| name | internal-azure-organization-structure |
| description | Use when /internal-azure selects Azure hierarchy, subscription, landing-zone, residency, or platform-topology work. |
Internal Azure Organization Structure
Use this workflow for Azure tenant and platform layout decisions.
When to use
Use when /internal-azure selects a hierarchy, subscription, landing-zone,
residency, or platform-topology deliverable.
Workflow
- State the Azure objective: the platform capability, ownership model, or
residency requirement the structure must support.
- Make the placement choice across tenant, management group, subscription,
landing zone, and platform network topology.
- Compare candidate layouts and state platform ownership, workload ownership,
inheritance scope, residency assumptions, and blast radius.
- Name the rollout unit: a management group, subscription set, landing zone,
or region set that can be validated safely.
- Define validation conditions for inheritance, connectivity, automation,
ownership, and continuity assumptions before widening the rollout.
Azure structure patterns
- Use management groups for enterprise segmentation and inheritance scope.
- Use subscriptions for workload, platform, environment, or residency
boundaries with explicit purpose and ownership.
- Use landing zones to package platform capabilities, connectivity, and
operating-model expectations.
- Keep hub-spoke, Virtual WAN, private connectivity, and regional placement
visible when they shape the platform topology.
- Separate platform subscriptions from workload subscriptions when shared
services need stable ownership.
Current facts
Use current Microsoft documentation when the recommendation depends on landing-
zone guidance, management-group behavior, subscription constraints, networking
capabilities, or region-sensitive platform limits.
Load references/topology-map.md for structural mappings, placement heuristics,
or safe rollout examples.
Completion criteria
Return the recommended structure, the placement rationale, the smallest safe
rollout unit, the material risks, and the validation conditions.