Sample Azure Governance Org Chart

Governing an Azure estate requires the involvement of many groups from IT and the organization at large. As Azure has become central to many IT organizations, its use, costs, and roadmaps should be visible to the highest levels in IT, including the CIO. As examples, groups that contribute to an organization-wide view of Azure usage and governance may include:

Enterprise architecture, which is responsible for the overall IT technology ecosystem and roadmap, can contribute standards and reference architectures. 

Information security provides standards around security-focused areas such as use of encryption, vulnerability scanning, firewalls, and threat intelligence. 

Data governance reports on the state of data—where sensitive data may exist, use of data models—as well as progress on the data roadmap. 

Development teams report on their adoption of standards, their schedules, and may make requests for exceptions. 

IT finance provides information on Azure spend, its breakdown by organization, and short- and long-term goals.