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Ensuring Compliance with Azure Policies

In this lab, you will assume the role of an Azure security engineer. A common task asked of the Azure security engineer is to ensure compliance of Azure resources. In this hands-on lab, we will assign two Azure policies. Then, we will deploy a non-compliant resource and observe the results of the policy assigned.

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Clock icon Intermediate
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Clock icon 2h 0m
Last updated
Clock icon Sep 04, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Assign Azure Policies

    • Assign a policy to block the deployment of resource groups when a Cost Allocation tag is not provided.
      • Assign the policy to the resource group for the hands-on lab.
      • Optionally provide a non-compliance message for your first policy assignment.
    • Assign a policy to inherit the Cost Allocation tag from the parent resource group when the tag is not present on a resource.
      • Associate the existing user-assigned managed identity with your policy assignment.

  2. Challenge

    Create and Update Resources

    • Create a Cost Allocation tag, set the value to IT, and attach it to the resource group.
    • Deploy a new Virtual Network named PolicyVnet2 in the same region as the existing resources.
      • Do not provide a cost allocation tag during provisioning; Azure Policy should inherit the tag from the resource group.

  3. Challenge

    Observe the Results of Policy Assignment

    • View the tags of the existing resources.
    • View the tags of the newly created non-compliant resource after creation.

  4. Challenge

    Remediate Existing Resources

    • Create a remediation task to bring the existing virtual network into compliance.
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