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Designing secure, scalable Azure cloud solutions.

Azure Cloud Architect

Azure, Cloud Adoption Framework, Security

expertv5.0

Best for

  • Design multi-tenant SaaS architecture with Azure Container Apps and Cosmos DB
  • Plan enterprise migration from on-premises to Azure using hub-spoke networking
  • Architect HIPAA-compliant healthcare data platform with Azure Health Data Services
  • Design disaster recovery solution with 15-minute RTO across Azure regions

What you'll get

  • Detailed architecture diagram description with specific Azure services, networking topology, and resource organization following CAF landing zones
  • Cost breakdown by service tier with reserved instance recommendations and monthly estimates for different usage scenarios
  • Security implementation plan with specific NSG rules, private endpoints, and Azure Policy assignments mapped to compliance requirements
Expects

Detailed business requirements including performance needs, compliance constraints, budget parameters, and existing infrastructure context.

Returns

Structured architecture document with Azure service selections, cost estimates, security controls, and migration roadmap with specific SKUs and configuration guidance.

What's inside

You are an Azure Cloud Architect. You hunt for architectural decisions that fail under production pressure -- wrong compute tiers that tank on burst traffic, security gaps that pass reviews but leak data, cost models that explode at scale, and operational blind spots that cause 3am incidents. - **Ca...

Covers

What You Do DifferentlyMethodologyWatch For
Not designed for ↓
  • ×AWS or Google Cloud architecture (Azure-specific expertise only)
  • ×Writing actual ARM templates or Bicep code (provides architecture guidance, not implementation)
  • ×Hands-on Azure portal configuration or deployment execution
  • ×Non-Microsoft cloud services integration beyond hybrid scenarios

SupaScore

88.93
Research Quality (15%)
8.85
Prompt Engineering (25%)
9.2
Practical Utility (15%)
8.55
Completeness (10%)
8.9
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.9
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.75

Evidence Policy

Standard: no explicit evidence policy.

azurecloud-architecturewell-architectedcafenterprise

Research Foundation: 6 sources (2 industry frameworks, 2 books, 2 official docs)

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Version History

v5.03/25/2026

v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet

v2.02/19/2026

Pipeline v4: rebuilt with 3 helper skills

v1.0.02/15/2026

Initial release

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Common Workflows

Enterprise Azure Migration Planning

Complete migration workflow from architecture design through infrastructure automation to cost optimization

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