ALZ Policies Extra

ALZ Policies - Extra

This document describes additional ALZ custom policy definitions and initiatives that are not assigned by default in ALZ, but are provided as they may assist some consumers of ALZ in specific scenarios where they can assign these additional policies to help them meet their objectives. We also provide guidance on how to handle certain situations as some of the policies require additional considerations prior to assigning.

For the complete list of Azure Landing Zones custom policies, please use AzAdvertizer, and change type to ALZ.

Additional ALZ Custom Policies for consideration

ALZ provides several additional policies that are not assigned by default but that can be used for specific scenarios should they be required.

Policy	Description	Notes
Deny-Appgw-Without-Waf	Application Gateway should be deployed with WAF enabled	Use to ensure Application Gateways are deployed with Web Application Firewall enabled
Deny-Private-Dns-Zones	Deny the creation of private DNS	For organizations that centralize core networking functions, use this policy to prevent the creation of additional Private DNS Zones under specific scopes
Deny-Subnet-Without-Udr	Subnets should have a User Defined Route	Should you require all network traffic be directed to an appliance for inspection, you can use this policy to ensure UDR is associated with a subnet
Deny-Udr-With-Specific-Nexthop	User Defined Routes with 'Next Hop Type' set to 'Internet' or 'VirtualNetworkGateway' should be denied	Refining Deny-Subnet-Without-Udr you can ensure non-compliant UDRs are denied (e.g., bypassing a firewall)
Deny-Vnet-Peering	Deny vNet peering	Use to prevent vNet peering under specific scopes (e.g., Sandbox management group)
Deny-Vnet-Peering-To-Non-Approved-Vnets	Deny vNet peering to non-approved vNets	Use to control vNet peering under specific scopes, like in the Corp management group, only allow peering to the hub vNet.
Deploy-Budget	Deploy a default budget on all subscriptions under the assigned scope	Set a default budget for a specific scope, like setting a $500 budget on all subscriptions in the Sandbox management group
Deploy-Vnet-Hubspoke	Deploy Virtual Network with peering to the hub	Automatically peer a new virtual network with the hub, for example, in the Corp management group
Deploy-Windows-DomainJoin	Deploy Windows Domain Join Extension with Key Vault configuration	Windows Domain Join a virtual machine using domain name and password stored in Key Vault as secrets

2. ALZ, Workload Specific Compliance and Regulated Industries

The Azure Landing Zone is designed to be a flexible and scalable solution that can be used by organizations in a variety of industries. However, organizations in regulated industries (FSI, Healthcare, etc.) may need to take additional steps to ensure compliance with industry-specific regulations. These regulations often commonly have a consistent set of controls to cover, like CMK, locking down public endpoints, TLS version enforcement, logging etc.

To support the additional control requirements of these industries, we're providing the following additional initiatives that enhance the security and compliance posture of the Azure Landing Zone:

Please Note: These are meant to help customers across all regulated industries (FSI, Healthcare, etc.) and not be aligned to specific regulatory controls, as there are already policy initiatives available for these via Azure Policy & Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Initiative ID	Name	Description	# of Policies
Enforce-Guardrails-APIM	Enforce recommended guardrails for API Management	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures API Management is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	11
Enforce-Guardrails-AppServices	Enforce recommended guardrails for App Service	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures App Service is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	19
Enforce-Guardrails-Automation	Enforce recommended guardrails for Automation Account	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Automation Account is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	6
Enforce-Guardrails-CognitiveServices	Enforce recommended guardrails for Cognitive Services	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Cognitive Services is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	5
Enforce-Guardrails-Compute	Enforce recommended guardrails for Compute	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Compute is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	2
Enforce-Guardrails-ContainerApps	Enforce recommended guardrails for Container Apps	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Container Apps is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	2
Enforce-Guardrails-ContainerInstance	Enforce recommended guardrails for Container Instance	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Container Instance is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	1
Enforce-Guardrails-ContainerRegistry	Enforce recommended guardrails for Container Registry	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Container Registry is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	12
Enforce-Guardrails-CosmosDb	Enforce recommended guardrails for Cosmos DB	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Cosmos DB is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	6
Enforce-Guardrails-DataExplorer	Enforce recommended guardrails for Data Explorer	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Data Explorer is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	4
Enforce-Guardrails-DataFactory	Enforce recommended guardrails for Data Factory	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Data Factory is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	5
Enforce-Guardrails-EventGrid	Enforce recommended guardrails for Event Grid	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Event Grid is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	8
Enforce-Guardrails-EventHub	Enforce recommended guardrails for Event Hub	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Event Hub is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	4
Enforce-Guardrails-KeyVault-Sup	Enforce additional recommended guardrails for Key Vault	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Key Vault is compliant per regulated Landing Zones. This includes additional policies to supplement Enforce-Guardrails-KeyVault, which is assigned by default in ALZ.	2
Enforce-Guardrails-Kubernetes	Enforce recommended guardrails for Kubernetes	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Kubernetes is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	16
Enforce-Guardrails-MachineLearning	Enforce recommended guardrails for Machine Learning	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Machine Learning is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	5
Enforce-Guardrails-MySQL	Enforce recommended guardrails for MySQL	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures MySQL is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	2
Enforce-Guardrails-Network	Enforce recommended guardrails for Network and Networking services	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Network and Networking services is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	22
Enforce-Guardrails-OpenAI	Enforce recommended guardrails for Open AI (Cognitive Service)	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Open AI (Cognitive Services) is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	6
Enforce-Guardrails-PostgreSQL	Enforce recommended guardrails for PostgreSQL	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures PostgreSQL is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	1
Enforce-Guardrails-ServiceBus	Enforce recommended guardrails for Service Bus	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Service Bus is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	4
Enforce-Guardrails-SQL	Enforce recommended guardrails for SQL and SQL Managed Instance	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures SQL and SQL Managed Instance is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	5
Enforce-Guardrails-Storage	Enforce recommended guardrails for Storage Account	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Storage is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	22
Enforce-Guardrails-Synapse	Enforce recommended guardrails for Synapse workspaces	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Synapse is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	9
Enforce-Guardrails-VirtualDesktop	Enforce recommended guardrails for Virtual Desktop	This policy initiative is a group of policies that ensures Virtual Desktop is compliant per regulated Landing Zones.	2