A set of Microsoft design guidance aimed at raising the quality of a workload. Its five pillars cover reliability, security, cost optimisation, operational excellence and the efficiency of performance.
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In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains Azure Well-Architected Framework in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- Set
Secret permission in Key Vault for writing secrets; some older material refers to it as Create.
- Workload
Also called an experience: a Fabric toolset aimed at one job role, e.g. Data Factory, Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, Real-Time Intelligence or Power BI. Each keeps its data in OneLake.
- Reliability
How well a system bounces back from failures and keeps running. It is a cloud benefit and also a pillar of the Azure Well-Architected Framework, which has five in total.
- Performance
Routing method in Traffic Manager that directs users to whichever endpoint offers the lowest latency.