb04d63a485",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/retry-policy",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Policies to add a fail-over backend URL and caching to reduce failing calls.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | extend bep = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackEndPools = array_length(bep) | where BackEndPools == 0 | project name, id, Param1='backendPools', Param2=toint(0), tags | union (resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | where sku.name == 'Standard' | extend bep = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackEndPools = toint(array_length(bep)) | mv-expand bip = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackendAddresses = array_length(bip.properties.loadBalancerBackendAddresses) | where toint(BackendAddresses) <= 1 | project name, id, tags, Param1='backendAddresses', Param2=toint(BackendAddresses)) | union ( resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | where sku.name == 'Basic' | mv-expand properties.backendAddressPools | extend backendPoolId = properties_backendAddressPools.id | project id, name, tags, tostring(backendPoolId), Param1='BackEndPools' | join kind = leftouter ( resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces' | mv-expand properties.ipConfigurations | mv-expand properties_ipConfigurations.properties.loadBalancerBackendAddressPools | extend backendPoolId = tostring(properties_ipConfigurations_properties_loadBalancerBackendAddressPools.id) | summarize poolMembers = count() by backendPoolId | project tostring(backendPoolId), poolMembers ) on backendPoolId | where toint(poolMembers) <= 1 | extend BackendAddresses = poolMembers | project id, name, tags, Param1='backendAddresses', Param2=toint(BackendAddresses))",
- "guid": "48682fb1-1e86-4458-a686-518ebd47393d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/reliability-load-balancer?tabs=graph#zone-redundant",
- "service": "Load Balancers",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure load balancer backend pool(s) contains at least two instances, Deploying Azure Load Balancers with at least two instances in the backend prevents a single point of failure and supports scalability.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "8210699f-8d43-45c2-8f19-57e54134bd8f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-log-event-hubs",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "If you need to log at high performance levels, consider Event Hubs policy",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "de0d5973-cd4c-4d21-a088-137f5e6c4cfd",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-macsec",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "121bfc39-fa7b-4096-b93b-ab56c1bc0bed",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-sample-flexible-throttling",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When you're using ExpressRoute Direct, configure MACsec in order to encrypt traffic at the layer-two level between the organization's routers and MSEE. The diagram shows this encryption in flow.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Apply throttling policies to control the number of requests per second",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/protect-apis-on-api-management/",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "ed301d6e-872e-452e-9611-cc58b5a4b151",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/vpn-gateway/site-to-site-vpn-private-peering",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "bb5f356b-3daf-47a2-a9ee-867a8100bbd5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-autoscale",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For scenarios where MACsec isn't an option (for example, not using ExpressRoute Direct), use a VPN gateway to establish IPsec tunnels over ExpressRoute private peering.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-network-security/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Configure autoscaling to scale out the number of instances when the load increases",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "558fd772-49b8-4211-82df-27ee412e7f98",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-ip-addressing",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure no overlapping IP address spaces across Azure regions and on-premises locations are used.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "84b94abb-59b6-4b9d-8587-3413669468e8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-provision-self-hosted-gateway",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Deploy self-hosted gateways where Azure doesn't have a region close to the backend APIs.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | extend addressSpace = todynamic(properties.addressSpace) | extend addressPrefix = todynamic(properties.addressSpace.addressPrefixes) | mvexpand addressSpace | mvexpand addressPrefix | project name, id, location, resourceGroup, subscriptionId, cidr = addressPrefix | extend compliant = (cidr matches regex @'^(10\\\\.|172\\\\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[01])\\\\.|192\\\\.168\\\\.)') | project id, compliant, cidr",
- "guid": "3f630472-2dd6-49c5-a5c2-622f54b69bad",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-ip-addressing",
- "service": "VNet",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "1fe8db45-a017-4888-8c4d-4422583cfae0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/upgrade-and-scale#upgrade-and-scale",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use IP addresses from the address allocation ranges for private internets (RFC 1918).",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use the premium tier for production workloads.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | extend addressSpace = todynamic(properties.addressSpace) | extend addressPrefix = todynamic(properties.addressSpace.addressPrefixes) | mvexpand addressSpace | mvexpand addressPrefix | extend addressMask = split(addressPrefix,'/')[1] | extend compliant = addressMask > 16 | project name, id, subscriptionId, resourceGroup, addressPrefix, compliant",
- "guid": "33aad5e8-c68e-41d7-9667-313b4f5664b5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-ip-addressing",
- "service": "VNet",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure that IP address space isn't wasted, don't create unnecessarily large virtual networks (for example /16).",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "1b8d68a4-66cd-44d5-ba94-3ee94440e8d6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-deploy-multi-region#-route-api-calls-to-regional-backend-services",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "In multi-region model, use Policies to route the requests to regional backends based on availability or latency.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "f348ef25-4c27-4d42-b8bb-ac7571559ab9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery/concepts-on-premises-to-azure-networking#retain-ip-addresses",
- "service": "VNet",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "46f07d33-ef9a-44e8-8f98-67c097c5d8cd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits#api-management-limits",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Do not use overlapping IP address ranges for production and disaster recovery sites.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/az-104-manage-virtual-networks/",
+ "text": "Be aware of APIM's limits",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "Resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses' and sku.tier =~ 'Regional' | where isempty(zones) or array_length(zones) <= 1 | extend az = case(isempty(zones), 'Non-zonal', array_length(zones) <= 1, strcat('Zonal (', strcat_array(zones, ','), ')'), zones) | project name, id, tags, param1 = strcat('sku: ', sku.name), param2 = strcat('availabilityZone: ', az)",
- "guid": "0c47f486-656d-4699-8c30-edef5b8a93c4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/public-ip-addresses#availability-zone",
- "service": "Public IP Addresses",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "10f58602-f0f9-4d77-972a-956f6e0f2600",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/self-hosted-gateway-overview",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Standard SKU and Zone-Redundant IPs when applicable, Public IP addresses in Azure can be of standard SKU, available as non-zonal, zonal, or zone-redundant. Zone-redundant IPs are accessible across all zones, resisting any single zone failure, thereby providing higher resilience. ",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/training/modules/configure-virtual-networks/6-create-public-ip-addressing",
+ "text": "Ensure that the self-hosted gateway deployments are resilient.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "153e8908-ae28-4c84-a33b-6b7808b9fe5c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/dns/private-dns-getstarted-portal",
- "service": "DNS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "7519e385-a88b-4d34-966b-6269d686e890",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/front-door-api-management",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For environments where name resolution in Azure is all that's required, use Azure Private DNS for resolution with a delegated zone for name resolution (such as 'azure.contoso.com').",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/az-104-manage-virtual-networks/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Use Azure Front Door in front of APIM for multi-region deployment",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "41049d40-3a92-43c3-974d-00018ac6a9e0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/dns/dns-private-resolver-overview",
- "service": "DNS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "cd45c90e-7690-4753-930b-bf290c69c074",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#virtual-network-integration",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For environments where name resolution across Azure and on-premises is required and there is no existing enterprise DNS service like Active Directory, use Azure DNS Private Resolver to route DNS requests to Azure or to on-premises DNS servers.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-dns-private-resolver/",
+ "text": "Deploy the service within a Virtual Network (VNet)",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "1e6a83de-5de3-42c1-a924-81607d5d1e4e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-name-resolution-for-vms-and-role-instances",
- "service": "DNS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Special workloads that require and deploy their own DNS (such as Red Hat OpenShift) should use their preferred DNS solution.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/courses/az-700t00",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "02661582-b3d1-48d1-9d7b-c6a918a0ca33",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#network-security-group-support",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Deploy network security groups (NSG) to your subnets to restrict or monitor traffic to/from APIM.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "614658d3-558f-4d77-849b-821112df27ee",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/dns/private-dns-autoregistration",
- "service": "DNS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "67437a28-2721-4a2c-becd-caa54c8237a5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#azure-private-link",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Deploy Private Endpoints to filter incoming traffic when APIM is not deployed to a VNet.",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "d698adbd-3288-44cb-b10a-9b572da395ae",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#disable-public-network-access",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable auto-registration for Azure DNS to automatically manage the lifecycle of the DNS records for the virtual machines deployed within a virtual network.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/az-104-manage-virtual-networks/",
+ "text": "Disable Public Network Access",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "0674d750-0c6f-4ac0-8717-ceec04d0bdbd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/automation-manage-api-management",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Simplify management with PowerShell automation scripts",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "18c80eb0-582a-4198-bf5c-d8800b2d263b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/private-link-and-dns-integration-at-scale#private-link-and-dns-integration-in-hub-and-spoke-network-architectures",
- "service": "DNS",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "c385bfcd-49fd-4786-81ba-cedbb4c57345",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/app-platform/api-management/platform-automation-and-devops#design-recommendations",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement a plan for managing DNS resolution between multiple Azure regions and when services fail over to another region",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/az-104-manage-virtual-networks/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Configure APIM via Infrastructure-as-code. Review DevOps best practices from the Cloud Adaption Framework APIM Landing Zone Accelerator",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/bastionHosts",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "ee1ac551-c4d5-46cf-b035-d0a3c50d87ad",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/bastion/bastion-overview",
- "service": "Bastion",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "6c3a27c0-197f-426c-9ffa-86fed51d9ab6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/visual-studio-code-tutorial",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Bastion to securely connect to your network.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-bastion/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Promote usage of Visual Studio Code APIM extension for faster API development",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/bastionHosts",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id, subnetName = subnets.name, subnetPrefix = subnets.properties.addressPrefix | extend subnetPrefixLength = split(subnetPrefix, '/')[1] | where subnetName == 'AzureBastionSubnet' | extend compliant = (subnetPrefixLength <= 26) | distinct id, compliant",
- "guid": "6eab9eb6-762b-485e-8ea8-15aa5dba0bd0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/bastion/bastion-faq#subnet",
- "service": "Bastion",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "354f1c03-8112-4965-85ad-c0074bddf231",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/devops-api-development-templates",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Bastion in a subnet /26 or larger.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-bastion/",
+ "text": "Implement DevOps and CI/CD in your workflow",
+ "waf": "Operations"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "b6439493-426a-45f3-9697-cf65baee208d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-mutual-certificates-for-clients",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Secure APIs using client certificate authentication",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoorwebApplicationFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "1d7aa9b6-4704-4489-a804-2d88e79d17b7",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/afds-overview",
- "service": "WAF",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "2a67d143-1033-4c0a-8732-680896478f08",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-mutual-certificates",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Front Door and WAF policies to provide global protection across Azure regions for inbound HTTP/S connections to a landing zone.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "text": "Secure backend services using client certificate authentication",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoorwebApplicationFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "3b22a5a6-7e7a-48ed-9b30-e38c3f29812b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
- "service": "WAF",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "When using Azure Front Door and Azure Application Gateway to help protect HTTP/S apps, use WAF policies in Azure Front Door. Lock down Azure Application Gateway to receive traffic only from Azure Front Door.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "074435f5-4a46-41ac-b521-d6114cb5d845",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/mitigate-owasp-api-threats",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Review 'Recommendations to mitigate OWASP API Security Top 10 threats' article and check what is applicable to your APIs",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoorwebApplicationFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "2363cefe-179b-4599-be0d-5973cd4cd21b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
- "service": "WAF",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "When WAFs and other reverse proxies are required for inbound HTTP/S connections, deploy them within a landing-zone virtual network and together with the apps that they're protecting and exposing to the internet.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "5507c4b8-a7f8-41d6-9661-418c987100c9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/authorizations-overview",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Authorizations feature to simplify management of OAuth 2.0 token for your backend APIs",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "088137f5-e6c4-4cfd-9e50-4547c2447ec6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-reference-architectures",
- "service": "VNet",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "2deee033-b906-4bc2-9f26-c8d3699fe091",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-manage-protocols-ciphers",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Azure DDoS Network or IP Protection plans to help protect Public IP Addresses endpoints within the virtual networks.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "text": "Use the latest TLS version when encrypting information in transit. Disable outdated and unnecessary protocols and ciphers when possible.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "b034c01e-110b-463a-b36e-e3346e57f225",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/default-outbound-access",
- "service": "VNet",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "f8af3d94-1d2b-4070-846f-849197524258",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#im-8-restrict-the-exposure-of-credential-and-secrets",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Plan for how to manage your network outbound traffic configuration and strategy before the upcoming breaking change. On September 30, 2025, default outbound access for new deployments will be retired and only explicit access configurations will be allowed.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-virtual-networks/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Ensure that secrets (Named values) are stored an Azure Key Vault so they can be securely accessed and updated",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "b1c82a3f-2320-4dfa-8972-7ae4823c8930",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-reference-architectures",
- "service": "VNet",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Add diagnostic settings to save DDoS related logs for all the protected public IP addresses (DDoS IP or Network Protection).",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "791abd8b-7706-4e31-9569-afefde724be3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#managed-identities",
+ "service": "APIM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use managed identities to authenticate to other Azure resources whenever possible",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "3c5a808d-c695-4c14-a63c-c7ab7a510e41",
- "link": "https://github.com/Azure/Enterprise-Scale/wiki/ALZ-Policies#corp",
- "service": "Policy",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
+ "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
+ "guid": "220c4ca6-6688-476b-b2b5-425a78e6fb87",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#ns-6-deploy-web-application-firewall",
+ "service": "APIM",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure there is a policy assignment to deny Public IP addresses directly tied to Virtual Machines. Use exclusions if public IPs are needed on specific VMs.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "text": "Use web application firewall (WAF) by deploying Application Gateway in front of APIM",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "359c373e-7dd6-4162-9a36-4a907ecae48e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/connectivity-to-azure",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use ExpressRoute as the primary connection to Azure. Use VPNs as a source of backup connectivity.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Leverage zone-redundancy to ensure high availability in the event of zone-level failures. Use Premium V2/V3 or Isolated v2 tiers, which provide support for zone-redundant deployments and ensure minimal downtime during disasters.",
+ "guid": "b32e1aa1-4813-4602-88fe-27ca2891f421",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/app-service-web-app/zone-redundant?source=recommendations",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Implement a baseline highly available zone-redundant web application architecture. Ensure your Azure App Service is on Premium V2/V3 or Isolated v2 tiers for zone-redundant support.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "description": "You can use AS-path prepending and connection weights to influence traffic from Azure to on-premises, and the full range of BGP attributes in your own routers to influence traffic from on-premises to Azure.",
- "guid": "f29812b2-363c-4efe-879b-599de0d5973c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-routing",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Leverage staging slots for zero-downtime deployments and automated backups to ensure disaster recovery. Choose the appropriate tier (Standard or Premium) based on the number of slots and disaster recovery requirements.",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.web/serverfarms' | extend compliant = (sku.tier == 'Premium' or sku.tier == 'Standard') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "e4b31c6a-2e3f-4df1-8e8b-9c3aa5a27820",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/overview-hosting-plans",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When you use multiple ExpressRoute circuits or multiple on-prem locations, use BGP attributes to optimize routing.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "text": "Use Premium and Standard tiers for staging slots and automated backups. Align your backup retention period with disaster recovery needs.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources| where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworkgateways'| where properties.gatewayType =~ 'vpn' or properties.gatewayType == 'ExpressRoute'| extend SKUName = properties.sku.name, SKUTier = properties.sku.tier, Type = properties.gatewayType| extend compliant = SKUTier !in ('Basic', 'Standard')| project name, id, subscriptionId, resourceGroup, compliant",
- "guid": "d4cd21b0-8813-47f5-b6c4-cfd3e504547c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-about-virtual-network-gateways?source=recommendations#gwsku",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Select the right SKU for the ExpressRoute/VPN gateways based on bandwidth and performance requirements.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Availability Zones provide physical isolation across datacenters in a region, reducing downtime during outages. Verify your region supports Availability Zones and use Premium V2/V3 tiers for zone-redundant deployments.",
+ "guid": "a7e2e6c2-491f-4fa4-a82b-521d0bc3b202",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/migrate-app-service",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Leverage Availability Zones where regionally applicable (Premium V2/V3 tier required). Check region support for Availability Zones.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/expressroutecircuits' | extend compliant = (tolower(sku.family) == 'metereddata' or tolower(sku.tier) == 'local') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "7025b442-f6e9-4af6-b11f-c9574916016f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/plan-manage-cost",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure that you're using unlimited-data ExpressRoute circuits only if you reach the bandwidth that justifies their cost.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Enable health checks to detect unhealthy instances in real-time and automatically replace them to maintain high availability and application reliability.",
+ "graph": "appserviceresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.web/sites/config' | extend compliant = (properties.HealthCheckPath != '') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "1275e4a9-7b6a-43c3-a9cd-5ee18d8995ad",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/monitor-instances-health-check",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Implement health checks to monitor and detect issues with App Service instances. Health checks enable automatic instance replacement on failure.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/connections' | where properties.connectionType == 'ExpressRoute' | project id, gwid=tostring(properties.virtualNetworkGateway1.id), circuitid=tostring(properties.peer.id) | join (resources | where type=='microsoft.network/expressroutecircuits' | project circuitid=tostring(id), circuitsku=sku.tier) on circuitid | project id=gwid, compliant = (circuitsku == 'Local') | summarize compliant=max(compliant) by id",
- "guid": "f4e7926a-ec35-476e-a412-5dd17136bd62",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-faqs#expressroute-local",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Follow best practices for configuring backups and restores in Azure App Service and ASE to guarantee data availability and ensure recovery during disaster scenarios.",
+ "guid": "35a91c5d-4ad6-4d9b-8e0f-c47db9e6d1e7",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/manage-backup",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Leverage the Local SKU of ExpressRoute to reduce the cost of your circuits, if your circuit peering location supports your Azure regions for the Local SKU.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Refer to backup and restore best practices for Azure App Service and App Service Environments (ASE) to ensure data availability and recovery.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources| where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworkgateways'| where properties.gatewayType =~ 'vpn' or properties.gatewayType == 'ExpressRoute'| extend SKUName = properties.sku.name, SKUTier = properties.sku.tier, Type = properties.gatewayType| extend compliant = SKUTier contains 'AZ'| project name, id, subscriptionId, resourceGroup, Type, compliant",
- "guid": "2447ec66-138a-4720-8f1c-e16ed301d6e8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-about-virtual-network-gateways",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy a zone-redundant ExpressRoute gateway in the supported Azure regions.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Ensure high availability by incorporating scaling, fault tolerance, monitoring, and zone redundancy into your App Service architecture. Leverage health checks and availability zones to maintain uptime.",
+ "guid": "e68cd0ec-afc6-4bd8-a27f-7860ad9a0db2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/framework/services/compute/azure-app-service/reliability",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Implement Azure App Service reliability best practices, including auto-scaling, fault tolerance, health checks, and zone redundancy.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "72e52e36-11cc-458b-9a4b-1511e43a58a9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/connectivity-to-azure",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For scenarios that require bandwidth higher than 10 Gbps or dedicated 10/100-Gbps ports, use ExpressRoute Direct.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Prepare for disaster recovery by implementing region failover strategies. Utilize active-active and active-passive configurations, automated failover, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for seamless failover during outages.",
+ "guid": "bd2a865c-0835-4418-bb58-4df91a5a9b3f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/manage-disaster-recovery#recover-app-content-only",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Familiarize with App Service region failover, including active-active and active-passive configurations, automated failover, and IaC deployment.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "c2299c4d-7b57-4d0c-9555-62f2b3e4563a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/about-fastpath",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Azure App Service offers built-in reliability features, including scaling, fault tolerance, and service-level agreements (SLAs). Leverage these features to maintain consistent performance during outages.",
+ "guid": "f3d2f1e4-e6d4-4b7a-a5a5-e2a9b2c6f293",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/reliability-app-service",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Familiarize with reliability support in Azure App Service, including scaling options, SLAs, and automated recovery mechanisms.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Enabling 'Always On' for Function Apps ensures that the app does not go idle, maintaining its availability and responsiveness at all times.",
+ "guid": "c7b5f3d1-0569-4fd2-9f32-c0b64e9c0c5e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-functions/dedicated-plan#always-on",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When low latency is required, or throughput from on-premises to Azure must be greater than 10 Gbps, enable FastPath to bypass the ExpressRoute gateway from the data path.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Ensure 'Always On' is enabled for Function Apps running on App Service plans to prevent idling and ensure continuous availability.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualNetworkGateways",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworkgateways' | where properties.gatewayType == 'Vpn' | extend compliant = (tolower(properties.sku.name) contains 'az') | distinct id, compliant",
- "guid": "4d873974-8b66-42d6-b15f-512a65498f6d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/vpn-gateway/create-zone-redundant-vnet-gateway",
- "service": "VPN",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Health checks monitor the health of App Service instances, enabling automatic replacement of unhealthy instances to maintain high availability.",
+ "guid": "a3b4d5f6-758c-4f9d-9e1a-d7c6b7e8f9ab",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/monitor-instances-health-check",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use zone-redundant VPN gateways to connect branches or remote locations to Azure (where available).",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-vpn-gateway/",
+ "text": "Monitor App Service instances using Health checks to detect unhealthy instances and automatically replace them.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualNetworkGateways",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "45866df8-cf85-4ca9-bbe2-65ec1478919e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-highlyavailable",
- "service": "VPN",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "guid": "c7d3e5f9-a19c-4833-8ca6-1dcb0128e129",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/app/availability-overview",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use redundant VPN appliances on-premises (active/active or active/passive).",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-vpn-gateway/",
+ "text": "Monitor availability and responsiveness of web app or website using Application Insights availability tests, ensuring proactive detection of performance issues and downtime.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "718cb437-b060-2589-8856-2e93a5c6633b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-erdirect-about",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "guid": "b4e3f2d5-a5c6-4d7e-8b2f-c5d9e7a8f0ea",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/app/availability-standard-tests",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use Application Insights Standard test to monitor availability and responsiveness of web app or website",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Azure Key Vault ensures secrets are encrypted, securely stored, and accessed only by authorized applications. It supports audit logging, and secret versioning, and reduces the risk of accidental exposure of sensitive information.",
+ "guid": "834ac932-223e-4ce8-8b12-3071a5416415",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/app-service-key-vault-references",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "If using ExpressRoute Direct, consider using ExpressRoute Local circuits to the local Azure regions to save costs.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Use Azure Key Vault to store any secrets the application needs. Key Vault provides a secure, managed, and audited environment for storing secrets, and integrates seamlessly with App Service via App Service Key Vault References for enhanced security.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "8042d88e-79d1-47b7-9b22-a5a67e7a8ed4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/framework/services/networking/expressroute/reliability",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When traffic isolation or dedicated bandwidth is required, such as for separating production and nonproduction environments, use different ExpressRoute circuits. It will help you ensure isolated routing domains and alleviate noisy-neighbor risks.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Managed Identity eliminates the need for hard-coded credentials by allowing App Service to authenticate to Azure Key Vault securely. This reduces the risk of credential exposure and simplifies secret management for enhanced security.",
+ "guid": "833ea3ad-2c2d-4e73-8165-c3acbef4abe1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/app-service-key-vault-references",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use Managed Identity to securely connect to Azure Key Vault for accessing secrets, through App Service Key Vault References.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "b30e38c3-f298-412b-8363-cefe179b599d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-monitoring-metrics-alerts",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Monitor ExpressRoute availability and utilization using built-in Express Route Insights.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Storing TLS certificates in Azure Key Vault enhances security by providing centralized, secure management and automated renewal of certificates. This reduces the risk of manual handling errors and certificate expiration.",
+ "guid": "f8d39fda-4776-4831-9c11-5775c2ea55b4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/configure-ssl-certificate",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use Azure Key Vault to securely store and manage TLS certificates for App Service.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "5bf68dc9-325e-4873-bf88-f8214ef2e5d2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/how-to-configure-connection-monitor",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "To minimize exposure and improve security, isolate systems processing sensitive data. Leverage separate App Service Plans or App Service Environments for isolation, and use different subscriptions or management groups to enforce stricter boundaries and governance.",
+ "guid": "6ad48408-ee72-4734-a475-ba18fdbf590c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/overview-hosting-plans",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Connection Monitor for connectivity monitoring across the network, especially between on-premises and Azure.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Isolate systems that process sensitive information using separate App Service Plans, App Service Environments (ASE), and consider different subscriptions or management groups for enhanced security.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/connections' | where properties.connectionType == 'ExpressRoute' | project cxId=id, gwId=tostring(properties.virtualNetworkGateway1.id), circuitId=tostring(properties.peer.id) | join (resources | where type=='microsoft.network/expressroutecircuits' | project circuitId=tostring(id), circuitLocation=tostring(properties.serviceProviderProperties.peeringLocation)) on circuitId | distinct gwId, circuitLocation | summarize countErLocations=count() by id=gwId | extend compliant = (countErLocations >= 2)",
- "guid": "e0d5973c-d4cd-421b-8881-37f5e6c4cfd3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/designing-for-disaster-recovery-with-expressroute-privatepeering#need-for-redundant-connectivity-solution",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Local disks on App Service are not encrypted and sensitive data should not be stored on those. (For example: D:\\\\Local and %TMP%).",
+ "guid": "e65de8e0-3f9b-4cbd-9682-66abca264f9a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/operating-system-functionality#file-access",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use ExpressRoute circuits from different peering locations for redundancy.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Do not store sensitive data on local disk",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "cf3fe65c-fec0-495a-8edc-9675200f2add",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-coexist-resource-manager",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Use Microsoft Entra ID or B2C for secure user authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO) across applications. Integrate using the built-in App Service Authentication/Authorization feature for streamlined security and compliance with modern authentication protocols like OpenID Connect.",
+ "guid": "919ca0b2-c121-459e-814b-933df574eccc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/overview-authentication-authorization",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use site-to-site VPN as failover of ExpressRoute, if only using a single ExpressRoute circuit.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use Microsoft Entra ID or B2C for secure authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO).",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,resourceGroup,name,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id,resourceGroup,name,subnetName=tostring(subnets.name),routeTableId=tostring(subnets.properties.routeTable.id) | where subnetName == 'GatewaySubnet' | join kind=leftouter (Resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/routetables' | project routeTableName=name,routeTableId=id, disableBgpRoutePropagation=properties.disableBgpRoutePropagation) on routeTableId | project id,compliant = (disableBgpRoutePropagation == False or isnull(disableBgpRoutePropagation))",
- "guid": "72105cc8-aaea-4ee1-8c7a-ad25977afcaf",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-about-vpn-gateway-settings#gwsub",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Ensure all code deployments to App Service originate from a controlled, secured environment, such as a well-managed DevOps pipeline. This practice mitigates the risk of deploying unauthorized or malicious code by enforcing version control, code verification, and secure hosting.",
+ "guid": "3f9bcbd4-6826-46ab-aa26-4f9a19aed9c5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/deploy-best-practices",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "If you are using a route table in the GatewaySubnet, make sure that gateway routes are propagated.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Deploy code to App Service from a trusted and secure environment.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "d581a947-69a2-4783-942e-9df3664324c8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/designing-for-high-availability-with-expressroute#active-active-connections",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Disable basic authentication for FTP/FTPS and WebDeploy/SCM to enhance security by enforcing Microsoft Entra ID secured endpoints for deployment. This ensures that only authenticated users using Microsoft Entra ID credentials can access deployment services, including the SCM site.",
+ "guid": "5d04c2c3-919c-4a0b-8c12-159e114b933d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/deploy-configure-credentials#disable-basic-authentication",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "If using ExpressRoute, your on-premises routing should be dynamic: in the event of a connection failure it should converge to the remaining connection of the circuit. Load should be shared across both connections ideally as active/active, although active/passive is supported too.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Disable basic authentication for FTP/FTPS and WebDeploy/SCM.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "b258f058-b9f6-46cd-b28d-990106f0c3f8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/designing-for-high-availability-with-expressroute",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure the two physical links of your ExpressRoute circuit are connected to two distinct edge devices in your network.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Wherever possible, use Managed Identity to securely connect to Microsoft Entra ID-secured resources without storing credentials. If this is not feasible, store secrets in Azure Key Vault and access them using Managed Identity to maintain security and reduce the risk of credential exposure.",
+ "guid": "f574eccc-d9bd-43ba-bcda-3b54eb2eb03d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/overview-managed-identity?tabs=portal%2Chttp",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use Managed Identity to connect to Microsoft Entra ID secured resources.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "fe2a1b53-6fbd-4c67-b58a-85d7c7a0afcb",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-bfd",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) is enabled and configured on customer or provider edge routing devices.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "When using images stored in Azure Container Registry, pull these images using a Managed Identity to avoid storing credentials. This ensures secure access to container images and reduces the risk of credential exposure.",
+ "guid": "d9a25827-18d2-4ddb-8072-5769ee6691a4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/configure-custom-container#use-managed-identity-to-pull-image-from-azure-container-registry",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Pull container images from Azure Container Registry using a Managed Identity.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "669b215a-ce43-4371-8f6f-11047f6490f1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/designing-for-disaster-recovery-with-expressroute-privatepeering",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Connect the ExpressRoute Gateway to two or more circuits from different peering locations for higher resiliency.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Configure diagnostic settings to send telemetry and security logs (including HTTP, platform, and audit logs) to Log Analytics. Centralized logging enhances monitoring, threat detection, and compliance reporting.",
+ "guid": "47768314-c115-4775-a2ea-55b46ad48408",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/troubleshoot-diagnostic-logs",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Send App Service runtime and security logs to Log Analytics for centralized monitoring and alerting.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "3f79ed00-203b-4c95-9efd-691505f5a1f9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-howto-setup-alerts-virtual-network-gateway-log",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Set up a diagnostic setting to send the activity log to Log Analytics as the central destination for logging and monitoring. This allows you to monitor control plane activity on the App Service resource itself.",
+ "guid": "ee72734b-475b-4a18-bdbf-590ce65de8e0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/activity-log",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Configure diagnostic logs and alerts for ExpressRoute virtual network gateway.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Send App Service activity logs to Log Analytics",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "5234c93f-b651-41dd-80c1-234177b91ced",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/virtual-network-connectivity-guidance",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Use regional VNet integration, Network Security Groups (NSGs), and User-Defined Routes (UDRs) to control outbound network access. Route traffic through a Network Virtual Appliance (NVA), such as Azure Firewall, and monitor firewall logs to ensure traffic is properly controlled and secure.",
+ "guid": "c12159e1-14b9-433d-b574-ecccd9bd3baf",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/overview-vnet-integration",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Do not use ExpressRoute circuits for VNet-to-VNet communication.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Control outbound network access for App Service using VNet integration, NSGs, UDRs, and firewalls.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "8ac6a9e0-1e6a-483d-b5de-32c199248160",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-about",
- "service": "N/A",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Provide a stable outbound IP by using VNet integration with a NAT Gateway or Network Virtual Appliance (NVA) like Azure Firewall. This enables the receiving party to allow-list based on IP, if necessary. For communications with Azure services, use mechanisms like Service Endpoints or private endpoints to avoid relying on static IPs, ensuring secure and efficient connectivity.",
+ "guid": "cda3b54e-b2eb-403d-b9a2-582718d2ddb1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/networking/nat-gateway-integration",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Do not send Azure traffic to hybrid locations for inspection. Instead, follow the principle 'traffic in Azure stays in Azure' so that communication across resources in Azure occurs via the Microsoft backbone network.",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Ensure a stable IP for outbound communications by using VNet NAT Gateway or Azure Firewall.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "e6c4cfd3-e504-4547-a244-7ec66138a720",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/overview",
- "service": "Firewall",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Control inbound network access by configuring App Service Access Restrictions, Service Endpoints, or Private Endpoints. Ensure appropriate restrictions are set for both the web app and the SCM (deployment) site to limit unauthorized access and enhance security.",
+ "guid": "0725769e-e669-41a4-a34a-c932223ece80",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/networking-features#access-restrictions",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Azure Firewall to govern Azure outbound traffic to the internet, non-HTTP/S inbound connections, and East/West traffic filtering (if the organization requires it).",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "text": "Control inbound network access using Access Restrictions, Service Endpoints, or Private Endpoints.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "5a4b1511-e43a-458a-ac22-99c4d7b57d0c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall-manager/policy-overview",
- "service": "Firewall",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Create a global Azure Firewall policy to govern security posture across the global network environment and assign it to all Azure Firewall instances. Allow for granular policies to meet requirements of specific regions by delegating incremental firewall policies to local security teams via Azure role-based access control.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Protect App Service from malicious inbound traffic by deploying a Web Application Firewall (WAF) using Azure Application Gateway or Azure Front Door. Ensure WAF logs are monitored regularly to detect and respond to security threats.",
+ "guid": "b123071a-5416-4415-a33e-a3ad2c2de732",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/networking/app-gateway-with-service-endpoints",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) in front of App Service.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "655562f2-b3e4-4563-a4d8-739748b662d6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall-manager/deploy-trusted-security-partner",
- "service": "Firewall",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Configure supported partner SaaS security providers within Firewall Manager if the organization wants to use such solutions to help protect outbound connections.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "To prevent the Web Application Firewall (WAF) from being bypassed, lock down access to App Service by using Access Restrictions, Service Endpoints, and Private Endpoints. This ensures that all traffic is routed through the WAF, providing a secure front layer of protection.",
+ "guid": "165c3acb-ef4a-4be1-b8d3-9fda47768314",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/networking-features#access-restrictions",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure the WAF cannot be bypassed by securing access to App Service.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/firewallpolicies' | extend compliant = (properties.dnsSettings.enableProxy == true) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "14d99880-2f88-47e8-a134-62a7d85c94af",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/fqdn-filtering-network-rules",
- "service": "Firewall",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use application rules to filter outbound traffic on destination host name for supported protocols. Use FQDN-based network rules and Azure Firewall with DNS proxy to filter egress traffic to the Internet over other protocols.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Ensure that the minimum TLS policy is set to 1.2 or higher, with a preference for TLS 1.3, to enhance security through stronger encryption protocols. TLS 1.3 provides additional security improvements and faster handshake times, reducing vulnerabilities associated with older versions.",
+ "graph": "appserviceresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.web/sites/config' | extend compliant = (properties.MinTlsVersion>=1.2) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "c115775c-2ea5-45b4-9ad4-8408ee72734b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/configure-ssl-bindings#enforce-tls-versions",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Set minimum TLS policy to 1.2 or higher, preferably 1.3, in App Service configuration.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/firewallpolicies' | extend compliant = (properties.sku.tier == 'Premium') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "c10d51ef-f999-455d-bba0-5c90ece07447",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/premium-features",
- "service": "Firewall",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Configure App Service to enforce HTTPS-only, automatically redirecting all HTTP traffic to HTTPS. Additionally, implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) in your code or via a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to ensure browsers only access the site over HTTPS, enhancing security by preventing downgrade attacks.",
+ "graph": "where (type=='microsoft.web/sites' and (kind == 'app' or kind == 'app,linux' )) | extend compliant = (properties.httpsOnly==true) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "475ba18f-dbf5-490c-b65d-e8e03f9bcbd4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/configure-ssl-bindings#enforce-https",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Azure Firewall Premium to enable additional security features.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-firewall/",
+ "text": "Use HTTPS only and consider enabling HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS).",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/firewallpolicies' | extend compliant = (properties.threatIntelMode == 'Deny') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "e9c8f584-6d5e-473b-8dc5-acc9fbaab4e3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/premium-features#idps-signature-rules",
- "service": "Firewall",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Do not use wildcards (*) in your CORS configuration, as this permits unrestricted access from any origin, compromising security. Instead, explicitly specify trusted origins that are allowed to access the service, ensuring controlled access.",
+ "guid": "68266abc-a264-4f9a-89ae-d9c55d04c2c3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/app-service-web-tutorial-rest-api",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Configure Azure Firewall Threat Intelligence mode to Alert and Deny for additional protection.",
+ "text": "Avoid using wildcards for CORS; specify allowed origins explicitly.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/firewallpolicies' | extend compliant = (properties.intrusionDetection.mode == 'Deny') | project id, compliant",
- "guid": "b9d0dff5-bdd4-4cd8-88ed-5811610b2b2c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/premium-features#idps",
- "service": "Firewall",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Remote debugging should not be enabled in production as it opens additional ports, increasing the attack surface. Although App Service automatically turns off remote debugging after 48 hours, it is recommended to disable it manually in production to maintain a secure environment.",
+ "graph": "appserviceresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.web/sites/config' | extend compliant = (properties.RemoteDebuggingEnabled == false) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "d9bd3baf-cda3-4b54-bb2e-b03dd9a25827",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/configure-common#configure-general-settings",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Configure Azure Firewall IDPS mode to Deny for additional protection.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-firewall/",
+ "text": "Turn off remote debugging in production environments.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,resourceGroup,name,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id,name,subnetId=tostring(subnets.id), subnetName=tostring(subnets.name),subnetRT=subnets.properties.routeTable.id | where not (subnetName in ('GatewaySubnet', 'AzureFirewallSubnet', 'RouteServerSubnet', 'AzureBastionSubnet')) | extend hasRT = isnotnull(subnetRT) | distinct id, hasRT, subnetId | join kind=fullouter (resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | mvexpand properties.virtualNetworkPeerings | extend isVWAN=(tolower(split(properties_virtualNetworkPeerings.name, '_')[0]) == 'remotevnettohubpeering') | mv-expand properties.subnets | project id, isVWAN, name, subnetId=tostring(properties_subnets.id), subnetName=tostring(properties_subnets.name) | summarize PeeredToVWAN=max(isVWAN) by id, subnetId | project id, subnetId, isVWANpeer = (PeeredToVWAN == true)) on subnetId | project id=iff(isnotempty(id), id, id1), subnetId=iff(isnotempty(subnetId), subnetId, subnetId1), hasRT, isVWANpeer | extend compliant = (hasRT==true or isVWANpeer==true) | distinct id, subnetId, compliant",
- "guid": "a3784907-9836-4271-aafc-93535f8ec08b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-udr-overview",
- "service": "Firewall",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "For subnets in VNets not connected to Virtual WAN, attach a route table so that Internet traffic is redirected to Azure Firewall or a Network Virtual Appliance.",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Enable Defender for App Service. This (amongst other threats) detects communications to known malicious IP addresses. Review the recommendations from Defender for App Service as part of your operations.",
+ "guid": "18d2ddb1-0725-4769-be66-91a4834ac932",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-app-service-introduction",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Enable Defender for Cloud - Defender for App Service",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "715d833d-4708-4527-90ac-1b142c7045ba",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/firewall-structured-logs",
- "service": "Firewall",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Azure provides DDoS Basic protection on its network, which can be improved with intelligent DDoS Standard capabilities which learns about normal traffic patterns and can detect unusual behavior. DDoS Standard applies to a Virtual Network so it must be configured for the network resource in front of the app, such as Application Gateway or an NVA.",
+ "guid": "223ece80-b123-4071-a541-6415833ea3ad",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-overview",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Add diagnostic settings to save logs, using the Resource Specific destination table, for all Azure Firewall deployments.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Enable DDOS Protection Standard on the WAF VNet",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "e960fc6b-4ab2-4db6-9609-3745135f9ffa",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall-manager/migrate-to-policy",
- "service": "Firewall",
- "severity": "Important",
- "text": "Migrate from Azure Firewall Classic rules (if exist) to Firewall Policy.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
- "waf": "Operations"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id, subnetName = subnets.name, subnetPrefix = subnets.properties.addressPrefix | extend subnetPrefixLength = split(subnetPrefix, '/')[1] | where subnetName == 'AzureFirewallSubnet' | extend compliant = (subnetPrefixLength == 26) | distinct id, compliant",
- "guid": "22d6419e-b627-4d95-9e7d-019fa759387f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/firewall-faq#why-does-azure-firewall-need-a--26-subnet-size",
- "service": "Firewall",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use a /26 prefix for your Azure Firewall subnets.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-firewall/",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "828cec2e-af6c-40c2-8fa2-1b681ee63eb7",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall-manager/rule-hierarchy",
- "service": "Firewall",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Arrange rules within the firewall policy into Rule Collection Groups and Rule Collections and based on their frequency of use.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-firewall-manager/",
- "waf": "Performance"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "0da83bb1-2f39-49af-b5c9-835fc455e3d1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/ip-groups",
- "service": "Firewall",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "When using images stored in Azure Container Registry, ensure they are pulled over a virtual network by using a private endpoint and configuring the app setting 'WEBSITE_PULL_IMAGE_OVER_VNET'. This ensures secure communication between App Service and the registry, preventing exposure to the public internet.",
+ "guid": "2c2de732-165c-43ac-aef4-abe1f8d39fda",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/configure-custom-container#use-an-image-from-a-network-protected-registry",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use IP Groups or IP prefixes to reduce number of IP table rules.",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Pull container images over a Virtual Network from Azure Container Registry.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "c44c6f0e-1642-4a61-a17b-0922f835c93a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/tutorial-firewall-dnat",
- "service": "Firewall",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Perform a penetration test on the web application in accordance with Azure's penetration testing rules of engagement. This helps identify vulnerabilities and security weaknesses that can be addressed before they are exploited.",
+ "guid": "eb2eb03d-d9a2-4582-918d-2ddb10725769",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/security/fundamentals/pen-testing",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Do not use wildcards as a source IP for DNATS, such as * or any, you should specify source IPs for incoming DNATs.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-to-azure-virtual-networks/",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Conduct a penetration test on the web application.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "7371dc21-251a-47a3-af14-6e01b9da4757",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/integrate-with-nat-gateway",
- "service": "Firewall",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Ensure that only trusted code, which has been validated and scanned for vulnerabilities, is deployed to production following DevSecOps practices. This minimizes the risk of introducing security vulnerabilities into the application environment.",
+ "guid": "19aed9c5-5d04-4c2c-9919-ca0b2c12159e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/solution-ideas/articles/devsecops-in-azure",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Prevent SNAT Port exhaustion by monitoring SNAT port usage, evaluating NAT Gateway settings, and ensuring seamless failover. If the port count approaches the limit, it’s a sign that SNAT exhaustion might be imminent.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-to-azure-virtual-networks/",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Deploy validated and vulnerability-scanned code.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "346840b8-1064-496e-8396-4b1340172d52",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/premium-features#tls-inspection",
- "service": "Firewall",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Ensure that the latest versions of supported platforms, programming languages, protocols, and frameworks are used. Regular updates mitigate the risk of security vulnerabilities and ensure compatibility with security patches.",
+ "guid": "114b933d-f574-4ecc-ad9b-d3bafcda3b54",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/overview-patch-os-runtime",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "If you are using Azure Firewall Premium, enable TLS Inspection.",
- "waf": "Performance"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "39990a13-915c-45f9-a2d3-562d7d6c4b7c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/premium-features#web-categories",
- "service": "Firewall",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use web categories to allow or deny outbound access to specific topics.",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Use up-to-date platforms, languages, protocols and frameworks",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "6eff7e6c-6c4a-43d7-be3f-6641c2cb3d4a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/example-scenario/gateway/application-gateway-before-azure-firewall",
- "service": "Firewall",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Leverage Auto-Healing in Azure App Service to automatically restart instances or trigger custom actions based on pre-defined failure conditions like memory thresholds, HTTP errors, or specific event logs.",
+ "guid": "60b3a935-33e5-45c9-87c7-53882e395b46",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/overview-diagnostics",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "As part of your TLS inspection, plan for receiving traffic from Azure App Gateways for inspection.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-application-gateway/",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Use Auto-Healing with custom rules to restart App Service instances automatically when failures occur.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/firewallPolicies' | where array_length(properties.firewalls) > 0 | extend compliant = (properties.dnsSettings.enableProxy =~ 'true') | distinct id, compliant",
- "guid": "94f3eede-9aa3-4088-92a3-bb9a56509fad",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/dns-details",
- "service": "Firewall",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Configure Azure Monitor alerts based on Application Insights metrics for response times, failure rates, and overall availability. Alerts help detect issues proactively and reduce mean-time-to-recovery (MTTR).",
+ "guid": "e52e4514-02a7-4e81-a98e-88ce1b18e557",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/app/alerts",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable Azure Firewall DNS proxy configuration.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/courses/az-700t00/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Set up alerts for critical Application Insights metrics, such as response time and failure rates.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "1dc04554-dece-4ffb-a49e-5c683e09f8da",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/firewall-diagnostics",
- "service": "Firewall",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Use Azure Policy to enforce security, compliance, and governance configurations for App Service. Policies can ensure that critical settings such as TLS versions, backup configurations, and network restrictions are enforced across all App Service instances.",
+ "guid": "361e886f-ca40-4ead-a8e9-1379c642ae9c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Integrate Azure Firewall with Azure Monitor and enable diagnostic logging to store and analyze firewall logs and metrics.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/courses/az-700t00/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Apply Azure Policy to enforce compliance across App Service configurations.",
+ "waf": "Governance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "64e7000e-3c06-485e-b455-ced7f454cba3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-firewall",
- "service": "Firewall",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "Leverage Azure Cost Management to track and forecast App Service expenses. Set up alerts for budget thresholds to avoid overspending, and optimize costs based on resource utilization trends.",
+ "guid": "42eb48f0-28ff-497c-b2c0-a8fa1f989832",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/",
+ "service": "App Services",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Implement backups for your firewall rules",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/courses/az-104t00/",
- "waf": "Operations"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/azurefirewalls' | where array_length(zones) <= 1 or isnull(zones) | where isempty(properties.virtualHub.id) or isnull(properties.virtualHub.id) | project name, id, tags, param1='multipleZones:false'",
- "guid": "d38ad60c-bc9e-4d49-b699-97e5d4dcf707",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/deploy-availability-zone-powershell",
- "service": "Firewall",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Deploy Azure Firewall across multiple availability zones. Azure Firewall offers different SLAs depending on its deployment; in a single availability zone or across multiple, potentially improving reliability and performance.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/courses/az-104t00/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Monitor App Service costs using Azure Cost Management and create cost alerts.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls' | where isempty(properties.virtualHub.id) or isnull(properties.virtualHub.id) | mv-expand ipConfig = properties.ipConfigurations | project name, firewallId = id, tags, vNetName = split(ipConfig.properties.subnet.id, '/', 8)[0], vNetId = tolower(substring(ipConfig.properties.subnet.id, 0, indexof(ipConfig.properties.subnet.id, /subnet'))) | join kind=fullouter ( resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/ddosProtectionPlans' | mv-expand vNet = properties.virtualNetworks | project ddosProtectionPlanId = id, vNetId = tolower(vNet.id) ) on vNetId | where isempty(ddosProtectionPlanId) | , name, id = firewallId, tags, param1 = strcat('vNet: ', vNetName), param2 = 'ddosProtection: Disabled'",
- "guid": "e8143efa-0301-4d62-be54-ca7b5ce566dc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-overview",
- "service": "Firewall",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Configure DDoS Protection on the Azure Firewall VNet, Associate a DDoS protection plan with the virtual network hosting Azure Firewall to provide enhanced mitigation against DDoS attacks. Azure Firewall Manager integrates the creation of firewall infrastructure and DDoS protection plans. ",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
+ "description": "If you have predictable and steady usage of App Service, purchasing Reserved Instances can significantly reduce long-term costs. Commit to one or three years for lower pricing compared to pay-as-you-go.",
+ "guid": "e489221b-487e-48a3-aaab-48e3d205ca12",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/",
+ "service": "App Services",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Purchase reserved instances for App Service plans to optimize long-term costs.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "d301d6e8-72e5-42e3-911c-c58b5a4b1511",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/vnet-integration-for-azure-services",
- "service": "App Gateway",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "32e42e36-11c8-418b-8a0b-c510e43a18a9",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Do not disrupt control-plane communication for Azure PaaS services injected into a virtual networks, such as with a 0.0.0.0/0 route or an NSG rule that blocks control plane traffic.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-network-security/?source=learn",
+ "text": "Ensure ADDS domain controller(s) are deployed in the identity subscription in native Azure",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "b3e4563a-4d87-4397-98b6-62d6d15f512a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/private-link/private-endpoint-overview",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "75089c20-990d-4927-b105-885576f76fc2",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Access Azure PaaS services from on-premises via private endpoints and ExpressRoute private peering. This method avoids transiting over the public internet.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/",
+ "text": "Ensure ADDS sites and services is configured to keep authentication requests from Azure-based resources (including Azure VMware Solution) local to Azure",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,resourceGroup,name,subnets = properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id = subnets.id, resourceGroup, VNet = name, serviceEndpoints = subnets.properties.serviceEndpoints, compliant = (isnull(subnets.properties.serviceEndpoints) or array_length(subnets.properties.serviceEndpoints) == 0) | order by compliant asc",
- "guid": "4704489a-8042-4d88-b79d-17b73b22a5a6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-service-endpoints-overview",
- "service": "VNet",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "de3aad1e-7c28-4ec9-9666-b7570449aa80",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Don't enable virtual network service endpoints by default on all subnets.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-network-security/?source=learn",
+ "text": "Ensure that vCenter is connected to ADDS to enable authentication based on 'named user accounts'",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "7e7a8ed4-b30e-438c-9f29-812b2363cefe",
- "link": "azure/private-link/inspect-traffic-with-azure-firewall",
- "service": "Firewall",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "cd289ced-6b17-4db8-8554-61e2aee3553a",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Filter egress traffic to Azure PaaS services using FQDNs instead of IP addresses in Azure Firewall or an NVA to prevent data exfiltration. If using Private Link you can block all FQDNs, otherwise allow only the required PaaS services.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-network-security/?source=learn",
+ "text": "Ensure that the connection from vCenter to ADDS is using a secure protocol (LDAPS)",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/expressRouteCircuits",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id, subnetName = subnets.name, subnetPrefix = subnets.properties.addressPrefix | extend subnetPrefixLength = split(subnetPrefix, '/')[1] | where subnetName == 'GatewaySubnet' | extend compliant = (subnetPrefixLength <= 27) | distinct id, compliant",
- "guid": "f2aad7e3-bb03-4adc-8606-4123d342a917",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-add-gateway-resource-manager#add-a-gateway",
- "service": "ExpressRoute",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use at least a /27 prefix for your Gateway subnets.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "b9d37dac-43bc-46cd-8d79-a9b24604489a",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "CloudAdmin account in vCenter IdP is used only as an emergency account (break-glass)",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/networksecuritygroups' | mvexpand properties.securityRules | project id,name,ruleAction=properties_securityRules.properties.access,rulePriority=properties_securityRules.properties.priority,ruleDst=properties_securityRules.properties.destinationAddressPrefix,ruleSrc=properties_securityRules.properties.sourceAddressPrefix,ruleProt=properties_securityRules.properties.protocol,ruleDirection=properties_securityRules.properties.direction,rulePort=properties_securityRules.properties.destinationPortRange | summarize StarDenies=countif(ruleAction=='Deny' and ruleDst=='*' and ruleSrc=='*' and ruleProt=='*' and rulePort=='*') by id,tostring(ruleDirection) | where ruleDirection == 'Inbound' | project id,compliant=(StarDenies>0) | union (resources | where type=='microsoft.network/networksecuritygroups' | where array_length(properties.securityRules)==0 | extend compliant=false | project id,compliant)",
- "guid": "11deb39d-8299-4e47-bbe0-0fb5a36318a8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/service-tags-overview#available-service-tags",
- "service": "NSG",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "53d88e89-d17b-473b-82a5-a67e7a9ed5b3",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Don't rely on the NSG inbound default rules using the VirtualNetwork service tag to limit connectivity.",
+ "text": "Ensure that NSX-Manager is integrated with an external Identity provider (LDAPS)",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | mv-expand subnet = properties.subnets | where subnet.name !in~ ('GatewaySubnet', 'AzureFirewallSubnet', 'AzureFirewallManagementSubnet', 'RouteServerSubnet') | extend compliant = iff(isnotnull(subnet.properties.networkSecurityGroup.id), true, false) | project id, subnetName = subnet.name, vnetName = name, NSG = subnet.properties.networkSecurityGroup.id, compliant",
- "guid": "872e52e3-611c-4c58-a5a4-b1511e43a58a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-landing-zone-network-segmentation",
- "service": "NSG",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "ae0e37ce-e297-411b-b352-caaab79b198d",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use NSGs to help protect traffic across subnets, as well as east/west traffic across the platform (traffic between landing zones).",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-network-security/",
+ "text": "Has an RBAC model been created for use within VMware vSphere",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "a4d87397-48b6-462d-9d15-f512a65498f6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/network-security-group-how-it-works",
- "service": "NSG",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "ab81932c-9fc9-4d1b-a780-36f5e6bfbb9e",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use NSGs and application security groups to micro-segment traffic within the landing zone and avoid using a central NVA to filter traffic flows.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-network-security/",
+ "text": "RBAC permissions should be granted on ADDS groups and not on specific users",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/virtualnetworks' | project subscriptionId, lowerCaseVNetId = tolower(id) | join kind = leftouter ( resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/networkwatchers/flowlogs' and properties.enabled == true and properties.provisioningState =~ 'succeeded' | where properties.targetResourceId contains '/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/' | project flowlogId = id, trafficAnalyticsEnabled = properties.flowAnalyticsConfiguration.networkWatcherFlowAnalyticsConfiguration.enabled, lowerCaseTargetVNetId = tolower(properties.targetResourceId) ) on $left.lowerCaseVNetId == $right.lowerCaseTargetVNetId | extend compliant = iff(isnotempty(lowerCaseTargetVNetId), true, false) | project id = lowerCaseVNetId, flowlogId, trafficAnalyticsEnabled, compliant",
- "guid": "dfe237de-143b-416c-91d7-aa9b64704489",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/network-watcher/vnet-flow-logs-overview",
- "service": "NSG",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable VNet Flow Logs and feed them into Traffic Analytics to gain insights into internal and external traffic flows.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-network-monitoring/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "d503547c-c447-4e82-9128-a71f0f1cac6d",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "RBAC permissions on the Azure VMware Solution resource in Azure are 'locked down' to a limited set of owners only",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/networksecuritygroups' | project id, rules = array_length(properties.securityRules) | project id, compliant = (rules < 900)",
- "guid": "0390417d-53dc-44d9-b3f4-c8832f359b41",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits",
- "service": "NSG",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Do not implement more than 900 NSG rules per NSG, due to the limit of 1000 rules.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/network-security-group-how-it-works",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "412e7f98-3f63-4047-82dd-69c5b5c2622f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/scenario-any-to-any",
- "service": "VWAN",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Virtual WAN if your scenario is explicitly described in the list of Virtual WAN routing designs.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "fd9f0df4-68dc-4976-b9a9-e6a79f7682c5",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure all custom roles are scoped with CloudAdmin permitted authorizations",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "54b69bad-33aa-4d5e-ac68-e1d76667313b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/virtual-wan-network-topology#virtual-wan-network-design-recommendationst",
- "service": "VWAN",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use a Virtual WAN hub per Azure region to connect multiple landing zones together across Azure regions via a common global Azure Virtual WAN.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "9ef1d5e8-32e4-42e3-911c-818b0a0bc510",
+ "link": "https://github.com/Azure/AzureCAT-AVS/tree/main/networking",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Is the correct Azure VMware Solution connectivity model selected for the customer use case at hand",
"waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualhubs' | extend compliant = isnotnull(properties.azureFirewall.id) | project id, compliant",
- "guid": "7d5d1e4e-6146-458d-9558-fd77249b8211",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/howto-firewall",
- "service": "VWAN",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For outbound Internet traffic protection and filtering, deploy Azure Firewall in secured hubs.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "eb710a37-cbc1-4055-8dd5-a936a8bb7cf5",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure ExpressRoute or VPN connections from on-premises to Azure are monitored using 'connection monitor'",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "6667313b-4f56-464b-9e98-4a859c773e7d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/migrate-from-hub-spoke-topology",
- "service": "VWAN",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "976e24f2-a7f8-426c-9253-2a92a2a7ed99",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure that your virtual WAN network architecture aligns to an identified architecture scenario.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Ensure a connection monitor is created from an Azure native resource to an Azure VMware Solution virtual machine to monitor the Azure VMware Solution back-end ExpressRoute connection",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "261623a7-65a9-417e-8f34-8ef254c27d42",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/azure-monitor-insights",
- "service": "VWAN",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "f41ce6a0-64f3-4805-bc65-3ab50df01265",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Monitor Insights for Virtual WAN to monitor the end-to-end topology of the Virtual WAN, status, and key metrics.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
+ "text": "Ensure a connection monitor is created from an on-premises resource to an Azure VMware Solution virtual machine to monitor end-2-end connectivity",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources| where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualwans' | extend compliant= (properties.allowBranchToBranchTraffic == 'true') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "727c77e1-b9aa-4a37-a024-129d042422c1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-faq#is-branch-to-branch-connectivity-allowed-in-virtual-wan",
- "service": "VWAN",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Do not disable branch-to-branch traffic in Virtual WAN, unless these flows should be explicitly blocked.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "563b4dc7-4a74-48b6-933a-d1a0916a6649",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "When route server is used, ensure no more then 1000 routes are propagated from route server to ExR gateway to on-premises (ARS limit).",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualhubs'| extend compliant= (properties.hubRoutingPreference =~ 'ASPath') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "d49ac006-6670-4bc9-9948-d3e0a3a94f4d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/about-virtual-hub-routing-preference",
- "service": "VWAN",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use AS-Path as hub routing preference, since it is more flexible than ExpressRoute or VPN.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "6128a71f-0f1c-4ac6-b9ef-1d5e832e42e3",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Is Privileged Identity Management implemented for roles managing the Azure VMware Solution resource in the Azure Portal (no standing permissions allowed)",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "2586b854-237e-47f1-84a1-d45d4cd2310d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/about-virtual-hub-routing#labels",
- "service": "VWAN",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Configure label-based propagation in Virtual WAN, otherwise connectivity between virtual hubs will be impaired.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "c4e2436b-b336-4d71-9f17-960eee0b9b5c",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Privileged Identity Management audit reporting should be implemented for the Azure VMware Solution PIM roles",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/virtualWans",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualhubs' | extend addressSpace = properties.addressPrefix | extend compliant= (toint(substring(addressSpace, indexof(addressSpace, '/') + 1)) < 23) | distinct name, id, compliant",
- "guid": "9c75dfef-573c-461c-a698-68598595581a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-faq#what-is-the-recommended-hub-address-space-during-hub-creation",
- "service": "VWAN",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Assign at least a /23 prefix to virtual hubs to ensure enough IP space is available.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "78c447a8-26b2-4863-af0f-1cac599ef1d5",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "If using Privileged Identity Management is being used, ensure that a valid Entra ID enabled account is created with a valid SMTP record for Azure VMware Solution Automatic Host replacement notifications. (standing permissions required)",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "5c986cb2-9131-456a-8247-6e49f541acdc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
- "service": "Policy",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "8defc4d7-21d3-41d2-90fb-707ae9eab40e",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Leverage Azure Policy strategically, define controls for your environment, using Policy Initiatives to group related policies.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "text": "Limit use of CloudAdmin account to emergency access only",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "d8a2adb1-17d6-4326-af62-5ca44e5695f2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
- "service": "Policy",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "d329f798-bc17-48bd-a5a0-6ca7144351d1",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Map regulatory and compliance requirements to Azure Policy definitions and Azure role assignments.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/governance-security/",
+ "text": "Create custom RBAC roles in vCenter to implement a least-privilege model inside vCenter",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "223ace8c-b123-408c-a501-7f154e3ab369",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
- "service": "Policy",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "9dd24429-eb72-4281-97a1-51c5bb4e4f18",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Establish Azure Policy definitions at the intermediate root management group so that they can be assigned at inherited scopes.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "text": "Is a process defined to regularly rotate cloudadmin (vCenter) and admin (NSX) credentials",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "3829e7e3-1618-4368-9a04-77a209945bda",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
- "service": "Policy",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "586cb291-ec16-4a1d-876e-f9f141acdce5",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Manage policy assignments at the highest appropriate level with exclusions at bottom levels, if required.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "text": "Use a centralized identity provider to be used for workloads (VM's) running on Azure VMware Solution",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "43334f24-9116-4341-a2ba-527526944008",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/mcsb-asset-management#am-2-use-only-approved-services",
- "service": "Policy",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use Azure Policy to control which services users can provision at the subscription/management group level.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "79377bcd-b375-41ab-8ab0-ead66e15d3d4",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Is East-West traffic filtering implemented within NSX-T",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "be7d7e48-4327-46d8-adc0-55bcf619e8a1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
- "service": "Policy",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "a2adb1c3-d232-46af-825c-a44e1695fddd",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use built-in policies where possible to minimize operational overhead.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "text": "Workloads on Azure VMware Solution are not directly exposed to the internet. Traffic is filtered and inspected by Azure Application Gateway, Azure Firewall or 3rd party solutions",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "description": "Assigning the Resource Policy Contributor role to specific scopes allows you to delegate policy management to relevant teams. For instance, a central IT team may oversee management group-level policies, while application teams handle policies for their subscriptions, enabling distributed governance with adherence to organizational standards.",
- "guid": "3f988795-25d6-4268-a6d7-0ba6c97be995",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview#azure-rbac-permissions-in-azure-policy",
- "service": "Policy",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Assign the built-in Resource Policy Contributor role at a particular scope to enable application-level governance.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "eace4cb1-deb4-4c65-8c3f-c14eeab36938",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Auditing and logging is implemented for inbound internet requests to Azure VMware Solution and Azure VMware Solution based workloads",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "19048384-5c98-46cb-8913-156a12476e49",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
- "service": "Policy",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "29e3eec2-1836-487a-8077-a2b5945bda43",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Limit the number of Azure Policy assignments made at the root management group scope to avoid managing through exclusions at inherited scopes.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-policy/",
+ "text": "Session monitoring is implemented for outbound internet connections from Azure VMware Solution or Azure VMware Solution based workloads to identify suspicious/malicious activity",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "5a917e1f-348e-4f25-9c27-d42e8bbac757",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/industry/release-plan/2023wave2/cloud-sovereignty/enable-data-sovereignty-policy-baseline",
- "service": "Policy",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "graph": "resources| where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways'| mv-expand ipConfigurations=properties.ipConfigurations| project subnetId=tostring(ipConfigurations.properties.subnet.id)| where isnotempty(subnetId)| join (resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection=tostring(properties.enableDdosProtection),subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection,subnetId=tostring(subnets.id)) on subnetId | distinct id,resourceGroup,name,enableDdosProtection | project id, compliant = (enableDdosProtection == 'true')",
+ "guid": "334fdf91-c234-4182-a652-75269440b4be",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If any data sovereignty requirements exist, Azure Policies should be deployed to enforce them.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-your-cloud-data/",
+ "text": "Is DDoS standard protection enabled on ExR/VPN Gateway subnet in Azure",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "78b22132-b41c-460b-a4d3-df8f73a67dc2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/sovereign-landing-zone",
- "service": "Policy",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "3d3e0843-276d-44bd-a015-bcf219e4a1eb",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For Sovereign Landing Zone, deploy sovereignty policy baseline and assign at correct management group level.",
+ "text": "Use a dedicated privileged access workstation (PAW) to manage Azure VMware Solution, vCenter, NSX manager and HCX manager",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "caeea0e9-1024-41df-a52e-d99c3f22a6f4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/industry/sovereignty/policy-portfolio-baseline",
- "service": "Policy",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "9ccbd869-266a-4cca-874f-aa19bf39d95d",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For Sovereign Landing Zone, document Sovereign Control objectives to policy mapping.",
+ "text": "Enable Advanced Threat Detection (Microsoft Defender for Cloud aka ASC) for workloads running on Azure VMware Solution",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "9b461617-db7b-4399-8ac6-d4eb7153893a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/industry/sovereignty/policy-portfolio-baseline#sovereignty-baseline-policy-initiatives",
- "service": "Policy",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "44c7c891-9ca1-4f6d-9315-ae524ba34d45",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For Sovereign Landing Zone, ensure process is in place for management of 'Sovereign Control objectives to policy mapping'.",
+ "text": "Use Azure ARC for Servers to properly govern workloads running on Azure VMware Solution using Azure native technologies (Azure ARC for Azure VMware Solution is not yet available)",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "67e7a8ed-4b30-4e38-a3f2-9812b2363cef",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/workspace-design#azure-regions",
- "service": "Monitor",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use a single monitor logs workspace to manage platforms centrally except where Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC), data sovereignty requirements, or data retention policies mandate separate workspaces.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/design-logs-deployment",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "85e12139-bd7b-4b01-8f7b-95ef6e043e2a",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Ensure workloads on Azure VMware Solution use sufficient data encryption during run-time (like in-guest disk encryption and SQL TDE). (vSAN encryption at rest is default)",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "7418ada9-4199-4c28-8286-d15e9433e8f3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/design-logs-deployment",
- "service": "Monitor",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "a3592718-e6e2-4051-9267-6ae46691e883",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "When in-guest encryption is used, store encryption keys in Azure Key vault when possible",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "5ac94222-3e13-4810-9230-81a941741583",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Decide whether to use a single Azure Monitor Logs workspace for all regions or to create multiple workspaces to cover various geographical regions. Each approach has advantages and disadvantages, including potential cross-region networking charges",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/design-logs-deployment",
+ "text": "Consider using extended security update support for workloads running on Azure VMware Solution (Azure VMware Solution is eligible for ESU)",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "3ef7ad7c-6d37-4331-95c7-acbe44bbe609",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure that the appropriate vSAN Data redundancy method is used (RAID specification)",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "5e6c4cfd-3e50-4454-9c24-47ec66138a72",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/data-retention-archive?tabs=portal-1%2Cportal-2#how-retention-and-archiving-work",
- "service": "Monitor",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "d88408f3-7273-44c8-96ba-280214590146",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Export logs to Azure Storage if your log retention requirements exceed twelve years. Use immutable storage with a write-once, read-many policy to make data non-erasable and non-modifiable for a user-specified interval.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-infrastructure-operations/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Ensure that the Failure-to-tolerate policy is in place to meet your vSAN storage needs",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "e7d7e484-3276-4d8b-bc05-5bcf619e8a13",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/machine-configuration/overview",
- "service": "VM",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Monitor OS level virtual machine (VM) configuration drift using Azure Policy. Enabling Azure Automanage Machine Configuration audit capabilities through policy helps application team workloads to immediately consume feature capabilities with little effort.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "d89f2e87-7784-424d-9167-85c6fa95b96a",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure that you have requested enough quota, ensuring you have considered growth and Disaster Recovery requirement",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "f9887952-5d62-4688-9d70-ba6c97be9951",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/management-operational-compliance#update-management-considerations",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "5d38e53f-9ccb-4d86-a266-acca274faa19",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Update Manager as a patching mechanism for Windows and Linux VMs in Azure.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/update-manager/overview?tabs=azure-vms",
+ "text": "Ensure that access constraints to ESXi are understood, there are access limits which might affect 3rd party solutions.",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "c806c048-26b7-4ddf-b4c2-b4f0c476925d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/management-operational-compliance#update-management-considerations ",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "bf39d95d-44c7-4c89-89ca-1f6d5315ae52",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Update Manager as a patching mechanism for Windows and Linux VMs outside of Azure using Azure Arc.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/update-manager/overview?tabs=azure-vms",
+ "text": "Ensure that you have a policy around ESXi host density and efficiency, keeping in mind the lead time for requesting new nodes",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/networkWatchers",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "90483845-c986-4cb2-a131-56a12476e49f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/network-watcher/network-watcher-monitoring-overview",
- "service": "Network Watcher",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "4ba34d45-85e1-4213-abd7-bb012f7b95ef",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Network Watcher to proactively monitor traffic flows.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/configure-network-watcher/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Ensure a good cost management process is in place for Azure VMware Solution - Azure Cost Management can be used",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "6944008b-e7d7-4e48-9327-6d8bdc055bcf",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-setup-guide/monitoring-reporting?tabs=AzureMonitor",
- "service": "Monitor",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Monitor Logs for insights and reporting.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-monitor/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "6e043e2a-a359-4271-ae6e-205172676ae4",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Are Azure reserved instances used to optimize cost for using Azure VMware Solution",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "97be9951-9048-4384-9c98-6cb2913156a1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/alerts-overview",
- "service": "Monitor",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "6691e883-5ac9-4422-83e1-3810523081a9",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Monitor alerts for the generation of operational alerts.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/incident-response-with-alerting-on-azure/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Consider the use of Azure Private-Link when using other Azure Native Services",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "fed3c55f-a67e-4875-aadd-3aba3f9fde31",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/automation/how-to/region-mappings",
- "service": "Monitor",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When using Change and Inventory Tracking via Azure Automation Accounts, ensure that you have selected supported regions for linking your Log Analytics workspace and automation accounts together.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-automation-devops/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "db611712-6904-40b4-aa3d-3e0803276d4b",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure all required resource reside within the same Azure availability zone(s)",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "eba8cf22-45c6-4dc1-9b57-2cceb3b97ce5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy",
- "service": "Backup",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "When using Azure Backup, use the correct backup types (GRS, ZRS & LRS) for your backup, as the default setting is GRS.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-solution-for-backup-disaster-recovery/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "f541acdc-e979-4377-acdb-3751ab2ab13a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/concepts/guest-configuration",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "48b262d6-cc5f-4512-a253-98e6db9d37da",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure guest policies to automatically deploy software configurations through VM extensions and enforce a compliant baseline VM configuration.",
+ "text": "Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud for Azure VMware Solution guest VM workloads",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "description": "Use Azure Policy's guest configuration features to audit and remediate machine settings (e.g., OS, application, environment) to ensure resources align with expected configurations, and Update Management can enforce patch management for VMs.",
- "guid": "da6e55d7-d8a2-4adb-817d-6326af625ca4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/management-operational-compliance#monitoring-for-configuration-drift",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "41741583-3ef7-4ad7-a6d3-733165c7acbe",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Monitor VM security configuration drift via Azure Policy.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
+ "text": "Use Azure Arc enabled servers to manage your Azure VMware Solution guest VM workloads",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "2476e49f-541a-4cdc-b979-377bcdb3751a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-overview",
- "service": "VM",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Site Recovery for Azure-to-Azure Virtual Machines disaster recovery scenarios. This enables you to replicate workloads across regions.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/protect-infrastructure-with-site-recovery/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "88f03a4d-2cd4-463c-abbc-868295abc91a",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enable Diagnostic and metric logging on Azure VMware Solution",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "f625ca44-e569-45f2-823a-ce8cb12308ca",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/backup-center-overview",
- "service": "Backup",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "4ed90dae-2cc8-44c4-9b6b-781cbafe6c46",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure-native backup capabilities, or an Azure-compatible, 3rd-party backup solution.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-solution-for-backup-disaster-recovery/",
- "waf": "Operations"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoorwebApplicationFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "89cc5e11-aa4d-4c3b-893d-feb99215266a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#add-diagnostic-settings-to-save-your-wafs-logs",
- "service": "WAF",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Add diagnostic settings to save WAF logs from application delivery services like Azure Front Door and Azure Application Gateway. Regularly review the logs to check for attacks and for false positive detections.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/capture-application-logs-app-service/",
+ "text": "Deploy the Log Analytics Agents to Azure VMware Solution guest VM workloads",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoorwebApplicationFirewalls",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "7f408960-c626-44cb-a018-347c8d790cdf",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#send-logs-to-microsoft-sentinel",
- "service": "WAF",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "589d457a-927c-4397-9d11-02cad6aae11e",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Send WAF logs from your application delivery services like Azure Front Door and Azure Application Gateway to Microsoft Sentinel. Detect attacks and integrate WAF telemetry into your overall Azure environment.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/sc-200-connect-logs-to-azure-sentinel/",
+ "text": "Ensure you have a documented and implemented backup policy and solution for Azure VMware Solution VM workloads",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "5017f154-e3ab-4369-9829-e7e316183687",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/overview",
- "service": "Key Vault",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Azure Key Vault to store your secrets and credentials.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-azure-key-vault/",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "ResourceContainers | where type=='microsoft.resources/subscriptions'| parse id with '/subscriptions/' SubscriptionID| project subscriptionId, SubscriptionName = name| join kind=leftouter (Resources| where type == 'microsoft.keyvault/vaults'| project id, name, subscriptionId) on subscriptionId| join kind= leftouter (Resources| where type == 'microsoft.keyvault/vaults'| summarize ResourceCount = count() by subscriptionId) on subscriptionId| extend RCount = iff(isnull(ResourceCount), 0, ResourceCount)| project-away ResourceCount| extend compliant = (RCount <> 1)",
- "guid": "a0477a20-9945-4bda-9333-4f2491163418",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/overview-throttling",
- "service": "Key Vault",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "ee29711b-d352-4caa-ab79-b198dab81932",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use different Azure Key Vaults for different applications and regions to avoid transaction scale limits and restrict access to secrets.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-and-manage-azure-key-vault/",
+ "text": "Use Microsoft Defender for Cloud for compliance monitoring of workloads running on Azure VMware Solution",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "2ba52752-6944-4008-ae7d-7e4843276d8b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
- "service": "Key Vault",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "c9fc9d1b-b780-436f-9e6b-fbb9ed503547",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Provision Azure Key Vault with the soft delete and purge policies enabled to allow retention protection for deleted objects.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-azure-key-vault/",
+ "text": "Are the applicable compliance baselines added to Microsoft Defender for Cloud",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "dc055bcf-619e-48a1-9f98-879525d62688",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
- "service": "Key Vault",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Follow a least privilege model by limiting authorization to permanently delete keys, secrets, and certificates to specialized custom Microsoft Entra ID roles.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-azure-key-vault/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "cc447e82-6128-4a71-b0f1-cac6d9ef1d5e",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Was data residency evaluated when selecting Azure regions to use for Azure VMware Solution deployment",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "6d70ba6c-97be-4995-8904-83845c986cb2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
- "service": "Key Vault",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Automate the certificate management and renewal process with public certificate authorities to ease administration.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/configure-and-manage-azure-key-vault/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "832e42e3-611c-4818-a0a0-bc510e43a18a",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Are data processing implications (service provider / service consumer model) clear and documented",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "913156a1-2476-4e49-b541-acdce979377b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
- "service": "Key Vault",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "547c1747-dc56-4068-a714-435cd19dd244",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Establish an automated process for key and certificate rotation.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-and-manage-azure-key-vault/",
+ "text": "Consider using CMK (Customer Managed Key) for vSAN only if needed for compliance reason(s).",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "cdb3751a-b2ab-413a-ba6e-55d7d8a2adb1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
- "service": "Key Vault",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable firewall and virtual network service endpoint or private endpoint on the vault to control access to the key vault.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-private-access-to-azure-services/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "e43a18a9-cd28-49ce-b6b1-7db8255461e2",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Create dashboards to enable core Azure VMware Solution monitoring insights",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "17d6326a-f625-4ca4-9e56-95f2223ace8c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/monitor-key-vault",
- "service": "Key Vault",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use the platform-central Azure Monitor Log Analytics workspace to audit key, certificate, and secret usage within each instance of Key Vault.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/analyze-infrastructure-with-azure-monitor-logs/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "graph": "resources| where type =~ 'Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds'| join kind=leftouter(resources| where type =~ 'Microsoft.Insights/metricalerts'| mv-expand scopes=properties.scopes| mv-expand criteria=properties.criteria.allOf| extend metricName=criteria.metricName| distinct tostring(scopes), tostring(metricName))on $left.id == $right.scopes| extend compliant=toint(metricName in ('UsageAverage', 'EffectiveCpuAverage', 'DiskUsedPercentage'))| summarize compliant=min(compliant) by id",
+ "guid": "6b84ee5d-f47d-42d9-8881-b1cd5d1e54a2",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Create warning alerts for critical thresholds for automatic alerting on Azure VMware Solution performance (CPU >80%, Avg Memory >80%, vSAN >70%)",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "b12308ca-5017-4f15-9e3a-b3693829e7e3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
- "service": "Key Vault",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Delegate Key Vault instantiation and privileged access and use Azure Policy to enforce a consistent compliant configuration.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-key-vault-networking-settings/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "graph": "resources| where type =~ 'Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds'| join kind=leftouter(resources| where type =~ 'Microsoft.Insights/metricalerts'| mv-expand scopes=properties.scopes| mv-expand criteria=properties.criteria.allOf| extend metricName=criteria.metricName| distinct tostring(scopes), tostring(metricName))on $left.id == $right.scopes| extend compliant=toint(metricName in ('UsageAverage', 'EffectiveCpuAverage', 'DiskUsedPercentage'))| summarize compliant=min(compliant) by id",
+ "guid": "9659e396-80e7-4828-ac93-5657d02bff45",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure critical alert is created to monitor if vSAN consumption is below 75% as this is a support threshold from VMware",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "91163418-2ba5-4275-8694-4008be7d7e48",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
- "service": "Key Vault",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use an Azure Key Vault per application per environment per region.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-azure-key-vault/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "graph": "resources| distinct subscriptionId| join kind=leftouter( resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.insights/activitylogalerts' | mv-expand condition1 = properties.condition.allOf | mv-expand condition2 = condition1.anyOf | extend alertEnabled = tostring(properties.enabled) | summarize set_condition1=make_set(condition1.equals), set_condition2=make_set(condition2.equals) by id, name,type,tenantId,resourceGroup,subscriptionId, alertEnabled | where set_has_element(set_condition1, 'ServiceHealth') | extend category = 'ServiceHealth' | extend all = iff(set_has_element(set_condition1, 'ServiceHealth') and array_length(set_condition2) == 0, true, false) | extend incident = iff(all, true, iff(set_has_element(set_condition1, 'Incident'), true, set_has_element(set_condition2, 'Incident'))) | extend maintenance = iff(all, true, iff(set_has_element(set_condition1, 'Maintenance'), true, set_has_element(set_condition2, 'Maintenance'))) | extend informational = iff(all, true, iff(set_has_element(set_condition1, 'Informational') or set_has_element(set_condition1, 'ActionRequired'), true, set_has_element(set_condition2, 'Informational') or set_has_element(set_condition2, 'ActionRequired'))) | extend security = iff(all, true, iff(set_has_element(set_condition1, 'Security'), true, set_has_element(set_condition2, 'Security'))) | project id, name, subscriptionId, category, tostring(alertEnabled), tostring(incident), tostring(maintenance), tostring(informational), tostring(security) | summarize count_alertEnabled=countif(alertEnabled == 'true'), count_incident=countif(incident == 'True'), count_maintenance=countif(maintenance == 'True'), count_informational=countif(informational == 'True'), count_security=countif(security == 'True') by subscriptionId) on subscriptionId| project subscriptionId, alertEnabled=iff(isnotnull(count_alertEnabled), count_alertEnabled, 0), incident=iff(isnotnull(count_incident), count_incident, 0), security=iff(isnotnull(count_security), count_security, 0), maintenance=iff(isnotnull(count_maintenance), count_maintenance, 0), informational=iff(isnotnull(count_informational), count_informational, 0)| order by incident, maintenance, informational, security desc| project id=subscriptionId, compliant=(alertEnabled > 0 and incident > 0 and security > 0 and maintenance > 0 and informational > 0)",
+ "guid": "64b0d934-a348-4726-be79-d6b5c3a36495",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure alerts are configured for Azure Service Health alerts and notifications",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "25d62688-6d70-4ba6-a97b-e99519048384",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
- "service": "Key Vault",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "b6abad38-aad5-43cc-99e1-d86667357c54",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If you want to bring your own keys, this might not be supported across all considered services. Implement relevant mitigation so that inconsistencies don't hinder desired outcomes. Choose appropriate region pairs and disaster recovery regions that minimize latency.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-and-manage-azure-key-vault/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Configure Azure VMware Solution logging to be send to an Azure Storage account or Azure EventHub for processing",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "4ac6b67c-b3a4-4ff9-8e87-b07a7ce7bbdb",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/industry/sovereignty/key-management",
- "service": "Key Vault",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For Sovereign Landing Zone, use Azure Key Vault managed HSM to store your secrets and credentials.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-and-manage-azure-key-vault/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "9674c5ed-85b8-459c-9733-be2b1a27b775",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "If deep insight in VMware vSphere is required: Is vRealize Operations and/or vRealize Network Insights used in the solution?",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "4e5695f2-223a-4ce8-ab12-308ca5017f15",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/overview-reports",
- "service": "Entra",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Microsoft Entra ID reporting capabilities to generate access control audit reports.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/monitor-report-aad-security-events/",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "09945bda-4333-44f2-9911-634182ba5275",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/concept-cloud-security-posture-management",
- "service": "Defender",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "a91be1f3-88f0-43a4-b2cd-463cbbbc8682",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable Defender Cloud Security Posture Management for all subscriptions.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/microsoft-defender-cloud-security-posture/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Ensure the vSAN storage policy for VM's is NOT the default storage policy as this policy applies thick provisioning",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "36a72a48-fffe-4c40-9747-0ab5064355ba",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/plan-defender-for-servers-select-plan",
- "service": "Defender",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable a Defender Cloud Workload Protection Plan for Servers on all subscriptions.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/understand-azure-defender-cloud-workload-protection/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "d9ef1d5e-832d-442e-9611-c818b0afbc51",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Ensure vSphere content libraries are not placed on vSAN as vSAN is a finite resource",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "77425f48-ecba-43a0-aeac-a3ac733ccc6a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/connect-azure-subscription",
- "service": "Defender",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable Defender Cloud Workload Protection Plans for Azure Resources on all subscriptions.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/understand-azure-defender-cloud-workload-protection/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "0e43a18a-9cd2-489b-bd6b-17db8255461e",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Ensure data repositories for the backup solution are stored outside of vSAN storage. Either in Azure native or on a disk pool-backed datastore",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "24d96b30-61ee-4436-a1cc-d6ef08bc574b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/mem/configmgr/protect/deploy-use/endpoint-protection",
- "service": "VM",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable Endpoint Protection on IaaS Servers.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-solutions-securing-server-client-endpoints/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "2aee3453-aec8-4339-848b-262d6cc5f512",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Ensure workloads running on Azure VMware Solution are hybrid managed using Azure Arc for Servers (Arc for Azure VMware Solution is in preview)",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "15833ee7-ad6c-46d3-9331-65c7acbe44ab",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/security-center/",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "925398e6-da9d-437d-ac43-bc6cd1d79a9b",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Monitor base operating system patching drift via Azure Monitor Logs and Defender for Cloud.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/create-log-analytics-workspace-microsoft-defender-cloud/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Ensure workloads running on Azure VMware Solution are monitored using Azure Log Analytics and Azure Monitor",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "e5f8d79f-2e87-4768-924c-516775c6ea95",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/design-logs-deployment",
- "service": "Monitor",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "24604489-a8f4-42d7-ae78-cb6a33bd2a09",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Connect default resource configurations to a centralized Azure Monitor Log Analytics workspace.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/analyze-infrastructure-with-azure-monitor-logs/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Include workloads running on Azure VMware Solution in existing update management tooling or in Azure Update Management",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "graph": "resources| where type == 'microsoft.operationalinsights/workspaces'| extend wsid = properties.customerId| project workspaceResourceId = tolower(id), name, wsid| join (resources| where type == 'microsoft.operationsmanagement/solutions'| where name has 'SecurityInsights'| extend workspaceResourceId = tostring(tolower(properties.workspaceResourceId))| project workspaceResourceId | summarize ResourceCount = count() by workspaceResourceId) on workspaceResourceId| extend RCount = iff(isnull(ResourceCount), 0, ResourceCount)| project-away ResourceCount| extend compliant = (RCount <> 0)",
- "guid": "a56888b2-7e83-4404-bd31-b886528502d1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/monitor-threats#centralized-threat-detection-with-correlated-logs",
- "service": "Entra",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Centralized threat detection with correlated logs - consolidate security data in a central location where it can be correlated across various services via SIEM (security information and event management)",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "17e7a8d9-0ae0-4e27-aee2-9711bd352caa",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Azure Policy to onboard Azure VMware Solution workloads in the Azure Management, Monitoring and Security solutions",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "1761e147-f65e-4d09-bbc2-f464f23e2eba",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/industry/sovereignty/transparency-logs",
- "service": "Entra",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "aee3553a-fc83-4392-98b2-62d6cc5f5129",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For Sovereign Landing Zone, enable transparancy logs on the Entra ID tenant.",
+ "text": "Ensure workloads running on Azure VMware Solution are onboarded to Microsoft Defender for Cloud",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "d21a922d-5ca7-427a-82a6-35f7b21f1bfc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/security/fundamentals/customer-lockbox-overview",
- "service": "Entra",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "25398e6d-b9d3-47da-a43b-c6cd1d79a9b2",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For Sovereign Landing Zone, enable customer Lockbox on the Entra ID tenant.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Ensure backups are not stored on vSAN as vSAN is a finite resource",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "b03ed428-4617-4067-a787-85468b9ccf3f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-require-secure-transfer",
- "service": "Storage",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable secure transfer to storage accounts.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/secure-azure-storage-account/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "5e6bfbb9-ed50-4354-9cc4-47e826028a71",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Have all DR solutions been considered and a solution that is best for your business been decided upon? [SRM/JetStream/Zerto/Veeam/...]",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "159aac9f-863f-4f48-82cf-00c28fa97a0e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/data-protection-overview#recommendations-for-basic-data-protection",
- "service": "Storage",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable container soft delete for the storage account to recover a deleted container and its contents.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "f0f1cac6-d9ef-41d5-b832-d42e3611c818",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Azure Site Recovery when the Disaster Recovery technology is native Azure IaaS",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Landing Zone Review",
- "guid": "108d5099-a11d-4445-bd8b-e12a5e95412e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/considerations/development-strategy-development-lifecycle#automated-builds",
- "service": "Key Vault",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "b0afbc51-0e43-4a18-a9cd-289bed6b17db",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Key Vault secrets to avoid hard-coding sensitive information such as credentials (virtual machines user passwords), certificates or keys.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/implement-azure-key-vault/",
- "waf": "Operations"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Leverage zone-redundancy to ensure high availability in the event of zone-level failures. Use Premium V2/V3 or Isolated v2 tiers, which provide support for zone-redundant deployments and ensure minimal downtime during disasters.",
- "guid": "b32e1aa1-4813-4602-88fe-27ca2891f421",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/app-service-web-app/zone-redundant?source=recommendations",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Implement a baseline highly available zone-redundant web application architecture. Ensure your Azure App Service is on Premium V2/V3 or Isolated v2 tiers for zone-redundant support.",
+ "text": "Use Automated recovery plans with either of the Disaster solutions, avoid manual tasks as much as possible",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Leverage staging slots for zero-downtime deployments and automated backups to ensure disaster recovery. Choose the appropriate tier (Standard or Premium) based on the number of slots and disaster recovery requirements.",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.web/serverfarms' | extend compliant = (sku.tier == 'Premium' or sku.tier == 'Standard') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "e4b31c6a-2e3f-4df1-8e8b-9c3aa5a27820",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/overview-hosting-plans",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "8255461e-2aee-4345-9aec-8339248b262d",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Premium and Standard tiers for staging slots and automated backups. Align your backup retention period with disaster recovery needs.",
+ "text": "Use the geopolitical region pair as the secondary disaster recovery environment",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Availability Zones provide physical isolation across datacenters in a region, reducing downtime during outages. Verify your region supports Availability Zones and use Premium V2/V3 tiers for zone-redundant deployments.",
- "guid": "a7e2e6c2-491f-4fa4-a82b-521d0bc3b202",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/migrate-app-service",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "6cc5f512-9253-498e-9da9-d37dac43bc6c",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Leverage Availability Zones where regionally applicable (Premium V2/V3 tier required). Check region support for Availability Zones.",
+ "text": "Use 2 different address spaces between the regions, for example: 10.0.0.0/16 and 192.168.0.0/16 for the different regions",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Enable health checks to detect unhealthy instances in real-time and automatically replace them to maintain high availability and application reliability.",
- "graph": "appserviceresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.web/sites/config' | extend compliant = (properties.HealthCheckPath != '') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "1275e4a9-7b6a-43c3-a9cd-5ee18d8995ad",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/monitor-instances-health-check",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "d1d79a9b-2460-4448-aa8f-42d78e78cb6a",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement health checks to monitor and detect issues with App Service instances. Health checks enable automatic instance replacement on failure.",
+ "text": "Will ExpressRoute Global Reach be used for connectivity between the primary and secondary Azure VMware Solution Private Clouds or is routing done through network virtual appliances?",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Follow best practices for configuring backups and restores in Azure App Service and ASE to guarantee data availability and ensure recovery during disaster scenarios.",
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- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Refer to backup and restore best practices for Azure App Service and App Service Environments (ASE) to ensure data availability and recovery.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "33bd2a09-17e7-4a8d-a0ae-0e27cee29711",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Have all Backup solutions been considered and a solution that is best for your business been decided upon? [ MABS/CommVault/Metallic.io/Veeam/�. ]",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Ensure high availability by incorporating scaling, fault tolerance, monitoring, and zone redundancy into your App Service architecture. Leverage health checks and availability zones to maintain uptime.",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/framework/services/compute/azure-app-service/reliability",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Implement Azure App Service reliability best practices, including auto-scaling, fault tolerance, health checks, and zone redundancy.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "bd352caa-ab79-4b18-adab-81932c9fc9d1",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Deploy your backup solution in the same region as your Azure VMware Solution private cloud",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Prepare for disaster recovery by implementing region failover strategies. Utilize active-active and active-passive configurations, automated failover, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for seamless failover during outages.",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/manage-disaster-recovery#recover-app-content-only",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Familiarize with App Service region failover, including active-active and active-passive configurations, automated failover, and IaC deployment.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "bb77036f-5e6b-4fbb-aed5-03547cc447e8",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Deploy your backup solution outside of vSan, on Azure native components",
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},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Azure App Service offers built-in reliability features, including scaling, fault tolerance, and service-level agreements (SLAs). Leverage these features to maintain consistent performance during outages.",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/reliability-app-service",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Familiarize with reliability support in Azure App Service, including scaling options, SLAs, and automated recovery mechanisms.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "26028a71-f0f1-4cac-9d9e-f1d5e832d42e",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Is a process in place to request a restore of the VMware components managed by the Azure Platform?",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Enabling 'Always On' for Function Apps ensures that the app does not go idle, maintaining its availability and responsiveness at all times.",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-functions/dedicated-plan#always-on",
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- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure 'Always On' is enabled for Function Apps running on App Service plans to prevent idling and ensure continuous availability.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "4604489a-8f42-4d78-b78c-b7a33bd2a0a1",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "For manual deployments, all configuration and deployments must be documented",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Health checks monitor the health of App Service instances, enabling automatic replacement of unhealthy instances to maintain high availability.",
- "guid": "a3b4d5f6-758c-4f9d-9e1a-d7c6b7e8f9ab",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/monitor-instances-health-check",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Monitor App Service instances using Health checks to detect unhealthy instances and automatically replace them.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "7e7a8d90-ae0e-437c-be29-711bd352caaa",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "For manual deployments, consider implementing resource locks to prevent accidental actions on your Azure VMware Solution Private Cloud",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "guid": "c7d3e5f9-a19c-4833-8ca6-1dcb0128e129",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/app/availability-overview",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Monitor availability and responsiveness of web app or website using Application Insights availability tests, ensuring proactive detection of performance issues and downtime.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "b79b198d-ab81-4932-a9fc-9d1bb78036f5",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "For automated deployments, deploy a minimal private cloud and scale as needed",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "guid": "b4e3f2d5-a5c6-4d7e-8b2f-c5d9e7a8f0ea",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/app/availability-standard-tests",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "e6bfbb9e-d503-4547-ac44-7e826128a71f",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use Application Insights Standard test to monitor availability and responsiveness of web app or website",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "For automated deployments, request or reserve quota prior to starting the deployment",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Azure Key Vault ensures secrets are encrypted, securely stored, and accessed only by authorized applications. It supports audit logging, and secret versioning, and reduces the risk of accidental exposure of sensitive information.",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/app-service-key-vault-references",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Azure Key Vault to store any secrets the application needs. Key Vault provides a secure, managed, and audited environment for storing secrets, and integrates seamlessly with App Service via App Service Key Vault References for enhanced security.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "0f1cac6d-9ef1-4d5e-a32e-42e3611c818b",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "For automated deployment, ensure that relevant resource locks are created through the automation or through Azure Policy for proper governance",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Managed Identity eliminates the need for hard-coded credentials by allowing App Service to authenticate to Azure Key Vault securely. This reduces the risk of credential exposure and simplifies secret management for enhanced security.",
- "guid": "833ea3ad-2c2d-4e73-8165-c3acbef4abe1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/app-service-key-vault-references",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Managed Identity to securely connect to Azure Key Vault for accessing secrets, through App Service Key Vault References.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "e2cc95d4-8c6b-4791-bca0-f6c56589e558",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Implement human understandable names for ExR authorization keys to allow for easy identification of the keys purpose/use",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Storing TLS certificates in Azure Key Vault enhances security by providing centralized, secure management and automated renewal of certificates. This reduces the risk of manual handling errors and certificate expiration.",
- "guid": "f8d39fda-4776-4831-9c11-5775c2ea55b4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/configure-ssl-certificate",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Azure Key Vault to securely store and manage TLS certificates for App Service.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "255461e2-aee3-4553-afc8-339248b262d6",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use Key vault to store secrets and authorization keys when separate Service Principles are used for deploying Azure VMware Solution and ExpressRoute",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "To minimize exposure and improve security, isolate systems processing sensitive data. Leverage separate App Service Plans or App Service Environments for isolation, and use different subscriptions or management groups to enforce stricter boundaries and governance.",
- "guid": "6ad48408-ee72-4734-a475-ba18fdbf590c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/overview-hosting-plans",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Isolate systems that process sensitive information using separate App Service Plans, App Service Environments (ASE), and consider different subscriptions or management groups for enhanced security.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "cc5f5129-2539-48e6-bb9d-37dac43bc6cd",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Define resource dependencies for serializing actions in IaC when many resources need to be deployed in/on Azure VMware Solution as Azure VMware Solution only supports a limited number of parallel operations.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Local disks on App Service are not encrypted and sensitive data should not be stored on those. (For example: D:\\\\Local and %TMP%).",
- "guid": "e65de8e0-3f9b-4cbd-9682-66abca264f9a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/operating-system-functionality#file-access",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Do not store sensitive data on local disk",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "1d79a9b2-4604-4489-a8f4-2d78e78cb7a3",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "When performing automated configuration of NSX-T segments with a single Tier-1 gateway, use Azure Portal APIs instead of NSX-Manager APIs",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Use Microsoft Entra ID or B2C for secure user authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO) across applications. Integrate using the built-in App Service Authentication/Authorization feature for streamlined security and compliance with modern authentication protocols like OpenID Connect.",
- "guid": "919ca0b2-c121-459e-814b-933df574eccc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/overview-authentication-authorization",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "3bd2a0a1-7e7a-48d9-8ae0-e37cee29711b",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Microsoft Entra ID or B2C for secure authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO).",
- "waf": "Security"
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- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Ensure all code deployments to App Service originate from a controlled, secured environment, such as a well-managed DevOps pipeline. This practice mitigates the risk of deploying unauthorized or malicious code by enforcing version control, code verification, and secure hosting.",
- "guid": "3f9bcbd4-6826-46ab-aa26-4f9a19aed9c5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/deploy-best-practices",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Deploy code to App Service from a trusted and secure environment.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "When intending to use automated scale-out, be sure to apply for sufficient Azure VMware Solution quota for the subscriptions running Azure VMware Solution",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Disable basic authentication for FTP/FTPS and WebDeploy/SCM to enhance security by enforcing Microsoft Entra ID secured endpoints for deployment. This ensures that only authenticated users using Microsoft Entra ID credentials can access deployment services, including the SCM site.",
- "guid": "5d04c2c3-919c-4a0b-8c12-159e114b933d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/deploy-configure-credentials#disable-basic-authentication",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Disable basic authentication for FTP/FTPS and WebDeploy/SCM.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "d352caaa-b79b-4198-bab8-1932c9fc9d1b",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "When intending to use automated scale-in, be sure to take storage policy requirements into account before performing such action",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Wherever possible, use Managed Identity to securely connect to Microsoft Entra ID-secured resources without storing credentials. If this is not feasible, store secrets in Azure Key Vault and access them using Managed Identity to maintain security and reduce the risk of credential exposure.",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/overview-managed-identity?tabs=portal%2Chttp",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Managed Identity to connect to Microsoft Entra ID secured resources.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "b78036f5-e6bf-4bb9-bd50-3547cc447e82",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Scaling operations always need to be serialized within a single SDDC as only one scale operation can be performed at a time (even when multiple clusters are used)",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "When using images stored in Azure Container Registry, pull these images using a Managed Identity to avoid storing credentials. This ensures secure access to container images and reduces the risk of credential exposure.",
- "guid": "d9a25827-18d2-4ddb-8072-5769ee6691a4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/configure-custom-container#use-managed-identity-to-pull-image-from-azure-container-registry",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Pull container images from Azure Container Registry using a Managed Identity.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "bf15bce2-19e4-4a0e-a588-79424d226786",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Consider and validate scaling operations on 3rd party solutions used in the architecture (supported or not)",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Configure diagnostic settings to send telemetry and security logs (including HTTP, platform, and audit logs) to Log Analytics. Centralized logging enhances monitoring, threat detection, and compliance reporting.",
- "guid": "47768314-c115-4775-a2ea-55b46ad48408",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/troubleshoot-diagnostic-logs",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "d20b56c5-7be5-4851-a0f8-3835c586cb29",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Send App Service runtime and security logs to Log Analytics for centralized monitoring and alerting.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Define and enforce scale in/out maximum limits for your environment in the automations",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Set up a diagnostic setting to send the activity log to Log Analytics as the central destination for logging and monitoring. This allows you to monitor control plane activity on the App Service resource itself.",
- "guid": "ee72734b-475b-4a18-bdbf-590ce65de8e0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/activity-log",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Send App Service activity logs to Log Analytics",
- "waf": "Security"
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- {
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Use regional VNet integration, Network Security Groups (NSGs), and User-Defined Routes (UDRs) to control outbound network access. Route traffic through a Network Virtual Appliance (NVA), such as Azure Firewall, and monitor firewall logs to ensure traffic is properly controlled and secure.",
- "guid": "c12159e1-14b9-433d-b574-ecccd9bd3baf",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/overview-vnet-integration",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "1dc15a1c-075e-4e9f-841a-cccd579376bc",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Control outbound network access for App Service using VNet integration, NSGs, UDRs, and firewalls.",
- "waf": "Security"
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- {
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- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Provide a stable outbound IP by using VNet integration with a NAT Gateway or Network Virtual Appliance (NVA) like Azure Firewall. This enables the receiving party to allow-list based on IP, if necessary. For communications with Azure services, use mechanisms like Service Endpoints or private endpoints to avoid relying on static IPs, ensuring secure and efficient connectivity.",
- "guid": "cda3b54e-b2eb-403d-b9a2-582718d2ddb1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/networking/nat-gateway-integration",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Ensure a stable IP for outbound communications by using VNet NAT Gateway or Azure Firewall.",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Control inbound network access by configuring App Service Access Restrictions, Service Endpoints, or Private Endpoints. Ensure appropriate restrictions are set for both the web app and the SCM (deployment) site to limit unauthorized access and enhance security.",
- "guid": "0725769e-e669-41a4-a34a-c932223ece80",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/networking-features#access-restrictions",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Control inbound network access using Access Restrictions, Service Endpoints, or Private Endpoints.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Implement monitoring rules to monitor automated scaling operations and monitor success and failure to enable appropriate (automated) responses",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Protect App Service from malicious inbound traffic by deploying a Web Application Firewall (WAF) using Azure Application Gateway or Azure Front Door. Ensure WAF logs are monitored regularly to detect and respond to security threats.",
- "guid": "b123071a-5416-4415-a33e-a3ad2c2de732",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/networking/app-gateway-with-service-endpoints",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "c5972cd4-cd21-4b07-9036-f5e6b4bfd3d5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-proxy/application-proxy#how-application-proxy-works",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) in front of App Service.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "When using MON, be aware of the limits of simulataneously configured VMs (MON Limit for HCX [400 - standard, 1000 - Larger appliance])",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/configure-azure-ad-application-proxy/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "To prevent the Web Application Firewall (WAF) from being bypassed, lock down access to App Service by using Access Restrictions, Service Endpoints, and Private Endpoints. This ensures that all traffic is routed through the WAF, providing a secure front layer of protection.",
- "guid": "165c3acb-ef4a-4be1-b8d3-9fda47768314",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/networking-features#access-restrictions",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "be1f38cf-03a8-422b-b463-cbbbc8ac299e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-proxy/application-proxy#how-application-proxy-works",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure the WAF cannot be bypassed by securing access to App Service.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "When using MON, you cannot enable MON on more than 100 Network extensions",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-applications-external-access-azure-ad/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Ensure that the minimum TLS policy is set to 1.2 or higher, with a preference for TLS 1.3, to enhance security through stronger encryption protocols. TLS 1.3 provides additional security improvements and faster handshake times, reducing vulnerabilities associated with older versions.",
- "graph": "appserviceresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.web/sites/config' | extend compliant = (properties.MinTlsVersion>=1.2) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "c115775c-2ea5-45b4-9ad4-8408ee72734b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/configure-ssl-bindings#enforce-tls-versions",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "bc91a43d-90da-4e2c-a881-4706f7c1cbaf",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Set minimum TLS policy to 1.2 or higher, preferably 1.3, in App Service configuration.",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Configure App Service to enforce HTTPS-only, automatically redirecting all HTTP traffic to HTTPS. Additionally, implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) in your code or via a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to ensure browsers only access the site over HTTPS, enhancing security by preventing downgrade attacks.",
- "graph": "where (type=='microsoft.web/sites' and (kind == 'app' or kind == 'app,linux' )) | extend compliant = (properties.httpsOnly==true) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "475ba18f-dbf5-490c-b65d-e8e03f9bcbd4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/configure-ssl-bindings#enforce-https",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use HTTPS only and consider enabling HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS).",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Do not use wildcards (*) in your CORS configuration, as this permits unrestricted access from any origin, compromising security. Instead, explicitly specify trusted origins that are allowed to access the service, ensuring controlled access.",
- "guid": "68266abc-a264-4f9a-89ae-d9c55d04c2c3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/app-service-web-tutorial-rest-api",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Avoid using wildcards for CORS; specify allowed origins explicitly.",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Remote debugging should not be enabled in production as it opens additional ports, increasing the attack surface. Although App Service automatically turns off remote debugging after 48 hours, it is recommended to disable it manually in production to maintain a secure environment.",
- "graph": "appserviceresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.web/sites/config' | extend compliant = (properties.RemoteDebuggingEnabled == false) | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "d9bd3baf-cda3-4b54-bb2e-b03dd9a25827",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/configure-common#configure-general-settings",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Turn off remote debugging in production environments.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "If using a VPN connection for migrations, adjust your MTU size accordingly.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Enable Defender for App Service. This (amongst other threats) detects communications to known malicious IP addresses. Review the recommendations from Defender for App Service as part of your operations.",
- "guid": "18d2ddb1-0725-4769-be66-91a4834ac932",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-app-service-introduction",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "e614658d-d457-4e92-9139-b821102cad6e",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable Defender for Cloud - Defender for App Service",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "For low connectivity regions connecting into Azure (500Mbps or less), considering deploying the HCX WAN optimization appliance",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Azure provides DDoS Basic protection on its network, which can be improved with intelligent DDoS Standard capabilities which learns about normal traffic patterns and can detect unusual behavior. DDoS Standard applies to a Virtual Network so it must be configured for the network resource in front of the app, such as Application Gateway or an NVA.",
- "guid": "223ece80-b123-4071-a541-6415833ea3ad",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-overview",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "ae01e6e8-43e5-42f4-922d-928c1b1cd521",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable DDOS Protection Standard on the WAF VNet",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Ensure that migrations are started from the on-premises appliance and NOT from the Cloud appliance (do NOT perform a reverse migration)",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "When using images stored in Azure Container Registry, ensure they are pulled over a virtual network by using a private endpoint and configuring the app setting 'WEBSITE_PULL_IMAGE_OVER_VNET'. This ensures secure communication between App Service and the registry, preventing exposure to the public internet.",
- "guid": "2c2de732-165c-43ac-aef4-abe1f8d39fda",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/configure-custom-container#use-an-image-from-a-network-protected-registry",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "e54a29a9-de39-4ac0-b7c2-8dc935657202",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-policy-settings",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Pull container images over a Virtual Network from Azure Container Registry.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "When Azure Netapp Files is used to extend storage for Azure VMware Solution,consider using this as a VMware datastore instead of attaching directly to a VM.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Perform a penetration test on the web application in accordance with Azure's penetration testing rules of engagement. This helps identify vulnerabilities and security weaknesses that can be addressed before they are exploited.",
- "guid": "eb2eb03d-d9a2-4582-918d-2ddb10725769",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/security/fundamentals/pen-testing",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "bff4564b-0d93-44a3-98b2-63e7dd60513a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#avoid-combining-traffic-manager-and-front-door",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Conduct a penetration test on the web application.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Ensure that a dedicated ExpressRoute Gateway is being used for external data storage solutions",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Ensure that only trusted code, which has been validated and scanned for vulnerabilities, is deployed to production following DevSecOps practices. This minimizes the risk of introducing security vulnerabilities into the application environment.",
- "guid": "19aed9c5-5d04-4c2c-9919-ca0b2c12159e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/solution-ideas/articles/devsecops-in-azure",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "3649906e-bad3-48ea-b53c-c7de1d8aaab3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-the-same-domain-name-on-front-door-and-your-origin",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy validated and vulnerability-scanned code.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Ensure that FastPath is enabled on the ExpressRoute Gateway that is being used for external data storage solutions",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Ensure that the latest versions of supported platforms, programming languages, protocols, and frameworks are used. Regular updates mitigate the risk of security vulnerabilities and ensure compatibility with security patches.",
- "guid": "114b933d-f574-4ecc-ad9b-d3bafcda3b54",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/overview-patch-os-runtime",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "571549ab-8153-4d89-b89d-c7b33be2b1a2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#disable-health-probes-when-theres-only-one-origin-in-an-origin-group",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use up-to-date platforms, languages, protocols and frameworks",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Leverage Auto-Healing in Azure App Service to automatically restart instances or trigger custom actions based on pre-defined failure conditions like memory thresholds, HTTP errors, or specific event logs.",
- "guid": "60b3a935-33e5-45c9-87c7-53882e395b46",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/overview-diagnostics",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Auto-Healing with custom rules to restart App Service instances automatically when failures occur.",
+ "text": "If using stretched cluster, ensure that your selected Disaster Recovery solution is supported by the vendor",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Configure Azure Monitor alerts based on Application Insights metrics for response times, failure rates, and overall availability. Alerts help detect issues proactively and reduce mean-time-to-recovery (MTTR).",
- "guid": "e52e4514-02a7-4e81-a98e-88ce1b18e557",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/app/alerts",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Set up alerts for critical Application Insights metrics, such as response time and failure rates.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "4c486b6d-8bdc-4059-acf7-5ee8a1309888",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#select-good-health-probe-endpoints",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "If using stretched cluster, ensure that the SLA provided will meet your requirements",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Use Azure Policy to enforce security, compliance, and governance configurations for App Service. Policies can ensure that critical settings such as TLS versions, backup configurations, and network restrictions are enforced across all App Service instances.",
- "guid": "361e886f-ca40-4ead-a8e9-1379c642ae9c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
- "service": "App Services",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "9579d66b-896d-471f-a6ca-7be9955d04c3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-head-health-probes",
+ "service": "AVS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Apply Azure Policy to enforce compliance across App Service configurations.",
- "waf": "Governance"
+ "text": "If using stretched cluster, ensure that both ExpressRoute circuits are connected to your connectivity hub.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "Leverage Azure Cost Management to track and forecast App Service expenses. Set up alerts for budget thresholds to avoid overspending, and optimize costs based on resource utilization trends.",
- "guid": "42eb48f0-28ff-497c-b2c0-a8fa1f989832",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Monitor App Service costs using Azure Cost Management and create cost alerts.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "c49d987c-b3d1-4325-aa12-4b6e4d0685ed",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/nat-gateway/nat-overview#outbound-connectivity",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "If using stretched cluster, ensure that both ExpressRoute circuits have GlobalReach enabled.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.web/sites",
- "checklist": "Azure App Service Review",
- "description": "If you have predictable and steady usage of App Service, purchasing Reserved Instances can significantly reduce long-term costs. Commit to one or three years for lower pricing compared to pay-as-you-go.",
- "guid": "e489221b-487e-48a3-aaab-48e3d205ca12",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/",
- "service": "App Services",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Purchase reserved instances for App Service plans to optimize long-term costs.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds",
+ "checklist": "Azure VMware Solution Design Review",
+ "guid": "dce9793b-7bcd-4b3b-91eb-2ec14eea6e59",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-managed-tls-certificates",
+ "service": "AVS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Have site disaster tolerance settings been properly considered and changed for your business if needed.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/IotHubs",
- "checklist": "IoT Hub Review",
- "guid": "ac1d6380-f866-4bbd-a9b4-b1ee5d7908b8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/iot-hub/iot-hub-ha-dr#availability-zones",
- "service": "IoT",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure Function Review",
+ "guid": "4238f409-2ea0-43be-a06b-2a993c98aa7b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-scale#overview-of-plans",
+ "service": "Azure Functions",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Leverage Availability Zones if regionally applicable (this is automatically enabled)",
+ "text": "Select the right Function hosting plan based on your business & SLO requirements",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/IotHubs",
- "checklist": "IoT Hub Review",
- "guid": "35f651e8-0124-4ef7-8c57-658e38609e6e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/iot-hub/iot-hub-ha-dr#microsoft-initiated-failover",
- "service": "IoT",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Be aware of Microsoft-initiated failovers. These are exercised by Microsoft in rare situations to fail over all the IoT hubs from an affected region to the corresponding geo-paired region.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure Function Review",
+ "guid": "a9808100-d640-4f77-ac56-1ec0600f6752",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-scale#overview-of-plans",
+ "query": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Web/sites' and kind has 'functionapp' and tolower(kind) !contains 'workflow' | extend aspResourceId = tostring(properties.serverFarmId), managedEnvId = tostring(properties.managedEnvironmentId), sku = tostring(properties.sku) | extend sku = iif(isnotempty(sku), sku, iif(isnotempty(managedEnvId), 'ContainerApps', '')) | where sku !in ('Dynamic', 'FlexConsumption', '') | extend aspName = tostring(split(aspResourceId, '/').[-1]), managedEnvName = tostring(split(managedEnvId, '/').[-1]) | extend HostingPlan = tostring(iif(isnotempty(aspName), aspName, managedEnvName)) | project functionAppName = name, functionAppId = id, HostingPlan, sku | join kind=inner ( resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Web/serverfarms' or type =~ 'Microsoft.App/managedEnvironments' | extend HostingPlan = tostring(name), zoneRedundant = tostring(properties.zoneRedundant), compliant = tobool(properties.zoneRedundant) | project HostingPlan, resourceId = id, zoneRedundant, compliant ) on HostingPlan | project functionAppName, functionAppId, sku, HostingPlan, resourceId, zoneRedundant, compliant",
+ "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Leverage Availability Zones where regionally applicable (not available for Consumption tier)",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/IotHubs",
- "checklist": "IoT Hub Review",
- "guid": "4ed3e490-dc06-4a1e-b467-5d0239d85540",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/iot-hub/iot-hub-ha-dr#cross-region-dr",
- "service": "IoT",
- "severity": "High",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure Function Review",
+ "guid": "5969d03e-eacf-4042-b127-73c55e3575fa",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/reliability-functions?tabs=azure-portal#cross-region-disaster-recovery-and-business-continuity",
+ "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "severity": "Medium",
"text": "Consider a Cross-Region DR strategy for critical workloads",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/IotHubs",
- "checklist": "IoT Hub Review",
- "guid": "a11ecab0-db47-46f7-9aa7-17764e7e45a1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/iot-hub/iot-hub-ha-dr#microsoft-initiated-failover",
- "service": "IoT",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure Function Review",
+ "guid": "47a0aae0-d8a0-43b1-9791-e934dee3754c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/intro",
+ "service": "Azure Functions",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Learn how to trigger a manual failover.",
+ "text": "If deploying to an Isolated environment, use or migrate to App Service Environment (ASE) v3",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/IotHubs",
- "checklist": "IoT Hub Review",
- "guid": "f9db8dfb-1194-460b-aedd-34dd6a69db22",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/iot-hub/iot-hub-ha-dr#failback",
- "service": "IoT",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure Function Review",
+ "guid": "17232891-f89f-4eaa-90f1-3b34bf798ed5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/dedicated-plan#always-on",
+ "query": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Web/sites' and kind has 'functionapp' | where tolower(kind) !contains 'workflow' | where isnotempty(properties.serverFarmId) | extend sku = tostring(properties.sku) | where isnotempty(sku) | where sku !in ('Dynamic', 'FlexConsumption', 'ElasticPremium') | extend alwaysOn = properties.siteConfig.alwaysOn | project functionAppName = name, functionAppId = id, serverFarmId = tostring(properties.serverFarmId), sku, alwaysOn, compliant = tobool(alwaysOn)",
+ "service": "Azure Functions",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Learn how to fail back after a failover.",
+ "text": "Ensure 'Always On' is enabled for all Function Apps running on App Service Plan",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Automatic instance repairs ensure that unhealthy instances are promptly identified and replaced, maintaining a set of healthy instances within your scale set.",
- "guid": "7e13c105-675c-41e9-95b4-59837ff7ae7c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machine-scale-sets/virtual-machine-scale-sets-automatic-instance-repairs",
- "service": "VMSS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Enable automatic instance repairs for enhanced VM Scale Sets resiliency",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure Function Review",
+ "guid": "40a325c2-7c0e-49e6-86d8-c273b4dc21ba",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/storage-considerations?tabs=azure-cli#shared-storage-accounts",
+ "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Pair a Function App to its own storage account. Try not to re-use storage accounts for Function Apps unless they are tightly coupled",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Ensure that Azure Backup is utilized appropriately to meet your organization's resiliency requirements for Azure virtual machines (VMs).",
- "guid": "4d874a74-8b66-42d6-b150-512a66498f6d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/backup-azure-vms-introduction",
- "service": "VM",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Consider Azure Backup to meet your resiliency requirements for Azure VMs",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Azure Function Review",
+ "guid": "bb42650c-257d-4cb0-822a-131138b8e6f0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/deploy-azure-functions/",
+ "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Leverage Azure DevOps or GitHub to streamline CI/CD and safeguard your Function App code",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Single Instance VMs using Premium SSD or Ultra Disk for all Operating System Disks and Data Disks are guaranteed to have Virtual Machine Connectivity of at least 99.9%",
- "guid": "8052d88e-79d1-47b7-9b22-a5a67e7a8ed4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/disks-types",
- "service": "VM",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Premium or Ultra disks for production VMs",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.BotService/botServices",
+ "checklist": "Azure Bot Service",
+ "guid": "6ad48408-ee72-4734-a476-ba28fdcf590c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/reliability-bot",
+ "service": "Bot service",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Follow reliability support recommendations in Azure Bot Service",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Azure automatically replicates managed disks within a region to ensure data durability and protect against single-point failures.",
- "guid": "b31e38c3-f298-412b-8363-cffe179b599d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/managed-disks-overview",
- "service": "VM",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure Managed Disks are used for all VMs",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.BotService/botServices",
+ "checklist": "Azure Bot Service",
+ "guid": "e65de8e1-3f9c-4cbd-9682-66abca264f9a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-concept-regionalization",
+ "service": "Bot service",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Deploying bots with local data residency and regional compliance",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Temporary disks are intended for short-term storage of non-persistent data such as page files, swap files, or SQL Server tempdb. Storing persistent data on temporary disks can lead to data loss during maintenance events or VM redeployment.",
- "guid": "e0d5973c-d4ce-432c-8881-37f6f7c4c0d4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/managed-disks-overview#temporary-disk",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.BotService/botServices",
+ "checklist": "Azure Bot Service",
+ "guid": "19bfe9d5-5d04-4c3c-9919-ca1b2d1215ae",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/reliability-bot#cross-region-disaster-recovery-in-multi-region-geography",
+ "service": "Bot service",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Do not use the Temp disk for anything that is not acceptable to be lost",
+ "text": "Azure Bot Service runs in active-active mode for both global and regional services. When an outage occurs, you don't need to detect errors or manage the service. Azure Bot Service automatically performs auto failover and auto recovery in a multi-region geographical architecture. For the EU bot regional service, Azure Bot Service provides two full regions inside Europe with active/active replication to ensure redundancy. For the global bot service, all available regions/geographies can be served as the global footprint.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Co-locate your compute, storage, networking, and data resources across an availability zone, and replicate this arrangement in other availability zones.",
- "guid": "e514548d-2447-4ec6-9138-b8200f1ce16e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/availability-zones-overview",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AppPlatform/Spring",
+ "checklist": "Azure Spring Apps Review",
+ "guid": "6d8e32a8-3892-479d-a40b-10f6b4f6f298",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/spring-apps/concepts-blue-green-deployment-strategies",
+ "service": "Spring Apps",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Leverage Availability Zones for your VMs in regions where they are supported",
+ "text": "Azure Spring Apps permits two deployments for every app, only one of which receives production traffic. You can achieve zero downtime with blue green deployment strategies. Blue green deployment is only available in Standard and Enterprise tiers. You could automate deployment using CI/CD with ADO/GitHub actions",
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},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
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- "description": "Use at least two VMs in Availability Sets to isolate VMs on different fault and update domains.",
- "guid": "5a785d6f-e96c-496a-b884-4cf3b2b38c88",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/availability-set-overview",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AppPlatform/Spring",
+ "checklist": "Azure Spring Apps Review",
+ "guid": "fbcb40ac-9480-4a6d-bcf4-8081252a6716",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/web-apps/spring-apps/architectures/spring-apps-multi-region",
+ "service": "Spring Apps",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For regions that do not support Availability Zones deploy VMs into Availability Sets",
+ "text": "Azure Spring Apps instances could be created in multiple regions for your applications and traffic could be routed by Traffic Manager/Front Door.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Azure provides multiple options for VM redundancy to meet different requirements (Availability Zones, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Availability Sets, Azure Site Recovery)",
- "guid": "6ba2c021-4991-414a-9d3c-e574dccbd979",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/availability",
- "service": "VM",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Avoid running a production workload on a single VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AppPlatform/Spring",
+ "checklist": "Azure Spring Apps Review",
+ "guid": "ff1ae6a7-9301-4feb-9d11-56cd72f1d4ef",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/reliability-spring-apps",
+ "service": "Spring Apps",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "In supported region, Azure Spring Apps can be deployed as zone redundant, which means that instances are automatically distributed across availability zones. This feature is only available in Standard and Enterprise tiers.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Azure Site Recovery enables you to achieve low RTO (Recovery Time Objective) for your Azure and hybrid VMs by providing continuous replication and failover capabilities.",
- "guid": "2a6bcca2-b5fe-4a1e-af3d-d95d48c7c891",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-overview",
- "service": "VM",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "For Azure and on-premises VMs (Hyper-V/Phyiscal/VMware) with low RTO requirements use Azure Site Recovery",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AppPlatform/Spring",
+ "checklist": "Azure Spring Apps Review",
+ "guid": "ffc735ad-fbb1-4802-b43f-ad6387c4c066",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/spring-apps/concept-understand-app-and-deployment",
+ "service": "Spring Apps",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use more than 1 app instance for your apps",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "By using Capacity Reservations, you can effectively manage capacity for critical workloads, ensuring resource availability in specified regions.",
- "guid": "bd7bb012-f7b9-45e0-9e15-8e3ea3992c2d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/capacity-reservation-overview",
- "service": "VM",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use Capacity Reservations for critical workloads that require guaranteed capacity",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AppPlatform/Spring",
+ "checklist": "Azure Spring Apps Review",
+ "guid": "7504c230-6035-4183-95a5-85762acc6075",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/spring-apps/diagnostic-services",
+ "service": "Spring Apps",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Monitor Azure Spring Apps with logs, metrics and tracing. Integrate ASA with application insights and track failures and create workbooks.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "By ensuring that the necessary quotas are increased in your DR region before testing failover with ASR, you can avoid any potential resource constraints during the recovery process for failed over VMs.",
- "guid": "e6e2065b-3a76-4af4-a691-e8939ada4666",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/quotas/per-vm-quota-requests",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AppPlatform/Spring",
+ "checklist": "Azure Spring Apps Review",
+ "guid": "1eb48d58-3eec-4ef5-80b0-d2b0dde3f0c6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/spring-apps/how-to-configure-enterprise-spring-cloud-gateway",
+ "service": "Spring Apps",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Increase quotas in DR region before testing failover with ASR",
+ "text": "Set up autoscaling in Spring Cloud Gateway",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Scheduled Events is an Azure Metadata Service that provides information about upcoming maintenance events for virtual machines (VMs). By leveraging Scheduled Events, you can proactively prepare your applications for VM maintenance, minimizing disruption and improving the availability of your VMs.",
- "guid": "6d3b475a-5c7a-4cbe-99bb-e64dd8902e87",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/windows/scheduled-events",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AppPlatform/Spring",
+ "checklist": "Azure Spring Apps Review",
+ "guid": "97411607-b6fd-4335-99d1-9885faf4e392",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/spring-apps/how-to-setup-autoscale",
+ "service": "Spring Apps",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Utilize Scheduled Events to prepare for VM maintenance",
+ "text": "Enable autoscale for the apps with Standard consumption & dedicated plan.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Use Zone-redundant Storage (ZRS) in the primary region for scenarios that require high availability and for restricting replication to a particular country or region. For protection against regional disasters, use Geo-zone-redundant Storage (GZRS), which combines ZRS in the primary region with geo-replication to a secondary region?.",
- "guid": "48c7c891-dcb1-4f7d-9769-ae568ba38d4a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy",
- "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.AppPlatform/Spring",
+ "checklist": "Azure Spring Apps Review",
+ "guid": "dfcaffd1-d27c-4ef2-998d-64c1df3a7ac3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/spring-apps/overview",
+ "service": "Spring Apps",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Choose the most appropriate data redundancy option for Azure Storage based on your requirements",
+ "text": "Use Enterprise plan for commercial support of spring boot for mission critical apps. With other tiers you get OSS support.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
"arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Assigning a Delete lock to your storage account helps protect the availability of your data, minimizing the risk of disruptions to your business operations.",
- "guid": "85e2213d-bd7b-4b01-8f7b-95e06e158e3e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/lock-account-resource",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Apply guidance from the Microsoft cloud security benchmark related to Storage",
+ "guid": "d237de14-3b16-4c21-b7aa-9b64604489a8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/storage-security-baseline",
"service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Apply a Delete lock to prevent accidental or malicious deletion of storage accounts",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Consider the 'Azure security baseline for storage'",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
"arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Container soft delete protects your data from being accidentally deleted by maintaining the deleted data in the system for a specified period of time.",
- "guid": "a3992c2d-e6e2-4065-a3a7-6af4a691e893",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-container-enable",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Azure Storage by default has a public IP address and is Internet-reachable. Private endpoints allow to securely expose Azure Storage only to those Azure Compute resources that need access, thus eliminating exposure to the public Internet",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Storage/StorageAccounts' | where isnull(properties.privateEndpointConnections) or properties.privateEndpointConnections[0].properties.provisioningState != ('Succeeded') or (isnull(properties.networkAcls) and properties.publicNetworkAccess == 'Enabled') | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.privateEndpointConnections) and properties.privateEndpointConnections[0].properties.provisioningState == 'Succeeded' and properties.publicNetworkAccess == 'Disabled') | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "f42d78e7-9d17-4a73-a22a-5a67e7a8ed4b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-private-endpoints",
"service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Enable soft delete for Storage Account Containers",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Consider using private endpoints for Azure Storage",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
"arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Blob soft delete protects an individual blob and its versions, snapshots, and metadata from accidental deletes or overwrites by maintaining the deleted data in the system for a specified period of time.",
- "guid": "9ada4666-7e13-4c10-96b9-153d89f89dc7",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-blob-enable",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Newly created storage accounts are created using the ARM deployment model, so that RBAC, auditing etc. are all enabled. Ensure that there are no old storage accounts with classic deployment model in a subscription",
+ "guid": "30e37c3e-2971-41b2-963c-eee079b598de",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/migration-classic-resource-manager-overview#migration-of-storage-accounts",
"service": "Azure Storage",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Enable soft delete for blobs",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Ensure older storage accounts are not using 'classic deployment model'",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Azure Backup enhanced soft delete provides critical protection against ransomware attacks by retaining deleted backups, enabling recovery from potential ransomware encryption or deletion.",
- "guid": "b44be3b1-a27f-48b9-b91b-e1038df03a82",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/backup-azure-enhanced-soft-delete-about",
- "service": "Azure Backup",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable Azure Backup enhanced soft delete for improved data protection and recovery",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Leverage Microsoft Defender to learn about suspicious activity and misconfigurations.",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Storage/StorageAccounts' | project storageAccountId = id | join kind=leftouter (resourceContainers | where type == 'microsoft.security/pricings' | where name == 'StorageAccounts' | project resourceId = id, pricingTier = properties.pricingTier) on $left.storageAccountId == $right.resourceId | where isnull(pricingTier) or pricingTier != 'Standard' | extend compliant = false | distinct storageAccountId, compliant",
+ "guid": "fc5972cd-4cd2-41b0-a803-7f5e6b4bfd3d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/azure-defender-storage-configure",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enable Microsoft Defender for all of your storage accounts",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Azure Backup's multi-user authorization enables fine-grained control over user access to backup resources, allowing you to restrict privileges and ensure proper authentication and authorization for backup operations.",
- "guid": "2cd463cb-bbc8-4ac2-a9eb-c92a43da1dae",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/multi-user-authorization-concept",
- "service": "Azure Backup",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Implement multi-user authorization for Azure Backup to ensure secure and controlled access to backup resources",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "The soft-delete mechanism allows to recover accidentally deleted blobs.",
+ "guid": "503547c1-447e-4c66-828a-7100f1ce16dd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-blob-overview",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Enable 'soft delete' for blobs",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Azure Immutable Storage provides an additional layer of security by ensuring that backup data stored in the vault cannot be modified or deleted for a specified retention period. This helps safeguard your backups from ransomware attacks that may attempt to compromise or manipulate your backup data.",
- "guid": "2cc88147-0607-4c1c-aa0e-614658dd458e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/backup-azure-immutable-vault-concept?source=recommendations&tabs=recovery-services-vault",
- "service": "Azure Backup",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Implement Immutable Storage for your vaults to protect against ransomware and prevent unauthorized modifications to backups",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Consider selectively disabling 'soft delete' for certain blob containers, for example if the application must ensure that deleted information is immediately deleted, e.g. for confidentiality, privacy or compliance reasons. ",
+ "guid": "3f1d5e87-2e52-4e36-81cc-58b4a4b1510e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-blob-enable",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Disable 'soft delete' for blobs",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "To eliminate a single point of failure in your on-premises DNS services and ensure reliable DNS resolution during business continuity and disaster recovery scenarios, it is recommended to utilize Azure DNS Private Resolvers in multiple regions. By deploying two or more Azure DNS private resolvers across different regions, you can enable DNS failover and achieve resiliency in your DNS infrastructure.",
- "guid": "43da1dae-2cc8-4814-9060-7c1cca0e6146",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/dns/tutorial-dns-private-resolver-failover",
- "service": "DNS",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Implement DNS Failover using Azure DNS Private Resolvers",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Soft delete for containers enables you to recover a container after it has been deleted, for example recover from an accidental delete operation.",
+ "guid": "43a58a9c-2289-4c3d-9b57-d0c655462f2a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-container-overview",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enable 'soft delete' for containers",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.PowerBI/gateways",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "Use an on-premises data gateway cluster to avoid single points of failure and to load balance traffic across gateways.",
- "guid": "89f89dc7-b44b-4e3b-8a27-f8b9e91be103",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/data-integration/gateway/service-gateway-high-availability-clusters",
- "service": "Data Gateways",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Consider selectively disabling 'soft delete' for certain blob containers, for example if the application must ensure that deleted information is immediately deleted, e.g. for confidentiality, privacy or compliance reasons. ",
+ "guid": "3e3453a3-c863-4964-ab65-2d6c15f51296",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-container-enable",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use on-premises data gateway clusters to ensure high availability for business-critical data",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Disable 'soft delete' for containers",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
- "description": "When choosing the best option for deploying NVAs in Azure, it is crucial to consider the vendor's recommendations and validate that the specific design has been vetted and validated by the NVA vendor. The vendor should also provide the necessary NVA configuration for seamless integration in Azure.",
- "guid": "8b1188b3-c6a4-46ce-a544-451e192d3442",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/dmz/nva-ha",
- "service": "NVA",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Prevents accidental deletion of a storage account, by forcing the user to first remove the deletion lock, prior to deletion",
+ "guid": "5398e6de-d227-4dd1-92b0-6c21d7999a64",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/lock-account-resource",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Deploy Network Virtual Appliances (NVAs) in a vendor supported configuration for High Availability",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Enable resource locks on storage accounts",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
- "guid": "6d37a33b-531c-4a91-871a-b69d8044f04e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
- "service": "Key Vault",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Consider 'legal hold' or 'time-based retention' policies for blobs, so that is is impossible to delete the blob, the container, or the storage account. Please note that 'impossible' actually means 'impossible'; once a storage account contains an immutable blob, the only way to 'get rid' of that storage account is by cancelling the Azure subscription.",
+ "guid": "6f4389a8-f42c-478e-98c0-6a73a22a4956",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/immutable-storage-overview",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's best practices such as isolation recommendations, access control, data protection, backup, and logging.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Consider immutable blobs",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
- "guid": "7ba4d380-7b9e-4a8b-a0c3-2d8e49c11872",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/disaster-recovery-guidance",
- "service": "Key Vault",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Key Vault is a managed service and Microsoft will handle the failover within and across region. Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's availability and redundancy.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Consider disabling unprotected HTTP/80 access to the storage account, so that all data transfers are encrypted, integrity protected, and the server is authenticated. ",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Storage/StorageAccounts' | extend compliant = (properties.supportsHttpsTrafficOnly == false) | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "e7a8dc4a-20e2-47c3-b297-11b1352beee0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-require-secure-transfer",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Require HTTPS, i.e. disable port 80 on the storage account",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
- "guid": "17fb86a2-eb45-42a4-9c34-52b92a2a1842",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/disaster-recovery-guidance#data-replication",
- "service": "Key Vault",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "The contents of your key vault are replicated within the region and to a secondary region at least 150 miles away, but within the same geography to maintain high durability of your keys and secrets. Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's data replication.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "When configuring a custom domain (hostname) on a storage account, check whether you need TLS/HTTPS; if so, you might have to put Azure CDN in front of your storage account.",
+ "guid": "79b588de-fc49-472c-b3cd-21bf77036e5e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/storage-custom-domain-name",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "When enforcing HTTPS (disabling HTTP), check that you do not use custom domains (CNAME) for the storage account.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
- "guid": "614682ca-6e0c-4f34-9f03-c6d3f2b99a32",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/disaster-recovery-guidance#failover-across-regions",
- "service": "Key Vault",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Requiring HTTPS when a client uses a SAS token to access blob data helps to minimize the risk of credential loss.",
+ "guid": "6b4bed3d-5035-447c-8347-dc56028a71ff",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-sas-overview",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "During failover, access policy or firewall configurations and settings can't be changed. The key vault will be in read-only mode during failover. Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's failover guidance.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Limit shared access signature (SAS) tokens to HTTPS connections only",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
- "guid": "9ef2b0d2-3206-4c94-b47a-4f07e6a1c509",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/backup?tabs=azure-cli#design-considerations",
- "service": "Key Vault",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When you back up a key vault object, such as a secret, key, or certificate, the backup operation will download the object as an encrypted blob. This blob can't be decrypted outside of Azure. To get usable data from this blob, you must restore the blob into a key vault within the same Azure subscription and Azure geography. Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's backup and restore guidance.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": ". Enforcing the latest TLS version will reject request from clients using the older version. ",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.storage/storageaccounts' | extend compliant = (isnull(properties.minimumTlsVersion) == false and properties.minimumTlsVersion in ('TLS1_2', 'TLS1_3')) | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "e12be569-a18f-4562-8d5d-ce151b9e7d55",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/transport-layer-security-configure-minimum-version",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enforce the latest TLS version for a storage account",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
- "guid": "2df045b1-c0f6-47d3-9a9b-99cf6999684e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/soft-delete-overview",
- "service": "Key Vault",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Microsoft Entra ID tokens should be favored over shared access signatures, wherever possible",
+ "guid": "e1ce15dd-3f0d-45e7-92d4-1e3611cc57b4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/authorize-data-access",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "If you want protection against accidental or malicious deletion of your secrets, configure soft-delete and purge protection features on your key vault.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use Microsoft Entra ID tokens for blob access",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
- "guid": "cbfa96b0-5249-4e6f-947c-d0e79509708c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/soft-delete-overview",
- "service": "Key Vault",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "When assigning a role to a user, group, or application, grant that security principal only those permissions that are necessary for them to perform their tasks. Limiting access to resources helps prevent both unintentional and malicious misuse of your data.",
+ "guid": "a4b1410d-4395-48a8-a228-9b3d6b57cfc6",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Least privilege in IaM permissions",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "A user delegation SAS is secured with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) credentials and also by the permissions specified for the SAS. A user delegation SAS is analogous to a service SAS in terms of its scope and function, but offers security benefits over the service SAS. ",
+ "guid": "55461e1a-3e34-453a-9c86-39648b652d6c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-sas-overview?toc=%2Fazure%2Fstorage%2Fblobs%2Ftoc.json#best-practices-when-using-sas",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "When using SAS, prefer 'user delegation SAS' over storage-account-key based SAS.",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Storage account keys ('shared keys') have very little audit capabilities. While it can be monitored on who/when fetched a copy of the keys, once the keys are in the hands of multiple people, it is impossible to attribute usage to a specific user. Solely relying on Entra ID authentication makes it easier to tie storage access to a user. ",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.storage/storageaccounts' | extend allowSharedKeyAccess = tostring(properties.allowSharedKeyAccess) | extend compliant = (isnotempty(allowSharedKeyAccess) and allowSharedKeyAccess == 'false') | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "15f51296-5398-4e6d-bd22-7dd142b06c21",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/storageservices/authorize-with-shared-key",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Consider disabling storage account keys, so that only Microsoft Entra ID access (and user delegation SAS) is supported.",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Use Activity Log data to identify 'when', 'who', 'what' and 'how' the security of your storage account is being viewed or changed (i.e. storage account keys, access policies, etc.).",
+ "guid": "d7999a64-6f43-489a-af42-c78e78c06a73",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/blob-storage-monitoring-scenarios#audit-account-activity",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Consider using Azure Monitor to audit control plane operations on the storage account",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "A key expiration policy enables you to set a reminder for the rotation of the account access keys. The reminder is displayed if the specified interval has elapsed and the keys have not yet been rotated.",
+ "guid": "a22a4956-e7a8-4dc4-a20e-27c3e29711b1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-account-keys-manage?tabs=azure-portal#create-a-key-expiration-policy",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "When using storage account keys, consider enabling a 'key expiration policy'",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "A SAS expiration policy specifies a recommended interval over which the SAS is valid. SAS expiration policies apply to a service SAS or an account SAS. When a user generates service SAS or an account SAS with a validity interval that is larger than the recommended interval, they'll see a warning.",
+ "guid": "352beee0-79b5-488d-bfc4-972cd3cd21bf",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/sas-expiration-policy",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Consider configuring an SAS expiration policy",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Stored access policies give you the option to revoke permissions for a service SAS without having to regenerate the storage account keys. ",
+ "guid": "77036e5e-6b4b-4ed3-b503-547c1347dc56",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/storageservices/define-stored-access-policy",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Consider linking SAS to a stored access policy",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "028a71ff-e1ce-415d-b3f0-d5e772d41e36",
+ "link": "https://microsoft.github.io/code-with-engineering-playbook/continuous-integration/dev-sec-ops/secret-management/recipes/detect-secrets-ado/",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Consider configuring your application's source code repository to detect checked-in connection strings and storage account keys.",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Ideally, your application should be using a managed identity to authenticate to Azure Storage. If that is not possible, consider having the storage credential (connection string, storage account key, SAS, service principal credential) in Azure KeyVault or an equivalent service.",
+ "guid": "11cc57b4-a4b1-4410-b439-58a8c2289b3d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/framework/security/design-storage-keys",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Consider storing connection strings in Azure KeyVault (in scenarios where managed identities are not possible)",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Use near-term expiration times on an ad hoc SAS service SAS or account SAS. In this way, even if a SAS is compromised, it's valid only for a short time. This practice is especially important if you cannot reference a stored access policy. Near-term expiration times also limit the amount of data that can be written to a blob by limiting the time available to upload to it.",
+ "guid": "27138b82-1102-4cac-9eae-01e6e842e52f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/storageservices/delegate-access-with-shared-access-signature",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Strive for short validity periods for ad-hoc SAS",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "When creating a SAS, be as specific and restrictive as possible. Prefer a SAS for a single resource and operation over a SAS which gives much broader access.",
+ "guid": "4721d928-c1b1-4cd5-81e5-4a29a9de399c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/storageservices/delegate-access-with-shared-access-signature",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Apply a narrow scope to a SAS",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "A SAS can include parameters on which client IP addresses or address ranges are authorized to request a resource using the SAS. ",
+ "guid": "fd7b28dc-9355-4562-82bf-e4564b0d834a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/storageservices/create-account-sas",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Consider scoping SAS to a specific client IP address, wherever possible",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "A SAS cannot constrain how much data a client uploads; given the pricing model of amount of storage over time, it might make sense to validate whether clients uploaded maliciously large contents.",
+ "guid": "348b263e-6dd6-4051-8a36-498f6dbad38e",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Key Vault's soft-deleted resources are retained for a set period of 90 calendar days. Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's soft-delete guidance.",
+ "text": "Consider checking uploaded data, after clients used a SAS to upload a file. ",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "When accessing blob storage via SFTP using a 'local user account', the 'usual' RBAC controls do not apply. Blob access via NFS or REST might be more restrictive than SFTP access. Unfortunately, as of early 2023, local users are the only form of identity management that is currently supported for the SFTP endpoint",
+ "guid": "ad53cc7c-e1d7-4aaa-a357-1449ab8053d8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/secure-file-transfer-protocol-support#sftp-permission-model",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "SFTP: Limit the amount of 'local users' for SFTP access, and audit whether access is needed over time.",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "9f89dc7b-33be-42a1-a27f-7b9e91be1f38",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/secure-file-transfer-protocol-known-issues#authentication-and-authorization",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "SFTP: The SFTP endpoint does not support POSIX-like ACLs.",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Storage supports CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing), i.e. an HTTP feature that enables web apps from a different domain to loosen the same-origin policy. When enabling CORS, keep the CorsRules to the least privilege.",
+ "guid": "cef39812-bd46-43cb-aac8-ac199ebb91a3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/storageservices/cross-origin-resource-sharing--cors--support-for-the-azure-storage-services",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Avoid overly broad CORS policies",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Data at rest is always encrypted server-side, and in addition might be encrypted client-side as well. Server-side encryption might happen using a platform-managed key (default) or customer-managed key. Client-side encryption might happen by either having the client supply an encryption/decryption key on a per-blob basis to Azure storage, or by completely handling encryption on the client-side. thus not relying on Azure Storage at all for confidentiality guarantees.",
+ "guid": "3d90cae2-cc88-4137-86f7-c0cbafe61464",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-service-encryption",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Determine how data at rest should be encrypted. Understand the thread model for data.",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "8dd457e9-2713-48b8-8110-2cac6eae01e6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/customer-managed-keys-overview?toc=%2Fazure%2Fstorage%2Fblobs%2Ftoc.json&bc=%2Fazure%2Fstorage%2Fblobs%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Determine which/if platform encryption should be used.",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "e842e52f-4721-4d92-ac1b-1cd521e54a29",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/encryption-customer-provided-keys",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Determine which/if client-side encryption should be used.",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Anonymous access may present a security risk. We recommend that you disable anonymous access for optimal security. Disallowing anonymous access helps to prevent data breaches caused by undesired anonymous access.",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.storage/storageaccounts' | extend compliant = (properties.allowBlobPublicAccess == 'false') | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "659ae558-b937-4d49-a5e1-112dbd7ba012",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/anonymous-read-access-configure?tabs=portal#allow-or-disallow-public-read-access-for-a-storage-account",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Consider whether public blob anonymous access is needed, or whether it can be disabled for certain storage accounts. ",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "cb8eb8c0-aa62-4a25-a495-6eaa8dc4a243",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-account-upgrade?tabs=azure-portal",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Leverage a storagev2 account type for better performance and reliability",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
- "guid": "e8659d11-7e02-4db0-848c-c6541dbab68c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/backup?tabs=azure-cli#limitations",
- "service": "Key Vault",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Understand Key Vault's backup limitations. Key Vault does not support the ability to backup more than 500 past versions of a key, secret, or certificate object. Attempting to backup a key, secret, or certificate object may result in an error. It is not possible to delete previous versions of a key, secret, or certificate.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Storage/StorageAccounts' | extend compliant = (sku.name != 'Standard_LRS' and sku.name != 'Premium_LRS') | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "e05bbe20-9d49-4fda-9777-8424d116785c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Leverage GRS, ZRS or GZRS storage for the highest availability",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
- "guid": "45c25e29-d0ef-4f07-aa04-0f8c64cbcc04",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/backup?tabs=azure-cli#limitations",
- "service": "Key Vault",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Key Vault doesn't currently provide a way to back up an entire key vault in a single operation and keys, secrets and certitificates must be backup indvidually. Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's backup and restore guidance.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "2fa56c56-ad48-4408-be72-734c486ba280",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-disaster-recovery-guidance",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "For write operation after failover, use customer-Managed Failover ",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
- "guid": "0f15640b-31e5-4de6-85a7-d2c652fa09d3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/soft-delete-overview#purge-protection",
- "service": "Key Vault",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "dc0590cf-65de-48e1-909c-cbd579266bcc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-disaster-recovery-guidance#microsoft-managed-failover",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Purge protection is recommended when using keys for encryption to prevent data loss. Purge protection is an optional Key Vault behavior and is not enabled by default. Purge protection can only be enabled once soft-delete is enabled. It can be turned on via CLI, PowerShell or Portal.",
+ "text": "Understand Microsoft-Managed Failover details",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
- "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
- "graph": "resources| where type =~ 'microsoft.keyvault/vaults' | extend compliant = (properties.enableRbacAuthorization == true) | distinct id, compliant",
- "guid": "d0642c1c-312b-4116-94ab-439e1c836819",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/rbac-guide?tabs=azure-cli",
- "service": "Key Vault",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Azure Storage Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "a274faa1-abfe-49d5-9d04-c3c4919cb1b3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-blob-enable?tabs=azure-portal",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "RBAC is recommended to control access to your key vault. Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's access control guidance.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Enable Soft Delete",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
- "description": "Using the correct approach to feed a datalake with cold data and having the Kusto query engine at your disposal at the same time, as in the short-term storage",
- "guid": "ba7da7be-9951-4914-a384-5d997cb39132",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/kusto/management/data-export/continuous-data-export",
- "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
- "text": "Leverage External Tables and Continuous data export overview to reduce costs",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
+ "checklist": "Cognitive Search Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "41faa1ed-b7f0-447d-8cba-4a4905e5bb83",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability#high-availability",
+ "service": "Cognitive Search",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enable 2 replicas to have 99.9% availability for read operations",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
- "description": "Azure Data Explorer provides an optional follower capability for a leader cluster to be followed by other follower clusters for read-only access to the leader's data and metadata. Changes in the leader, such as create, append, and drop are automatically synchronized to the follower. While the leaders could span Azure regions, the follower clusters should be hosted in the same region(s) as the leader. If the leader cluster is down or databases or tables are accidentally dropped, the follower clusters will lose access until access is recovered in the leader.",
- "guid": "56a22586-f490-4641-addd-ea8a377cdeb3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/follower?tabs=csharp",
- "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
- "text": "To share data, explore Leader-follower cluster configuration",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
+ "checklist": "Cognitive Search Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "7d956fd9-788a-4845-9b9f-c0340972d810",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability#high-availability",
+ "service": "Cognitive Search",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Enable 3 replicas to have 99.9% availability for read/write operations",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
- "description": "Azure Data Explorer doesn't support automatic protection against the outage of an entire Azure region. This disruption can happen during a natural disaster, like an earthquake. If you require a solution for a disaster recovery situation, do the following steps to ensure business continuity. In these steps, you'll replicate your clusters, management, and data ingestion in two Azure paired regions.",
- "guid": "861bb2bc-14ae-4a6e-95d8-d9a3adc218e6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/business-continuity-create-solution#create-multiple-independent-clusters",
- "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
- "text": "To protect against regional failure, create Multiple independent clusters, preferably in two Azure Paired regions",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
+ "checklist": "Cognitive Search Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "44dc5f2b-a032-4d03-aae8-90c3f2c0a4c3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability#availability-zone-support",
+ "service": "Cognitive Search",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Leverage Availability Zones by enabling read and/or write replicas",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
- "guid": "436b0635-cb45-4e57-a603-324ace8cc123",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/business-continuity-create-solution#replicate-management-activities",
- "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
- "text": "Replicate all management activities such as creating new tables or managing user roles on each cluster.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
+ "checklist": "Cognitive Search Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "cd0730f0-0ff1-4b77-9a2b-2a1f7dd5e291",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability#multiple-services-in-separate-geographic-regions",
+ "service": "Cognitive Search",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "For regional redudancy, Manually create services in 2 or more regions for Search as it doesn't provide an automated method of replicating search indexes across geographic regions",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
- "guid": "18ca6017-0265-4f4b-a46a-393af7f31728",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/business-continuity-create-solution",
- "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
- "text": "Ingest data into each cluster in parallel",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
+ "checklist": "Cognitive Search Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "3c964882-aec9-4d44-9f68-4b5f2efbbdb6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability#synchronize-data-across-multiple-services",
+ "service": "Cognitive Search",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "To synchronize data across multiple services either Use indexers for updating content on multiple services or Use REST APIs for pushing content updates on multiple services",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
- "description": "This configuration is also called 'always-on'. For critical application deployments with no tolerance for outages, you should use multiple Azure Data Explorer clusters across Azure paired regions.",
- "guid": "58a9c279-9c42-4bb6-9d0c-65556246b338",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/business-continuity-overview#active-active-active-configuration",
- "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
- "text": "For critical application with no tolerance for outages, create Active-Active-Active (always-on) configuration",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
+ "checklist": "Cognitive Search Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "85ee93c9-f53c-4803-be51-e6e4aa37ff4e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability#use-azure-traffic-manager-to-coordinate-requests",
+ "service": "Cognitive Search",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Azure Traffic Manager to coordinate requests",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
- "description": "This configuration is identical to the active-active-active configuration, but only involves two Azure paired regions. Configure dual ingestion, processing, and curation. Users are routed to the nearest region. The cluster SKU must be the same across regions.",
- "guid": "563a4dc7-4a74-48b6-922a-d190916a6649",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/business-continuity-overview#active-active-configuration",
- "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
- "text": "For critical applications, create Active-Active configuration in two paired regions",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
+ "checklist": "Cognitive Search Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "7be10278-57c1-4a61-8ee3-895aebfec5aa",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability#back-up-and-restore-alternatives",
+ "service": "Cognitive Search",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Backup and Restore an Azure Cognitive Search Index. Use this sample code to back up index definition and snapshot to a series of Json files",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
- "description": "The Active-Hot configuration is similar to the Active-Active configuration in dual ingest, processing, and curation. While the standby cluster is online for ingestion, process, and curation, it isn't available to query. The standby cluster doesn't need to be in the same SKU as the primary cluster. It can be of a smaller SKU and scale, which may result in it being less performant. In a disaster scenario, users are redirected to the standby cluster, which can optionally be scaled up to increase performance.",
- "guid": "8fadfe27-7de2-483b-8ac3-52baa9b75708",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/business-continuity-overview#active-hot-standby-configuration",
- "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
- "text": "For applications, which required only read during failure, create Active-Hot standby configuration",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Cognitive Services Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "21c30d25-ffb7-4f6a-b9ea-b3fec328f787",
+ "link": "https://github.com/Azure/fta-resiliencyplaybooks/blob/main/paas-foundations-playbooks-cog_svcs_v1.docx",
+ "service": "Cognitive Services",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Leverage FTA HandBook for Cognitive Services",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
- "description": "This solution offers the least resiliency (highest RPO and RTO), is the lowest in cost and highest in effort. In this configuration, there's no data recovery cluster. Configure continuous export of curated data (unless raw and intermediate data is also required) to a storage account that is configured GRS (Geo Redundant Storage). A data recovery cluster is spun up if there is a disaster recovery scenario. At that time, DDLs, configuration, policies, and processes are applied. Data is ingested from storage with the ingestion property kustoCreationTime to over-ride the ingestion time that defaults to system time.",
- "guid": "49aa8092-dc8e-4b9d-8bb7-3b26a5a67eba",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/business-continuity-overview#on-demand-data-recovery-configuration",
- "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
- "text": "For applications, where cost is a concern and can withstand some downtime during failure, create on-demand data recovery cluster configuration",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Cognitive Services Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "78c34698-16b2-4763-aefe-1b9b599de0d5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/advanced-prompt-engineering?pivots=programming-language-chat-completions",
+ "service": "Cognitive Services",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Backup Your Prompts",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
- "description": "All database objects, policies, and configurations should be persisted in source control so they can be released to the cluster from your release automation tool.",
- "guid": "5a907e1e-348e-4f25-9c27-d32e8bbac757",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/devops",
- "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
- "text": "Wrap DevOps and source control around all your code",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-your-cloud-data/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Cognitive Services Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "750ab2ab-039d-4a6d-95d7-c892adb107d5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/business-continuity-disaster-recovery",
+ "service": "Cognitive Services",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) considerations with Azure OpenAI Service",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
- "guid": "1559ab91-53e8-4908-ae28-b84c33b6b780",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/devops",
- "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
- "text": "Design, develop, and implement validation routines to ensure all clusters are in-sync from a data perspective.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-active-directory/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Cognitive Services Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "325af625-ca44-4e46-a5e2-223ace8bb123",
+ "link": "https://github.com/abacaj/chatgpt-backup#backup-your-chatgpt-conversations",
+ "service": "Cognitive Services",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Backup Your ChatGPT conversations",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Kusto/clusters",
- "checklist": "Azure Data Explorer Review Checklist",
- "guid": "8b9fe5c4-1049-4d40-9a82-2c3474d00f18",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/data-explorer/devops",
- "service": "Azure Data Explorer",
- "text": "Be fully cognizant of what it takes to build a cluster from scratch. Leverage Infrastructure as a Code for your deployments",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/implement-hybrid-identity-windows-server/",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Cognitive Services Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "07ca5f17-f154-4e3a-a369-2829e7e31618",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/speech-service/how-to-custom-speech-continuous-integration-continuous-deployment",
+ "service": "Cognitive Services",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "CI/CD for custom speech",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "4620dc87-e948-4ce8-8426-f3e6e5d7bd85",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/center-sap-solutions/overview",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Azure Center for SAP solutions (ACSS) is an Azure offering that makes SAP a top-level workload on Azure. ACSS is an end-to-end solution that enables you to create and run SAP systems as a unified workload on Azure and provides a more seamless foundation for innovation. You can take advantage of the management capabilities for both new and existing Azure-based SAP systems.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-center-sap-solutions/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Cognitive Services Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "3687a046-7a1f-4893-9bda-43324f248116",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/qnamaker/tutorials/export-knowledge-base",
+ "service": "Cognitive Services",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Move a knowledge base using export-import",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "5d75e99d-624d-4afe-91d9-e17adc580790",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-platform-automation-and-devops",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Azure supports automating SAP deployments in Linux and Windows. SAP Deployment Automation Framework is an open-source orchestration tool that can deploy, install, and maintain SAP environments.",
- "training": "https://github.com/Azure/sap-automation",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.App/containerApps",
+ "checklist": "Container Apps Review",
+ "guid": "af416482-663c-4ed6-b195-b44c7068e09c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/reliability-azure-container-apps?tabs=azure-cli#availability-zone-support",
+ "query": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.App/managedEnvironments' | project name, resourceGroup, location, zoneRedundancy = tolower(tostring(properties.zoneRedundant)) | extend Compliance = iff(zoneRedundancy == 'true', true, false)",
+ "service": "Container Apps",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Leverage Availability Zones if regionally applicable",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "d17f6f39-a377-48a2-931f-5ead3ebe33a8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/data-platform",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Perform a point-in-time recovery for your production databases at any point and in a time frame that meets your RTO; point-in-time recovery typically includes operator errors deleting data either on the DBMS layer or through SAP, incidentally",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.App/containerApps",
+ "checklist": "Container Apps Review",
+ "guid": "95bc80ec-6499-4d14-a7d2-7d296b1d8abc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/reliability-azure-container-apps?tabs=azure-cli#set-up-zone-redundancy-in-your-container-apps-environment",
+ "query": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.App/containerApps' | project name, resourceGroup, location, minReplicas = toint(properties.template.scale.minReplicas), maxReplicas = toint(properties.template.scale.maxReplicas) | extend Compliance = iff(minReplicas >= 1, true, false)",
+ "service": "Container Apps",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use more than one replica and enable Zone Redundancy.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "c4b8e117-930b-4dbd-ae50-7bc5faf6f91a",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Test the backup and recovery times to verify that they meet your RTO requirements for restoring all systems simultaneously after a disaster.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.App/containerApps",
+ "checklist": "Container Apps Review",
+ "guid": "ccaa4fc2-fdbc-4432-8bb7-f7e6469e4dc3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/reliability-azure-container-apps?tabs=azure-cli#cross-region-disaster-recovery-and-business-continuity",
+ "service": "Container Apps",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "For cross-region DR, deploy container apps in multiple regions and follow active/active or active/passive application guidance.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "b651423c-8552-42db-a545-5cb50c05527a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/cross-region-replication-azure",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.App/containerApps",
+ "checklist": "Container Apps Review",
+ "guid": "2ffada86-c031-4933-bf7d-0c45bc4e5919",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/reliability-azure-container-apps?tabs=azure-cli#cross-region-disaster-recovery-and-business-continuity",
+ "service": "Container Apps",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "You can replicate standard storage between paired regions, but you can't use standard storage to store your databases or virtual hard disks. You can replicate backups only between paired regions that you use. For all your other data, run your replication by using native DBMS features like SQL Server Always On or SAP HANA System Replication. Use a combination of Site Recovery, rsync or robocopy, and other third-party software for the SAP application layer.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/ensure-business-continuity-implement-disaster-recovery/",
+ "text": "Use Front Door or Traffic Manager to route traffic to the closest region",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "aa208dca-784f-46c6-9014-cc919c542dc9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/high-availability-zones",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
+ "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "43e52f47-22d9-428c-8b1c-d521e54a29a9",
+ "link": "https://github.com/Azure/fta-resiliencyplaybooks/blob/main/pass-foundations-playbooks-CosmosDB_v1.docx",
+ "service": "CosmosDB",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When using Azure Availability Zones to achieve high availability, you must consider latency between SAP application servers and database servers. For zones with high latencies, operational procedures need to be in place to ensure that SAP application servers and database servers are running in the same zone at all times.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-high-availability-for-sap-workloads-azure/?source=recommendations",
+ "text": "FTA Resiliency Playbook",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "resources| where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworkgateways'| where properties.gatewayType =~ 'vpn' or properties.gatewayType =~ 'ExpressRoute'| extend SKUName = properties.sku.name, SKUTier = properties.sku.tier, Type = properties.gatewayType| extend compliant = SKUTier contains 'AZ'| project name, id, subscriptionId, resourceGroup, Type, compliant",
- "guid": "ba07c007-1f90-43e9-aa4f-601346b80352",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/designing-for-disaster-recovery-with-expressroute-privatepeering",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
+ "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "de39ac0e-7c28-4dc9-9565-7202bff4564b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/high-availability#slas",
+ "service": "CosmosDB",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Set up ExpressRoute connections from on-premises to the primary and secondary Azure disaster recovery regions. Also, as an alternative to using ExpressRoute, consider setting up VPN connections from on-premises to the primary and secondary Azure disaster recovery regions.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/use-s2s-vpn-as-backup-for-expressroute-privatepeering",
+ "text": "Leverage Availablity Zones where regionally applicable and ofcourse if the service offers it",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "d2b30195-b11d-4a8f-a672-28b2b4169a7c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/disaster-recovery-guidance",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Replicate key vault contents like certificates, secrets, or keys across regions so you can decrypt data in the DR region.",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
+ "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "0d934a34-8b26-43e7-bd60-513a3649906e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/high-availability#replica-outages",
+ "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Run multiple replicas of the database (>1 ) in Prod",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "05f1101d-250f-40e7-b2a1-b674ab50edbd",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/sap/sap-s4hana",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
+ "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Multi-region writes capability allows you to take advantage of the provisioned throughput for your databases and containers across the globe",
+ "guid": "bad38ead-53cc-47de-8d8a-aab3571449ab",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/high-availability#multiple-write-regions",
+ "service": "CosmosDB",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Peer the primary and disaster recovery virtual networks. For example, for HANA System Replication, an SAP HANA DB virtual network needs to be peered to the disaster recovery site's SAP HANA DB virtual network.",
+ "text": "Leverage Multi-Region Writes",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "d3351bf7-628a-46de-917d-dfc11d3b6b40",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-netapp-files/azure-netapp-files-service-levels",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "If you use Azure NetApp Files storage for your SAP deployments, at a minimum, create two Azure NetApp Files accounts in the Premium tier, in two regions.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/choose-service-level-azure-netapp-files-hpc-applications/2-identify-decision-criteria",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
+ "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Span Cosmos account across two or more regions with multi-region writes",
+ "guid": "8153d89f-89dc-47b3-9be2-b1a27f7b9e91",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/high-availability#slas",
+ "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Distribute your data globally",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "726a1d3e-5508-4a06-9d54-93f4b50040c1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/disaster-recovery-sap-guide?tabs=windows",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
+ "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Choose from various consistency levels such as Eventual, Consistent Prefix, Session, Bounded Staleness and strong",
+ "guid": "9f8ea848-25ec-4140-bc32-2758e6ee9ac0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/consistency-levels",
+ "service": "CosmosDB",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Native database replication technology should be used to synchronize the database in a HA pair.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-disaster-recovery-for-sap-workloads-azure/?source=recommendations",
+ "text": "Choose from several well-defined consistency models",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | extend addressSpace = todynamic(properties.addressSpace) | extend addressPrefix = todynamic(properties.addressSpace.addressPrefixes) | mvexpand addressSpace | mvexpand addressPrefix | project name, id, location, resourceGroup, subscriptionId, cidr = addressPrefix | extend compliant = (cidr matches regex @'^(10\\.|172\\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[01])\\.|192\\.168\\.)') | project id, compliant, cidr",
- "guid": "6561f847-3db5-4ff8-9200-5ad3c3b436ad",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-faq",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "The CIDR for the primary virtual network (VNet) shouldn't conflict or overlap with the CIDR of the DR site's VNet",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/azure-fundamentals-describe-azure-architecture-services/?source=recommendations",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
+ "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Maintain business continuity during regional outages. Azure Cosmos DB supports service-managed failover during a regional outage. During a regional outage, Azure Cosmos DB continues to maintain its latency, availability, consistency, and throughput SLAs. To help make sure that your entire application is highly available, Azure Cosmos DB offers a manual failover API to simulate a regional outage. By using this API, you can carry out regular business continuity drills.",
+ "guid": "a47e4d1e-bb79-43f9-bf87-69e1032b72fe",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/how-to-manage-database-account#automatic-failover",
+ "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Enable Service managed failover",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "0258ed30-fe42-434f-87b9-58f91f908e0a",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Site Recovery to replicate an application server to a DR site. Site Recovery can also help with replicating central-services cluster VMs to the DR site. When you invoke DR, you'll need to reconfigure the Linux Pacemaker cluster on the DR site (for example, replace the VIP or SBD, run corosync.conf, and more).",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/ensure-business-continuity-implement-disaster-recovery/",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
+ "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Azure Cosmos DB automatically takes backups of your data at regular intervals. The automatic backups are taken without affecting the performance or availability of the database operations. All the backups are stored separately in a storage service.",
+ "guid": "3499c9c1-133d-42f7-a4b1-a5bd06ff1a90",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/online-backup-and-restore",
+ "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Enable Automatic Backups",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/explore-basic-services-identity-types/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "8300cb30-766b-4084-b126-0dd8fb1269a1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-business-continuity-and-disaster-recovery",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Consider the availability of SAP software against single points of failure. This includes single points of failure within applications such as DBMSs utilized in SAP NetWeaver and SAP S/4HANA architectures, SAP ABAP and ASCS + SCS. Also, other tools such as SAP Web Dispatcher.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-high-availability-for-sap-workloads-azure/2-explore-high-availability-disaster-recovery-support-azure-for-sap-workloads?source=recommendations",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
+ "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
+ "description": "This mode is the default backup mode for all existing accounts. In this mode, backup is taken at a periodic interval and the data is restored by creating a request with the support team. In this mode, you configure a backup interval and retention for your account. The maximum retention period extends to a month. The minimum backup interval can be one hour.",
+ "guid": "a6eb33f6-005c-4d92-9286-7655672d6121",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/periodic-backup-restore-introduction",
+ "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Perform Periodic Backups",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-identity-and-access/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "56402f11-ccbe-42c3-a2f6-c6f6f38ab579",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/planning-supported-configurations",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "For SAP and SAP databases, consider implementing automatic failover clusters. In Windows, Windows Server Failover Clustering supports failover. In Linux, Linux Pacemaker or third-party tools like SIOS Protection Suite and Veritas InfoScale support failover.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-ha-sap-netweaver-anydb/?source=recommendations",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.documentdb/databaseAccounts",
+ "checklist": "CosmosDB Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Continous 7 day retention and 30 day retention backups. Azure Cosmos DB performs data backup in the background without consuming any extra provisioned throughput (RUs) or affecting the performance and availability of your database. Continuous backups are taken in every region where the account exists.",
+ "guid": "d43918a8-cd28-49be-b6b1-7cb8245461e1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/continuous-backup-restore-introduction",
+ "service": "CosmosDB",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Continous Backup with point-in-time restore in Azure Cosmos DB",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/create-custom-azure-roles-with-rbac/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "afae6bec-2671-49ae-bc69-140b8ec8d320",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/disaster-recovery-sap-guide?tabs=windows",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Azure doesn't support architectures in which the primary and secondary VMs share storage for DBMS data. For the DBMS layer, the common architecture pattern is to replicate databases at the same time and with different storage stacks than the ones that the primary and secondary VMs use.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/ensure-business-continuity-implement-disaster-recovery/?source=recommendationshttps%3A%2F%2Flearn.microsoft.com%2Fja-jp%2Ftraining%2Fpaths%2Fensure-business-continuity-implement-disaster-recovery%2F%3Fsource%3Drecommendations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "a95b86ad-8840-48e3-9273-4b875ba18f20",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/multitenant/considerations/tenancy-models",
+ "service": "Azure Monitor",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Data collection rules in Azure Monitor -https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/data-collection-rule-overview",
+ "training": "https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/reservations/",
+ "waf": "Cost"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "45901365-d38e-443f-abcb-d868266abca2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/multi-tenant/automation",
+ "service": "Azure Backup",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "check backup instances with the underlying datasource not found",
+ "waf": "Cost"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "64f9a19a-f29c-495d-94c6-c7919ca0f6c5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/multi-tenant/lighthouse",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Delete or archive unassociated services (disks, nics, ip addresses etc)",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "ac614e95-6767-4bc3-b8a4-9953533da6ba",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/dbms-guide-general",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "The DBMS data and transaction/redo log files are stored in Azure supported block storage or Azure NetApp Files. Azure Files or Azure Premium Files isn't supported as storage for DBMS data and/or redo log files with SAP workload.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-databases/2-explore-database-support-azure-for-sap-workloads",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "69bad37a-ad53-4cc7-ae1d-76667357c449",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-microsoft-customer-agreement#design-recommendations",
+ "service": "Azure Backup",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Consider a good balance between site recovery storage and backup for non mission critical applications",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "1f737179-8e7f-4e1a-a30c-e5a649a3092b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/sap-high-availability-guide-wsfc-shared-disk",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "You can use Azure shared disks in Windows for ASCS + SCS components and specific high-availability scenarios. Set up your failover clusters separately for SAP application layer components and the DBMS layer. Azure doesn't currently support high-availability architectures that combine SAP application layer components and the DBMS layer into one failover cluster.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-ha-sap-netweaver-anydb/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "674b5ed8-5a85-49c7-933b-e2a1a27b765a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/direct-ea-administration#manage-notification-contacts",
+ "service": "Azure Monitor",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Check spending and savings opportunities among the 40 different log analytics workspaces- use different retention and data collection for nonprod workspaces-create daily cap for awareness and tier sizing - If you do set a daily cap, in addition to creating an alert when the cap is reached,ensure that you also create an alert rule to be notified when some percentage has been reached (90% for example). - consider workspace transformation if possible - https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/data-collection-transformations#workspace-transformation-dcr ",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/understand-work-scopes",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | extend bep = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackEndPools = array_length(bep) | where BackEndPools =~ 0 | project name, id, Param1='backendPools', Param2=toint(0), tags | union (resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | where sku.name =~ 'Standard' | extend bep = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackEndPools = toint(array_length(bep)) | mv-expand bip = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackendAddresses = array_length(bip.properties.loadBalancerBackendAddresses) | where toint(BackendAddresses) <= 1 | project name, id, tags, Param1='backendAddresses', Param2=toint(BackendAddresses)) | union ( resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | where sku.name =~ 'Basic' | mv-expand properties.backendAddressPools | extend backendPoolId = properties_backendAddressPools.id | project id, name, tags, tostring(backendPoolId), Param1='BackEndPools' | join kind = leftouter ( resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces' | mv-expand properties.ipConfigurations | mv-expand properties_ipConfigurations.properties.loadBalancerBackendAddressPools | extend backendPoolId = tostring(properties_ipConfigurations_properties_loadBalancerBackendAddressPools.id) | summarize poolMembers = count() by backendPoolId | project tostring(backendPoolId), poolMembers ) on backendPoolId | where toint(poolMembers) <= 1 | extend BackendAddresses = poolMembers | project id, name, tags, Param1='backendAddresses', Param2=toint(BackendAddresses))",
- "guid": "a78b3d31-3170-44f2-b5d7-651a29f4ccf5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/high-availability-guide-standard-load-balancer-outbound-connections",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Most failover clusters for SAP application layer components (ASCS) and the DBMS layer require a virtual IP address for a failover cluster. Azure Load Balancer should handle the virtual IP address for all other cases. One design principle is to use one load balancer per cluster configuration. We recommend that you use the standard version of the load balancer (Standard Load Balancer SKU).",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-high-availability-for-sap-workloads-azure/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "91be1f38-8ef3-494c-8bd4-63cbbac75819",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-enterprise-agreement#design-considerations",
+ "service": "Azure Monitor",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Enforce a purging log policy and automation (if needed, logs can be moved to cold storage)",
+ "training": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHQYcYGKuyw",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "1a541741-5833-4fb4-ae3c-2df743165c3a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-ha-ports-overview?source=recommendations",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Make sure the Floating IP is enabled on the Load balancer",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/load-balancing-non-https-traffic-azure/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "6aae01e6-a84d-4e5d-b36d-1d92881a1bd5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-enterprise-agreement#design-considerations",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Check that the disks are really needed, if not: delete. If they are needed, find lower storage tiers or use backup -",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/manage-automation",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "c47cc4f3-f105-452c-845e-9b307b3856c1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/availability",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Before you deploy your high-availability infrastructure, and depending on the region you choose, determine whether to deploy with an Azure availability set or an availability zone.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-virtual-machine-availability/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "d1e44a19-659d-4395-afd7-7289b835556d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-enterprise-agreement#design-considerations",
+ "service": "Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Consider moving unused storage to lower tier, with customized rule - https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-policy-configure ",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/enable-tag-inheritance",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "844f69c3-07e5-4ec1-bff7-4be27bcf5fea",
- "link": "https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Service-Level-Agreements-SLA-for-Online-Services?lang=1",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "If you want to meet the infrastructure SLAs for your applications for SAP components (central services, application servers, and databases), you must choose the same high availability options (VMs, availability sets, availability zones) for all components.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "d0102cac-6aae-401e-9a84-de5de36d1d92",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Make sure advisor is configured for VM right sizing ",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "cbe05bbe-209d-4490-ba47-778424d11678",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/availability-set-overview",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Do not mix servers of different roles in the same availability set. Keep central services VMs, database VMs, application VMs in their own availability sets",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-virtual-machine-availability/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "description": "check by searching the Meter Category Licenses in the Cost analysys",
+ "guid": "59ae568b-a38d-4498-9e22-13dbd7bb012f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/manage/centralize-operations",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "run the script on all windows VMs https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/windows/hybrid-use-benefit-licensing?ref=andrewmatveychuk.com#convert-an-existing-vm-using-azure-hybrid-benefit-for-windows-server- consider implementing a policy if windows VMs are created frequently",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "f2201000-d045-40a6-a79a-d7cdc01b4d86",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/co-location",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "7b95e06e-158e-42ea-9992-c2de6e2065b3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/privileged-identity-management/pim-configure",
+ "service": "VM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "You can't deploy Azure availability sets within an Azure availability zone unless you use proximity placement groups.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/proximity-placement-scenarios",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": " this can be also put under AHUB if you already have licenses https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/linux/azure-hybrid-benefit-linux?tabs=rhelpayg%2Crhelbyos%2CrhelEnablebyos%2Crhelcompliance",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "9674e7c7-7796-4181-8920-09f4429543ba",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/availability-set-overview",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "When you create availability sets, use the maximum number of fault domains and update domains available. For example, if you deploy more than two VMs in one availability set, use the maximum number of fault domains (three) and enough update domains to limit the effect of potential physical hardware failures, network outages, or power interruptions, in addition to Azure planned maintenance. The default number of fault domains is two, and you can't change it online later.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-virtual-machine-availability/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "75c1e945-b459-4837-bf7a-e7c6d3b475a5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/active-directory-groups-create-azure-portal",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Consolidate reserved VM families with flexibility option (no more than 4-5 families)",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/automation/automation-solution-vm-management",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "ae4ecb95-b70f-428f-8b9a-4c5b7e3478a2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/proximity-placement-scenarios",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "When you use Azure proximity placement groups in an availability set deployment, all three SAP components (central services, application server, and database) should be in the same proximity placement group.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "c7acbe49-bbe6-44dd-a9f2-e87778468d55",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/identity-access#prerequisites-for-a-landing-zone---design-recommendations",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Utilize Azure Reserved Instances: This feature allows you to reserve VMs for a period of 1 or 3 years, providing significant cost savings compared to PAYG prices.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "5d2fa56c-56ad-4484-88fe-72734c486ba2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/proximity-placement-scenarios",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use one proximity placement group per SAP SID. Groups don't span across Availability Zones or Azure regions",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "a6bcca2b-4fea-41db-b3dd-95d48c7c891d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory-domain-services/overview",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Only larger disks can be reserved => 1 TiB -",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "bca3b10e-0ff5-4aec-ac16-4c4bd1a1c13f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-business-continuity-and-disaster-recovery",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use one of the following services to run SAP central services clusters, depending on the operating system.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-ha-sap-netweaver-anydb/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "cb1f7d57-59ae-4568-aa38-d4985e2213db",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/identity/adds-extend-domain",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "After the right-sizing optimization",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "ed46b937-913e-4018-9c62-8393ab037e53",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/high-availability-guide-suse-multi-sid",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Sql/servers",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "d7bb012f-7b95-4e06-b158-e2ea3992c2de",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-proxy/application-proxy",
+ "service": "Azure SQL",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Azure doesn't currently support combining ASCS and DB HA in the same Linux Pacemaker cluster; separate them into individual clusters. However, you can combine up to five multiple central-services clusters into a pair of VMs.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-ha-sap-netweaver-anydb/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Check if applicable and enforce policy/change https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-sql/azure-hybrid-benefit?view=azuresql&tabs=azure-portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/scope-level/create-sql-license-assignments?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "Resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts' | where sku.name in~ ('Standard_LRS', 'Premium_LRS') | project name, id, tags, param1 = strcat('sku: ', sku.name)",
- "guid": "f656e745-0cfb-453e-8008-0528fa21c933",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-business-continuity-and-disaster-recovery",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "6e2065b3-a76a-4f4a-991e-8839ada46667",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/roles/best-practices",
+ "service": "VM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy both VMs in the high-availability pair in an availability set or in availability zones. These VMs should be the same size and have the same storage configuration.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "The VM + license part discount (ahub + 3YRI) is around 70% discount",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "7f684ebc-95da-425e-b329-e782dbed050f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/high-availability-guide-rhel-with-hana-ascs-ers-dialog-instance",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Azure supports installing and configuring SAP HANA and ASCS/SCS and ERS instances on the same high availability cluster running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-ha-sap-netweaver-anydb/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "ccbd9792-a6bc-4ca2-a4fe-a1dbf3dd95d4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#send-logs-to-microsoft-sentinel",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Consider using a VMSS to match demand rather than flat sizing",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "07991f7d-6598-4d90-9431-45c62605d3a5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/planning-guide-storage",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Run all production systems on Premium managed SSDs and use Azure NetApp Files or Ultra Disk Storage. At least the OS disk should be on the Premium tier so you can achieve better performance and the best SLA.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-storage/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "c1b1cd52-1e54-4a29-a9de-39ac0e7c28dc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/cross-region-replication-azure",
+ "service": "AKS",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use AKS autoscaler to match your clusters usage (make sure the pods requirements match the scaler)",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "73cdaecc-7d74-48d8-a040-88416eebc98c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/hana-vm-operations-storage",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "You should run SAP HANA on Azure only on the types of storage that are certified by SAP. Note that certain volumes must be run on certain disk configurations, where applicable. These configurations include enabling Write Accelerator and using Premium storage. You also need to ensure that the file system that runs on storage is compatible with the DBMS that runs on the machine.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/hana-vm-premium-ssd-v1?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "44be3b1a-27f8-4b9e-a1be-1f38df03a822",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/data-retention-archive?tabs=portal-1%2Cportal-2#how-retention-and-archiving-work",
+ "service": "Azure Backup",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Move recovery points to vault-archive where applicable (Validate)",
+ "training": "https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/reservations/",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "51904867-a70e-4fa0-b4ff-3e6292846d7c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/disaster-recovery-overview-guide#storage",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Consider configuring high availability depending on the type of storage you use for your SAP workloads. Some storage services available in Azure are not supported by Azure Site Recovery, so your high availability configuration may differ.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-disaster-recovery-for-sap-workloads-azure/2-explore-disaster-recovery-sap-workloads",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Databricks/workspaces",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "cd463cbb-bc8a-4c29-aebc-91a43da1dae2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/databricks/clusters/cluster-config-best-practices#automatic-termination",
+ "service": "Databricks",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Consider using Spot VMs with fallback where possible. Consider autotermination of clusters.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "1ac2d928-c9b7-42c6-ba18-23b1aea78693",
- "link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/ja-jp/explore/global-infrastructure/products-by-region/",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Different native Azure storage services (like Azure Files, Azure NetApp Files, Azure Shared Disk) may not be available in all regions. So to have similar SAP setup on the DR region after failover, ensure the respective storage service is offered in DR site.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "cc881470-607c-41cc-a0e6-14658dd458e9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/how-to/guest-configuration-create",
+ "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Functions - Reuse connections",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/reservation-apis?toc=%2Fazure%2Fcost-management-billing%2Ftoc.json",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "925d1f8c-01f3-4a67-948e-aabf0a1fad60",
- "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/running-sap-applications-on-the/optimize-your-azure-costs-by-automating-sap-system-start-stop/ba-p/2120675",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "27139b82-1102-4dbd-9eaf-11e6f843e52f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/automation/update-management/overview",
+ "service": "Azure Functions",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Automate SAP System Start-Stop to manage costs.",
+ "text": "Functions - Cache data locally",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/azure-administrator-manage-compute-resources/",
"waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "71dc00cd-4392-4262-8949-20c05e6c0333",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/hana-vm-premium-ssd-v1",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "In the case of using Azure Premium Storage with SAP HANA, Azure Standard SSD storage can be used to select a cost-conscious storage solution. However, please note that choosing Standard SSD or Standard HDD Azure storage will affect the SLA of the individual VMs. Also, for systems with lower I/O throughput and low latency, such as non-production environments, lower series VMs can be used.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "4722d928-c1b1-4cd5-81e5-4a29b9de39ac",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/network-watcher/network-watcher-monitoring-overview",
+ "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Functions - Cold starts-Use the 'Run from package' functionality. This way, the code is downloaded as a single zip file. This can, for example, result in significant improvements with Javascript functions, which have a lot of node modules.Use language specific tools to reduce the package size, for example, tree shaking Javascript applications.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/configure-network-watcher/",
"waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "9877f353-2591-4e8b-8381-e9043fed1010",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/hana-vm-premium-ssd-v1",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "As a lower-cost alternative configuration (multipurpose), you can choose a low-performance SKU for your non-production HANA database server VMs. However, it is important to note that some VM types, such as E-series, are not HANA certified (SAP HANA Hardware Directory) or cannot achieve storage latency of less than 1ms.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "0e7c28dc-9366-4572-82bf-f4564b0d934a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/lock-resources?tabs=json",
+ "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Functions - Keep your functions warm",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
"waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.aad/domainservices' | extend replicaSets = properties.replicaSets | where array_length(replicaSets) < 2 | project name=name, id=id, tags=tags, param1=strcat('replicaSetLocation:', replicaSets[0].location)",
- "guid": "fda1dbf3-dc95-4d48-a7c7-91dca0f6c565",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/security",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enforce a RBAC model for management groups, subscriptions, resource groups and resources",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "359c363e-7dd6-4162-9a36-4a907ebae38e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
+ "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "When using autoscale with different functions, there might be one driving all the autoscale for all the resources - consider moving it to a separate consumption plan (and consider higher plan for CPU)",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "45911475-e39e-4530-accc-d979366bcda2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/scenario-azure-first-sap-identity-integration",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "ad53cc7d-e2e8-4aaa-a357-1549ab9153d8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-health/alerts-activity-log-service-notifications-portal",
+ "service": "Azure Functions",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enforce Principal propagation for forwarding the identity from SAP cloud application to SAP on-premises (Including IaaS) through cloud connector",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-identity-services/2-explore-azure-virtual-machine-auth-access-control",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Function apps in a given plan are all scaled together, so any issues with scaling can affect all apps in the plan.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "750ab1ab-039d-495d-94c7-c8929cb107d5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/scenario-azure-first-sap-identity-integration",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "9f89dc7b-44be-43b1-a27f-8b9e91be1f38",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/action-groups",
+ "service": "Azure Functions",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement SSO to SAP SaaS applications like SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Cloud Platform, Business by design, SAP Qualtrics and SAP C4C with Azure AD using SAML.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Am I billed for 'await time'? This question is typically asked in the context of a C# function that does an async operation and waits for the result, e.g. await Task.Delay(1000) or await client.GetAsync('http://google.com'). The answer is yes - the GB second calculation is based on the start and end time of the function and the memory usage over that period. What actually happens over that time in terms of CPU activity is not factored into the calculation.One exception to this rule is if you are using durable functions. You are not billed for time spent at awaits in orchestrator functions.apply demand shaping techinques where possible (dev environments?) https://github.com/Azure-Samples/functions-csharp-premium-scaler",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "325ae525-ba34-4d46-a5e2-213ace7bb122",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/sap-netweaver-tutorial",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "3da1dae2-cc88-4147-8607-c1cca0e61465",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/design-logs-deployment",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement SSO to SAP NetWeaver-based web applications like SAP Fiori and SAP Web GUI by using SAML.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-identity-services/8-exercise-integrate-azure-active-directory-sap-netweaver",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Frontdoor - Turn off the default homepageIn the application settings of your App, set AzureWebJobsDisableHomepage to true. This will return a 204 (No Content) to the PoP so only header data is returned.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "9eb54dad-7861-4e1c-973a-f3bb003fc9c1",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "8dd458e9-2713-49b8-8110-2dbd6eaf11e6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-setup-guide/monitoring-reporting?tabs=AzureMonitor",
+ "service": "Front Door",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement SSO to SAP NetWeaver-based web applications like SAP Fiori and SAP Web GUI by using SAML.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-identity-services/6-exercise-integrate-azure-active-directory-sap-fiori",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Frontdoor - Route to something that returns nothing. Either set up a Function, Function Proxy, or add a route in your WebApp that returns 200 (OK) and sends no or minimal content. The advantage of this is you will be able to log out when it is called.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "f29676ef-0c9c-4c4d-ab21-a55504c0c829",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/sap-netweaver-tutorial",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "7e31c67d-68cf-46a6-8a11-94956d697dc3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/best-practices/monitoring",
+ "service": "Storage",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "You can implement SSO to SAP GUI by using SAP NetWeaver SSO or a partner solution.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-identity-services/8-exercise-integrate-azure-active-directory-sap-netweaver",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Consider archiving tiers for less used data",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "23181aa4-1742-4694-9ff8-ae7d7d474317",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "a2ed27b2-d186-4f1a-8252-bddde68a487c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/automation/how-to/region-mappings",
+ "service": "VM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For SSO for SAP GUI and web browser access, implement SNC / Kerberos/SPNEGO (simple and protected GSSAPI negotiation mechanism) due to its ease of configuration and maintenance. For SSO with X.509 client certificates, consider the SAP Secure Login Server, which is a component of the SAP SSO solution.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-identity-services/9-exercise-integrate-active-directory-sap-single-sign-on",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Check disk sizes where the size does not match the tier (i.e. A 513 GiB disk will pay a P30 (1TiB) and consider resizing",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "6c8bcbf4-5bbe-4609-b8a0-3e97778424d6",
- "link": "https://blogs.sap.com/2017/07/12/sap-single-sign-on-protect-your-sap-landscape-with-x.509-certificates/",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "dec4861b-c3bc-410a-b77e-26e4d5a3bec2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/concepts/guest-configuration",
+ "service": "Storage",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For SSO for SAP GUI and web browser access, implement SNC / Kerberos/SPNEGO (simple and protected GSSAPI negotiation mechanism) due to its ease of configuration and maintenance. For SSO with X.509 client certificates, consider the SAP Secure Login Server, which is a component of the SAP SSO solution.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Consider using standard SSD rather than Premium or Ultra where possible",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "16785d6f-a96c-496a-b885-18f482734c88",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/sap-netweaver-tutorial#configure-sap-netweaver-for-oauth",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "c4e2436b-1336-4db5-9f17-960eee0bdf5c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/management-operational-compliance#monitoring-for-configuration-drift",
+ "service": "Storage",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement SSO by using OAuth for SAP NetWeaver to allow third-party or custom applications to access SAP NetWeaver OData services.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "For storage accounts, make sure that the chosen tier is not adding up transaction charges (it might be cheaper to move to the next tier)",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "a747c350-8d4c-449c-93af-393dbca77c48",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/saphana-tutorial",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "c2efc5d7-61d4-41d2-900b-b47a393a040f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-overview",
+ "service": "Site Recovery",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement SSO to SAP HANA",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "For ASR, consider using Standard SSD disks if the RPO/RTO and replication throughput allow it",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "c7bae5bf-daf9-4761-9c56-f92891890aa4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/rise-integration#connectivity-with-sap-rise",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "d3294798-b118-48b2-a5a4-6ceb544451e1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/framework/resiliency/backup-and-recovery",
+ "service": "Storage",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider Azure AD an identity provider for SAP systems hosted on RISE. For more information, see Integrating the Service with Azure AD.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Storage accounts: check hot tier and/or GRS necessary",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "e4e48226-ce54-44b6-bb6b-bfa15bd8f753",
- "link": "https://github.com/azuredevcollege/SAP/blob/master/sap-oauth-saml-flow/README.md",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "92d34429-3c76-4286-97a5-51c5b04e4f18",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/backup-center-overview",
+ "service": "VM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For applications that access SAP, you might want to use principal propagation to establish SSO.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Disks - validate use of Premium SSD disks everywhere: for example, non-prod could swap to Standard SSD or on-demand Premium SSD ",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "59921095-4980-4fc1-a5b6-524a5a560c79",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/sap-hana-cloud-platform-identity-authentication-tutorial",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "54387e5c-ed12-46cd-832a-f5b2fc6998a5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/availability-zones-overview",
+ "service": "Synapse",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If you're using SAP BTP services or SaaS solutions that require SAP Identity Authentication Service (IAS), consider implementing SSO between SAP Cloud Identity Authentication Services and Azure AD to access those SAP services. This integration lets SAP IAS act as a proxy identity provider and forwards authentication requests to Azure AD as the central user store and identity provider.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Create budgets to manage costs and create alerts that automatically notify stakeholders of spending anomalies and overspending risks.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "a709c664-317e-41e4-9e34-67d9016a86f4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/sap-hana-cloud-platform-tutorial",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "35e33789-7e31-4c67-b68c-f6a62a119495",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/availability",
+ "service": "Synapse",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement SSO to SAP BTP",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Export cost data to a storage account for additional data analysis.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "01f11b7f-38df-4251-9c76-4dec19abd3e8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/sap-successfactors-inbound-provisioning-cloud-only-tutorial",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "6d697dc3-a2ed-427b-8d18-6f1a1252bddd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-overview",
+ "service": "Synapse",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If you're using SAP SuccessFactors, consider using the Azure AD automated user provisioning. With this integration, as you add new employees to SAP SuccessFactors, you can automatically create their user accounts in Azure AD. Optionally, you can create user accounts in Microsoft 365 or other SaaS applications that are supported by Azure AD. Use write-back of the email address to SAP SuccessFactors.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Control costs for a dedicated SQL pool by pausing the resource when it is not in use.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "description": "Keep your management group hierarchy reasonably flat, no more than four.",
- "graph": "resourcecontainers| where type =~ 'microsoft.resources/subscriptions'| extend ManagementGroup = tostring(tags),mgmtChain = properties.managementGroupAncestorsChain| extend compliant =( array_length(mgmtChain) <= 4 and array_length(mgmtChain) > 1)",
- "guid": "6ba28021-4591-4147-9e39-e5309cccd979",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/resource-org-management-groups",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "e68a487c-dec4-4861-ac3b-c10ae77e26e4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machine-scale-sets/overview",
+ "service": "Synapse",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "enforce existing Management Group policies to SAP Subscriptions",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/enterprise-scale-organization/4-management-group-subscription-organization",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Enable the serverless Apache Spark automatic pause feature and set your timeout value accordingly.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "Resources | summarize count()",
- "guid": "366bcda2-750a-4b1a-a039-d95d54c7c892",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/sap/sap-whole-landscape",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Integrate tightly coupled applications into the same SAP subscription to avoid additional routing and management complexity",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/resource-org-subscriptions",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "d5a3bec2-c4e2-4436-a133-6db55f17960e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-latest-version-for-customer-managed-certificates",
+ "service": "Synapse",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Create multiple Apache Spark pool definitions of various sizes.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "Resources | where type contains 'publicIPAddresses' and isnotempty(properties.ipAddress) | summarize count () by subscriptionId",
- "guid": "9cb107d5-325a-4e52-9ba3-4d4685e2213a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/sap/sap-whole-landscape",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Leverage Subscription as scale unit and scaling our resources, consider deploying subscription per environment eg. Sandbox, non-prod, prod ",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-subscriptions/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "ee0bdf5c-c2ef-4c5d-961d-41d2500bb47a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/resource-org-management-groups#management-groups-in-the-azure-landing-zone-accelerator",
+ "service": "Synapse",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Purchase Azure Synapse commit units (SCU) for one year with a pre-purchase plan to save on your Azure Synapse Analytics costs.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "QuotaResources | where type =~ 'microsoft.compute/locations/usages' | where subscriptionId in~ ('','') | mv-expand json = properties.value limit 400 | extend usagevCPUs = json.currentValue, QuotaLimit = json['limit'], quotaName = tostring(json['name'].localizedValue) | extend usagePercent = toint(usagevCPUs)*100 / toint(QuotaLimit) |where quotaName =~ 'Total Regional vCPUs' or quotaName =~ 'Total Regional Low-priority vCPUs' |project subscriptionId,quotaName,usagevCPUs,QuotaLimit,usagePercent,location,['json'] | order by ['usagePercent'] desc",
- "guid": "ce7bb122-f7c9-45f0-9e15-4e3aa3592829",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/quotas/quotas-overview",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure quota increase as a part of subscription provisioning (e.g. total available VM cores within a subscription)",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "393a040f-d329-4479-ab11-88b2c5a46ceb",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/overview-v2",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Spot VMs for interruptible jobs: These are VMs that can be bid on and purchased at a discounted price, providing a cost-effective solution for non-critical workloads.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "ce4fab2f-433a-4d59-a5a9-3d1032e03ebc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/reserved-vm-instances/quotaapi?branch=capacity",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "The Quota API is a REST API that you can use to view and manage quotas for Azure services. Consider using it if necessary.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "544451e1-92d3-4442-a3c7-628637a551c5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-overview",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Right-sizing all VMs",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "cbfad17b-f240-42bf-a1d8-f4f4cee661c8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/quotas/quickstart-increase-quota-portal",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "If deploying to an availability zone, ensure that the VM's zone deployment is available once the quota has been approved. Submit a support request with the subscription, VM series, number of CPUs and availability zone required.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "b04e4f18-5438-47e5-aed1-26cd032af5b2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/configuration-infrastructure#size-of-the-subnet",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Swap VM sized with normalized and most recent sizes",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "e6e20617-3686-4af4-9791-f8935ada4332",
- "link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/explore/global-infrastructure/products-by-region/",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure required services and features are available within the chosen deployment regions eg. ANF , Zone etc.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/migrate/azure-best-practices/multiple-regions?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "fc6998a5-35e3-4378-a7e3-1c67d68cf6a6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "right-sizing VMs - start with monitoring usage below 5% and then work up to 40%",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "resources | extend compliant = isnotnull(['tags']) | project name, id, subscriptionId, resourceGroup, tags, compliant",
- "guid": "4e138115-2318-41aa-9174-26943ff8ae7d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-resource-organization",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
+ "guid": "2a119495-6d69-47dc-9a2e-d27b2d186f1a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
+ "service": "VM",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Leverage Azure resource tag for cost categorization and resource grouping (: BillTo, Department (or Business Unit), Environment (Production, Stage, Development), Tier (Web Tier, Application Tier), Application Owner, ProjectName)",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Containerizing an application can improve VM density and save money on scaling it",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "2f7c95f0-6e15-44e3-aa35-92829e6e2061",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/sap-hana-database-about",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/provisioningServices",
+ "checklist": "Device Provisioning Service Review",
+ "guid": "cb26b2ba-a9db-45d1-8260-d9c6ec1447d9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/single-tenant-overview-compare",
+ "service": "IoT Hub DPS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Help protect your HANA database by using the Azure Backup service.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-azure-backup-sap-workloads-azure-virtual-machines/?source=recommendations",
+ "text": "Select the right Logic App hosting plan based on your business & SLO requirements",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "302a2fbf-3745-4a5f-a365-c9d1a16ca22c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-netapp-files/azacsnap-introduction",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If you deploy Azure NetApp Files for your HANA, Oracle, or DB2 database, use the Azure Application Consistent Snapshot tool (AzAcSnap) to take application-consistent snapshots. AzAcSnap also supports Oracle databases. Consider using AzAcSnap on a central VM rather than on individual VMs.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/provisioningServices",
+ "checklist": "Device Provisioning Service Review",
+ "guid": "f6dd7977-1123-4f39-b488-f91415a8430a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/set-up-zone-redundancy-availability-zones?tabs=standard#next-steps",
+ "service": "IoT Hub DPS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Protect logic apps from region failures with zone redundancy and availability zones",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "42d37218-a3a7-45df-bff6-1173e7f249ea",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-management-and-monitoring",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/provisioningServices",
+ "checklist": "Device Provisioning Service Review",
+ "guid": "8aed4fbf-0830-4883-899d-222a154af478",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/business-continuity-disaster-recovery-guidance?toc=%2Fazure%2Freliability%2Ftoc.json&bc=%2Fazure%2Freliability%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json",
+ "service": "IoT Hub DPS",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure time-zone matches between the operating system and the SAP system.",
- "waf": "Operations"
- },
- {
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "c3c7abc0-716c-4486-893c-40e181d65539",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/high-availability-guide-rhel-multi-sid",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Don't group different application services in the same cluster. For example, don't combine DRBD and central services clusters on the same cluster. However, you can use the same Pacemaker cluster to manage approximately five different central services (multi-SID cluster).",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-ha-sap-netweaver-anydb/?source=recommendations",
+ "text": "Consider a Cross-Region DR strategy for critical workloads",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "a491dfc4-9353-4213-9217-eef0949f9467",
- "link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/offers/dev-test/",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Consider running dev/test systems in a snooze model to save and optimize Azure run costs.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/provisioningServices",
+ "checklist": "Device Provisioning Service Review",
+ "guid": "da0f033e-d180-4f36-9aa4-c468dba14203",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/intro",
+ "service": "IoT Hub DPS",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "If deploying to an Isolated environment, use or migrate to App Service Environment (ASE) v3",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "b7056168-6199-4732-a514-cdbb2d5c9c54",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/lighthouse/overview",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/provisioningServices",
+ "checklist": "Device Provisioning Service Review",
+ "guid": "62711604-c9d1-4b0a-bdb7-5fda54a4f6c1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/deploy-azure-functions/",
+ "service": "IoT Hub DPS",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If you partner with customers by managing their SAP estates, consider Azure Lighthouse. Azure Lighthouse allows managed service providers to use Azure native identity services to authenticate to the customers' environment. It puts the control in the hands of customers, because they can revoke access at any time and audit service providers' actions.",
+ "text": "Leverage Azure DevOps or GitHub to streamline CI/CD and safeguard your Logic App code",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "4d116785-d2fa-456c-96ad-48408fe72734",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/update-manager/scheduled-patching?tabs=schedule-updates-single-machine%2Cschedule-updates-scale-overview",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Update Manager to check the status of available updates for a single VM or multiple VMs and consider scheduling regular patching.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/keep-your-virtual-machines-updated/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/deviceUpdateServices",
+ "checklist": "Device Update Review",
+ "guid": "0e03f5ee-4648-423c-bb86-7239480f9171",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-dps/iot-dps-ha-dr#high-availability",
+ "service": "Device Update for IoT Hub",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Leverage Availability Zones if regionally applicable (this is automatically enabled).",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "76c8bcbf-45bb-4e60-ad8a-03e97778424d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/lama-installation",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Optimize and manage SAP Basis operations by using SAP Landscape Management (LaMa). Use the SAP LaMa connector for Azure to relocate, copy, clone, and refresh SAP systems.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-remote-management/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/deviceUpdateServices",
+ "checklist": "Device Update Review",
+ "guid": "c0c273bd-00ad-419a-9f2f-fc72fb181e55",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-dps/iot-dps-ha-dr#high-availability",
+ "service": "Device Update for IoT Hub",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Be aware of Microsoft-initiated failovers. These are exercised by Microsoft in rare situations to fail over all the DPS instances from an affected region to the corresponding geo-paired region.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "14591147-5e39-4e53-89cc-cd979366bcda",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/monitor/about-azure-monitor-sap-solutions",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Monitor for SAP solutions to monitor your SAP workloads(SAP HANA, high-availability SUSE clusters, and SQL systems) on Azure. Consider supplementing Azure Monitor for SAP solutions with SAP Solution Manager.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-azure-monitoring-sap-workloads-azure-virtual-machines/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/deviceUpdateServices",
+ "checklist": "Device Update Review",
+ "guid": "3af8abe6-07eb-4287-b393-6c4abe3702eb",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/business-continuity-disaster-recovery-guidance?toc=%2Fazure%2Freliability%2Ftoc.json&bc=%2Fazure%2Freliability%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json",
+ "service": "Device Update for IoT Hub",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Consider a Cross-Region DR strategy for critical workloads",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "2750ab1a-b039-4d95-b54c-7c8929cb107d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/vm-extension-for-sap",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/deviceUpdateServices",
+ "checklist": "Device Update Review",
+ "guid": "bd91245c-fe32-4e98-a085-794a40f4bfe1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/intro",
+ "service": "Device Update for IoT Hub",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Run a VM Extension for SAP check. VM Extension for SAP uses the assigned managed identity of a virtual machine (VM) to access VM monitoring and configuration data. The check ensures that all performance metrics in your SAP application come from the underlying Azure Extension for SAP.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-enhanced-monitoring-extension-for-sap/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "If deploying to an Isolated environment, use or migrate to App Service Environment (ASE) v3",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "5325ae52-5ba3-44d4-985e-2213ace7bb12",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/design-logs-deployment",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
+ "description": "Azure Event Hub provides encryption of data at rest. If you use your own key, the data is still encrypted using the Microsoft-managed key, but in addition the Microsoft-managed key will be encrypted using the customer-managed key. ",
+ "guid": "7aaf12e7-b94e-4f6e-847d-2d92981b1cd6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/configure-customer-managed-key",
+ "service": "Event Hubs",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use customer-managed key option in data at rest encryption when required",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/plan-implement-administer-conditional-access/",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
+ "description": "Azure Event Hubs namespaces permit clients to send and receive data with TLS 1.0 and above. To enforce stricter security measures, you can configure your Event Hubs namespace to require that clients send and receive data with a newer version of TLS. If an Event Hubs namespace requires a minimum version of TLS, then any requests made with an older version will fail. ",
+ "guid": "d2f54b29-769e-43a6-a0e7-828ac936657e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/transport-layer-security-configure-minimum-version",
+ "service": "Event Hubs",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Policy for access control and compliance reporting. Azure Policy provides the ability to enforce organization-wide settings to ensure consistent policy adherence and fast violation detection. ",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-infrastructure-operations/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Enforce a minimum required version of Transport Layer Security (TLS) for requests ",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/secure-aad-users-with-mfa/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "523181aa-4174-4269-93ff-8ae7d7d47431",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/network-watcher/connection-monitor-overview",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
+ "description": "When you create an Event Hubs namespace, a policy rule named RootManageSharedAccessKey is automatically created for the namespace. This policy has manage permissions for the entire namespace. It�s recommended that you treat this rule like an administrative root account and don�t use it in your application. Using AAD as an authentication provider with RBAC is recommended. ",
+ "guid": "13b0f566-4b1e-4944-a459-837ee79d6c6d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/authorize-access-shared-access-signature#shared-access-authorization-policies",
+ "service": "Event Hubs",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Connection Monitor in Azure Network Watcher to monitor latency metrics for SAP databases and application servers. Or collect and display network latency measurements by using Azure Monitor.",
- "training": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/running-sap-applications-on-the/collecting-and-displaying-niping-network-latency-measurements/ba-p/1833979",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Avoid using root account when it is not necessary",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/azure-administrator-manage-identities-governance/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "73686af4-6791-4f89-95ad-a43324e13811",
- "link": "https://github.com/Azure/SAP-on-Azure-Scripts-and-Utilities/tree/main/QualityCheck",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
+ "description": "Managed identities for Azure resources can authorize access to Event Hubs resources using Azure AD credentials from applications running in Azure Virtual Machines (VMs), Function apps, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, and other services. By using managed identities for Azure resources together with Azure AD authentication, you can avoid storing credentials with your applications that run in the cloud. ",
+ "guid": "3a365a5c-7acb-4e48-abd5-4cd79f2e8776",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/authenticate-managed-identity?tabs=latest",
+ "service": "Event Hubs",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Perform a quality check for SAP HANA on the provisioned Azure infrastructure to verify that provisioned VMs comply with SAP HANA on Azure best practices.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "When possible, your application should be using a managed identity to authenticate to Azure Event Hub. If not, consider having the storage credential (SAS, service principal credential) in Azure Key Vault or an equivalent service",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-ad-privileged-identity-management/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "616785d6-fa96-4c96-ad88-518f482734c8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/high-availability-zones",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
+ "description": "When creating permissions, provide fine-grained control over a client's access to Azure Event Hub. Permissions in Azure Event Hub can and should be scoped to the individual resource level e.g. consumer group, event hub entity, event hub namespaces, etc.",
+ "guid": "8357c559-675c-45ee-a5b8-6ad8844ce3b2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/authorize-access-azure-active-directory#azure-built-in-roles-for-azure-event-hubs",
+ "service": "Event Hubs",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "For each Azure subscription, run a latency test on Azure availability zones before zonal deployment to choose low-latency zones for deployment of SAP on Azure.",
- "training": "https://github.com/Azure/SAP-on-Azure-Scripts-and-Utilities/tree/main/AvZone-Latency-Test",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Use least privilege data plane RBAC",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/explore-basic-services-identity-types/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "410adcba-db46-424f-a6c4-05ecde75c52e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/advisor/advisor-how-to-improve-reliability",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
+ "description": "Azure Event Hub resource logs include operational logs, virtual network and Kafka logs. Runtime audit logs capture aggregated diagnostic information for all data plane access operations (such as send or receive events) in Event Hubs.",
+ "guid": "b38b875b-a1cf-4104-a900-3a4d3ce474db",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/monitor-event-hubs-reference",
+ "service": "Event Hubs",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Run the Resiliency Report to ensure that the configuration of the entire provisioned Azure infrastructure (Compute, Database, Networking, Storage, Site Recovery) complies with the configuration defined by Cloud Adaption Framework for Azure.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/azure-well-architected-framework/",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Enable logging for security investigation. Use Azure Monitor to captured metrics and logs such as resource logs, runtime audit logs and Kafka logs",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-identity-and-access/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "86ba2802-1459-4114-95e3-9e5309cccd97",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sentinel/sap/deployment-overview",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
+ "description": "Azure Event Hub by default has a public IP address and is Internet-reachable. Private endpoints allow traffic between your virtual network and Azure Event Hub traverses over the Microsoft backbone network. In addition to that, you should disable public endpoints if those are not used. ",
+ "guid": "5abca2a4-eda1-4dae-8cc9-5d48c6b791dc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/private-link-service",
+ "service": "Event Hubs",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement threat protection by using the Microsoft Sentinel solution for SAP. Use this solution to monitor your SAP systems and detect sophisticated threats throughout the business logic and application layers.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/plan-microsoft-sentinel-deployment-sap/?source=recommendations",
+ "text": "Consider using private endpoints to access Azure Event Hub and disable public network access when applicable.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-ad-privileged-identity-management/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "resources | extend compliant = isnotnull(['tags']) | project name, id, subscriptionId, resourceGroup, tags, compliant",
- "guid": "579266bc-ca27-45fa-a1ab-fe9d55d04c3c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/enable-tag-inheritance",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
+ "description": "With IP firewall, you can restrict public endpoint further to only a set of IPv4 addresses or IPv4 address ranges in CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) notation. ",
+ "guid": "a0e6c465-89e5-458b-a37d-3974d1112dbd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-ip-filtering",
+ "service": "Event Hubs",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Azure tagging can be leveraged to logically group and track resources, automate their deployments, and most importantly, provide visibility on the incurred costs.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/analyze-costs-create-budgets-azure-cost-management/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Operations"
- },
- {
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "04b8e5e5-13cb-4b22-af62-5a8ecfcf0337",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-test-latency?tabs=windows",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use inter-VM latency monitoring for latency-sensitive applications.",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Consider only allowing access to Azure Event Hub namespace from specific IP addresses or ranges",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "07e5ed53-3d96-43d8-87ea-631b77da5aba",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/planning-guide-storage",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
+ "guid": "31d41e36-11c8-417b-8afb-c410d4391898",
+ "link": "https://github.com/Azure/fta-resiliencyplaybooks/blob/main/paas-foundations-playbooks-AEH_v1.docx",
+ "service": "Event Hubs",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Site Recovery monitoring to maintain the health of the disaster recovery service for SAP application servers.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-storage/?source=recommendations",
+ "text": "Leverage FTA Resillency HandBook",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "abb6af9c-982c-4cf1-83fb-329fafd1ee56",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-management-and-monitoring",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Exclude all the database file systems and executable programs from antivirus scans. Including them could lead to performance problems. Check with the database vendors for prescriptive details on the exclusion list. For example, Oracle recommends excluding /oracle//sapdata from antivirus scans.",
- "waf": "Performance"
- },
- {
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "c027f893-f404-41a9-b33d-39d625a14964",
- "link": "https://sapit-forme-prod.authentication.eu11.hana.ondemand.com/login",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Consider collecting full database statistics for non-HANA databases after migration. For example, implement SAP note 1020260 - Delivery of Oracle statistics.",
- "waf": "Performance"
- },
- {
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "fdafb1f5-3eee-4354-a8c9-deb8127ebc2e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/configure-oracle-asm",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider using Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) for all Oracle deployments that use SAP on Azure.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/administer-infrastructure-resources-in-azure/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
+ "description": " This will be turned on automatically for a new EH namespace created from the portal with Premium, Dedicated, or Standard SKUs in a zone-enabled region. Both the EH metadata and the event data itself are replicated across zones",
+ "guid": "f15bce21-9e4a-40eb-9787-9424d226786d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-premium-overview#high-availability-with-availability-zones",
+ "service": "Event Hubs",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Leverage Availability Zones if regionally applicable",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "33c5d5bf-daf3-4f0d-bd50-6010fdcec22e",
- "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/running-sap-applications-on-the/announcement-sap-on-azure-oracle-performance-efficiency-scripts/ba-p/3725178",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
+ "guid": "20b56c56-ad58-4519-8f82-735c586bb281",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/compare-tiers",
+ "service": "Event Hubs",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For SAP on Azure running Oracle, a collection of SQL scripts can help you diagnose performance problems. Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) reports contain valuable information for diagnosing problems in the Oracle system. We recommend that you run an AWR report during several sessions and choose peak times for it, to ensure broad coverage for the analysis.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/azure/well-architected/oracle-iaas/performance-efficiency",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Use the Premium or Dedicated SKUs for predicable performance",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "d89fd98d-23e4-4b40-a92e-32db9365522c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-monitor-and-troubleshoot",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
+ "description": "The built-in geo-disaster recovery feature, when enabled, ensures that the entire configuration of anamespace (Event Hubs, Consumer Groups and settings) is continuously replicated from a primary namespace to a secondary namespace, and it allows a once-only failover move from the primary to the secondary at any time. Active/Passive feature is designed to make it easier to recover from and abandon a failed Azure region without having to change application configurations",
+ "guid": "dc15a1c0-75ee-49f1-90ac-ccd579376bcd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-geo-dr?tabs=portal",
+ "service": "Event Hubs",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Azure Site Recovery monitoring to maintain the health of the disaster recovery service for SAP application servers.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/protect-on-premises-infrastructure-with-azure-site-recovery/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Plan for Geo Disaster Recovery using Active Passive configuration",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "5ba34d46-85e2-4213-ace7-bb122f7c95f0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-overview",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
+ "description": "Should be used for DR configurations where an outage or loss of event data in the downed region cannot be tolerated. For these cases, follow the replication guidance and do not use the built-in geo-disaster recovery capability (active/passive). With Active/Active, Maintain multiple Event Hubs in different regions and namespaces, and events will be replicated between the hubs",
+ "guid": "6e31b67d-67ba-4591-89c0-9e805d597c7e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-federation-overview",
+ "service": "Event Hubs",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For secure delivery of HTTP/S apps, use Application Gateway v2 and ensure that WAF protection and policies are enabled.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-web-application-firewall/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "For Business Critical Applications, use Active Active configuration",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "fa9d30bc-1b82-4e4b-bfdf-6b017938b9e6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-network-topology-and-connectivity",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.eventhub/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Azure Event Hub Review",
+ "guid": "9ced16ad-d186-4f0a-a241-a999a68af77c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/serverless/event-hubs-functions/resilient-design",
+ "service": "Event Hubs",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If the virtual machine's DNS or virtual name is not changed during migration to Azure, Background DNS and virtual names connect many system interfaces in the SAP landscape, and customers are only sometimes aware of the interfaces that developers define over time. Connection challenges arise between various systems when virtual or DNS names change after migrations, and it's recommended to retain DNS aliases to prevent these types of difficulties.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-networking/4-explore-name-resolution",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Design Resilient Event Hubs",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "a2858f78-105b-4f52-b7a9-5b0f4439743b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-network-topology-and-connectivity",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "bb235c70-5e17-496f-bedf-a8a4c8cdec4c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity-platform/msal-acquire-cache-tokens",
+ "service": "Entra",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use different DNS zones to distinguish each environment (sandbox, development, preproduction, and production) from each other. The exception is for SAP deployments with their own VNet; here, private DNS zones might not be necessary.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-networking/4-explore-name-resolution",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Use long-live revocable token, cache your token and acquire your silently using Microsoft Identity Library",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "description": "When configuring VNet peering, use the Allow traffic to remote virtual networks setting.",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | mvexpand properties.virtualNetworkPeerings | project id, peeringName=properties_virtualNetworkPeerings.name, compliant = (properties_virtualNetworkPeerings.properties.allowVirtualNetworkAccess =~ True)",
- "guid": "a3592829-e6e2-4061-9368-6af46791f893",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-peering-overview",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "503547c1-447e-4c66-828a-71f0f1ce16dd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory-b2c/deploy-custom-policies-devops",
+ "service": "AAD B2C",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Local and global VNet peering provide connectivity and are the preferred approaches to ensure connectivity between landing zones for SAP deployments across multiple Azure regions",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-vnet-peering/?source=recommendations",
+ "text": "Make sure that your sign-in user flows are backed up and resilient. Make sure that the code that you use to sign-in your users are backed up and recoverable. Resilient interfaces with external processes",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "41742694-3ff8-4ae7-b7d4-743176c8bcbf",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/planning-guide",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "It is not supported to deploy any NVA between SAP application and SAP Database server",
- "training": "https://me.sap.com/notes/2731110",
+ "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "3e3553a4-c873-4964-ab66-2d6c15f51296",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/architecture/resilient-end-user-experience#use-a-content-delivery-network",
+ "service": "AAD B2C",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Custom brand assets should be hosted on a CDN",
"waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "resources| where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualwans' | extend compliant= (properties.allowBranchToBranchTraffic =~ 'true') | distinct id,compliant",
- "guid": "7d4bc7d2-c34a-452e-8f1d-6ae3c8eafcc3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/?source=recommendations",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Virtual WAN for Azure deployments in new, large, or global networks where you need global transit connectivity across Azure regions and on-premises locations. With this approach, you won't need to manually set up transitive routing for Azure networking, and you can follow a standard for SAP on Azure deployments.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-about",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "5398e6df-d237-4de1-93b1-6c21d79a9b64",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/monitoring-health/reference-sla-performance",
+ "service": "AAD B2C",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Have multiple identiy providers (i.e., login with your microsoft, google, facebook accounts)",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "0cedb1f6-ae6c-492b-8b17-8061f50b16d3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/well-architected/services/networking/network-virtual-appliances/reliability",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "604489a8-f42d-478e-98c0-7a73b22a4a57",
+ "link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/setting-up-active-directory-for-a-disaster-recovery-environment-2/",
+ "service": "Windows AD",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider deploying network virtual appliances (NVAs) between regions only if partner NVAs are used. NVAs between regions or VNets aren't required if native NVAs are present. When you're deploying partner networking technologies and NVAs, follow the vendor's guidance to verify conflicting configurations with Azure networking.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/control-network-traffic-flow-with-routes/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Follow VM rules for high availability on the VM level (premium disks, two or more in a region, in different availability zones)",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "facc08c6-ea95-4641-91cd-fa09e573adbd",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/networking/hub-spoke-vwan-architecture",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "e7a8dd4a-30e3-47c3-b297-11b2362ceee0",
+ "link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/setting-up-active-directory-for-a-disaster-recovery-environment-2/",
+ "service": "Windows AD",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Virtual WAN manages connectivity between spoke VNets for virtual-WAN-based topologies (no need to set up user-defined routing [UDR] or NVAs), and maximum network throughput for VNet-to-VNet traffic in the same virtual hub is 50 gigabits per second. If necessary, SAP landing zones can use VNet peering to connect to other landing zones and overcome this bandwidth limitation.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Operations"
- },
- {
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "Resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses' and sku.tier =~ 'Regional' | where isempty(zones) or array_length(zones) <= 1 | extend az = case(isempty(zones), 'Non-zonal', array_length(zones) <= 1, strcat('Zonal (', strcat_array(zones, ','), ')'), zones) | project name, id, tags, param1 = strcat('sku: ', sku.name), param2 = strcat('availabilityZone: ', az)",
- "guid": "82734c88-6ba2-4802-8459-11475e39e530",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-ip-addressing",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Public IP assignment to VM running SAP Workload is not recommended.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-ip-addressing-for-azure/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Don't replicate! Replication can create issues with directory synchronization",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "Resources | where type contains 'publicIPAddresses' and isnotempty(properties.ipAddress) | summarize count () by subscriptionId",
- "guid": "9cccd979-366b-4cda-8750-ab1ab039d95d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/protect-on-premises-infrastructure-with-azure-site-recovery/?source=recommendations",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Consider reserving IP address on DR side when configuring ASR",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "79b598de-fc59-472c-b4cd-21b078036f5e",
+ "link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/setting-up-active-directory-for-a-disaster-recovery-environment-2/",
+ "service": "Windows AD",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Have active-active for multi-regions",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "54c7c892-9cb1-407d-9325-ae525ba34d46",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-ip-addressing",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Avoid using overlapping IP address ranges for production and DR sites.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-ip-addressing-for-azure/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "6b4bfd3d-5035-447c-8447-ec66128a71f0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/domain-services/tutorial-perform-disaster-recovery-drill",
+ "service": "Entra",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Add Azure AD Domain service stamps to additional regions and locations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "6e154e3a-a359-4282-ae6e-206173686af4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-netapp-files/azure-netapp-files-delegate-subnet",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "checklist": "Identity Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "f1ce16dd-3f1d-45e8-92e4-2e3611cc58b4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/domain-services/tutorial-perform-disaster-recovery-drill",
+ "service": "Entra",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "While Azure does help you to create multiple delegated subnets in a VNet, only one delegated subnet can exist in a VNet for Azure NetApp Files. Attempts to create a new volume will fail if you use more than one delegated subnet for Azure NetApp Files.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-netapp-files/azure-netapp-files-network-topologies?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Use Replica Sets for DR",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "resources | where type=~'microsoft.network/virtualhubs' | extend compliant = isnotnull(properties.azureFirewall.id) | project id, compliant",
- "guid": "d8a03e97-7784-424d-9167-85d6fa96c96a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/well-architected/services/networking/azure-firewall?toc=%2Fazure%2Ffirewall%2Ftoc.json&bc=%2Fazure%2Ffirewall%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Firewall to govern Azure outbound traffic to the internet, non-HTTP/S inbound connections, and East/West traffic filtering (if the organization requires it)",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/IotHubs",
+ "checklist": "IoT Hub Review",
+ "guid": "ac1d6380-f866-4bbd-a9b4-b1ee5d7908b8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/iot-hub/iot-hub-ha-dr#availability-zones",
+ "service": "IoT",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Leverage Availability Zones if regionally applicable (this is automatically enabled)",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "91a65e40-be90-45b3-9f73-f3edbf8dc324",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/expose-sap-process-orchestration-on-azure",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/IotHubs",
+ "checklist": "IoT Hub Review",
+ "guid": "35f651e8-0124-4ef7-8c57-658e38609e6e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/iot-hub/iot-hub-ha-dr#microsoft-initiated-failover",
+ "service": "IoT",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Application Gateway and Web Application Firewall have limitations when Application Gateway serves as a reverse proxy for SAP web apps, as shown in the comparison between Application Gateway, SAP Web Dispatcher, and other third-party services.",
- "training": "https://help.sap.com/docs/SUPPORT_CONTENT/si/3362959506.html",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Be aware of Microsoft-initiated failovers. These are exercised by Microsoft in rare situations to fail over all the IoT hubs from an affected region to the corresponding geo-paired region.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "5e39e530-9ccc-4d97-a366-bcda2750ab1a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Front Door and WAF policies to provide global protection across Azure regions for inbound HTTP/S connections to a landing zone.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/IotHubs",
+ "checklist": "IoT Hub Review",
+ "guid": "4ed3e490-dc06-4a1e-b467-5d0239d85540",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/iot-hub/iot-hub-ha-dr#cross-region-dr",
+ "service": "IoT",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Consider a Cross-Region DR strategy for critical workloads",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "b039d95d-54c7-4c89-89cb-107d5325ae52",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/afds-overview",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Take advantage of Web Application Firewall policies in Azure Front Door when you're using Azure Front Door and Application Gateway to protect HTTP/S applications. Lock down Application Gateway to receive traffic only from Azure Front Door.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-web-application-firewall/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/IotHubs",
+ "checklist": "IoT Hub Review",
+ "guid": "a11ecab0-db47-46f7-9aa7-17764e7e45a1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/iot-hub/iot-hub-ha-dr#microsoft-initiated-failover",
+ "service": "IoT",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Learn how to trigger a manual failover.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "5ada4332-4e13-4811-9231-81aa41742694",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use a web application firewall to scan your traffic when it's exposed to the internet. Another option is to use it with your load balancer or with resources that have built-in firewall capabilities like Application Gateway or third-party solutions.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-web-application-firewall/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Devices/IotHubs",
+ "checklist": "IoT Hub Review",
+ "guid": "f9db8dfb-1194-460b-aedd-34dd6a69db22",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/iot-hub/iot-hub-ha-dr#failback",
+ "service": "IoT",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Learn how to fail back after a failover.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "e73de7d5-6f36-4217-a526-e1a621ecddde",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/front-door-overview",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Virtual WAN for Azure deployments in new, large, or global networks where you need global transit connectivity across Azure regions and on-premises locations. With this approach, you won't need to manually set up transitive routing for Azure networking, and you can follow a standard for SAP on Azure deployments.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-networking/10-explore-azure-front-door",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
+ "guid": "6d37a33b-531c-4a91-871a-b69d8044f04e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's best practices such as isolation recommendations, access control, data protection, backup, and logging.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "3c536a3e-1b6b-4e87-95ca-15edb47251c0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/vnet-integration-for-azure-services",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
+ "guid": "7ba4d380-7b9e-4a8b-a0c3-2d8e49c11872",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/disaster-recovery-guidance",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "To prevent data leakage, use Azure Private Link to securely access platform as a service resources like Azure Blob Storage, Azure Files, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Azure Data Factory, and more. Azure Private Endpoint can also help to secure traffic between VNets and services like Azure Storage, Azure Backup, and more. Traffic between your VNet and the Private Endpoint enabled service travels across the Microsoft global network, which prevents its exposure to the public internet.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-private-access-to-azure-services/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Key Vault is a managed service and Microsoft will handle the failover within and across region. Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's availability and redundancy.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "Resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/NetworkInterfaces' | where properties.enableAcceleratedNetworking =~ 'false' | project name, subscriptionId, properties.enableAcceleratedNetworking",
- "guid": "85e2213a-ce7b-4b12-8f7c-95f06e154e3a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/accelerated-networking-overview?tabs=redhat",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Make sure that Azure accelerated networking is enabled on the VMs used in the SAP application and DBMS layers.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/azure-fundamentals-describe-azure-architecture-services/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
+ "guid": "17fb86a2-eb45-42a4-9c34-52b92a2a1842",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/disaster-recovery-guidance#data-replication",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "The contents of your key vault are replicated within the region and to a secondary region at least 150 miles away, but within the same geography to maintain high durability of your keys and secrets. Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's data replication.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "3ff8ae7d-7d47-4431-96c8-bcbf45bbe609",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-multivip-overview",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
+ "guid": "614682ca-6e0c-4f34-9f03-c6d3f2b99a32",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/disaster-recovery-guidance#failover-across-regions",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Make sure that internal deployments for Azure Load Balancer are set up to use Direct Server Return (DSR). This setting (Enabling Floating IP) will reduce latency when internal load balancer configurations are used for high-availability configurations on the DBMS layer.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/training/modules/load-balancing-non-https-traffic-azure/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "During failover, access policy or firewall configurations and settings can't be changed. The key vault will be in read-only mode during failover. Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's failover guidance.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "Resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/networksecuritygroups' and isnull(properties.networkInterfaces) and isnull(properties.subnets) | project name, resourceGroup | sort by name asc",
- "guid": "6791f893-5ada-4433-84e1-3811523181aa",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/network-security-group-how-it-works",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
+ "guid": "9ef2b0d2-3206-4c94-b47a-4f07e6a1c509",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/backup?tabs=azure-cli#design-considerations",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "You can use application security group (ASG) and NSG rules to define network security access-control lists between the SAP application and DBMS layers. ASGs group virtual machines to help manage their security.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-network-security-groups/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "When you back up a key vault object, such as a secret, key, or certificate, the backup operation will download the object as an encrypted blob. This blob can't be decrypted outside of Azure. To get usable data from this blob, you must restore the blob into a key vault within the same Azure subscription and Azure geography. Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's backup and restore guidance.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "45bbe609-d8a0-43e9-9778-424d616785d6",
- "link": "https://me.sap.com/notes/2015553",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
+ "guid": "2df045b1-c0f6-47d3-9a9b-99cf6999684e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/soft-delete-overview",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Placing of the SAP application layer and SAP DBMS in different Azure VNets that aren't peered isn't supported.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-network-topology-and-connectivity",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "If you want protection against accidental or malicious deletion of your secrets, configure soft-delete and purge protection features on your key vault.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "fa96c96a-d885-418f-9827-34c886ba2802",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/proximity-placement-scenarios",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For optimal network latency with SAP applications, consider using Azure proximity placement groups.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/co-location#planned-maintenance-and-proximity-placement-groups",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
+ "guid": "cbfa96b0-5249-4e6f-947c-d0e79509708c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/soft-delete-overview",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Key Vault's soft-deleted resources are retained for a set period of 90 calendar days. Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's soft-delete guidance.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "18c8b61c-855a-4405-b6ed-266455e4f4ce",
- "link": "https://me.sap.com/notes/2015553",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "It is NOT supported at all to run an SAP Application Server layer and DBMS layer split between on-premise and Azure. Both layers need to completely reside either on-premise or in Azure.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-network-topology-and-connectivity",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
+ "guid": "e8659d11-7e02-4db0-848c-c6541dbab68c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/backup?tabs=azure-cli#limitations",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Understand Key Vault's backup limitations. Key Vault does not support the ability to backup more than 500 past versions of a key, secret, or certificate object. Attempting to backup a key, secret, or certificate object may result in an error. It is not possible to delete previous versions of a key, secret, or certificate.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "b65c878b-4b14-4f4e-92d8-d873936493f2",
- "link": "https://me.sap.com/notes/2015553",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "It isn't recommended to host the database management system (DBMS) and application layers of SAP systems in different VNets and connect them with VNet peering because of the substantial costs that excessive network traffic between the layers can produce. Recommend using subnets within the Azure virtual network to separate the SAP application layer and DBMS layer.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-network-topology-and-connectivity",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
+ "guid": "45c25e29-d0ef-4f07-aa04-0f8c64cbcc04",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/backup?tabs=azure-cli#limitations",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Key Vault doesn't currently provide a way to back up an entire key vault in a single operation and keys, secrets and certitificates must be backup indvidually. Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's backup and restore guidance.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "402a9846-d515-4061-aff8-cd30088693fa",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/high-availability-guide-rhel",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "If using Load Balancer with Linux guest operating systems, check that the Linux network parameter net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps is set to 0.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-ha-sap-netweaver-anydb/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
+ "guid": "0f15640b-31e5-4de6-85a7-d2c652fa09d3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/soft-delete-overview#purge-protection",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Purge protection is recommended when using keys for encryption to prevent data loss. Purge protection is an optional Key Vault behavior and is not enabled by default. Purge protection can only be enabled once soft-delete is enabled. It can be turned on via CLI, PowerShell or Portal.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "87585797-5551-4d53-bb7d-a94ee415734d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/rise-integration",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Azure Key Vault",
+ "graph": "resources| where type =~ 'microsoft.keyvault/vaults' | extend compliant = (properties.enableRbacAuthorization == true) | distinct id, compliant",
+ "guid": "d0642c1c-312b-4116-94ab-439e1c836819",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/rbac-guide?tabs=azure-cli",
+ "service": "Key Vault",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For SAP RISE/ECS deployments, virtual peering is the preferred way to establish connectivity with customer's existing Azure environment. Both the SAP vnet and customer vnet(s) are protected with network security groups (NSG), enabling communication on SAP and database ports through the vnet peering",
+ "text": "RBAC is recommended to control access to your key vault. Familiarize yourself with the Key Vault's access control guidance.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "ff5136bd-dcf1-4d2b-ae52-39333efdf45a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/sap-hana-database-about",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Logic Apps checklist",
+ "guid": "3b7a56de-5020-4642-b3cb-c976e80b6d6d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/logic-apps/single-tenant-overview-compare",
+ "service": "Logic Apps",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Review SAP HANA database backups for Azure VMs.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Select the right Logic App hosting plan based on your business & SLO requirements",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "cafde29d-a0af-4bcd-87c0-0f299d63f0e8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-monitor-and-troubleshoot",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Review Site Recovery built-in monitoring, where used for SAP.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Logic Apps checklist",
+ "guid": "3d7008bd-6bc1-4b03-8aa8-ec2a3b55786a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/logic-apps/set-up-zone-redundancy-availability-zones?tabs=standard#next-steps",
+ "service": "Logic Apps",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Protect logic apps from region failures with zone redundancy and availability zones",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "82d7b8de-d3f1-44a0-830b-38e200e82acf",
- "link": "https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_HANA_PLATFORM/c4d7c773af4a4e5dbebb6548d6e2d4f4/e3111d2ebb5710149510cc120646bf3f.html?locale=en-US",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Logic Apps checklist",
+ "guid": "1cda768f-a206-445d-8234-56f6a6e7286e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/logic-apps/business-continuity-disaster-recovery-guidance?toc=%2Fazure%2Freliability%2Ftoc.json&bc=%2Fazure%2Freliability%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json",
+ "service": "Logic Apps",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Review the Monitoring the SAP HANA System Landscape guidance.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Consider a Cross-Region DR strategy for critical workloads",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "c823873a-2bec-4c2a-b684-a1ce8ae80efd",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-database-backup-strategies",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Review Oracle Database in Azure Linux VM backup strategies.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Logic Apps checklist",
+ "guid": "82118ec5-ed6f-4c68-9471-eb0da98a1b34",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/environment/intro",
+ "service": "Logic Apps",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "If deploying to an Isolated environment, use or migrate to App Service Environment (ASE) v3",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "2943b6d8-1d31-4e19-ade7-78e6b26d1962",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/sql/relational-databases/tutorial-use-azure-blob-storage-service-with-sql-server-2016?view=sql-server-ver16",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
+ "checklist": "Logic Apps checklist",
+ "guid": "74275fa5-9e08-4c7e-b096-13b538fe1501",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/deploy-azure-functions/",
+ "service": "Logic Apps",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Review the use of Azure Blob Storage with SQL Server 2016.",
+ "text": "Leverage Azure DevOps or GitHub to streamline CI/CD and safeguard your Logic App code",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "b82e650f-676d-417d-994d-fc33ca54ec14",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-sql/virtual-machines/windows/automated-backup?view=azuresql",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.DBforMySQL/servers",
+ "checklist": "MySQL Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "388c3e25-e800-4ad2-9df3-f3d6ae1050b7",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/mysql/flexible-server/overview",
+ "service": "Azure MySQL",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Review the use of Automated Backup v2 for Azure VMs.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Leverage Flexible Server",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "347c2dcc-e6eb-4b04-80c5-628b171aa62d",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.DBforMySQL/servers",
+ "checklist": "MySQL Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "de3aad1e-8c38-4ec9-9666-7313c005674b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/mysql/flexible-server/overview#high-availability-within-and-across-availability-zones",
+ "service": "Azure MySQL",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Enabling Write accelerator for M series when using premium disks(V1)",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Leverage Availability Zones where regionally applicable",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "b96512cf-996f-4b17-b9b8-6b16db1a2a94",
- "link": "https://github.com/Azure/SAP-on-Azure-Scripts-and-Utilities/tree/main/AvZone-Latency-Test",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.DBforMySQL/servers",
+ "checklist": "MySQL Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "1e944a45-9c37-43e7-bd61-623b365a917e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/mysql/flexible-server/overview#setup-hybrid-or-multi-cloud-data-synchronization-with-data-in-replication",
+ "service": "Azure MySQL",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Test availability zone latency.",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Leverage Data-in replication for cross-region DR scenarios",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "9fd7ffd4-da11-49f6-a374-8d03e94c511d",
- "link": "https://support.sap.com/en/offerings-programs/support-services/earlywatch-alert.html",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/applicationgateways' | project id, compliant = properties.sku.name in ('Standard_v2', 'WAF_v2') | project id,compliant",
+ "guid": "553585a6-abe0-11ed-afa1-0242ac120002",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/overview-v2",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Activate SAP EarlyWatch Alert for all SAP components.",
- "training": "https://help.sap.com/docs/SUPPORT_CONTENT/techops/3362700736.html",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Ensure you are using Application Gateway v2 SKU",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "b9b140cf-413a-483d-aad2-8802c4e3c017",
- "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/running-sap-applications-on-the/sap-on-azure-general-update-march-2019/ba-p/377456",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/loadbalancers' | project id, compliant=(tolower(sku.name) == 'standard')",
+ "guid": "4e35fbf5-0ae2-48b2-97ce-753353edbd1a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-overview",
+ "service": "Load Balancer",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Review SAP application server to database server latency using SAP ABAPMeter report /SSA/CAT.",
- "training": "https://me.sap.com/notes/0002879613",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Ensure you are using the Standard SKU for your Azure Load Balancers",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "62fbf0f8-51db-49e1-a961-bb5df7a35f80",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "9432621a-8397-4654-a882-5bc856b7ef83",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-standard-availability-zones",
+ "service": "Load Balancer",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Review SQL Server performance monitoring using CCMS.",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Ensure your Load Balancers frontend IP addresses are zone-redundant (unless you require zonal frontends).",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "35709da7-fc7d-4efe-bb20-2e91547b7390",
- "link": "https://me.sap.com/notes/500235",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/applicationgateways' | extend subnetId = tostring(properties.gatewayIPConfigurations[0].properties.subnet.id) | project id, subnetId | join (resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | mv-expand subnets.properties.addressPrefixes | project id, subnetId = tostring(subnets.id), prefix1 = subnets.properties.addressPrefix, prefix2 = subnets.properties.addressPrefixes | mv-expand prefix2 | extend prefix = iff(isnotnull(prefix1), prefix1, prefix2) | extend subnetPrefixLength = split(prefix, '/')[1])on subnetId | extend compliant = (subnetPrefixLength <= 24 or subnetPrefixLength == 64) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "dfc50f87-3800-424c-937b-ed5f186e7c15",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/configuration-infrastructure#size-of-the-subnet",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Test network latency between SAP application layer VMs and DBMS VMs (NIPING).",
- "training": "https://me.sap.com/notes/1100926/E",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Your Application Gateways v2 should be deployed in subnets with IP prefixes equal or larger than /24",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "9e9bb4c8-e934-4e4b-a13c-6f7c7c38eb43",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sap/large-instances/hana-monitor-troubleshoot",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "description": "Administration of reverse proxies in general and WAF in particular is closer to the application than to networking, so they belong in the same subscription as the app. Centralizing the Application Gateway and WAF in the connectivity subscription might be OK if it is managed by one single team.",
+ "guid": "48b662d6-d15f-4512-a654-98f6dfe237de",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Review SAP HANA studio alerts.",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Deploy Azure Application Gateway v2 or partner NVAs used for proxying inbound HTTP(S) connections within the landing-zone virtual network and with the apps that they're securing.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "f1a92ab5-9509-4b57-86ff-b0ade361b694",
- "link": "https://me.sap.com/notes/1969700",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "f109e1f3-c79b-4f14-82de-6b5c22314d08",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/tutorial-protect-application-gateway-ddos",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Perform SAP HANA health checks using HANA_Configuration_Minichecks.",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Use a DDoS Network or IP protection plans for all Public IP addresses in application landing zones.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "18dffcf3-248c-4039-a67c-dec8e3a5f804",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/sap-lza-security-operations",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/applicationGateways' | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.autoscaleConfiguration) and properties.autoscaleConfiguration.minCapacity >= 2) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "135bf4ac-f9db-461f-b76b-2ee9e30b12c0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-autoscaling-zone-redundant",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If you run Windows and Linux VMs in Azure, on-premises, or in other cloud environments, you can use the Update management center in Azure Automation to manage operating system updates, including security patches.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/automation/update-management/overview",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Configure autoscaling with a minimum amount of instances of two.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "08951710-79a2-492a-adbc-06d7a401545b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/sap-lza-security-operations",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/applicationGateways' | extend compliant = (isnotnull(zones) and array_length(zones) > 1) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "060c6964-52b5-48db-af8b-83e4b2d85349",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/migrate-app-gateway-v2",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Routinely review the SAP security OSS notes because SAP releases highly critical security patches, or hot fixes, that require immediate action to protect your SAP systems.",
- "training": "https://support.sap.com/en/my-support/knowledge-base/security-notes-news.html",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Deploy Application Gateway across Availability Zones",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "1b8b394e-ae64-4a74-8933-357b523ea0a0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/sap-lza-database-security",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "For SAP on SQL Server, you can disable the SQL Server system administrator account because the SAP systems on SQL Server don't use the account. Ensure that another user with system administrator rights can access the server before disabling the original system administrator account.",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "3f29812b-2363-4cef-b179-b599de0d5973",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-overview",
+ "service": "Front Door",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "When using Front Door and Application Gateway to help protect HTTP/S apps, use WAF policies in Front Door. Lock down Application Gateway to receive traffic only from Front Door.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "5a76a033-ced9-4eef-9a43-5e4f96634c8e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/sap-lza-database-security",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "ammp": true,
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/trafficManagerProfiles",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "cd4cd21b-0881-437f-9e6c-4cfd3e504547",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
+ "service": "Traffic Manager",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Disable xp_cmdshell. The SQL Server feature xp_cmdshell enables a SQL Server internal operating system command shell. It's a potential risk in security audits.",
- "training": "https://me.sap.com/notes/3019299/E",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use Traffic Manager to deliver global apps that span protocols other than HTTP/S.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "cf65de8e-1309-4ccc-b579-266bcca275fa",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-security-governance-and-compliance",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Encrypting SAP HANA database servers on Azure uses SAP HANA native encryption technology. Additionally, if you are using SQL Server on Azure, use Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) to protect your data and log files and ensure that your backups are also encrypted.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/sap-lza-database-security",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "3b4b3e88-a459-4ed5-a22f-644dfbc58204",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-proxy/application-proxy#how-application-proxy-works",
+ "service": "Entra",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "If users only need access to internal applications, has Microsoft Entra ID Application Proxy been considered as an alternative to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)?",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/configure-azure-ad-application-proxy/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "a1abfe9d-55d0-44c3-a491-9cb1b3d1325a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-service-encryption",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "01ca7cf1-5754-442d-babb-8ba6772e5c30",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-proxy/application-proxy#how-application-proxy-works",
+ "service": "Entra",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Azure Storage encryption is enabled for all Azure Resource Manager and classic storage accounts, and can't be disabled. Because your data is encrypted by default, you don't need to modify your code or applications to use Azure Storage encryption.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/encrypt-sector-data/?source=recommendations",
+ "text": "To reduce the number of firewall ports open for incoming connections in your network, consider using Microsoft Entra ID Application Proxy to give remote users secure and authenticated access to internal applications.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-applications-external-access-azure-ad/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "Resources | join kind=leftouter (ResourceContainers | where type=~'microsoft.resources/subscriptions' | project SubName=name, subscriptionId) on subscriptionId | where type =~ 'microsoft.keyvault/vaults' | project type, name, SubName",
- "guid": "ce9bd3bb-0cdb-43b5-9eb2-ec14eeaa3592",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/overview",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "ammp": true,
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/loadbalancers' | extend countOutRules=array_length(properties.outboundRules) | extend compliant = (countOutRules == 0) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "97a2fd46-64b0-1dfa-b72d-9c8869496d75",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/nat-gateway/nat-overview#outbound-connectivity",
+ "service": "Load Balancer",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Azure Key Vault to store your secrets and credentials",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/manage-secrets-with-azure-key-vault/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use Azure NAT Gateway instead of Load Balancer outbound rules for better SNAT scalability",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "829e2edb-2173-4676-aff6-691b4935ada4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/lock-resources?tabs=json",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "It is recommended to LOCK the Azure Resources post successful deployment to safeguard against unauthorized changes. You can also enforce LOCK constraints and rules on your per-subscription basis using customized Azure policies(Custome role).",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/use-azure-resource-manager/?source=recommendations",
+ "ammp": true,
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/applicationgatewaywebapplicationfirewallpolicies' | mv-expand properties.managedRules.managedRuleSets | project id, rulesettype = properties_managedRules_managedRuleSets.ruleSetType | extend compliant1 = (rulesettype == 'Microsoft_BotManagerRuleSet') | project id, compliant1 | summarize compliant = max(compliant1) by id",
+ "guid": "2f8e81eb-8e68-4026-8b1f-70f9b05f7cf9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/bot-protection",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enable the Azure Application Gateway WAF bot protection rule set. The bot rules detect good and bad bots.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "2223ece8-1b12-4318-8a54-17415833fb4a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/soft-delete-overview",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Provision Azure Key Vault with the soft delete and purge policies enabled to allow retention protection for deleted objects.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/manage-secrets-with-azure-key-vault/?source=recommendations",
+ "ammp": true,
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/applicationgatewaywebapplicationfirewallpolicies' | extend compliant = (properties['policySettings']['requestBodyCheck'] == 'true' and properties['policySettings']['state'] =~ 'Enabled') | distinct id, name, compliant",
+ "guid": "8ea8e0d4-84e8-4b33-aeab-493f6391b4d6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/application-gateway-waf-request-size-limits#request-body-inspection",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure if request body inspection feature is enabled in Azure Application Gateway WAF policy.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "e3c2df74-3165-4c3a-abe0-5bbe209d490d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/role-based-access-control/security-controls-policy",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "ammp": true,
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "a4dd86d3-5ffa-408c-b660-cce073d085b8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/best-practices#tune-your-waf",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Based on existing requirements, regulatory and compliance controls (internal/external) - Determine what Azure Policies and Azure RBAC role are needed",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/describe-azure-management-governance/?source=recommendations",
+ "text": "Tune the Azure Application Gateway WAF in detection mode for your workload. Reduce false positive detections.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "a4777842-4d11-4678-9d2f-a56c56ad4840",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-security-governance-and-compliance",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "ammp": true,
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "baf8e317-2397-4d49-b3d1-0dcc16d8778d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/policy-overview?source=recommendations",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "When enabling Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on SAP environment, recommend excluding data and log files on DBMS servers instead of targeting all servers. Follow your DBMS vendor's recommendations when excluding target files.",
- "training": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/running-sap-applications-on-the/microsoft-defender-endpoint-mde-for-sap-applications-on-windows/ba-p/3912268",
+ "text": "Deploy your WAF policy for Application Gateway in 'Prevention' mode.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "8fe72734-c486-4ba2-a0dc-0591cf65de8e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/just-in-time-access-overview?tabs=defender-for-container-arch-aks",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Delegate an SAP admin custom role with just-in-time access of Microsoft Defender for Cloud.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/secure-vms-with-azure-security-center/?source=recommendations",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "43fae595-8a32-4299-a69e-0f32c454dcc9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/rate-limiting-overview",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Add rate limiting to the Azure Application Gateway WAF. Rate limiting blocks clients accidentally or intentionally sending large amounts of traffic in a short period of time.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "1309cccd-5792-466b-aca2-75faa1abfe9d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-security-governance-and-compliance",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "041e0ad8-7b12-4694-a0b7-a0e25ee2470f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/rate-limiting-overview#rate-limiting-details",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use a high threshold for Azure Application Gateway WAF rate limits. High rate limit thresholds avoid blocking legitimate traffic, while still providing protection against extremely high numbers of requests that might overwhelm your infrastructure. ",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "99937189-ff78-492a-b9ca-18d828d82b37",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/best-practices#geo-filtering-best-practices",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "encrypt data in transit by integrating the third-party security product with secure network communications (SNC) for DIAG (SAP GUI), RFC, and SPNEGO for HTTPS",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/security/fundamentals/encryption-overview#encryption-of-data-in-transit",
+ "text": "If you are not expecting traffic from all geographical regions, use geo-filters to block traffic from non-expected countries.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "eeaa3592-829e-42ed-a217-3676aff6691b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-encryption-key-model-get?tabs=portal",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "349a15c1-52f4-4319-9078-3895d95ecafd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/geomatch-custom-rules",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Default to Microsoft-managed keys for principal encryption functionality and use customer-managed keys when required.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/manage-secrets-with-azure-key-vault/?source=recommendations",
+ "text": "Specify the unknown (ZZ) location when geo-filtering traffic with the Azure Application Gateway WAF. Avoid accidentally blocking legitimate requests when IP addresses can't be geo-matched.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "graph": "Resources | join kind=leftouter (ResourceContainers | where type=~'microsoft.resources/subscriptions' | project SubName=name, subscriptionId) on subscriptionId | where type =~ 'microsoft.keyvault/vaults' | project type, name, SubName",
- "guid": "4935ada4-2223-4ece-a1b1-23181a541741",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use an Azure Key Vault per application per environment per region.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/manage-secrets-with-azure-key-vault/?source=recommendations",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "6c19dfd5-a61c-436c-9001-491b9b3d0228",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/best-practices#use-the-latest-ruleset-versions",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use the latest Azure Application Gateway WAF rule set version. Rule set updates are regularly updated to take account of the current threat landscape.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "abc9634d-c44d-41e9-a530-e8444e16aa3c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/certificates/certificate-scenarios",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "To control and manage disk encryption keys and secrets for non-HANA Windows and non-Windows operating systems, use Azure Key Vault. SAP HANA isn't supported with Azure Key Vault, so you must use alternate methods like SAP ABAP or SSH keys.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-and-manage-azure-key-vault/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "f84106a2-2e9e-42ac-add6-d3416ecfed53",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/best-practices#add-diagnostic-settings-to-save-your-wafs-logs",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Add diagnostic settings to save your Azure Application Gateway WAF logs.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "209d490d-a477-4784-84d1-16785d2fa56c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/role-based-access-control/built-in-roles",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Customize role-based access control (RBAC) roles for SAP on Azure spoke subscriptions to avoid accidental network-related changes",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/secure-azure-resources-with-rbac/?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "92664c60-47e3-4591-8b1b-8d557656e686",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/best-practices#send-logs-to-microsoft-sentinel",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Send Azure Application Gateway WAF logs to Microsoft Sentinel.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "56ad4840-8fe7-4273-9c48-6ba280dc0591",
- "link": "https://blogs.sap.com/2019/07/21/sap-security-operations-on-azure/",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Isolate DMZs and NVAs from the rest of the SAP estate, configure Azure Private Link, and securely manage and control the SAP on Azure resources",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/dmz/secure-vnet-dmz?tabs=portal",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "ba0e9b26-6e0d-4ec8-8541-023c00afd5b7",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/best-practices#define-your-waf-configuration-as-code",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Define your Azure Application Gateway WAF configuration as code. By using code, you can more easily adopt new rule set version and gain additional protection.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "e124ba34-df68-45ed-bce9-bd3bb0cdb3b5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/secure-vms-with-azure-security-center/?source=recommendations",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Consider using Microsoft anti-malware software on Azure to protect your virtual machines from malicious files, adware, and other threats.",
- "training": "https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/deploying-antimalware-solutions-on-azure-virtual-machines/",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "f17ec301-8470-4afd-aabc-c1fdfe47dcc0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/policy-overview",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use WAF Policies instead of the legacy WAF configuration.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "5eb2ec14-eeaa-4359-8829-e2edb2173676",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/microsoft-defender-endpoint?view=o365-worldwide",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "For even more powerful protection, consider using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-endpoint-protection-use-microsoft-defender/?source=recommendations",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "d4eb8667-f8cb-4cdd-94e6-2f967ba98f88",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/scenario-secured-hub-app-gateway",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Filter inbound traffic in the backends so that they only accept connections from the Application Gateway subnet, for example with NSGs.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "87a924c4-25c2-419f-a2f0-96c7c4fe4525",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/sap/sap-whole-landscape",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/applicationgateways'| extend compliant = (properties['backendHttpSettingsCollection'][0]['properties']['port'] =~ '443') |where properties['backendHttpSettingsCollection'][0]['properties']['port'] =~ '443'|distinct id,name,compliant",
+ "guid": "a66f0fd8-2ca4-422e-8df3-235148127ca2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/ssl-overview",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Isolate the SAP application and database servers from the internet or from the on-premises network by passing all traffic through the hub virtual network, which is connected to the spoke network by virtual network peering. The peered virtual networks guarantee that the SAP on Azure solution is isolated from the public internet.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-networking/?source=recommendations",
+ "text": "You should encrypt traffic to the backend servers.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "491ca1c4-3d40-42c0-9d85-b8933999590b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-security-governance-and-compliance",
- "service": "SAP",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "For internet-facing applications like SAP Fiori, make sure to distribute load per application requirements while maintaining security levels. For Layer 7 security, you can use a third-party Web Application Firewall (WAF) available in the Azure Marketplace.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/simplify-cloud-procurement-governance-azure-marketplace/?source=recommendations",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "3dba65cb-834d-44d8-a3ca-a6aa2f1587be",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/overview",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "You should use a Web Application Firewall.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
- "guid": "9fc945b9-0527-47af-8200-9d652fe02fcc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/monitor/enable-tls-azure-monitor-sap-solutions",
- "service": "SAP",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "0158fcb6-0bc1-4687-832f-cc7c359c22d2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/redirect-overview",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "To enable secure communication in Azure Monitor for SAP solutions, you can choose to use either a root certificate or a server certificate. We highly recommend that you use root certificates.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-azure-monitoring-sap-workloads-azure-virtual-machines/?source=recommendations",
+ "text": "Redirect HTTP to HTTPS",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
- "checklist": "Cognitive Search Review Checklist",
- "guid": "41faa1ed-b7f0-447d-8cba-4a4905e5bb83",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability#high-availability",
- "service": "Cognitive Search",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable 2 replicas to have 99.9% availability for read operations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
- "checklist": "Cognitive Search Review Checklist",
- "guid": "7d956fd9-788a-4845-9b9f-c0340972d810",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability#high-availability",
- "service": "Cognitive Search",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "bb697864-1b4c-43af-8667-90cc69aaed5f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/how-application-gateway-works#modifications-to-the-request",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable 3 replicas to have 99.9% availability for read/write operations",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use gateway-managed cookies to direct traffic from a user session to the same server for processing",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
- "checklist": "Cognitive Search Review Checklist",
- "guid": "44dc5f2b-a032-4d03-aae8-90c3f2c0a4c3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability#availability-zone-support",
- "service": "Cognitive Search",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "ff353ad8-15fb-4ae8-9fc5-a85a36d36a35",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/configuration-http-settings",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Leverage Availability Zones by enabling read and/or write replicas",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
- "checklist": "Cognitive Search Review Checklist",
- "guid": "cd0730f0-0ff1-4b77-9a2b-2a1f7dd5e291",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability#multiple-services-in-separate-geographic-regions",
- "service": "Cognitive Search",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For regional redudancy, Manually create services in 2 or more regions for Search as it doesn't provide an automated method of replicating search indexes across geographic regions",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Enable connection draining during planned service updates to prevent connection loss to existing members of the backend pool",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
- "checklist": "Cognitive Search Review Checklist",
- "guid": "3c964882-aec9-4d44-9f68-4b5f2efbbdb6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability#synchronize-data-across-multiple-services",
- "service": "Cognitive Search",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "To synchronize data across multiple services either Use indexers for updating content on multiple services or Use REST APIs for pushing content updates on multiple services",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "c8741f03-45a4-4183-a6b8-139e0773b8b5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/custom-error",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Create custom error pages to display a personalized user experience",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
- "checklist": "Cognitive Search Review Checklist",
- "guid": "85ee93c9-f53c-4803-be51-e6e4aa37ff4e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability#use-azure-traffic-manager-to-coordinate-requests",
- "service": "Cognitive Search",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "f850d46f-f5d7-4b17-b48c-a780741402e1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/rewrite-http-headers-url",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Traffic Manager to coordinate requests",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Edit HTTP requests and response headers for easier routing and information exchange between the client and server",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
- "checklist": "Cognitive Search Review Checklist",
- "guid": "7be10278-57c1-4a61-8ee3-895aebfec5aa",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability#back-up-and-restore-alternatives",
- "service": "Cognitive Search",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Backup and Restore an Azure Cognitive Search Index. Use this sample code to back up index definition and snapshot to a series of Json files",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "eadc3164-4a0f-461c-85f1-1a372c04dfd1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/front-door-overview",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Configure Front Door to optimize global web traffic routing and top-tier end-user performance, and reliability through quick global failover",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "a95b86ad-8840-48e3-9273-4b875ba18f20",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/multitenant/considerations/tenancy-models",
- "service": "Azure Monitor",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "29dcc19f-a8fa-4c35-8281-290577538793",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-overview",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Data collection rules in Azure Monitor -https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/data-collection-rule-overview",
- "training": "https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/reservations/",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Use transport layer load balancing",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "45901365-d38e-443f-abcb-d868266abca2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/multi-tenant/automation",
- "service": "Azure Backup",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "276898c1-af5e-4819-9e8e-049c7801ab9d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/multiple-site-overview",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "check backup instances with the underlying datasource not found",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Configure routing based on host or domain name for multiple web applications on a single gateway",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "64f9a19a-f29c-495d-94c6-c7919ca0f6c5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/multi-tenant/lighthouse",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "5fe365b6-58e8-47ed-a8cf-5163850380a2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/create-ssl-portal",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Delete or archive unassociated services (disks, nics, ip addresses etc)",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Centralize SSL certificate management to reduce encryption and decryption overhead from a backend server farm",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "69bad37a-ad53-4cc7-ae1d-76667357c449",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-microsoft-customer-agreement#design-recommendations",
- "service": "Azure Backup",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider a good balance between site recovery storage and backup for non mission critical applications",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.network/applicationGateways",
+ "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
+ "guid": "fa64b4dd-35c2-4047-ac5c-45dfbf8b0db9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-websocket",
+ "service": "App Gateway",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use Application Gateway for native support for WebSocket and HTTP/2 protocols",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "674b5ed8-5a85-49c7-933b-e2a1a27b765a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/direct-ea-administration#manage-notification-contacts",
- "service": "Azure Monitor",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/servers",
+ "checklist": "PostgreSQL Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "65285269-441c-44bf-9d3e-0844276d4bdc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/postgresql/flexible-server/overview",
+ "service": "PostgreSQL",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Check spending and savings opportunities among the 40 different log analytics workspaces- use different retention and data collection for nonprod workspaces-create daily cap for awareness and tier sizing - If you do set a daily cap, in addition to creating an alert when the cap is reached,ensure that you also create an alert rule to be notified when some percentage has been reached (90% for example). - consider workspace transformation if possible - https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/data-collection-transformations#workspace-transformation-dcr ",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/understand-work-scopes",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Leverage Flexible Server",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "91be1f38-8ef3-494c-8bd4-63cbbac75819",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-enterprise-agreement#design-considerations",
- "service": "Azure Monitor",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enforce a purging log policy and automation (if needed, logs can be moved to cold storage)",
- "training": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHQYcYGKuyw",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/servers",
+ "checklist": "PostgreSQL Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "016ccf31-ae5a-41eb-9888-9535e227896d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/postgresql/flexible-server/overview#architecture-and-high-availability",
+ "service": "PostgreSQL",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Leverage Availability Zones where regionally applicable",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "6aae01e6-a84d-4e5d-b36d-1d92881a1bd5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-enterprise-agreement#design-considerations",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/servers",
+ "checklist": "PostgreSQL Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "31b67c67-be59-4519-8083-845d587cb391",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/postgresql/single-server/concepts-business-continuity#cross-region-read-replicas",
+ "service": "PostgreSQL",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Check that the disks are really needed, if not: delete. If they are needed, find lower storage tiers or use backup -",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/manage-automation",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Leverage cross-region read replicas for BCDR",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "d1e44a19-659d-4395-afd7-7289b835556d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-enterprise-agreement#design-considerations",
- "service": "Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "1fc2fc14-eea6-4e69-b8d9-a3edc218e687",
+ "link": "https://polite-sea-0995b240f.2.azurestaticapps.net/technical-delivery-playbook/azure-services/analytics/purview/",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider moving unused storage to lower tier, with customized rule - https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-policy-configure ",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/enable-tag-inheritance",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Leverage FTA Resillency Handbook",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "d0102cac-6aae-401e-9a84-de5de36d1d92",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
- "service": "VM",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Make sure advisor is configured for VM right sizing ",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "ab067acb-49e5-4b96-8332-4ecf8cc13318",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/disaster-recovery",
+ "service": "Purview",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Plan for Data Center level outage",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "description": "check by searching the Meter Category Licenses in the Cost analysys",
- "guid": "59ae568b-a38d-4498-9e22-13dbd7bb012f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/manage/centralize-operations",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "description": "1. Create the new account 2. Migrate configuration items 3. Run scans 4. Migrate custom typedefs and custom assets 5. Migrate relationships 6. Migrate glossary terms 7. Assign classifications to assets 8. Assign contacts to assets",
+ "guid": "da611702-69f4-4fb4-aa3d-3ef7f3176c4b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/disaster-recovery",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "run the script on all windows VMs https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/windows/hybrid-use-benefit-licensing?ref=andrewmatveychuk.com#convert-an-existing-vm-using-azure-hybrid-benefit-for-windows-server- consider implementing a policy if windows VMs are created frequently",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Practice Failover for BCDR",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "7b95e06e-158e-42ea-9992-c2de6e2065b3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/privileged-identity-management/pim-configure",
- "service": "VM",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": " this can be also put under AHUB if you already have licenses https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/linux/azure-hybrid-benefit-linux?tabs=rhelpayg%2Crhelbyos%2CrhelEnablebyos%2Crhelcompliance",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "97b15b8a-219a-44ab-bb57-879024d22678",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/disaster-recovery",
+ "service": "Purview",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Plan a backup strategy and take regular backups",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "75c1e945-b459-4837-bf7a-e7c6d3b475a5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/active-directory-groups-create-azure-portal",
- "service": "VM",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consolidate reserved VM families with flexibility option (no more than 4-5 families)",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/automation/automation-solution-vm-management",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "6d20b56c-56a9-4581-89bf-8d8e5c586b7d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/manage-kafka-dotnet",
+ "service": "Purview",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use Microsoft Purview's Event Hubs to subscribe and create entities to another account",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "c7acbe49-bbe6-44dd-a9f2-e87778468d55",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/identity-access#prerequisites-for-a-landing-zone---design-recommendations",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "8cdc15ac-c075-4ee9-a130-a8889579e76b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/deployment-best-practices",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Utilize Azure Reserved Instances: This feature allows you to reserve VMs for a period of 1 or 3 years, providing significant cost savings compared to PAYG prices.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Follow Purview accounts architectures and deployment best practices",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "a6bcca2b-4fea-41db-b3dd-95d48c7c891d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory-domain-services/overview",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "896e710a-7da7-4be9-a56d-14d3c49d997c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-collections",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Only larger disks can be reserved => 1 TiB -",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Follow Collection Architectures and best practices",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "cb1f7d57-59ae-4568-aa38-d4985e2213db",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/identity/adds-extend-domain",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "b3d1325a-a225-4c6f-9e06-85edddea8a4b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-asset-lifecycle",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "After the right-sizing optimization",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Follow Assest lifecycle best practices",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Sql/servers",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "d7bb012f-7b95-4e06-b158-e2ea3992c2de",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-proxy/application-proxy",
- "service": "Azure SQL",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "7cdeb3c6-1fc2-4fc1-9eea-6e69d8d9a3ed",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-automation",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Check if applicable and enforce policy/change https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-sql/azure-hybrid-benefit?view=azuresql&tabs=azure-portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/scope-level/create-sql-license-assignments?source=recommendations",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Follow automation best practices",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "6e2065b3-a76a-4f4a-991e-8839ada46667",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/roles/best-practices",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "c218e687-ab06-47ac-a49e-5b9603324ecf",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/disaster-recovery",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "The VM + license part discount (ahub + 3YRI) is around 70% discount",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Follow Backup and Migration Best practices",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "ccbd9792-a6bc-4ca2-a4fe-a1dbf3dd95d4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#send-logs-to-microsoft-sentinel",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "8cc13318-da61-4170-869f-4fb4aa3d3ef7",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-glossary",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider using a VMSS to match demand rather than flat sizing",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Follow Purview Glossary Best Practices",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.containerservice/managedClusters",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "c1b1cd52-1e54-4a29-a9de-39ac0e7c28dc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/cross-region-replication-azure",
- "service": "AKS",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use AKS autoscaler to match your clusters usage (make sure the pods requirements match the scaler)",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "f3176c4b-97b1-45b8-a219-a4abeb578790",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-workflow",
+ "service": "Purview",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Leverage Workflows ",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "44be3b1a-27f8-4b9e-a1be-1f38df03a822",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/data-retention-archive?tabs=portal-1%2Cportal-2#how-retention-and-archiving-work",
- "service": "Azure Backup",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "24d22678-6d20-4b56-a56a-958119bf8d8e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-security",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Move recovery points to vault-archive where applicable (Validate)",
- "training": "https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/reservations/",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Follow Purview Security Best Practices",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Databricks/workspaces",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "cd463cbb-bc8a-4c29-aebc-91a43da1dae2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/databricks/clusters/cluster-config-best-practices#automatic-termination",
- "service": "Databricks",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "5c586b7d-8cdc-415a-ac07-5ee9b130a888",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-lineage-azure-data-factory",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider using Spot VMs with fallback where possible. Consider autotermination of clusters.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Follow Purview Data Lineage Best Practices",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "cc881470-607c-41cc-a0e6-14658dd458e9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/how-to/guest-configuration-create",
- "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "9579e76b-896e-4710-a7da-7be9956d14d3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-scanning",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Functions - Reuse connections",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/reservation-apis?toc=%2Fazure%2Fcost-management-billing%2Ftoc.json",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Follow Best Practices for Scanning Registered Sources",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "27139b82-1102-4dbd-9eaf-11e6f843e52f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/automation/update-management/overview",
- "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "c49d997c-b3d1-4325-aa22-5c6f4e0685ed",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-best-practices-classification",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Functions - Cache data locally",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/azure-administrator-manage-compute-resources/",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Follow Classification Best Practices in Governance Portal",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "4722d928-c1b1-4cd5-81e5-4a29b9de39ac",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/network-watcher/network-watcher-monitoring-overview",
- "service": "Azure Functions",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "ddea8a4b-7cde-4b3c-91fc-2fc14eea6e69",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/sensitivity-labels-frequently-asked-questions",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Functions - Cold starts-Use the 'Run from package' functionality. This way, the code is downloaded as a single zip file. This can, for example, result in significant improvements with Javascript functions, which have a lot of node modules.Use language specific tools to reduce the package size, for example, tree shaking Javascript applications.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/configure-network-watcher/",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Perform Sensitivity Labelling in the Purview Data Map",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "0e7c28dc-9366-4572-82bf-f4564b0d934a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/lock-resources?tabs=json",
- "service": "Azure Functions",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Functions - Keep your functions warm",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "d8d9a3ed-c218-4e68-9ab0-67acb49e5b96",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-data-share",
+ "service": "Purview",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Leverage Azure Storage in-place data sharing with Microsoft Purview",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "359c363e-7dd6-4162-9a36-4a907ebae38e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/overview",
- "service": "Azure Functions",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When using autoscale with different functions, there might be one driving all the autoscale for all the resources - consider moving it to a separate consumption plan (and consider higher plan for CPU)",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "03324ecf-8cc1-4331-ada6-1170269f4fb4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-insights",
+ "service": "Purview",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Leverage Data Estate Insights",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "ad53cc7d-e2e8-4aaa-a357-1549ab9153d8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-health/alerts-activity-log-service-notifications-portal",
- "service": "Azure Functions",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Function apps in a given plan are all scaled together, so any issues with scaling can affect all apps in the plan.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "aa3d3ef7-f317-46c4-a97b-15b8a219a4ab",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/catalog-adoption-insights",
+ "service": "Purview",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use Data stewardship and Catalog adoption",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "9f89dc7b-44be-43b1-a27f-8b9e91be1f38",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/action-groups",
- "service": "Azure Functions",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Am I billed for 'await time'? This question is typically asked in the context of a C# function that does an async operation and waits for the result, e.g. await Task.Delay(1000) or await client.GetAsync('http://google.com'). The answer is yes - the GB second calculation is based on the start and end time of the function and the memory usage over that period. What actually happens over that time in terms of CPU activity is not factored into the calculation.One exception to this rule is if you are using durable functions. You are not billed for time spent at awaits in orchestrator functions.apply demand shaping techinques where possible (dev environments?) https://github.com/Azure-Samples/functions-csharp-premium-scaler",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "eb578790-24d2-4267-a6d2-0b56c56a9581",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-insights",
+ "service": "Purview",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use Inventory and Ownership",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "3da1dae2-cc88-4147-8607-c1cca0e61465",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/design-logs-deployment",
- "service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Frontdoor - Turn off the default homepageIn the application settings of your App, set AzureWebJobsDisableHomepage to true. This will return a 204 (No Content) to the PoP so only header data is returned.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "19bf8d8e-5c58-46b7-b8cd-c15acc075ee9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/glossary-insights",
+ "service": "Purview",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Leverage Insights for Glossary, Classifications, Sensitivity Labels",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "8dd458e9-2713-49b8-8110-2dbd6eaf11e6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-setup-guide/monitoring-reporting?tabs=AzureMonitor",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "b130a888-9579-4e76-a896-e710a7da7be9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/compliance-manager",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Frontdoor - Route to something that returns nothing. Either set up a Function, Function Proxy, or add a route in your WebApp that returns 200 (OK) and sends no or minimal content. The advantage of this is you will be able to log out when it is called.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Generate assessment scores",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "7e31c67d-68cf-46a6-8a11-94956d697dc3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/best-practices/monitoring",
- "service": "Storage",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "956d14d3-c49d-4997-ab3d-1325aa225c6f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/compliance-manager-scoring",
+ "service": "Purview",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider archiving tiers for less used data",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Profiling- get summaries of data content",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "a2ed27b2-d186-4f1a-8252-bddde68a487c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/automation/how-to/region-mappings",
- "service": "VM",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Check disk sizes where the size does not match the tier (i.e. A 513 GiB disk will pay a P30 (1TiB) and consider resizing",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "4e0685ed-ddea-48a4-a7cd-eb3c61fc2fc1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-policies-data-owner#microsoft-purview-policy-concepts",
+ "service": "Purview",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Follow Microsoft Purview Data Owner access policies",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "dec4861b-c3bc-410a-b77e-26e4d5a3bec2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/concepts/guest-configuration",
- "service": "Storage",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider using standard SSD rather than Premium or Ultra where possible",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "4eea6e69-d8d9-4a3e-bc21-8e687ab067ac",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-self-service-data-access-policy",
+ "service": "Purview",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Follow Self-service access policies",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "c4e2436b-1336-4db5-9f17-960eee0bdf5c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/management-operational-compliance#monitoring-for-configuration-drift",
- "service": "Storage",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For storage accounts, make sure that the chosen tier is not adding up transaction charges (it might be cheaper to move to the next tier)",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Purview/accounts",
+ "checklist": "Microsoft Purview Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "b49e5b96-0332-44ec-b8cc-13318da61170",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/concept-policies-devops",
+ "service": "Purview",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Follow DevOps policies",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "c2efc5d7-61d4-41d2-900b-b47a393a040f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-overview",
- "service": "Site Recovery",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For ASR, consider using Standard SSD disks if the RPO/RTO and replication throughput allow it",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.cache/redis",
+ "checklist": "Redis Resiliency checklist",
+ "guid": "65285269-440b-44be-9d3e-0844276d4bdc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-how-to-zone-redundancy",
+ "service": "Redis",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enable zone redundancy for Azure Cache for Redis. Azure Cache for Redis supports zone redundant configurations in the Premium and Enterprise tiers. A zone redundant cache can place its nodes across different Azure Availability Zones in the same region. It eliminates data center or AZ outage as a single point of failure and increases the overall availability of your cache.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "d3294798-b118-48b2-a5a4-6ceb544451e1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/framework/resiliency/backup-and-recovery",
- "service": "Storage",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.cache/redis",
+ "checklist": "Redis Resiliency checklist",
+ "guid": "bc178bdc-5a06-4ca7-8443-51e19dd34429",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-high-availability#persistence",
+ "service": "Redis",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Storage accounts: check hot tier and/or GRS necessary",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Configure data persistence for an Azure Cache for Redis instance. Because your cache data is stored in memory, a rare and unplanned failure of multiple nodes can cause all the data to be dropped. To avoid losing data completely, Redis persistence allows you to take periodic snapshots of in-memory data, and store it to your storage account.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "92d34429-3c76-4286-97a5-51c5b04e4f18",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/backup-center-overview",
- "service": "VM",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.cache/redis",
+ "checklist": "Redis Resiliency checklist",
+ "guid": "eb722823-7a15-41c5-ab4e-4f1814387e5c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-high-availability#storage-account-for-persistence",
+ "service": "Redis",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Disks - validate use of Premium SSD disks everywhere: for example, non-prod could swap to Standard SSD or on-demand Premium SSD ",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Use Geo-redundant storage account to persist Azure Cache for Redis data, or zonally redundant where geo-redundancy is not available",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces",
- "checklist": "Cost Optimization Checklist",
- "guid": "54387e5c-ed12-46cd-832a-f5b2fc6998a5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/availability-zones-overview",
- "service": "Synapse",
+ "arm-service": "microsoft.cache/redis",
+ "checklist": "Redis Resiliency checklist",
+ "guid": "a8c26c9b-32ab-45bd-bc69-98a135e33789",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-how-to-geo-replication",
+ "service": "Redis",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Create budgets to manage costs and create alerts that automatically notify stakeholders of spending anomalies and overspending risks.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Configure passive geo-replication for Premium Azure Cache for Redis instances. Geo-replication is a mechanism for linking two or more Azure Cache for Redis instances, typically spanning two Azure regions. Geo-replication is designed mainly for cross-region disaster recovery. Two Premium tier cache instances are connected through geo-replication in a way that provides reads and writes to your primary cache, and that data is replicated to the secondary cache.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
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- "text": "Export cost data to a storage account for additional data analysis.",
- "waf": "Cost"
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+ "description": "Automatic instance repairs ensure that unhealthy instances are promptly identified and replaced, maintaining a set of healthy instances within your scale set.",
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+ "text": "Enable automatic instance repairs for enhanced VM Scale Sets resiliency",
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- "text": "Control costs for a dedicated SQL pool by pausing the resource when it is not in use.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
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+ "description": "Ensure that Azure Backup is utilized appropriately to meet your organization's resiliency requirements for Azure virtual machines (VMs).",
+ "guid": "4d874a74-8b66-42d6-b150-512a66498f6d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/backup-azure-vms-introduction",
+ "service": "VM",
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+ "text": "Consider Azure Backup to meet your resiliency requirements for Azure VMs",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
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- "text": "Enable the serverless Apache Spark automatic pause feature and set your timeout value accordingly.",
- "waf": "Cost"
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+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Single Instance VMs using Premium SSD or Ultra Disk for all Operating System Disks and Data Disks are guaranteed to have Virtual Machine Connectivity of at least 99.9%",
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+ "service": "VM",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use Premium or Ultra disks for production VMs",
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- "service": "Synapse",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Create multiple Apache Spark pool definitions of various sizes.",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Azure automatically replicates managed disks within a region to ensure data durability and protect against single-point failures.",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/managed-disks-overview",
+ "service": "VM",
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+ "text": "Ensure Managed Disks are used for all VMs",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/resource-org-management-groups#management-groups-in-the-azure-landing-zone-accelerator",
- "service": "Synapse",
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+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Temporary disks are intended for short-term storage of non-persistent data such as page files, swap files, or SQL Server tempdb. Storing persistent data on temporary disks can lead to data loss during maintenance events or VM redeployment.",
+ "guid": "e0d5973c-d4ce-432c-8881-37f6f7c4c0d4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/managed-disks-overview#temporary-disk",
+ "service": "VM",
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- "text": "Purchase Azure Synapse commit units (SCU) for one year with a pre-purchase plan to save on your Azure Synapse Analytics costs.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "Do not use the Temp disk for anything that is not acceptable to be lost",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/overview-v2",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Co-locate your compute, storage, networking, and data resources across an availability zone, and replicate this arrangement in other availability zones.",
+ "guid": "e514548d-2447-4ec6-9138-b8200f1ce16e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/availability-zones-overview",
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- "text": "Use Spot VMs for interruptible jobs: These are VMs that can be bid on and purchased at a discounted price, providing a cost-effective solution for non-critical workloads.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
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+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
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+ "description": "Use at least two VMs in Availability Sets to isolate VMs on different fault and update domains.",
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- "text": "Right-sizing all VMs",
- "waf": "Cost"
+ "text": "For regions that do not support Availability Zones deploy VMs into Availability Sets",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/configuration-infrastructure#size-of-the-subnet",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Azure provides multiple options for VM redundancy to meet different requirements (Availability Zones, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Availability Sets, Azure Site Recovery)",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/availability",
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- "text": "Swap VM sized with normalized and most recent sizes",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
- "waf": "Cost"
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+ "text": "Avoid running a production workload on a single VM",
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- "guid": "fc6998a5-35e3-4378-a7e3-1c67d68cf6a6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Azure Site Recovery enables you to achieve low RTO (Recovery Time Objective) for your Azure and hybrid VMs by providing continuous replication and failover capabilities.",
+ "guid": "2a6bcca2-b5fe-4a1e-af3d-d95d48c7c891",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-overview",
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- "text": "right-sizing VMs - start with monitoring usage below 5% and then work up to 40%",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
- "waf": "Cost"
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+ "text": "For Azure and on-premises VMs (Hyper-V/Phyiscal/VMware) with low RTO requirements use Azure Site Recovery",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "By using Capacity Reservations, you can effectively manage capacity for critical workloads, ensuring resource availability in specified regions.",
+ "guid": "bd7bb012-f7b9-45e0-9e15-8e3ea3992c2d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/capacity-reservation-overview",
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- "text": "Containerizing an application can improve VM density and save money on scaling it",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
- "waf": "Cost"
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+ "text": "Use Capacity Reservations for critical workloads that require guaranteed capacity",
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- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
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- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Follow Metaprompting guardrails for resonsible AI",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "By ensuring that the necessary quotas are increased in your DR region before testing failover with ASR, you can avoid any potential resource constraints during the recovery process for failed over VMs.",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/quotas/per-vm-quota-requests",
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- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Scheduled Events is an Azure Metadata Service that provides information about upcoming maintenance events for virtual machines (VMs). By leveraging Scheduled Events, you can proactively prepare your applications for VM maintenance, minimizing disruption and improving the availability of your VMs.",
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+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/windows/scheduled-events",
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- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable monitoring for your AOAI instances",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Use Zone-redundant Storage (ZRS) in the primary region for scenarios that require high availability and for restricting replication to a particular country or region. For protection against regional disasters, use Geo-zone-redundant Storage (GZRS), which combines ZRS in the primary region with geo-replication to a secondary region?.",
+ "guid": "48c7c891-dcb1-4f7d-9769-ae568ba38d4a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Choose the most appropriate data redundancy option for Azure Storage based on your requirements",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
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- "text": "Create alerts to notify teams of events such as an entry in the activity log created by an action performed on the resource, such as regenerating its subscription keys or a metric threshold such as the number of errors exceeding 10 in an hour",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Assigning a Delete lock to your storage account helps protect the availability of your data, minimizing the risk of disruptions to your business operations.",
+ "guid": "85e2213d-bd7b-4b01-8f7b-95e06e158e3e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/lock-account-resource",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Apply a Delete lock to prevent accidental or malicious deletion of storage accounts",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
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- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Monitor token usage to prevent service disruptions due to capacity",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Container soft delete protects your data from being accidentally deleted by maintaining the deleted data in the system for a specified period of time.",
+ "guid": "a3992c2d-e6e2-4065-a3a7-6af4a691e893",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-container-enable",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Enable soft delete for Storage Account Containers",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/monitoring",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Blob soft delete protects an individual blob and its versions, snapshots, and metadata from accidental deletes or overwrites by maintaining the deleted data in the system for a specified period of time.",
+ "guid": "9ada4666-7e13-4c10-96b9-153d89f89dc7",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-blob-enable",
+ "service": "Azure Storage",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Enable soft delete for blobs",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Azure Backup enhanced soft delete provides critical protection against ransomware attacks by retaining deleted backups, enabling recovery from potential ransomware encryption or deletion.",
+ "guid": "b44be3b1-a27f-48b9-b91b-e1038df03a82",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/backup-azure-enhanced-soft-delete-about",
+ "service": "Azure Backup",
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- "text": "observe metrics like processed inference tokens, generated completion tokens monitor for rate limit",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "text": "Enable Azure Backup enhanced soft delete for improved data protection and recovery",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
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- "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/build-an-enterprise-ready-azure-openai-solution-with-azure-api/ba-p/3907562",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Azure Backup's multi-user authorization enables fine-grained control over user access to backup resources, allowing you to restrict privileges and ensure proper authentication and authorization for backup operations.",
+ "guid": "2cd463cb-bbc8-4ac2-a9eb-c92a43da1dae",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/multi-user-authorization-concept",
+ "service": "Azure Backup",
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- "text": "Enable and configure Diagnostics for the Azure OpenAI Service. If not sufficient, consider using a gateway such as Azure API Managements in front of Azure OpenAI to log both incoming prompts and outgoing responses, where permitted",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "text": "Implement multi-user authorization for Azure Backup to ensure secure and controlled access to backup resources",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
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- "link": "https://github.com/Azure-Samples/openai-enterprise-iac",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Infrastructure as code to deploy the Azure OpenAI Service, model deployments, and all related resources",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Azure Immutable Storage provides an additional layer of security by ensuring that backup data stored in the vault cannot be modified or deleted for a specified retention period. This helps safeguard your backups from ransomware attacks that may attempt to compromise or manipulate your backup data.",
+ "guid": "2cc88147-0607-4c1c-aa0e-614658dd458e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/backup-azure-immutable-vault-concept?source=recommendations&tabs=recovery-services-vault",
+ "service": "Azure Backup",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Implement Immutable Storage for your vaults to protect against ransomware and prevent unauthorized modifications to backups",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
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- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/managed-identity",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use Microsoft Entra Authentication with Managed Identity instead of API Key",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "To eliminate a single point of failure in your on-premises DNS services and ensure reliable DNS resolution during business continuity and disaster recovery scenarios, it is recommended to utilize Azure DNS Private Resolvers in multiple regions. By deploying two or more Azure DNS private resolvers across different regions, you can enable DNS failover and achieve resiliency in your DNS infrastructure.",
+ "guid": "43da1dae-2cc8-4814-9060-7c1cca0e6146",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/dns/tutorial-dns-private-resolver-failover",
+ "service": "DNS",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Implement DNS Failover using Azure DNS Private Resolvers",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
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{
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- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/machine-learning/prompt-flow/how-to-bulk-test-evaluate-flow?view=azureml-api-2",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Evaluate the performance/accuracy of the system with a known golden dataset which has the inputs and the correct answers. Leverage capabilities in PromptFlow for Evaluation.",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.PowerBI/gateways",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "Use an on-premises data gateway cluster to avoid single points of failure and to load balance traffic across gateways.",
+ "guid": "89f89dc7-b44b-4e3b-8a27-f8b9e91be103",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/data-integration/gateway/service-gateway-high-availability-clusters",
+ "service": "Data Gateways",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use on-premises data gateway clusters to ensure high availability for business-critical data",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
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- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "68889535-e327-4897-b31b-67d67be5962a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/baseline-openai-e2e-chat#azure-openai---performance-efficiency",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+ "checklist": "Resiliency Review",
+ "description": "When choosing the best option for deploying NVAs in Azure, it is crucial to consider the vendor's recommendations and validate that the specific design has been vetted and validated by the NVA vendor. The vendor should also provide the necessary NVA configuration for seamless integration in Azure.",
+ "guid": "8b1188b3-c6a4-46ce-a544-451e192d3442",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/dmz/nva-ha",
+ "service": "NVA",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Evaluate usage of Provisioned throughput model ",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Deploy Network Virtual Appliances (NVAs) in a vendor supported configuration for High Availability",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "cd288bed-6b17-4cb8-8454-51e1aed3453a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/content-safety/overview",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Review and implement Azure AI content safety",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "4620dc87-e948-4ce8-8426-f3e6e5d7bd85",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/center-sap-solutions/overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Azure Center for SAP solutions (ACSS) is an Azure offering that makes SAP a top-level workload on Azure. ACSS is an end-to-end solution that enables you to create and run SAP systems as a unified workload on Azure and provides a more seamless foundation for innovation. You can take advantage of the management capabilities for both new and existing Azure-based SAP systems.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-center-sap-solutions/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "1193846d-697c-4b39-8ed1-6b2d186f0a02",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/latency#system-level-throughput",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Define and evaluate the throughput of the system based on tokens & response per minute and align with requirements",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "5d75e99d-624d-4afe-91d9-e17adc580790",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-platform-automation-and-devops",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Azure supports automating SAP deployments in Linux and Windows. SAP Deployment Automation Framework is an open-source orchestration tool that can deploy, install, and maintain SAP environments.",
+ "training": "https://github.com/Azure/sap-automation",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "41addde6-8a47-47cd-bb48-61bc3bc10ae6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/latency#improve-performance",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "d17f6f39-a377-48a2-931f-5ead3ebe33a8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/data-platform",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Improve latency of the system by limiting token sizes, streaming options for applications like chatbots or conversational interfaces. Streaming can enhance the perceived performance of Azure OpenAI applications by delivering responses to users in an incremental manner",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Perform a point-in-time recovery for your production databases at any point and in a time frame that meets your RTO; point-in-time recovery typically includes operator errors deleting data either on the DBMS layer or through SAP, incidentally",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "6e25d4d5-a3ae-4c2c-9e24-36b0336cb45e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/latency#batching",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "c4b8e117-930b-4dbd-ae50-7bc5faf6f91a",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Estimate elasticity demands to determine synchronous and batch request segregation based on priority. For high priority, use synchronous approach and for low priority, asynchronous batch processing with queue is preferred",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Test the backup and recovery times to verify that they meet your RTO requirements for restoring all systems simultaneously after a disaster.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "5bda4332-4f24-4811-9331-82ba51752694",
- "link": "https://github.com/Azure/azure-openai-benchmark/",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "b651423c-8552-42db-a545-5cb50c05527a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/reliability/cross-region-replication-azure",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Benchmark token consumption requirements based on estimated demands from consumers. Consider using the Azure OpenAI benchmarking tool to help you validate the throughput if you are using Provisioned Throughput Unit deployments",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "You can replicate standard storage between paired regions, but you can't use standard storage to store your databases or virtual hard disks. You can replicate backups only between paired regions that you use. For all your other data, run your replication by using native DBMS features like SQL Server Always On or SAP HANA System Replication. Use a combination of Site Recovery, rsync or robocopy, and other third-party software for the SAP application layer.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/ensure-business-continuity-implement-disaster-recovery/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "4008ae7d-7e47-4432-96d8-bdcf55bce619",
- "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/optimizing-azure-openai-a-guide-to-limits-quotas-and-best/ba-p/4076268",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "aa208dca-784f-46c6-9014-cc919c542dc9",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/high-availability-zones",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If you are using Provisioned Throughput Units (PTUs), consider deploying a token-per-minute (TPM) deployment for overflow requests. Use a gateway to route requests to the TPM deployment when the PTU limits are reached.",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "When using Azure Availability Zones to achieve high availability, you must consider latency between SAP application servers and database servers. For zones with high latencies, operational procedures need to be in place to ensure that SAP application servers and database servers are running in the same zone at all times.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-high-availability-for-sap-workloads-azure/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "e8a13f98-8794-424d-9267-86d60b96c97b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/models",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "resources| where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworkgateways'| where properties.gatewayType =~ 'vpn' or properties.gatewayType =~ 'ExpressRoute'| extend SKUName = properties.sku.name, SKUTier = properties.sku.tier, Type = properties.gatewayType| extend compliant = SKUTier contains 'AZ'| project name, id, subscriptionId, resourceGroup, Type, compliant",
+ "guid": "ba07c007-1f90-43e9-aa4f-601346b80352",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/designing-for-disaster-recovery-with-expressroute-privatepeering",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Choose the right model for the right task. Pick models with right tradeoff between speed, quality of response and output complexity",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Set up ExpressRoute connections from on-premises to the primary and secondary Azure disaster recovery regions. Also, as an alternative to using ExpressRoute, consider setting up VPN connections from on-premises to the primary and secondary Azure disaster recovery regions.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/use-s2s-vpn-as-backup-for-expressroute-privatepeering",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "e9951904-8384-45c9-a6cb-2912156a1147",
- "link": "https://github.com/Azure/azure-openai-benchmark/",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "d2b30195-b11d-4a8f-a672-28b2b4169a7c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/disaster-recovery-guidance",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Replicate key vault contents like certificates, secrets, or keys across regions so you can decrypt data in the DR region.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
+ },
+ {
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "05f1101d-250f-40e7-b2a1-b674ab50edbd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/sap/sap-s4hana",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Have a baseline for performance without fine-tuning for knowing whether or not fine-tuning has improved model performance",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Peer the primary and disaster recovery virtual networks. For example, for HANA System Replication, an SAP HANA DB virtual network needs to be peered to the disaster recovery site's SAP HANA DB virtual network.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "5e39f541-accc-4d97-a376-bcdb3750ab2a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/baseline-openai-e2e-chat#azure-openai---reliability",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "d3351bf7-628a-46de-917d-dfc11d3b6b40",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-netapp-files/azure-netapp-files-service-levels",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Deploy multiple OAI instances across regions",
+ "text": "If you use Azure NetApp Files storage for your SAP deployments, at a minimum, create two Azure NetApp Files accounts in the Premium tier, in two regions.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/choose-service-level-azure-netapp-files-hpc-applications/2-identify-decision-criteria",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "b039da6d-55d7-4c89-8adb-107d5325af62",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/baseline-openai-e2e-chat#azure-openai---reliability",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "726a1d3e-5508-4a06-9d54-93f4b50040c1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/disaster-recovery-sap-guide?tabs=windows",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Implement retry & healthchecks with Gateway pattern like APIM",
+ "text": "Native database replication technology should be used to synchronize the database in a HA pair.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-disaster-recovery-for-sap-workloads-azure/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "5ca44e46-85e2-4223-ace8-bb12308ca5f1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/quota?tabs=rest#introduction-to-quota",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure having adequate quotas of TPM & RPM for the workload",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | extend addressSpace = todynamic(properties.addressSpace) | extend addressPrefix = todynamic(properties.addressSpace.addressPrefixes) | mvexpand addressSpace | mvexpand addressPrefix | project name, id, location, resourceGroup, subscriptionId, cidr = addressPrefix | extend compliant = (cidr matches regex @'^(10\\.|172\\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[01])\\.|192\\.168\\.)') | project id, compliant, cidr",
+ "guid": "6561f847-3db5-4ff8-9200-5ad3c3b436ad",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-faq",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "The CIDR for the primary virtual network (VNet) shouldn't conflict or overlap with the CIDR of the DR site's VNet",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/azure-fundamentals-describe-azure-architecture-services/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "ec723923-7a15-42d6-ac5e-402925387e5c",
- "link": "https://www.microsoft.com/research/project/guidelines-for-human-ai-interaction/",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Review the considerations in HAI toolkit guidance and apply those interaction practices for the slution",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "0258ed30-fe42-434f-87b9-58f91f908e0a",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use Site Recovery to replicate an application server to a DR site. Site Recovery can also help with replicating central-services cluster VMs to the DR site. When you invoke DR, you'll need to reconfigure the Linux Pacemaker cluster on the DR site (for example, replace the VIP or SBD, run corosync.conf, and more).",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/ensure-business-continuity-implement-disaster-recovery/",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "7f154e3a-a369-4282-ae7e-316183687a04",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/business-continuity-disaster-recovery",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy separate fine tuned models across regions if finetuning is employed",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "8300cb30-766b-4084-b126-0dd8fb1269a1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-business-continuity-and-disaster-recovery",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Consider the availability of SAP software against single points of failure. This includes single points of failure within applications such as DBMSs utilized in SAP NetWeaver and SAP S/4HANA architectures, SAP ABAP and ASCS + SCS. Also, other tools such as SAP Web Dispatcher.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-high-availability-for-sap-workloads-azure/2-explore-high-availability-disaster-recovery-support-azure-for-sap-workloads?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "77a1f893-5bda-4433-84f2-4811633182ba",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/backup-overview",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Regularly backup and replicate critical data to ensure data availability and recoverability in case of data loss or system failures. Leverage Azure's backup and disaster recovery services to protect your data.",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "56402f11-ccbe-42c3-a2f6-c6f6f38ab579",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/planning-supported-configurations",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "For SAP and SAP databases, consider implementing automatic failover clusters. In Windows, Windows Server Failover Clustering supports failover. In Linux, Linux Pacemaker or third-party tools like SIOS Protection Suite and Veritas InfoScale support failover.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-ha-sap-netweaver-anydb/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "95b96ad8-844c-4e3b-8b38-b876ba2cf204",
- "link": "https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Service-Level-Agreements-SLA-for-Online-Services?lang=1",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "afae6bec-2671-49ae-bc69-140b8ec8d320",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/disaster-recovery-sap-guide?tabs=windows",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Azure AI search service tiers should be choosen to have a SLA ",
+ "text": "Azure doesn't support architectures in which the primary and secondary VMs share storage for DBMS data. For the DBMS layer, the common architecture pattern is to replicate databases at the same time and with different storage stacks than the ones that the primary and secondary VMs use.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/ensure-business-continuity-implement-disaster-recovery/?source=recommendationshttps%3A%2F%2Flearn.microsoft.com%2Fja-jp%2Ftraining%2Fpaths%2Fensure-business-continuity-implement-disaster-recovery%2F%3Fsource%3Drecommendations",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "99013a5d-3ce4-474d-acbd-8682a6abca2a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/purview",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Classify data and sensitivity, labeling with Microsoft Purview before generating the embeddings and make sure to treat the embeddings generated with same sensitivity and classification",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "ac614e95-6767-4bc3-b8a4-9953533da6ba",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/dbms-guide-general",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "The DBMS data and transaction/redo log files are stored in Azure supported block storage or Azure NetApp Files. Azure Files or Azure Premium Files isn't supported as storage for DBMS data and/or redo log files with SAP workload.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-databases/2-explore-database-support-azure-for-sap-workloads",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "4fda1dbf-3dd9-45d4-ac7c-891dca1f6d56",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/use-your-data-securely",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "1f737179-8e7f-4e1a-a30c-e5a649a3092b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/sap-high-availability-guide-wsfc-shared-disk",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Encrypt data used for RAG with SSE/Disk encryption with optional BYOK",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "You can use Azure shared disks in Windows for ASCS + SCS components and specific high-availability scenarios. Set up your failover clusters separately for SAP application layer components and the DBMS layer. Azure doesn't currently support high-availability architectures that combine SAP application layer components and the DBMS layer into one failover cluster.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-ha-sap-netweaver-anydb/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "59ae558b-937d-4498-9e11-12dbd7ba012f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-security-overview",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | extend bep = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackEndPools = array_length(bep) | where BackEndPools =~ 0 | project name, id, Param1='backendPools', Param2=toint(0), tags | union (resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | where sku.name =~ 'Standard' | extend bep = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackEndPools = toint(array_length(bep)) | mv-expand bip = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackendAddresses = array_length(bip.properties.loadBalancerBackendAddresses) | where toint(BackendAddresses) <= 1 | project name, id, tags, Param1='backendAddresses', Param2=toint(BackendAddresses)) | union ( resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | where sku.name =~ 'Basic' | mv-expand properties.backendAddressPools | extend backendPoolId = properties_backendAddressPools.id | project id, name, tags, tostring(backendPoolId), Param1='BackEndPools' | join kind = leftouter ( resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces' | mv-expand properties.ipConfigurations | mv-expand properties_ipConfigurations.properties.loadBalancerBackendAddressPools | extend backendPoolId = tostring(properties_ipConfigurations_properties_loadBalancerBackendAddressPools.id) | summarize poolMembers = count() by backendPoolId | project tostring(backendPoolId), poolMembers ) on backendPoolId | where toint(poolMembers) <= 1 | extend BackendAddresses = poolMembers | project id, name, tags, Param1='backendAddresses', Param2=toint(BackendAddresses))",
+ "guid": "a78b3d31-3170-44f2-b5d7-651a29f4ccf5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/high-availability-guide-standard-load-balancer-outbound-connections",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure TLS is enforced for data in transit across data sources, AI search used for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and LLM communication",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Most failover clusters for SAP application layer components (ASCS) and the DBMS layer require a virtual IP address for a failover cluster. Azure Load Balancer should handle the virtual IP address for all other cases. One design principle is to use one load balancer per cluster configuration. We recommend that you use the standard version of the load balancer (Standard Load Balancer SKU).",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-high-availability-for-sap-workloads-azure/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "7b94ef6e-047d-42ea-8992-b1cd6e2054b2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/role-based-access-control",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "1a541741-5833-4fb4-ae3c-2df743165c3a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-ha-ports-overview?source=recommendations",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use RBAC to manage access to Azure OpenAI services. Assign appropriate permissions to users and restrict access based on their roles and responsibilities",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Make sure the Floating IP is enabled on the Load balancer",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/load-balancing-non-https-traffic-azure/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "9769e4a6-91e8-4838-ac93-6667e13c0056",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/security/fundamentals/data-encryption-best-practices",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement data encryption, masking or redaction techniques to hide sensitive data or replace it with obfuscated values in non-production environments or when sharing data for testing or troubleshooting purposes",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "c47cc4f3-f105-452c-845e-9b307b3856c1",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/availability",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Before you deploy your high-availability infrastructure, and depending on the region you choose, determine whether to deploy with an Azure availability set or an availability zone.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-virtual-machine-availability/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "74b1e945-b459-4837-be7a-d6c6d3b375a5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-cloud-introduction",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "844f69c3-07e5-4ec1-bff7-4be27bcf5fea",
+ "link": "https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Service-Level-Agreements-SLA-for-Online-Services?lang=1",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Utilize Azure Defender to detect and respond to security threats and set up monitoring and alerting mechanisms to identify suspicious activities or breaches. Leverage Azure Sentinel for advanced threat detection and response",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "If you want to meet the infrastructure SLAs for your applications for SAP components (central services, application servers, and databases), you must choose the same high availability options (VMs, availability sets, availability zones) for all components.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "c7acbe48-abe5-44cd-99f2-e87768468c55",
- "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-storage-blog/managing-long-term-log-retention-or-any-business-data/ba-p/2494791",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "cbe05bbe-209d-4490-ba47-778424d11678",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/availability-set-overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Do not mix servers of different roles in the same availability set. Keep central services VMs, database VMs, application VMs in their own availability sets",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-virtual-machine-availability/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
+ },
+ {
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "f2201000-d045-40a6-a79a-d7cdc01b4d86",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/co-location",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Establish data retention and disposal policies to adhere to compliance regulations. Implement secure deletion methods for data that is no longer required and maintain an audit trail of data retention and disposal activities",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "You can't deploy Azure availability sets within an Azure availability zone unless you use proximity placement groups.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/proximity-placement-scenarios",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
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- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "a9c27d9c-42bb-46bd-8c69-99a246f3389a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/content-safety/concepts/jailbreak-detection",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "9674e7c7-7796-4181-8920-09f4429543ba",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/availability-set-overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Implement Prompt shields and groundedness detection using Content Safety ",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "text": "When you create availability sets, use the maximum number of fault domains and update domains available. For example, if you deploy more than two VMs in one availability set, use the maximum number of fault domains (three) and enough update domains to limit the effect of potential physical hardware failures, network outages, or power interruptions, in addition to Azure planned maintenance. The default number of fault domains is two, and you can't change it online later.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-virtual-machine-availability/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "a775c6ee-95b9-46ad-a844-ce3b2b38b876",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/compliance/",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "ae4ecb95-b70f-428f-8b9a-4c5b7e3478a2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/proximity-placement-scenarios",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure compliance with relevant data protection regulations, such as GDPR or HIPAA, by implementing privacy controls and obtaining necessary consents or permissions for data processing activities.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "When you use Azure proximity placement groups in an availability set deployment, all three SAP components (central services, application server, and database) should be in the same proximity placement group.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "ba2cf204-9901-43a5-b3ce-474dccbd8682",
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- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Educate your employees about data security best practices, the importance of handling data securely, and potential risks associated with data breaches. Encourage them to follow data security protocols diligently.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "5d2fa56c-56ad-4484-88fe-72734c486ba2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/proximity-placement-scenarios",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use one proximity placement group per SAP SID. Groups don't span across Availability Zones or Azure regions",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "eae01e6e-842e-452f-9721-d928c1b1cd52",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "bca3b10e-0ff5-4aec-ac16-4c4bd1a1c13f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-business-continuity-and-disaster-recovery",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Keep production data separate from development and testing data. Only use real sensitive data in production and utilize anonymized or synthetic data in development and test environments.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use one of the following services to run SAP central services clusters, depending on the operating system.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-ha-sap-netweaver-anydb/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "1e54a29a-9de3-499c-bd7b-28dc93555620",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "ed46b937-913e-4018-9c62-8393ab037e53",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/high-availability-guide-suse-multi-sid",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If you have varying levels of data sensitivity, consider creating separate indexes for each level. For instance, you could have one index for general data and another for sensitive data, each governed by different access protocols",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Azure doesn't currently support combining ASCS and DB HA in the same Linux Pacemaker cluster; separate them into individual clusters. However, you can combine up to five multiple central-services clusters into a pair of VMs.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-ha-sap-netweaver-anydb/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "2bfe4564-b0d8-434a-948b-263e6dd60512",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "Resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts' | where sku.name in~ ('Standard_LRS', 'Premium_LRS') | project name, id, tags, param1 = strcat('sku: ', sku.name)",
+ "guid": "f656e745-0cfb-453e-8008-0528fa21c933",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-business-continuity-and-disaster-recovery",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Take segregation a step further by placing sensitive datasets in different instances of the service. Each instance can be controlled with its own specific set of RBAC policies",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Deploy both VMs in the high-availability pair in an availability set or in availability zones. These VMs should be the same size and have the same storage configuration.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "a36498f6-dbad-438e-ad53-cc7ce1d7aaab",
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- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Recognize that embeddings and vectors generated from sensitive information are themselves sensitive. This data should be afforded the same protective measures as the source material",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "7f684ebc-95da-425e-b329-e782dbed050f",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/high-availability-guide-rhel-with-hana-ascs-ers-dialog-instance",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Azure supports installing and configuring SAP HANA and ASCS/SCS and ERS instances on the same high availability cluster running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-ha-sap-netweaver-anydb/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "3571449a-b805-43d8-af89-dc7b33be2a1a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/role-based-access-control",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "07991f7d-6598-4d90-9431-45c62605d3a5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/planning-guide-storage",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Apply RBAC to th data stores having embeddings and vectors and scope access based on role's access requirements",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Run all production systems on Premium managed SSDs and use Azure NetApp Files or Ultra Disk Storage. At least the OS disk should be on the Premium tier so you can achieve better performance and the best SLA.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-storage/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "27f7b9e9-1be1-4f38-aef3-9812bd463cbb",
- "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/azure-openai-private-endpoints-connecting-across-vnet-s/ba-p/3913325",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "73cdaecc-7d74-48d8-a040-88416eebc98c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/hana-vm-operations-storage",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Configure private endpoint for AI services to restrict service access within your network",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "You should run SAP HANA on Azure only on the types of storage that are certified by SAP. Note that certain volumes must be run on certain disk configurations, where applicable. These configurations include enabling Write Accelerator and using Premium storage. You also need to ensure that the file system that runs on storage is compatible with the DBMS that runs on the machine.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/hana-vm-premium-ssd-v1?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
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- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "ac8ac199-ebb9-41a3-9d90-cae2cc881370",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "51904867-a70e-4fa0-b4ff-3e6292846d7c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/disaster-recovery-overview-guide#storage",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Enforce strict inbound and outbound traffic control with Azure Firewall and UDRs and limit the external integration points",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Consider configuring high availability depending on the type of storage you use for your SAP workloads. Some storage services available in Azure are not supported by Azure Site Recovery, so your high availability configuration may differ.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-disaster-recovery-for-sap-workloads-azure/2-explore-disaster-recovery-sap-workloads",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "6f7c0cba-fe51-4464-add4-57e927138b82",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "1ac2d928-c9b7-42c6-ba18-23b1aea78693",
+ "link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/ja-jp/explore/global-infrastructure/products-by-region/",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Implement network segmentation and access controls to restrict access to the LLM application only to authorized users and systems and prevent lateral movement",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Different native Azure storage services (like Azure Files, Azure NetApp Files, Azure Shared Disk) may not be available in all regions. So to have similar SAP setup on the DR region after failover, ensure the respective storage service is offered in DR site.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "7f42c78e-78cb-46a2-8ad1-90916e6a8d8f",
- "link": "https://www.microsoft.com/research/blog/llmlingua-innovating-llm-efficiency-with-prompt-compression/",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "925d1f8c-01f3-4a67-948e-aabf0a1fad60",
+ "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/running-sap-applications-on-the/optimize-your-azure-costs-by-automating-sap-system-start-stop/ba-p/2120675",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use prompt compression tools like LLMLingua or gprtrim",
- "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ "text": "Automate SAP System Start-Stop to manage costs.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "1102cac6-eae0-41e6-b842-e52f4721d928",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/managed-identity",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "71dc00cd-4392-4262-8949-20c05e6c0333",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/hana-vm-premium-ssd-v1",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "In the case of using Azure Premium Storage with SAP HANA, Azure Standard SSD storage can be used to select a cost-conscious storage solution. However, please note that choosing Standard SSD or Standard HDD Azure storage will affect the SLA of the individual VMs. Also, for systems with lower I/O throughput and low latency, such as non-production environments, lower series VMs can be used.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
+ },
+ {
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "9877f353-2591-4e8b-8381-e9043fed1010",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/hana-vm-premium-ssd-v1",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "As a lower-cost alternative configuration (multipurpose), you can choose a low-performance SKU for your non-production HANA database server VMs. However, it is important to note that some VM types, such as E-series, are not HANA certified (SAP HANA Hardware Directory) or cannot achieve storage latency of less than 1ms.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
+ },
+ {
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.aad/domainservices' | extend replicaSets = properties.replicaSets | where array_length(replicaSets) < 2 | project name=name, id=id, tags=tags, param1=strcat('replicaSetLocation:', replicaSets[0].location)",
+ "guid": "fda1dbf3-dc95-4d48-a7c7-91dca0f6c565",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/well-architected/sap/design-areas/security",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure that APIs and endpoints used by the LLM application are properly secured with authentication and authorization mechanisms, such as Managed identities, API keys or OAuth, to prevent unauthorized access.",
+ "text": "Enforce a RBAC model for management groups, subscriptions, resource groups and resources",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
"waf": "Security"
},
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- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
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- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "45911475-e39e-4530-accc-d979366bcda2",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/scenario-azure-first-sap-identity-integration",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enforce strong end user authentication mechanisms, such as multi-factor authentication, to prevent unauthorized access to the LLM application and associated network resources",
+ "text": "Enforce Principal propagation for forwarding the identity from SAP cloud application to SAP on-premises (Including IaaS) through cloud connector",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-identity-services/2-explore-azure-virtual-machine-auth-access-control",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "93555620-2bfe-4456-9b0d-834a348b263e",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "750ab1ab-039d-495d-94c7-c8929cb107d5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/scenario-azure-first-sap-identity-integration",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement network monitoring tools to detect and analyze network traffic for any suspicious or malicious activities. Enable logging to capture network events and facilitate forensic analysis in case of security incidents",
+ "text": "Implement SSO to SAP SaaS applications like SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Cloud Platform, Business by design, SAP Qualtrics and SAP C4C with Azure AD using SAML.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
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- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "6dd60512-a364-498f-9dba-d38ead53cc7c",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "325ae525-ba34-4d46-a5e2-213ace7bb122",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/sap-netweaver-tutorial",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Conduct security audits and penetration testing to identify and address any network security weaknesses or vulnerabilities in the LLM application's network infrastructure",
+ "text": "Implement SSO to SAP NetWeaver-based web applications like SAP Fiori and SAP Web GUI by using SAML.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-identity-services/8-exercise-integrate-azure-active-directory-sap-netweaver",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
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- "guid": "e1d7aaab-3571-4449-ab80-53d89f89dc7b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-resources?tabs=json",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Azure AI Services are properly tagged for better management",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "9eb54dad-7861-4e1c-973a-f3bb003fc9c1",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Implement SSO to SAP NetWeaver-based web applications like SAP Fiori and SAP Web GUI by using SAML.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-identity-services/6-exercise-integrate-azure-active-directory-sap-fiori",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "77036e5e-6b4b-4ed3-b503-547c1347dc56",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/resource-abbreviations",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Azure AI Service accounts follows organizational naming conventions",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "f29676ef-0c9c-4c4d-ab21-a55504c0c829",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/sap-netweaver-tutorial",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "You can implement SSO to SAP GUI by using SAP NetWeaver SSO or a partner solution.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-identity-services/8-exercise-integrate-azure-active-directory-sap-netweaver",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "23181aa4-1742-4694-9ff8-ae7d7d474317",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "For SSO for SAP GUI and web browser access, implement SNC / Kerberos/SPNEGO (simple and protected GSSAPI negotiation mechanism) due to its ease of configuration and maintenance. For SSO with X.509 client certificates, consider the SAP Secure Login Server, which is a component of the SAP SSO solution.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-identity-services/9-exercise-integrate-active-directory-sap-single-sign-on",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "028a71ff-e1ce-415d-b3f0-d5e772d41e36",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/diagnostic-logging",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Diagnostic logs in Azure AI services resources should be enabled",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "6c8bcbf4-5bbe-4609-b8a0-3e97778424d6",
+ "link": "https://blogs.sap.com/2017/07/12/sap-single-sign-on-protect-your-sap-landscape-with-x.509-certificates/",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "For SSO for SAP GUI and web browser access, implement SNC / Kerberos/SPNEGO (simple and protected GSSAPI negotiation mechanism) due to its ease of configuration and maintenance. For SSO with X.509 client certificates, consider the SAP Secure Login Server, which is a component of the SAP SSO solution.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "11cc57b4-a4b1-4410-b439-58a8c2289b3d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/authentication",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Key access (local authentication) is recommended to be disabled for security. After disabling key based access, Microsoft Entra ID becomes the only access method, which allows maintaining minimum privilege principle and granular control. ",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "16785d6f-a96c-496a-b885-18f482734c88",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/sap-netweaver-tutorial#configure-sap-netweaver-for-oauth",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Implement SSO by using OAuth for SAP NetWeaver to allow third-party or custom applications to access SAP NetWeaver OData services.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "6b57cfc6-5546-41e1-a3e3-453a3c863964",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Store and manage keys securely using Azure Key Vault. Avoid hard-coding or embedding sensitive keys within your LLM application's code and retrieve them securely from Azure Key Vault using managed identities",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "a747c350-8d4c-449c-93af-393dbca77c48",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/saphana-tutorial",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Implement SSO to SAP HANA",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "8b652d6c-15f5-4129-9539-8e6ded227dd1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Regularly rotate and expire keys stored in Azure Key Vault to minimize the risk of unauthorized access.",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "c7bae5bf-daf9-4761-9c56-f92891890aa4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/rise-integration#connectivity-with-sap-rise",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Consider Azure AD an identity provider for SAP systems hosted on RISE. For more information, see Integrating the Service with Azure AD.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "adfe27be-e297-401a-a352-baaab79b088d",
- "link": "https://github.com/openai/tiktoken",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Use tiktoken to understand token sizes for token optimizations in conversational mode",
- "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "e4e48226-ce54-44b6-bb6b-bfa15bd8f753",
+ "link": "https://github.com/azuredevcollege/SAP/blob/master/sap-oauth-saml-flow/README.md",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "For applications that access SAP, you might want to use principal propagation to establish SSO.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "42b06c21-d799-49a6-96f4-389a7f42c78e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/security/develop/secure-dev-overview",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Follow secure coding practices to prevent common vulnerabilities such as injection attacks, cross-site scripting (XSS), or security misconfigurations",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "59921095-4980-4fc1-a5b6-524a5a560c79",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/sap-hana-cloud-platform-identity-authentication-tutorial",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "If you're using SAP BTP services or SaaS solutions that require SAP Identity Authentication Service (IAS), consider implementing SSO between SAP Cloud Identity Authentication Services and Azure AD to access those SAP services. This integration lets SAP IAS act as a proxy identity provider and forwards authentication requests to Azure AD as the central user store and identity provider.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "78c06a73-a22a-4495-9e6a-8dc4a20e27c3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/devops/repos/security/github-advanced-security-dependency-scanning?view=azure-devops",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Setup a process to regularly update and patch the LLM libraries and other system components",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "a709c664-317e-41e4-9e34-67d9016a86f4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/sap-hana-cloud-platform-tutorial",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Implement SSO to SAP BTP",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "e29711b1-352b-4eee-879b-588defc4972c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/legal/cognitive-services/openai/code-of-conduct",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Adhere to Azure OpenAI or other LLMs terms of use, policies and guidance and allowed use cases",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "01f11b7f-38df-4251-9c76-4dec19abd3e8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/sap-successfactors-inbound-provisioning-cloud-only-tutorial",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "If you're using SAP SuccessFactors, consider using the Azure AD automated user provisioning. With this integration, as you add new employees to SAP SuccessFactors, you can automatically create their user accounts in Azure AD. Optionally, you can create user accounts in Microsoft 365 or other SaaS applications that are supported by Azure AD. Use write-back of the email address to SAP SuccessFactors.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "d3cd21bf-7703-46e5-b6b4-bed3d503547c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/manage-costs#base-series-and-codex-series-fine-tuned-models",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "description": "Keep your management group hierarchy reasonably flat, no more than four.",
+ "graph": "resourcecontainers| where type =~ 'microsoft.resources/subscriptions'| extend ManagementGroup = tostring(tags),mgmtChain = properties.managementGroupAncestorsChain| extend compliant =( array_length(mgmtChain) <= 4 and array_length(mgmtChain) > 1)",
+ "guid": "6ba28021-4591-4147-9e39-e5309cccd979",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/resource-org-management-groups",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Understand difference in cost of base models and fine tuned models and token step sizes",
- "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ "text": "enforce existing Management Group policies to SAP Subscriptions",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/enterprise-scale-organization/4-management-group-subscription-organization",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "1347dc56-028a-471f-be1c-e15dd3f0d5e7",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/latency#batching",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "Resources | summarize count()",
+ "guid": "366bcda2-750a-4b1a-a039-d95d54c7c892",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/sap/sap-whole-landscape",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Batch requests, where possible, to minimize the per-call overhead which can reduce overall costs. Ensure you optimize batch size",
- "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ "text": "Integrate tightly coupled applications into the same SAP subscription to avoid additional routing and management complexity",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/resource-org-subscriptions",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "72d41e36-11cc-457b-9a4b-1410d43958a8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/manage-costs",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Set up a cost tracking system that monitors model usage and use that information to help inform model choices and prompt sizes",
- "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "Resources | where type contains 'publicIPAddresses' and isnotempty(properties.ipAddress) | summarize count () by subscriptionId",
+ "guid": "9cb107d5-325a-4e52-9ba3-4d4685e2213a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/sap/sap-whole-landscape",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Leverage Subscription as scale unit and scaling our resources, consider deploying subscription per environment eg. Sandbox, non-prod, prod ",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-subscriptions/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "166cd072-af9b-4141-a898-a535e737897e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/quota?tabs=rest#understanding-rate-limits",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Set a maximum limit on the number of tokens per model response (max_tokens and the number of completions to generate). Optimize the size to ensure it is large enough for a valid response",
- "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "QuotaResources | where type =~ 'microsoft.compute/locations/usages' | where subscriptionId in~ ('','') | mv-expand json = properties.value limit 400 | extend usagevCPUs = json.currentValue, QuotaLimit = json['limit'], quotaName = tostring(json['name'].localizedValue) | extend usagePercent = toint(usagevCPUs)*100 / toint(QuotaLimit) |where quotaName =~ 'Total Regional vCPUs' or quotaName =~ 'Total Regional Low-priority vCPUs' |project subscriptionId,quotaName,usagevCPUs,QuotaLimit,usagePercent,location,['json'] | order by ['usagePercent'] desc",
+ "guid": "ce7bb122-f7c9-45f0-9e15-4e3aa3592829",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/quotas/quotas-overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure quota increase as a part of subscription provisioning (e.g. total available VM cores within a subscription)",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "71ca7da8-cfa9-462a-8594-946da97dc3a2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-reliability",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Review the guidance provided on setting up AI search for Reliability",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "ce4fab2f-433a-4d59-a5a9-3d1032e03ebc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/reserved-vm-instances/quotaapi?branch=capacity",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "The Quota API is a REST API that you can use to view and manage quotas for Azure services. Consider using it if necessary.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "3266b225-86f4-4a16-92bd-ddea8a487cde",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/vector-search-index-size?tabs=portal-vector-quota",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Plan and manage AI Search Vector storage",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "cbfad17b-f240-42bf-a1d8-f4f4cee661c8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/quotas/quickstart-increase-quota-portal",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "If deploying to an availability zone, ensure that the VM's zone deployment is available once the quota has been approved. Submit a support request with the subscription, VM series, number of CPUs and availability zone required.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "b4861bc3-bc14-4aeb-9e66-e8d9a3aec218",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/machine-learning/prompt-flow/how-to-end-to-end-llmops-with-prompt-flow?view=azureml-api-2",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "e6e20617-3686-4af4-9791-f8935ada4332",
+ "link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/explore/global-infrastructure/products-by-region/",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure required services and features are available within the chosen deployment regions eg. ANF , Zone etc.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/migrate/azure-best-practices/multiple-regions?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Operations"
+ },
+ {
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "resources | extend compliant = isnotnull(['tags']) | project name, id, subscriptionId, resourceGroup, tags, compliant",
+ "guid": "4e138115-2318-41aa-9174-26943ff8ae7d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-resource-organization",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure deployment of Azure OpenAI instances across your various environments, such as development, test, and production supporting lrarning & experimentation. Apply LLMOps practices to automate the lifecycle management of your GenAI applications",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "text": "Leverage Azure resource tag for cost categorization and resource grouping (: BillTo, Department (or Business Unit), Environment (Production, Stage, Development), Tier (Web Tier, Application Tier), Application Owner, ProjectName)",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "aa80932c-8ec9-4d1b-a770-26e5e6beba9e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/provisioned-throughput-onboarding#understanding-the-provisioned-throughput-purchase-model",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "2f7c95f0-6e15-44e3-aa35-92829e6e2061",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/sap-hana-database-about",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Evaluate usage of billing models - PAYG vs PTU. Start with PAYG and consider PTU when the usage is predictable in production since it offers dedicated memory and compute, reserved capacity, and consistent maximum latency for the specified model version",
- "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ "text": "Help protect your HANA database by using the Azure Backup service.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-azure-backup-sap-workloads-azure-virtual-machines/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "e6436b07-36db-455f-9796-03334bdf9cc2",
- "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-azure-ai-services-blog/how-to-control-azure-openai-models/ba-p/4146793",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "302a2fbf-3745-4a5f-a365-c9d1a16ca22c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-netapp-files/azacsnap-introduction",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Evaluate the quality of prompts and applications when switching between model versions",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "text": "If you deploy Azure NetApp Files for your HANA, Oracle, or DB2 database, use the Azure Application Consistent Snapshot tool (AzAcSnap) to take application-consistent snapshots. AzAcSnap also supports Oracle databases. Consider using AzAcSnap on a central VM rather than on individual VMs.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "3418db61-2712-4650-9bb4-7a393a080327",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/machine-learning/prompt-flow/concept-model-monitoring-generative-ai-evaluation-metrics?view=azureml-api-2",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Evaluate, monitor and refine your GenAI apps for features like groundedness, relevance, accuracy, coherence and fluency",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "42d37218-a3a7-45df-bff6-1173e7f249ea",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-management-and-monitoring",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Ensure time-zone matches between the operating system and the SAP system.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "294798b1-578b-4219-a46c-eb5443513592",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "c3c7abc0-716c-4486-893c-40e181d65539",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/high-availability-guide-rhel-multi-sid",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Evaluate your Azure AI Search results based on different search parameters",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "text": "Don't group different application services in the same cluster. For example, don't combine DRBD and central services clusters on the same cluster. However, you can use the same Pacemaker cluster to manage approximately five different central services (multi-SID cluster).",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-ha-sap-netweaver-anydb/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "2744293b-b628-4537-a551-19b08e8f5854",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/fine-tuning-considerations",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Look at fine tuning models as way of increasing accuracy only when you have tried other basic approaches like prompt engineering and RAG with your data",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "a491dfc4-9353-4213-9217-eef0949f9467",
+ "link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/offers/dev-test/",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Consider running dev/test systems in a snooze model to save and optimize Azure run costs.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "287d9cec-166c-4d07-8af9-b141a898a535",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/advanced-prompt-engineering?pivots=programming-language-chat-completions",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "b7056168-6199-4732-a514-cdbb2d5c9c54",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/lighthouse/overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use prompt engineering techniques to improve the accuracy of LLM responses",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "text": "If you partner with customers by managing their SAP estates, consider Azure Lighthouse. Azure Lighthouse allows managed service providers to use Azure native identity services to authenticate to the customers' environment. It puts the control in the hands of customers, because they can revoke access at any time and audit service providers' actions.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "e737897e-71ca-47da-acfa-962a1594946d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/red-teaming",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "4d116785-d2fa-456c-96ad-48408fe72734",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/update-manager/scheduled-patching?tabs=schedule-updates-single-machine%2Cschedule-updates-scale-overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Red team your GenAI applications",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use Azure Update Manager to check the status of available updates for a single VM or multiple VMs and consider scheduling regular patching.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/keep-your-virtual-machines-updated/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "edb117e6-76aa-4f66-aca4-8e5a95f2223e",
- "link": "https://www.microsoft.com/haxtoolkit/guideline/encourage-granular-feedback/",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "76c8bcbf-45bb-4e60-ad8a-03e97778424d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/lama-installation",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Optimize and manage SAP Basis operations by using SAP Landscape Management (LaMa). Use the SAP LaMa connector for Azure to relocate, copy, clone, and refresh SAP systems.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-remote-management/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Operations"
+ },
+ {
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "14591147-5e39-4e53-89cc-cd979366bcda",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/monitor/about-azure-monitor-sap-solutions",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Provide end users with scoring options for LLM responses and track these scores. ",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "text": "Use Azure Monitor for SAP solutions to monitor your SAP workloads(SAP HANA, high-availability SUSE clusters, and SQL systems) on Azure. Consider supplementing Azure Monitor for SAP solutions with SAP Solution Manager.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-azure-monitoring-sap-workloads-azure-virtual-machines/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "d5f3547c-c346-4d81-9028-a71ffe1b9b5d",
- "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/optimizing-azure-openai-a-guide-to-limits-quotas-and-best/ba-p/4076268",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "2750ab1a-b039-4d95-b54c-7c8929cb107d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/vm-extension-for-sap",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Consider Quota management practices. Use dynamic quota for certain use cases when your application can use extra capacity opportunistically or the application itself is driving the rate at which the Azure OpenAI API is called",
- "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ "text": "Run a VM Extension for SAP check. VM Extension for SAP uses the assigned managed identity of a virtual machine (VM) to access VM monitoring and configuration data. The check ensures that all performance metrics in your SAP application come from the underlying Azure Extension for SAP.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-azure-enhanced-monitoring-extension-for-sap/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc410",
- "link": "https://github.com/Azure/aoai-apim/blob/main/README.md",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "5325ae52-5ba3-44d4-985e-2213ace7bb12",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/design-logs-deployment",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Load balancer solutions like APIM based gateway for balancing load and capacity across services and regions",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "text": "Use Azure Policy for access control and compliance reporting. Azure Policy provides the ability to enforce organization-wide settings to ensure consistent policy adherence and fast violation detection. ",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-infrastructure-operations/",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc411",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/fine-tuning?tabs=turbo%2Cpython-new&pivots=programming-language-studio#import-training-data-from-azure-blob-store",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "523181aa-4174-4269-93ff-8ae7d7d47431",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/network-watcher/connection-monitor-overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Follow the guidance for fine-tuning with large data files and import the data from an Azure blob store. Large files, 100 MB or larger, can become unstable when uploaded through multipart forms because the requests are atomic and can't be retried or resumed",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Use Connection Monitor in Azure Network Watcher to monitor latency metrics for SAP databases and application servers. Or collect and display network latency measurements by using Azure Monitor.",
+ "training": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/running-sap-applications-on-the/collecting-and-displaying-niping-network-latency-measurements/ba-p/1833979",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc412",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/quota?tabs=rest",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "73686af4-6791-4f89-95ad-a43324e13811",
+ "link": "https://github.com/Azure/SAP-on-Azure-Scripts-and-Utilities/tree/main/QualityCheck",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Manage rate limits for your model deployments and monitor usage of tokens per minute (TPM) and requests per minute (RPM) for pay-as-you-go deployments",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Perform a quality check for SAP HANA on the provisioned Azure infrastructure to verify that provisioned VMs comply with SAP HANA on Azure best practices.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc413",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/monitor-openai",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Monitor provision-managed utilization if you're using the provisioned throughput payment model",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "616785d6-fa96-4c96-ad88-518f482734c8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/high-availability-zones",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "For each Azure subscription, run a latency test on Azure availability zones before zonal deployment to choose low-latency zones for deployment of SAP on Azure.",
+ "training": "https://github.com/Azure/SAP-on-Azure-Scripts-and-Utilities/tree/main/AvZone-Latency-Test",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc414",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/content-filters",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "410adcba-db46-424f-a6c4-05ecde75c52e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/advisor/advisor-how-to-improve-reliability",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Tune content filters to minimize false positives from overly aggressive filters",
+ "text": "Run the Resiliency Report to ensure that the configuration of the entire provisioned Azure infrastructure (Compute, Database, Networking, Storage, Site Recovery) complies with the configuration defined by Cloud Adaption Framework for Azure.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/azure-well-architected-framework/",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc415",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/encrypt-data-at-rest",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "86ba2802-1459-4114-95e3-9e5309cccd97",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sentinel/sap/deployment-overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use customer-managed keys for fine-tuned models and training data that's uploaded to Azure OpenAI",
+ "text": "Implement threat protection by using the Microsoft Sentinel solution for SAP. Use this solution to monitor your SAP systems and detect sophisticated threats throughout the business logic and application layers.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/plan-microsoft-sentinel-deployment-sap/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc416",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/content-safety/concepts/jailbreak-detection",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "resources | extend compliant = isnotnull(['tags']) | project name, id, subscriptionId, resourceGroup, tags, compliant",
+ "guid": "579266bc-ca27-45fa-a1ab-fe9d55d04c3c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/enable-tag-inheritance",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement jailbreak risk detection to safeguard your language model deployments against prompt injection attacks",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Azure tagging can be leveraged to logically group and track resources, automate their deployments, and most importantly, provide visibility on the incurred costs.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/analyze-costs-create-budgets-azure-cost-management/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "9de0d5d7-31d4-41e3-911c-817bfafbc417",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/monitor-openai",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "04b8e5e5-13cb-4b22-af62-5a8ecfcf0337",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-test-latency?tabs=windows",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use inter-VM latency monitoring for latency-sensitive applications.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
+ },
+ {
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "07e5ed53-3d96-43d8-87ea-631b77da5aba",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/planning-guide-storage",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use security controls like throttling, service isolation and gateway pattern to prevent attacks that might exhaust model usage quotas",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use Azure Site Recovery monitoring to maintain the health of the disaster recovery service for SAP application servers.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-storage/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "72d41e36-11cc-457b-9a4b-1410d43958a9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/manage-costs",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "abb6af9c-982c-4cf1-83fb-329fafd1ee56",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-management-and-monitoring",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Develop your cost model, considering prompt sizes. Understanding prompt input and response sizes and how text translates into tokens helps you create a viable cost model",
- "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ "text": "Exclude all the database file systems and executable programs from antivirus scans. Including them could lead to performance problems. Check with the database vendors for prescriptive details on the exclusion list. For example, Oracle recommends excluding /oracle//sapdata from antivirus scans.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
+ },
+ {
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "c027f893-f404-41a9-b33d-39d625a14964",
+ "link": "https://sapit-forme-prod.authentication.eu11.hana.ondemand.com/login",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Consider collecting full database statistics for non-HANA databases after migration. For example, implement SAP note 1020260 - Delivery of Oracle statistics.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
+ },
+ {
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "fdafb1f5-3eee-4354-a8c9-deb8127ebc2e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/configure-oracle-asm",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Consider using Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) for all Oracle deployments that use SAP on Azure.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/administer-infrastructure-resources-in-azure/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "72d41e36-11cc-457b-9a4b-1410d43958a1",
- "link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/cognitive-services/openai-service/",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "33c5d5bf-daf3-4f0d-bd50-6010fdcec22e",
+ "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/running-sap-applications-on-the/announcement-sap-on-azure-oracle-performance-efficiency-scripts/ba-p/3725178",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider model pricing and capabilities when you choose models. Start with less-costly models for less-complex tasks like text generation or completion tasks and for complex tasks like language translation or content understanding, consider using more advanced models. Optimize costs while still achieving the desired application performance",
- "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ "text": "For SAP on Azure running Oracle, a collection of SQL scripts can help you diagnose performance problems. Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) reports contain valuable information for diagnosing problems in the Oracle system. We recommend that you run an AWR report during several sessions and choose peak times for it, to ensure broad coverage for the analysis.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/azure/well-architected/oracle-iaas/performance-efficiency",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "72d41e36-11cc-457b-9a4b-1410d43958a2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/manage-costs",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Maximize Azure OpenAI price breakpoints like fine-tuning and model breakpoints like image generation to your advantage. Fine-tuning is charged per hour, use as much time as you have available per hour to improve results without slipping into the next billing period. The cost for generating 100 images is the same as the cost for 1 image",
- "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "d89fd98d-23e4-4b40-a92e-32db9365522c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-monitor-and-troubleshoot",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use Azure Site Recovery monitoring to maintain the health of the disaster recovery service for SAP application servers.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/protect-on-premises-infrastructure-with-azure-site-recovery/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "72d41e36-11cc-457b-9a4b-1410d43958a3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/manage-costs",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "5ba34d46-85e2-4213-ace7-bb122f7c95f0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Remove unused fine-tuned models when they're no longer being consumed to avoid incurring an ongoing hosting fee",
- "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ "text": "For secure delivery of HTTP/S apps, use Application Gateway v2 and ensure that WAF protection and policies are enabled.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-web-application-firewall/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "7f42c78e-78cb-46a2-8ad1-90916e6a8d8g",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/manage-costs",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "fa9d30bc-1b82-4e4b-bfdf-6b017938b9e6",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-network-topology-and-connectivity",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Create concise prompts that provide enough context for the model to generate a useful response. Also ensure that you optimize the limit of the response length.",
- "waf": "Cost Optimization"
+ "text": "If the virtual machine's DNS or virtual name is not changed during migration to Azure, Background DNS and virtual names connect many system interfaces in the SAP landscape, and customers are only sometimes aware of the interfaces that developers define over time. Connection challenges arise between various systems when virtual or DNS names change after migrations, and it's recommended to retain DNS aliases to prevent these types of difficulties.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-networking/4-explore-name-resolution",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "b4861bc3-bc14-4aeb-9e66-e8d9a3aec219",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/create-account-bicep",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "a2858f78-105b-4f52-b7a9-5b0f4439743b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-network-topology-and-connectivity",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use infrastructure as code (IaC) to deploy Azure OpenAI, model deployments, and other infrastructure required for fine-tuning models",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "text": "Use different DNS zones to distinguish each environment (sandbox, development, preproduction, and production) from each other. The exception is for SAP deployments with their own VNet; here, private DNS zones might not be necessary.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-networking/4-explore-name-resolution",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
- "checklist": "Azure OpenAI Review",
- "guid": "2744293b-b628-4537-a551-19b08e8f5855",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/multitenant/service/openai",
- "service": "Azure OpenAI",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "description": "When configuring VNet peering, use the Allow traffic to remote virtual networks setting.",
+ "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | mvexpand properties.virtualNetworkPeerings | project id, peeringName=properties_virtualNetworkPeerings.name, compliant = (properties_virtualNetworkPeerings.properties.allowVirtualNetworkAccess =~ True)",
+ "guid": "a3592829-e6e2-4061-9368-6af46791f893",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-peering-overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider using dedicated model deployments per consumer group to provide per-model usage isolation that can help prevent noisy neighbors between your consumer groups",
- "waf": "Operational Excellence"
+ "text": "Local and global VNet peering provide connectivity and are the preferred approaches to ensure connectivity between landing zones for SAP deployments across multiple Azure regions",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-vnet-peering/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "d7941d4a-7b6f-458f-8714-2f8f8c059ad4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-error-handling-policies",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "41742694-3ff8-4ae7-b7d4-743176c8bcbf",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/planning-guide",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "It is not supported to deploy any NVA between SAP application and SAP Database server",
+ "training": "https://me.sap.com/notes/2731110",
+ "waf": "Performance"
+ },
+ {
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "resources| where type =~ 'microsoft.network/virtualwans' | extend compliant= (properties.allowBranchToBranchTraffic =~ 'true') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "7d4bc7d2-c34a-452e-8f1d-6ae3c8eafcc3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-virtual-wan/?source=recommendations",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement an error handling policy at the global level",
+ "text": "Use Virtual WAN for Azure deployments in new, large, or global networks where you need global transit connectivity across Azure regions and on-premises locations. With this approach, you won't need to manually set up transitive routing for Azure networking, and you can follow a standard for SAP on Azure deployments.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-about",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "0b0c0765-ff37-4369-90bd-3eb23ce71b08",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/set-edit-policies?tabs=form#use-base-element-to-set-policy-evaluation-order",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "0cedb1f6-ae6c-492b-8b17-8061f50b16d3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/well-architected/services/networking/network-virtual-appliances/reliability",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Ensure all APIs policies include a element.",
+ "text": "Consider deploying network virtual appliances (NVAs) between regions only if partner NVAs are used. NVAs between regions or VNets aren't required if native NVAs are present. When you're deploying partner networking technologies and NVAs, follow the vendor's guidance to verify conflicting configurations with Azure networking.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/control-network-traffic-flow-with-routes/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "a5c45b03-93b6-42fe-b16b-8fccb6a79902",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/policy-fragments",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "facc08c6-ea95-4641-91cd-fa09e573adbd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/networking/hub-spoke-vwan-architecture",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Policy Fragments to avoid repeating same policies definitions across multiple APIs",
+ "text": "Virtual WAN manages connectivity between spoke VNets for virtual-WAN-based topologies (no need to set up user-defined routing [UDR] or NVAs), and maximum network throughput for VNet-to-VNet traffic in the same virtual hub is 50 gigabits per second. If necessary, SAP landing zones can use VNet peering to connect to other landing zones and overcome this bandwidth limitation.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "c3818a95-6ff3-4474-88dc-e809b46dad6a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/monetization-support",
- "service": "APIM",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If you are planning to monetize your APIs, review the 'monetization support' article for best practices",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "Resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses' and sku.tier =~ 'Regional' | where isempty(zones) or array_length(zones) <= 1 | extend az = case(isempty(zones), 'Non-zonal', array_length(zones) <= 1, strcat('Zonal (', strcat_array(zones, ','), ')'), zones) | project name, id, tags, param1 = strcat('sku: ', sku.name), param2 = strcat('availabilityZone: ', az)",
+ "guid": "82734c88-6ba2-4802-8459-11475e39e530",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-ip-addressing",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Public IP assignment to VM running SAP Workload is not recommended.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-ip-addressing-for-azure/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "Resources | where type contains 'publicIPAddresses' and isnotempty(properties.ipAddress) | summarize count () by subscriptionId",
+ "guid": "9cccd979-366b-4cda-8750-ab1ab039d95d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/protect-on-premises-infrastructure-with-azure-site-recovery/?source=recommendations",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Consider reserving IP address on DR side when configuring ASR",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "a7d0840a-c8c4-4e83-adec-5ca578eb4049",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-use-azure-monitor#resource-logs",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "54c7c892-9cb1-407d-9325-ae525ba34d46",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-ip-addressing",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable Diagnostics Settings to export logs to Azure Monitor",
+ "text": "Avoid using overlapping IP address ranges for production and DR sites.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-ip-addressing-for-azure/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "8691fa38-45ed-4299-a247-fecd98d35deb",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-app-insights",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "6e154e3a-a359-4282-ae6e-206173686af4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-netapp-files/azure-netapp-files-delegate-subnet",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Enable Application Insights for more detailed telemetry",
+ "text": "While Azure does help you to create multiple delegated subnets in a VNet, only one delegated subnet can exist in a VNet for Azure NetApp Files. Attempts to create a new volume will fail if you use more than one delegated subnet for Azure NetApp Files.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-netapp-files/azure-netapp-files-network-topologies?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "55fd27bb-76ac-4a91-bc37-049e885be6b7",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-use-azure-monitor",
- "service": "APIM",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Configure alerts on the most critical metrics",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=~'microsoft.network/virtualhubs' | extend compliant = isnotnull(properties.azureFirewall.id) | project id, compliant",
+ "guid": "d8a03e97-7784-424d-9167-85d6fa96c96a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/well-architected/services/networking/azure-firewall?toc=%2Fazure%2Ffirewall%2Ftoc.json&bc=%2Fazure%2Ffirewall%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Azure Firewall to govern Azure outbound traffic to the internet, non-HTTP/S inbound connections, and East/West traffic filtering (if the organization requires it)",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "39460bdb-156f-4dc2-a87f-1e8c11ab0998",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#certificate-management-in-azure-key-vault",
- "service": "APIM",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure that custom SSL certificates are stored an Azure Key Vault so they can be securely accessed and updated",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "91a65e40-be90-45b3-9f73-f3edbf8dc324",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/expose-sap-process-orchestration-on-azure",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Application Gateway and Web Application Firewall have limitations when Application Gateway serves as a reverse proxy for SAP web apps, as shown in the comparison between Application Gateway, SAP Web Dispatcher, and other third-party services.",
+ "training": "https://help.sap.com/docs/SUPPORT_CONTENT/si/3362959506.html",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "e9217997-5f6c-479d-8576-8f2adf706ec8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#azure-ad-authentication-required-for-data-plane-access",
- "service": "APIM",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Protect incoming requests to APIs (data plane) with Azure AD",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "5e39e530-9ccc-4d97-a366-bcda2750ab1a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use Azure Front Door and WAF policies to provide global protection across Azure regions for inbound HTTP/S connections to a landing zone.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "5e5f64ba-c90e-480e-8888-398d96cf0bfb",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-aad",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "b039d95d-54c7-4c89-89cb-107d5325ae52",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/afds-overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Microsoft Entra ID to authenticate users in the Developer Portal",
+ "text": "Take advantage of Web Application Firewall policies in Azure Front Door when you're using Azure Front Door and Application Gateway to protect HTTP/S applications. Lock down Application Gateway to receive traffic only from Azure Front Door.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-web-application-firewall/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "5ada4332-4e13-4811-9231-81aa41742694",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Use a web application firewall to scan your traffic when it's exposed to the internet. Another option is to use it with your load balancer or with resources that have built-in firewall capabilities like Application Gateway or third-party solutions.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-azure-web-application-firewall/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "f8e574ce-280f-49c8-b2ef-68279b081cf3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-create-groups",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "e73de7d5-6f36-4217-a526-e1a621ecddde",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/front-door-overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Create appropriate groups to control the visibility of the products",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Use Virtual WAN for Azure deployments in new, large, or global networks where you need global transit connectivity across Azure regions and on-premises locations. With this approach, you won't need to manually set up transitive routing for Azure networking, and you can follow a standard for SAP on Azure deployments.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-networking/10-explore-azure-front-door",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "06862505-2d9a-4874-9491-2837b00a3475",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/backends",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "3c536a3e-1b6b-4e87-95ca-15edb47251c0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/vnet-integration-for-azure-services",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Backends feature to eliminate redundant API backend configurations",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "To prevent data leakage, use Azure Private Link to securely access platform as a service resources like Azure Blob Storage, Azure Files, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Azure Data Factory, and more. Azure Private Endpoint can also help to secure traffic between VNets and services like Azure Storage, Azure Backup, and more. Traffic between your VNet and the Private Endpoint enabled service travels across the Microsoft global network, which prevents its exposure to the public internet.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-private-access-to-azure-services/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "03b125d5-b69b-4739-b7fd-84b86da4933e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-properties?tabs=azure-portal",
- "service": "APIM",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Named Values to store common values that can be used in policies",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "Resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/NetworkInterfaces' | where properties.enableAcceleratedNetworking =~ 'false' | project name, subscriptionId, properties.enableAcceleratedNetworking",
+ "guid": "85e2213a-ce7b-4b12-8f7c-95f06e154e3a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/accelerated-networking-overview?tabs=redhat",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Make sure that Azure accelerated networking is enabled on the VMs used in the SAP application and DBMS layers.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/azure-fundamentals-describe-azure-architecture-services/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "beae759e-4ddb-4326-bf26-47f87d3454b6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-deploy-multi-region",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "3ff8ae7d-7d47-4431-96c8-bcbf45bbe609",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-multivip-overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "For DR, leverage the premium tier with deployments scaled across two or more regions for 99.99% SLA",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Make sure that internal deployments for Azure Load Balancer are set up to use Direct Server Return (DSR). This setting (Enabling Floating IP) will reduce latency when internal load balancer configurations are used for high-availability configurations on the DBMS layer.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/training/modules/load-balancing-non-https-traffic-azure/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "9c8d1664-dd9a-49d4-bd83-950af0af4044",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/high-availability",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "Resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/networksecuritygroups' and isnull(properties.networkInterfaces) and isnull(properties.subnets) | project name, resourceGroup | sort by name asc",
+ "guid": "6791f893-5ada-4433-84e1-3811523181aa",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/network-security-group-how-it-works",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy at least one unit in two or more availability zones for an increased SLA of 99.99%",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "You can use application security group (ASG) and NSG rules to define network security access-control lists between the SAP application and DBMS layers. ASGs group virtual machines to help manage their security.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-network-security-groups/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "8d2db6e8-85c6-4118-a52c-ae76a4f27934",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#service-native-backup-capability",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "45bbe609-d8a0-43e9-9778-424d616785d6",
+ "link": "https://me.sap.com/notes/2015553",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure there is an automated backup routine",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Placing of the SAP application layer and SAP DBMS in different Azure VNets that aren't peered isn't supported.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-network-topology-and-connectivity",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "43e60b94-7bca-43a2-aadf-efb04d63a485",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/retry-policy",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "fa96c96a-d885-418f-9827-34c886ba2802",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/proximity-placement-scenarios",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Policies to add a fail-over backend URL and caching to reduce failing calls.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "For optimal network latency with SAP applications, consider using Azure proximity placement groups.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/co-location#planned-maintenance-and-proximity-placement-groups",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "8210699f-8d43-45c2-8f19-57e54134bd8f",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-log-event-hubs",
- "service": "APIM",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "If you need to log at high performance levels, consider Event Hubs policy",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "18c8b61c-855a-4405-b6ed-266455e4f4ce",
+ "link": "https://me.sap.com/notes/2015553",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "It is NOT supported at all to run an SAP Application Server layer and DBMS layer split between on-premise and Azure. Both layers need to completely reside either on-premise or in Azure.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-network-topology-and-connectivity",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "121bfc39-fa7b-4096-b93b-ab56c1bc0bed",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-sample-flexible-throttling",
- "service": "APIM",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Apply throttling policies to control the number of requests per second",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/protect-apis-on-api-management/",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "b65c878b-4b14-4f4e-92d8-d873936493f2",
+ "link": "https://me.sap.com/notes/2015553",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "It isn't recommended to host the database management system (DBMS) and application layers of SAP systems in different VNets and connect them with VNet peering because of the substantial costs that excessive network traffic between the layers can produce. Recommend using subnets within the Azure virtual network to separate the SAP application layer and DBMS layer.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-network-topology-and-connectivity",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "bb5f356b-3daf-47a2-a9ee-867a8100bbd5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-autoscale",
- "service": "APIM",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Configure autoscaling to scale out the number of instances when the load increases",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "402a9846-d515-4061-aff8-cd30088693fa",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/high-availability-guide-rhel",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "If using Load Balancer with Linux guest operating systems, check that the Linux network parameter net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps is set to 0.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-ha-sap-netweaver-anydb/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "84b94abb-59b6-4b9d-8587-3413669468e8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-provision-self-hosted-gateway",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "87585797-5551-4d53-bb7d-a94ee415734d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/workloads/rise-integration",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy self-hosted gateways where Azure doesn't have a region close to the backend APIs.",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "For SAP RISE/ECS deployments, virtual peering is the preferred way to establish connectivity with customer's existing Azure environment. Both the SAP vnet and customer vnet(s) are protected with network security groups (NSG), enabling communication on SAP and database ports through the vnet peering",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "1fe8db45-a017-4888-8c4d-4422583cfae0",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/upgrade-and-scale#upgrade-and-scale",
- "service": "APIM",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use the premium tier for production workloads.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "ff5136bd-dcf1-4d2b-ae52-39333efdf45a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/sap-hana-database-about",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Review SAP HANA database backups for Azure VMs.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "1b8d68a4-66cd-44d5-ba94-3ee94440e8d6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-deploy-multi-region#-route-api-calls-to-regional-backend-services",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "cafde29d-a0af-4bcd-87c0-0f299d63f0e8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-monitor-and-troubleshoot",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "In multi-region model, use Policies to route the requests to regional backends based on availability or latency.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Review Site Recovery built-in monitoring, where used for SAP.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "46f07d33-ef9a-44e8-8f98-67c097c5d8cd",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits#api-management-limits",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "82d7b8de-d3f1-44a0-830b-38e200e82acf",
+ "link": "https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_HANA_PLATFORM/c4d7c773af4a4e5dbebb6548d6e2d4f4/e3111d2ebb5710149510cc120646bf3f.html?locale=en-US",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Be aware of APIM's limits",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Review the Monitoring the SAP HANA System Landscape guidance.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "10f58602-f0f9-4d77-972a-956f6e0f2600",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/self-hosted-gateway-overview",
- "service": "APIM",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure that the self-hosted gateway deployments are resilient.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "c823873a-2bec-4c2a-b684-a1ce8ae80efd",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-database-backup-strategies",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Review Oracle Database in Azure Linux VM backup strategies.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "7519e385-a88b-4d34-966b-6269d686e890",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/front-door-api-management",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "2943b6d8-1d31-4e19-ade7-78e6b26d1962",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/sql/relational-databases/tutorial-use-azure-blob-storage-service-with-sql-server-2016?view=sql-server-ver16",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Front Door in front of APIM for multi-region deployment",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Review the use of Azure Blob Storage with SQL Server 2016.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "cd45c90e-7690-4753-930b-bf290c69c074",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#virtual-network-integration",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "b82e650f-676d-417d-994d-fc33ca54ec14",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-sql/virtual-machines/windows/automated-backup?view=azuresql",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy the service within a Virtual Network (VNet)",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Review the use of Automated Backup v2 for Azure VMs.",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "02661582-b3d1-48d1-9d7b-c6a918a0ca33",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#network-security-group-support",
- "service": "APIM",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy network security groups (NSG) to your subnets to restrict or monitor traffic to/from APIM.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "347c2dcc-e6eb-4b04-80c5-628b171aa62d",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Enabling Write accelerator for M series when using premium disks(V1)",
+ "waf": "Operations"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "67437a28-2721-4a2c-becd-caa54c8237a5",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#azure-private-link",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "b96512cf-996f-4b17-b9b8-6b16db1a2a94",
+ "link": "https://github.com/Azure/SAP-on-Azure-Scripts-and-Utilities/tree/main/AvZone-Latency-Test",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Deploy Private Endpoints to filter incoming traffic when APIM is not deployed to a VNet.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Test availability zone latency.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "d698adbd-3288-44cb-b10a-9b572da395ae",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#disable-public-network-access",
- "service": "APIM",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Disable Public Network Access",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "9fd7ffd4-da11-49f6-a374-8d03e94c511d",
+ "link": "https://support.sap.com/en/offerings-programs/support-services/earlywatch-alert.html",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Activate SAP EarlyWatch Alert for all SAP components.",
+ "training": "https://help.sap.com/docs/SUPPORT_CONTENT/techops/3362700736.html",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "0674d750-0c6f-4ac0-8717-ceec04d0bdbd",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/automation-manage-api-management",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "b9b140cf-413a-483d-aad2-8802c4e3c017",
+ "link": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/running-sap-applications-on-the/sap-on-azure-general-update-march-2019/ba-p/377456",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Simplify management with PowerShell automation scripts",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Review SAP application server to database server latency using SAP ABAPMeter report /SSA/CAT.",
+ "training": "https://me.sap.com/notes/0002879613",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "c385bfcd-49fd-4786-81ba-cedbb4c57345",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/app-platform/api-management/platform-automation-and-devops#design-recommendations",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "62fbf0f8-51db-49e1-a961-bb5df7a35f80",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Configure APIM via Infrastructure-as-code. Review DevOps best practices from the Cloud Adaption Framework APIM Landing Zone Accelerator",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Review SQL Server performance monitoring using CCMS.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "6c3a27c0-197f-426c-9ffa-86fed51d9ab6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/visual-studio-code-tutorial",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "35709da7-fc7d-4efe-bb20-2e91547b7390",
+ "link": "https://me.sap.com/notes/500235",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Promote usage of Visual Studio Code APIM extension for faster API development",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Test network latency between SAP application layer VMs and DBMS VMs (NIPING).",
+ "training": "https://me.sap.com/notes/1100926/E",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "354f1c03-8112-4965-85ad-c0074bddf231",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/devops-api-development-templates",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "9e9bb4c8-e934-4e4b-a13c-6f7c7c38eb43",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sap/large-instances/hana-monitor-troubleshoot",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Implement DevOps and CI/CD in your workflow",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Review SAP HANA studio alerts.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "b6439493-426a-45f3-9697-cf65baee208d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-mutual-certificates-for-clients",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "f1a92ab5-9509-4b57-86ff-b0ade361b694",
+ "link": "https://me.sap.com/notes/1969700",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Secure APIs using client certificate authentication",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Perform SAP HANA health checks using HANA_Configuration_Minichecks.",
+ "waf": "Performance"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "2a67d143-1033-4c0a-8732-680896478f08",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-mutual-certificates",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "18dffcf3-248c-4039-a67c-dec8e3a5f804",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/sap-lza-security-operations",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Secure backend services using client certificate authentication",
+ "text": "If you run Windows and Linux VMs in Azure, on-premises, or in other cloud environments, you can use the Update management center in Azure Automation to manage operating system updates, including security patches.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/automation/update-management/overview",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "074435f5-4a46-41ac-b521-d6114cb5d845",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/mitigate-owasp-api-threats",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "08951710-79a2-492a-adbc-06d7a401545b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/sap-lza-security-operations",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Review 'Recommendations to mitigate OWASP API Security Top 10 threats' article and check what is applicable to your APIs",
+ "text": "Routinely review the SAP security OSS notes because SAP releases highly critical security patches, or hot fixes, that require immediate action to protect your SAP systems.",
+ "training": "https://support.sap.com/en/my-support/knowledge-base/security-notes-news.html",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "5507c4b8-a7f8-41d6-9661-418c987100c9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/authorizations-overview",
- "service": "APIM",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Authorizations feature to simplify management of OAuth 2.0 token for your backend APIs",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "1b8b394e-ae64-4a74-8933-357b523ea0a0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/sap-lza-database-security",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "For SAP on SQL Server, you can disable the SQL Server system administrator account because the SAP systems on SQL Server don't use the account. Ensure that another user with system administrator rights can access the server before disabling the original system administrator account.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "2deee033-b906-4bc2-9f26-c8d3699fe091",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-manage-protocols-ciphers",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "5a76a033-ced9-4eef-9a43-5e4f96634c8e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/sap-lza-database-security",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use the latest TLS version when encrypting information in transit. Disable outdated and unnecessary protocols and ciphers when possible.",
+ "text": "Disable xp_cmdshell. The SQL Server feature xp_cmdshell enables a SQL Server internal operating system command shell. It's a potential risk in security audits.",
+ "training": "https://me.sap.com/notes/3019299/E",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "f8af3d94-1d2b-4070-846f-849197524258",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#im-8-restrict-the-exposure-of-credential-and-secrets",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "cf65de8e-1309-4ccc-b579-266bcca275fa",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-security-governance-and-compliance",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Ensure that secrets (Named values) are stored an Azure Key Vault so they can be securely accessed and updated",
+ "text": "Encrypting SAP HANA database servers on Azure uses SAP HANA native encryption technology. Additionally, if you are using SQL Server on Azure, use Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) to protect your data and log files and ensure that your backups are also encrypted.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/sap-lza-database-security",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "791abd8b-7706-4e31-9569-afefde724be3",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#managed-identities",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "a1abfe9d-55d0-44c3-a491-9cb1b3d1325a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-service-encryption",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use managed identities to authenticate to other Azure resources whenever possible",
+ "text": "Azure Storage encryption is enabled for all Azure Resource Manager and classic storage accounts, and can't be disabled. Because your data is encrypted by default, you don't need to modify your code or applications to use Azure Storage encryption.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/encrypt-sector-data/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.ApiManagement/service",
- "checklist": "Azure API Management Review",
- "guid": "220c4ca6-6688-476b-b2b5-425a78e6fb87",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/api-management-security-baseline?toc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2F&bc=%2Fazure%2Fapi-management%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json#ns-6-deploy-web-application-firewall",
- "service": "APIM",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "Resources | join kind=leftouter (ResourceContainers | where type=~'microsoft.resources/subscriptions' | project SubName=name, subscriptionId) on subscriptionId | where type =~ 'microsoft.keyvault/vaults' | project type, name, SubName",
+ "guid": "ce9bd3bb-0cdb-43b5-9eb2-ec14eeaa3592",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use web application firewall (WAF) by deploying Application Gateway in front of APIM",
+ "text": "Use Azure Key Vault to store your secrets and credentials",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/manage-secrets-with-azure-key-vault/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.Cdn/profiles/secrets' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/secrets')) | where properties.parameters.type =~ 'CustomerCertificate' | extend compliant = properties.parameters.useLatestVersion == true | project compliant, id=frontDoorId, certificateName = name | distinct id, certificateName, compliant",
- "guid": "f00a69de-7076-4734-a734-6e4552cad9e1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-latest-version-for-customer-managed-certificates",
- "service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "If you use customer-managed TLS certificates with Azure Front Door, use the 'Latest' certificate version. Reduce the risk of outages caused by manual certificate renewal.",
- "waf": "Operations"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles' and sku has 'AzureFrontDoor' | project name, cdnprofileid=tolower(id), tostring(tags), resourceGroup, subscriptionId,skuname=tostring(sku.name) | join kind= fullouter ( cdnresources | where type == 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/securitypolicies' | extend wafpolicyid=tostring(properties['parameters']['wafPolicy']['id']) | extend splitid=split(id, '/') | extend cdnprofileid=tolower(strcat_array(array_slice(splitid, 0, 8), '/')) | project secpolname=name, cdnprofileid, wafpolicyid ) on cdnprofileid | project name, cdnprofileid, secpolname, wafpolicyid,skuname | join kind = fullouter ( resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/frontdoorwebapplicationfirewallpolicies' | extend managedrulesenabled=iff(tostring(properties.managedRules.managedRuleSets) != '[]', true, false), enabledState = tostring(properties.policySettings.enabledState) | project afdwafname=name, managedrulesenabled, wafpolicyid=id, enabledState, tostring(tags) ) on wafpolicyid | where name != '' | summarize associatedsecuritypolicies=countif(secpolname != ''), wafswithmanagedrules=countif(managedrulesenabled == 1) by name, id=cdnprofileid, tags,skuname | extend compliant = (associatedsecuritypolicies > 0 and wafswithmanagedrules > 0) | project id, compliant",
- "guid": "e79d17b7-3b22-4a5a-97e7-a8ed4b30e38c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "829e2edb-2173-4676-aff6-691b4935ada4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/lock-resources?tabs=json",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use Azure Front Door with WAF policies to deliver and help protect global HTTP/S apps that span multiple Azure regions.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "text": "It is recommended to LOCK the Azure Resources post successful deployment to safeguard against unauthorized changes. You can also enforce LOCK constraints and rules on your per-subscription basis using customized Azure policies(Custome role).",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/use-azure-resource-manager/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "3f29812b-2363-4cef-b179-b599de0d5973",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/origin-security?tabs=application-gateway&pivots=front-door-standard-premium#example-configuration",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "2223ece8-1b12-4318-8a54-17415833fb4a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/soft-delete-overview",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "When using Front Door and Application Gateway to help protect HTTP/S apps, use WAF policies in Front Door. Lock down Application Gateway to receive traffic only from Front Door.",
- "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
+ "text": "Provision Azure Key Vault with the soft delete and purge policies enabled to allow retention protection for deleted objects.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/manage-secrets-with-azure-key-vault/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/frontdoorwebapplicationfirewallpolicies' | project policyName=name, policyId=id,policySku=sku.name, links=properties.securityPolicyLinks, enabledState=properties.policySettings.enabledState, mode=properties.policySettings.mode | mvexpand links | extend securityPolicy=links.id | extend securityPolicyParts=split(securityPolicy, '/') | extend profileId=strcat_array(array_slice(securityPolicyParts, 0, -3), '/') | project id=profileId, compliant=((enabledState=='Enabled') and (mode=='Prevention')), enabledState, mode",
- "guid": "ae248989-b306-4591-9186-de482e3f0f0e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-policy-settings",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "e3c2df74-3165-4c3a-abe0-5bbe209d490d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/role-based-access-control/security-controls-policy",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Deploy your WAF policy for Front Door in 'Prevention' mode' so that Web Application Firewall takes appropriate action to allow or deny traffic.",
+ "text": "Based on existing requirements, regulatory and compliance controls (internal/external) - Determine what Azure Policies and Azure RBAC role are needed",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/describe-azure-management-governance/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups/origins' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/origingroups')) | extend compliant = properties['hostName'] !endswith '.trafficmanager.net' | project compliant, id=frontDoorId",
- "guid": "062d5839-4d36-402f-bfa4-02811eb936e9",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#avoid-combining-traffic-manager-and-front-door",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "a4777842-4d11-4678-9d2f-a56c56ad4840",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-security-governance-and-compliance",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Avoid placing Traffic Manager behind Front Door.",
- "waf": "Security"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups/origins' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/origins')) | extend compliant = isempty(properties.originHostHeader) or (tostring(properties.hostName) =~ tostring(properties.originHostHeader)) | project id=frontDoorId, originName = name, compliant",
- "guid": "5efeb96a-003f-4b18-8fcd-b4d84459c2b2",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-the-same-domain-name-on-front-door-and-your-origin",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "text": "When enabling Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on SAP environment, recommend excluding data and log files on DBMS servers instead of targeting all servers. Follow your DBMS vendor's recommendations when excluding target files.",
+ "training": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/running-sap-applications-on-the/microsoft-defender-endpoint-mde-for-sap-applications-on-windows/ba-p/3912268",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "8fe72734-c486-4ba2-a0dc-0591cf65de8e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/just-in-time-access-overview?tabs=defender-for-container-arch-aks",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use the same domain name on Azure Front Door and your origin. Mismatched host names can cause subtle bugs.",
+ "text": "Delegate an SAP admin custom role with just-in-time access of Microsoft Defender for Cloud.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/secure-vms-with-azure-security-center/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups/origins' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/origingroups')) | extend originGroupId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/origins')) | join kind=inner (cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups' | extend originGroupName = name | extend hasHealthProbe = isnotnull(properties.healthProbeSettings)) on $left.originGroupId == $right.id | summarize numberOrigins = count() by originGroupId, subscriptionId, frontDoorId, hasHealthProbe, originGroupName | extend compliant = not(numberOrigins == 1 and hasHealthProbe) | project id = frontDoorId, compliant",
- "guid": "0b5a380c-4bfb-47bc-b1d7-dcfef363a61b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#disable-health-probes-when-theres-only-one-origin-in-an-origin-group",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "1309cccd-5792-466b-aca2-75faa1abfe9d",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-security-governance-and-compliance",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Low",
- "text": "Disable health probes when there is only one origin in an Azure Front Door origin group.",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "encrypt data in transit by integrating the third-party security product with secure network communications (SNC) for DIAG (SAP GUI), RFC, and SPNEGO for HTTPS",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/security/fundamentals/encryption-overview#encryption-of-data-in-transit",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "5567048e-e5d7-4206-9c55-b5ed45d2cc0c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#select-good-health-probe-endpoints",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "eeaa3592-829e-42ed-a217-3676aff6691b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-encryption-key-model-get?tabs=portal",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Select good health probe endpoints for Azure Front Door. Consider building health endpoints that check all of your application's dependencies.",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Default to Microsoft-managed keys for principal encryption functionality and use customer-managed keys when required.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/manage-secrets-with-azure-key-vault/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/origingroups/')) | extend compliant = (isnull(properties['healthProbeSettings']['probeRequestType']) or toupper(properties['healthProbeSettings']['probeRequestType']) == 'HEAD') | project compliant, id=frontDoorId",
- "guid": "a13f72f3-8f5c-4864-95e5-75bf37fbbeb1",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-head-health-probes",
- "service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Use HEAD health probes with Azure Front Door, to reduce the traffic that Front Door sends to your application.",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "graph": "Resources | join kind=leftouter (ResourceContainers | where type=~'microsoft.resources/subscriptions' | project SubName=name, subscriptionId) on subscriptionId | where type =~ 'microsoft.keyvault/vaults' | project type, name, SubName",
+ "guid": "4935ada4-2223-4ece-a1b1-23181a541741",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/azure/key-vault/general/best-practices",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use an Azure Key Vault per application per environment per region.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/manage-secrets-with-azure-key-vault/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/customdomains' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/customdomains')) | extend compliant = (isnull(properties['tlsSettings']['certificateType']) or tolower(properties['tlsSettings']['certificateType']) =~ 'customercertificate') | project compliant, id = frontDoorId",
- "guid": "af95c92d-d723-4f4a-98d7-8722324efd4d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-managed-tls-certificates",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "abc9634d-c44d-41e9-a530-e8444e16aa3c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/certificates/certificate-scenarios",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use managed TLS certificates with Azure Front Door. Reduce operational cost and risk of outages due to certificate renewals.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "To control and manage disk encryption keys and secrets for non-HANA Windows and non-Windows operating systems, use Azure Key Vault. SAP HANA isn't supported with Azure Key Vault, so you must use alternate methods like SAP ABAP or SSH keys.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-and-manage-azure-key-vault/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "189ea962-3969-4863-8f5a-5ad808c2cf4b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#define-your-waf-configuration-as-code",
- "service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Define your Azure Front Door WAF configuration as code. By using code, you can more easily adopt new rule set version and gain additional protection.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "209d490d-a477-4784-84d1-16785d2fa56c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/role-based-access-control/built-in-roles",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Customize role-based access control (RBAC) roles for SAP on Azure spoke subscriptions to avoid accidental network-related changes",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/secure-azure-resources-with-rbac/?source=recommendations",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "cdnresources | where type == 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/afdendpoints/routes' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/afdendpoints')) | extend forwardingProtocol=tostring(properties.forwardingProtocol),supportedProtocols=properties.supportedProtocols,httpsRedirect=properties.httpsRedirect | extend compliant = forwardingProtocol =~ 'httpsonly' and (supportedProtocols has 'https' or httpsRedirect =~ 'enabled') | project id = frontDoorId, compliant",
- "guid": "2e30abab-5478-417c-81bf-bf1ad4ed1ed4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-end-to-end-tls",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "56ad4840-8fe7-4273-9c48-6ba280dc0591",
+ "link": "https://blogs.sap.com/2019/07/21/sap-security-operations-on-azure/",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Use end-to-end TLS with Azure Front Door. Use TLS for connections from your clients to Front Door, and from Front Door to your origin.",
+ "text": "Isolate DMZs and NVAs from the rest of the SAP estate, configure Azure Private Link, and securely manage and control the SAP on Azure resources",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/dmz/secure-vnet-dmz?tabs=portal",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "cdnresources | where type == 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/afdendpoints/routes' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/afdendpoints')) | extend forwardingProtocol=tostring(properties.forwardingProtocol),supportedProtocols=properties.supportedProtocols,httpsRedirect=properties.httpsRedirect | extend compliant = httpsRedirect =~ 'enabled' | project id = frontDoorId, compliant",
- "guid": "10aa45af-166f-44c4-9f36-b6d592dac2ca",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#use-http-to-https-redirection",
- "service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use HTTP to HTTPS redirection with Azure Front Door. Support older clients by redirecting them to an HTTPS request automatically.",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "e124ba34-df68-45ed-bce9-bd3bb0cdb3b5",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/secure-vms-with-azure-security-center/?source=recommendations",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Consider using Microsoft anti-malware software on Azure to protect your virtual machines from malicious files, adware, and other threats.",
+ "training": "https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/deploying-antimalware-solutions-on-azure-virtual-machines/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "28b9ee82-b2c7-45aa-bc98-6de6f59a095d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#enable-the-waf",
- "service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable the Azure Front Door WAF. Protect your application from a range of attacks.",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "5eb2ec14-eeaa-4359-8829-e2edb2173676",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/microsoft-defender-endpoint?view=o365-worldwide",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "For even more powerful protection, consider using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-endpoint-protection-use-microsoft-defender/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "2902d8cc-1b0c-4495-afad-624ab70f7bd6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#tune-your-waf",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "87a924c4-25c2-419f-a2f0-96c7c4fe4525",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/sap/sap-whole-landscape",
+ "service": "SAP",
"severity": "High",
- "text": "Tune the Azure Front Door WAF for your workload by configuring the WAF in Detection mode to reduce and fix false positive detections.",
+ "text": "Isolate the SAP application and database servers from the internet or from the on-premises network by passing all traffic through the hub virtual network, which is connected to the spoke network by virtual network peering. The peered virtual networks guarantee that the SAP on Azure solution is isolated from the public internet.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/explore-azure-networking/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "17ba124b-127d-42b6-9322-388d5b2bbcfc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/application-gateway-waf-request-size-limits#request-body-inspection",
- "service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable request body inspection feature enabled in Azure Front Door WAF policy.",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "491ca1c4-3d40-42c0-9d85-b8933999590b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/eslz-security-governance-and-compliance",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "For internet-facing applications like SAP Fiori, make sure to distribute load per application requirements while maintaining security levels. For Layer 7 security, you can use a third-party Web Application Firewall (WAF) available in the Azure Marketplace.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/simplify-cloud-procurement-governance-azure-marketplace/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "49a98f2b-ec22-4a87-9415-6a10b00d6555",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#enable-default-rule-sets",
- "service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable the Azure Front Door WAF default rule sets. The default rule sets detect and block common attacks.",
+ "checklist": "SAP Checklist",
+ "guid": "9fc945b9-0527-47af-8200-9d652fe02fcc",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/sap/monitor/enable-tls-azure-monitor-sap-solutions",
+ "service": "SAP",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "To enable secure communication in Azure Monitor for SAP solutions, you can choose to use either a root certificate or a server certificate. We highly recommend that you use root certificates.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/implement-azure-monitoring-sap-workloads-azure-virtual-machines/?source=recommendations",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "147a13d4-2a2f-4824-a524-f5855b52b946",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#enable-bot-management-rules",
- "service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Enable the Azure Front Door WAF bot protection rule set. The bot rules detect good and bad bots.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Service Bus Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Azure Service Bus Premium provides encryption of data at rest. If you use your own key, the data is still encrypted using the Microsoft-managed key, but in addition the Microsoft-managed key will be encrypted using the customer-managed key. ",
+ "guid": "87af4a79-1f89-439b-ba47-768e14c11567",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-bus-messaging/configure-customer-managed-key",
+ "service": "Service Bus",
+ "severity": "Low",
+ "text": "Use customer-managed key option in data at rest encryption when required",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/plan-implement-administer-conditional-access/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "d7dcdcb9-0d99-44b9-baab-ac7570ede79a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#use-the-latest-ruleset-versions",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Service Bus Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Communication between a client application and an Azure Service Bus namespace is encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS). Azure Service Bus namespaces permit clients to send and receive data with TLS 1.0 and above. To enforce stricter security measures, you can configure your Service Bus namespace to require that clients send and receive data with a newer version of TLS.",
+ "guid": "5c1ea55b-46a9-448f-b8ae-7d7e4b475b6c",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-bus-messaging/transport-layer-security-enforce-minimum-version",
+ "service": "Service Bus",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use the latest Azure Front Door WAF rule set version. Rule set updates are regularly updated to take account of the current threat landscape.",
+ "text": "Enforce a minimum required version of Transport Layer Security (TLS) for requests ",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/secure-aad-users-with-mfa/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "b9620385-1cde-418f-914b-a84a06982ffc",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#add-rate-limiting",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Service Bus Review Checklist",
+ "description": "When you create a Service Bus namespace, a SAS rule named RootManageSharedAccessKey is automatically created for the namespace. This policy has Manage permissions for the entire namespace. It's recommended that you treat this rule like an administrative root account and don't use it in your application. Using AAD as an authentication provider with RBAC is recommended. ",
+ "guid": "8bcbf59b-ce65-4de8-a03f-97879468d66a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-bus-messaging/service-bus-sas#shared-access-authorization-policies",
+ "service": "Service Bus",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Add rate limiting to the Azure Front Door WAF. Rate limiting blocks clients accidentally or intentionally sending large amounts of traffic in a short period of time.",
+ "text": "Avoid using root account when it is not necessary",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/azure-administrator-manage-identities-governance/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "6dc36c52-0124-4ffe-9eaf-23ec1282dedb",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#use-a-high-threshold-for-rate-limits",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Service Bus Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Microsoft Entra ID provides superior security and ease of use over shared access signatures (SAS). With Microsoft Entra ID, there’s no need to store the tokens in your code and risk potential security vulnerabilities. We recommend that you use Microsoft Entra ID with your Azure Service Bus applications when possible.",
+ "graph": "Resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.servicebus/namespaces' | extend compliant = iif(properties.disableLocalAuth == 'false', 'No', 'Yes') | project id, compliant",
+ "guid": "786d60f9-6c96-4ad8-a55d-04c2b39c986b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-bus-messaging/disable-local-authentication",
+ "service": "Service Bus",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use a high threshold for Azure Front Door WAF rate limits. High rate limit thresholds avoid blocking legitimate traffic, while still providing protection against extremely high numbers of requests that might overwhelm your infrastructure.",
+ "text": "When possible, disable SAS key authentication (or local authentication) and use only Microsoft Entra ID for authentication",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-ad-privileged-identity-management/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "388a3d0e-0a43-4367-90b2-3dd2aeece5ee",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#geo-filter-traffic",
- "service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "If you are not expecting traffic from all geographical regions, use geo-filters to block traffic from non-expected countries.",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Service Bus Review Checklist",
+ "description": "When creating permissions, provide fine-grained control over a client's access to Azure Service Bus. Permissions in Azure Service Bus can and should be scoped to the individual resource level e.g. queue, topic or subscription. ",
+ "guid": "f615658d-e558-4f93-9249-b831112dbd7e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-bus-messaging/authenticate-application#azure-built-in-roles-for-azure-service-bus",
+ "service": "Service Bus",
+ "severity": "High",
+ "text": "Use least privilege data plane RBAC",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/explore-basic-services-identity-types/",
+ "waf": "Security"
+ },
+ {
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Service Bus Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Azure Service Bus resource logs include operational logs, virtual network and IP filtering logs. Runtime audit logs capture aggregated diagnostic information for various data plane access operations (such as send or receive messages) in Service Bus.",
+ "guid": "af12e7f9-43f6-4304-922d-929c2b1cd622",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-bus-messaging/monitor-service-bus-reference",
+ "service": "Service Bus",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Enable logging for security investigation. Use Azure Monitor to trace resource logs and runtime audit logs (currently available only in the premium tier)",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-identity-and-access/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "00acd8a9-6975-414f-8491-2be6309893b8",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#specify-the-unknown-zz-location",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Service Bus Review Checklist",
+ "description": "Azure Service Bus by default has a public IP address and is Internet-reachable. Private endpoints allow traffic between your virtual network and Azure Service Bus traverses over the Microsoft backbone network. In addition to that, you should disable public endpoints if those are not used. ",
+ "guid": "9ae669ca-48e4-4a85-b222-3ece8bb12307",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-bus-messaging/private-link-service",
+ "service": "Service Bus",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Specify the unknown (ZZ) location when geo-filtering traffic with the Azure Front Door WAF. Avoid accidentally blocking legitimate requests when IP addresses can't be geo-matched.",
+ "text": "Consider using private endpoints to access Azure Service Bus and disable public network access when applicable.",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-ad-privileged-identity-management/",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "4cea4050-7946-4a7c-89e6-b021b73c352d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#add-diagnostic-settings-to-save-your-wafs-logs",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "arm-service": "Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces",
+ "checklist": "Service Bus Review Checklist",
+ "description": "With IP firewall, you can restrict the public endpoint further to only a set of IPv4 addresses or IPv4 address ranges in CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) notation. ",
+ "guid": "ca5f06f1-58e3-4ea3-a92c-2de7e2165c3a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-bus-messaging/service-bus-ip-filtering",
+ "service": "Service Bus",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Capture logs and metrics by turning on Diagnostic Settings. Include resource activity logs, access logs, health probe logs, and WAF logs. Set up alerts.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Consider only allowing access to Azure Service Bus namespace from specific IP addresses or ranges",
+ "training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "845f5f91-9c21-4674-a725-5ce890850e20",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-best-practices#send-logs-to-microsoft-sentinel",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=~'Microsoft.ServiceFabric/managedClusters' | extend compliant = (sku=~'{\"name\":\"Standard\"}') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "182840d2-9ef8-4238-8fd6-0d76186830ac",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/overview-managed-cluster#service-fabric-managed-cluster-skus",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Send Azure Front Door WAF logs to Microsoft Sentinel.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Use Standard SKU for production scenarios.",
+ "waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "3bb0a854-ea3d-4212-bd8e-3f0cb7792b02",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/routing-methods",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=~'Microsoft.ServiceFabric/clusters' | extend nodeTypes= array_concat(properties.nodeTypes) | mv-expand nodeTypes | summarize BronzeDurabilityCount = countif(nodeTypes.durabilityLevel == 'Bronze') by id | extend compliant = (BronzeDurabilityCount == 0) | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "182840d2-9ef8-4238-8fd6-0d76186830ac",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-cluster-capacity#durability-characteristics-of-the-cluster",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Choose a routing method that supports your deployment strategy. The weighted method, which distributes traffic based on the configured weight coefficient, supports active-active models. A priority-based value that configures the primary region to receive all traffic and send traffic to the secondary region as a backup supports active-passive models. Combine the preceding methods with latency so that the origin with the lowest latency receives traffic.",
+ "text": "Use durability level Silver (5 VMs) or greater for production scenarios",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/origingroups')) | extend healthprobe=tostring(properties.healthProbeSettings) | project origingroupname=name, id, tags, resourceGroup, subscriptionId, healthprobe, frontDoorId | join ( cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups/Origins' | extend origingroupname = tostring(properties.originGroupName) ) on origingroupname | summarize origincount=count(), enabledhealthprobecount=countif(healthprobe != '') by origingroupname, id, tostring(tags), resourceGroup, subscriptionId, frontDoorId | extend compliant = origincount > 1 | project id = frontDoorId, compliant",
- "guid": "c3a769e4-cc78-40a9-b36a-f9bcab19ec2d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/quickstart-create-front-door",
- "service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Support redundancy by having multiple origins in one or more back-end pools. Always have redundant instances of your application and make sure each instance exposes an endpoint or origin. You can place those origins in one or more back-end pools.",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=~'Microsoft.ServiceFabric/managedClusters' | extend compliant= ( properties.zonalResiliency =~ 'true') | distinct id,compliant",
+ "guid": "2363878d-55c4-4cbd-9bc2-94523c85f12e",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/how-to-managed-cluster-availability-zones",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Consider using Availability Zones for your Service Fabric clusters. Service Fabric managed cluster supports deployments that span across multiple Availability Zones to provide zone resiliency. This configuration will ensure high-availability of the critical system services and your applications to protect from single-points-of-failure.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "999852be-2137-4179-8fc3-30d1df6fed1d",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/troubleshoot-issues#troubleshooting-steps",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "5ba74cc8-3ca2-44d5-9a67-bdc8e102e7b4",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-api-management-overview",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Set a timeout on forwarding requests to the back end. Adjust the timeout setting according to your endpoints' needs. If you don't, Azure Front Door might close the connection before the origin sends the response. You can also lower the default timeout for Azure Front Door if all of your origins have a shorter timeout.",
+ "text": "Consider using Azure API Management to expose and offload cross-cutting functionality for APIs hosted on the cluster. API Management can integrate with Service Fabric directly.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "17bf6351-3e5e-41f1-87bb-d5ad0b4e3de6",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/routing-methods#23session-affinity",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "ef17bb8f-4e2c-488b-8ceb-a07c3d750dd3",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-reliable-services-introduction",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Decide if your application requires session affinity. If you have high reliability requirements, we recommend that you disable session affinity.",
+ "text": "For stateful workload scenarios, consider using Reliable Services. The Reliable Services model allows your services to stay up even in unreliable environments where your machines fail or hit network issues, or in cases where the services themselves encounter errors and crash or fail. For stateful services, your state is preserved even in the presence of network or other failures.",
"waf": "Reliability"
},
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- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "425bfb31-94c4-4007-b9ae-46da9fe57cc7",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/origin?pivots=front-door-standard-premium#origin-host-header",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=~'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets' | extend vmssExtension= array_concat(properties.virtualMachineProfile.extensionProfile.extensions) | mv-expand vmssExtension | where vmssExtension.properties.publisher matches regex '^Microsoft.Azure.ServiceFabric.*' | summarize arg_max(id, *) | summarize compliant = countif(sku.name matches regex '^Standard_[^d]*$' ) by id",
+ "guid": "4da21268-f775-4c89-a271-eb80543c8df7",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Send the host header to the back end. The back-end services should be aware of the host name so that they can create rules to accept traffic only from that host.",
- "waf": "Security"
+ "text": "Avoid VM SKUs with temp disk offerings. Service Fabric uses managed disks by default, so avoiding temp disk offerings ensures you don't pay for unneeded resources.",
+ "waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "81a5398a-2414-450f-9fc3-e048bc65784c",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/front-door-caching",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "1890b796-f300-41a3-a8d4-29738c1f4ad0",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/how-to-managed-cluster-stateless-node-type#temporary-disk-support",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use caching for endpoints that support it.",
+ "text": "If you need to select a certain VM SKU for capacity reasons and it happens to offer temp disk, consider using temporary disk support for your stateless workloads.",
"waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups' | extend frontDoorId = substring(id, 0, indexof(id, '/origingroups')) | extend healthprobe=tostring(properties.healthProbeSettings) | project origingroupname=name, id, tags, resourceGroup, subscriptionId, healthprobe, frontDoorId | join ( cdnresources | where type =~ 'microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups/Origins' | extend origingroupname = tostring(properties.originGroupName) ) on origingroupname | summarize origincount=count(), enabledhealthprobecount=countif(healthprobe != '') by origingroupname, id, tostring(tags), resourceGroup, subscriptionId, frontDoorId | extend compliant = origincount > 1 or (origincount == 1 and enabledhealthprobecount == 0) | project id = frontDoorId, compliant",
- "guid": "34069d73-e4de-46c5-a36f-625f87575a56",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/best-practices#disable-health-probes-when-theres-only-one-origin-in-an-origin-group",
- "service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "Low",
- "text": "Disable health checks in single back-end pools. If you have only one origin configured in your Azure Front Door origin group, these calls are unnecessary. This is only recommended if you can't have multiple origins in your endpoint.",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "5247bb32-6778-49c7-8b40-e171c9a3ce1e",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Align SKU selection and managed disk size with workload requirements. Matching your selection to your workload demands ensures you don't pay for unneeded resources.",
"waf": "Cost"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "c92d6786-cdd1-444d-9cad-934a192a276a",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/standard-premium/how-to-reports",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "6028759b-446a-41bc-8b0e-7728e61ca704",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/how-to-managed-cluster-networking#manage-nsg-rules",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "We recommend using the Premium Tier for leveraging the Security reports while the Standard Azure Front Door Profile provides only traffic reports under built-in analytics/reports.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Ensure Network Security Groups (NSG) are configured to restrict traffic flow between subnets and node types. For example, you may have an API Management instance (one subnet), a frontend subnet (exposing a website directly), and a backend subnet (accessible only to frontend).",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "440cf7de-30a1-4550-ab50-c9f6eac140cd",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/front-door-wildcard-domain",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "graph": "resources | where type=~'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets' | extend vmssExtension= array_concat(properties.virtualMachineProfile.extensionProfile.extensions) | mv-expand vmssExtension | where vmssExtension.properties.publisher matches regex '^Microsoft.Azure.ServiceFabric.*' | summarize arg_max(id, *) | extend compliant = (isnotnull(properties.virtualMachineProfile.osProfile.secrets))",
+ "guid": "4e98c903-14cf-4c72-9c45-b8b23bc4cbd8",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-best-practices-security#deploy-key-vault-certificates-to-service-fabric-cluster-virtual-machine-scale-sets",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use wildcard TLS certificates when possible.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Deploy Key Vault certificates to Service Fabric cluster virtual machine scale sets. Centralizing storage of application secrets in Azure Key Vault allows you to control their distribution. Key Vault greatly reduces the chances that secrets may be accidentally leaked.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "556e2733-6ca9-4edd-9cc7-26de66d46c2e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/front-door-caching",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "001cbb6f-d88d-4431-8434-d01333397776",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-best-practices-security#apply-an-access-control-list-acl-to-your-certificate-for-your-service-fabric-cluster",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Optimize your application query string for caching. For purely static content, ignore query strings to maximize your use of the cache. If your application uses query strings, consider including them in the cache key. Including the query strings in the cache key allows Azure Front Door to serve cached responses or other responses, based on your configuration.",
- "waf": "Performance"
+ "text": "Apply an Access Control List (ACL) to your client certificate for your Service Fabric cluster. Using an ACL provides an additional level of authentication.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "c0b7e55e-fcab-4e66-bdae-bd0290f6aece",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/standard-premium/how-to-compression",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "4b74b7a5-bb1e-4fca-948c-037ba95fb73b",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-resource-governance#resource-governance-mechanism",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Use file compression when you're accessing downloadable content.",
- "waf": "Performance"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "graph": "resources | where type =~ 'microsoft.network/frontdoors' and properties['resourceState'] !~ 'migrated' | extend compliant = false | project id, compliant",
- "guid": "cb8eb8c0-aa73-4a26-a495-6eba8dc4a243",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cdn/tier-migration",
- "service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Consider migrating to Standard or Premium SKU if you are using Classic Azure Front Door currently as Classic Azure Front Door will be deprecated by March 2027.",
- "waf": "Operations"
+ "text": "Use resource requests and limits to govern resource usage across the nodes in your cluster. Enforcing resource limits helps ensure that one service doesn't consume too many resources and starve other services.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "67c33697-15b1-4752-aeee-0b9b588defc4",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/networking/global-web-applications/mission-critical-content-delivery",
- "service": "Front Door",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "cd9233ba-f3aa-4353-8d2f-7ea4a64160e6",
+ "link": "",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Consider using Traffic Manager load balancing Azure Front Door and a third party CDN provider CDN profile for mission critical high availability scenario. ",
- "waf": "Reliability"
- },
- {
- "arm-service": "microsoft.network/frontdoors",
- "checklist": "Azure Application Delivery Networking",
- "guid": "972cd4cd-25b0-4b70-96e9-eab4bfd32907",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/app-service-ip-restrictions?tabs=azurecli#restrict-access-to-a-specific-azure-front-door-instance",
- "service": "Front Door",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "When using Front Door with origin as App services, consider locking down the traffic to app services only through Azure Front Door using access restrictions. ",
+ "text": "Encrypt Service Fabric package secret values. Encryption on your secret values provides an additional level of security.",
"waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.DBforMySQL/servers",
- "checklist": "MySQL Review Checklist",
- "guid": "388c3e25-e800-4ad2-9df3-f3d6ae1050b7",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/mysql/flexible-server/overview",
- "service": "Azure MySQL",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "44b989d4-9f72-42b6-99da-ec2a79f83299",
+ "link": "",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Leverage Flexible Server",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Include client certificates in Service Fabric applications. Having your applications use client certificates for authentication provides opportunities for security at both the cluster and workload level.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.DBforMySQL/servers",
- "checklist": "MySQL Review Checklist",
- "guid": "de3aad1e-8c38-4ec9-9666-7313c005674b",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/mysql/flexible-server/overview#high-availability-within-and-across-availability-zones",
- "service": "Azure MySQL",
- "severity": "High",
- "text": "Leverage Availability Zones where regionally applicable",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "28e66ff7-4a77-4b2c-910d-0335f141208a",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/how-to-managed-identity-managed-cluster-virtual-machine-scale-sets",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
+ "severity": "Medium",
+ "text": "Authenticate Service Fabric applications to Azure Resources using Managed Identity. Using Managed Identity allow you to securely manage the credentials in your code for authenticating to various services without saving them locally on a developer workstation or in source control.",
+ "waf": "Security"
},
{
- "arm-service": "Microsoft.DBforMySQL/servers",
- "checklist": "MySQL Review Checklist",
- "guid": "1e944a45-9c37-43e7-bd61-623b365a917e",
- "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/mysql/flexible-server/overview#setup-hybrid-or-multi-cloud-data-synchronization-with-data-in-replication",
- "service": "Azure MySQL",
+ "checklist": "Azure Service Fabric Review Checklist",
+ "guid": "f16c413c-00a6-43aa-852c-b97292c33a56",
+ "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-best-practices-security#hosting-untrusted-applications-in-a-service-fabric-cluster",
+ "service": "Azure Service Fabric",
"severity": "Medium",
- "text": "Leverage Data-in replication for cross-region DR scenarios",
- "waf": "Reliability"
+ "text": "Follow Service Fabric best practices when hosting untrusted applications. Following the best practices provides a security standard to follow.",
+ "waf": "Security"
}
],
"metadata": {
"name": "WAF checklist",
- "timestamp": "October 02, 2024"
+ "timestamp": "October 08, 2024"
},
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