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Overview

Assess Azure governance maturity for Digital Natives and startups. Detects the most common anti-patterns from the "Digital Natives on Azure" series: incomplete Service Health alerts, flat subscription topology without Management Groups, excessive RBAC (everyone is Owner), missing budget alerts, no Managed Identity usage, unprotected web apps without WAF/DDoS, and missing environment separation. Produces a scored maturity report (Foundation → Developing → Established → Optimized). Use when asked about startup readiness, governance maturity, "are we production-ready?", or before a customer security questionnaire.

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Digital Native Governance Check

Purpose

Evaluate whether a startup's Azure environment has the foundational governance that enterprise customers, investors, and auditors expect. Produces a maturity score (0–100) with clear next steps.

This is NOT a deep compliance audit (use the Compliance & Governance skill for that). This is a focused "did you get the basics right?" diagnostic for teams of 5–50 engineers who set up Azure fast and moved on.

When to use this skill

Startup preparing for first enterprise customer security review
CTO asks "are we production-ready?"
Pre-Series A infrastructure maturity check
After first incident: "what basics did we miss?"
Quarterly governance health check for Digital Natives

Maturity levels

Score	Level	Meaning
0–39	🔴 Foundation	Governance basics missing — will fail any security questionnaire
40–69	🟡 Developing	Some controls exist but significant gaps remain
70–89	🟢 Established	Solid posture — can pass most security reviews
90–100	🏆 Optimized	Enterprise-grade governance on Azure

Assessment procedure

Run all checks in parallel where possible. Score each and sum for total.

🏥 CATEGORY 1 — Alerting & Observability (20 points)

Detects: "Azure VM went down and nobody knew" + "you configured one alert type out of four"

Check 1.1 — Service Health alerts exist (8 pts)

az monitor activity-log alert list \
  --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[?contains(to_string(condition.allOf), 'ServiceHealth')].{name:name, enabled:enabled}" \
  -o json

Scoring:

8 pts: Alert exists covering all 4 event types (Service Issues, Health Advisories, Planned Maintenance, Security Advisories)
4 pts: Alert exists but covers only 1–2 types
0 pts: No Service Health alerts at all

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/alerts-activity-log-service-notifications-portal

Check 1.2 — Resource Health alerts for compute (6 pts)

az monitor activity-log alert list \
  --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[?contains(to_string(condition.allOf), 'ResourceHealth')].{name:name, enabled:enabled}" \
  -o json

Scoring:

6 pts: Resource Health alerts exist and are enabled
0 pts: No Resource Health alerts — VMs can go Unavailable silently

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-health-alert-monitor-guide

Check 1.3 — Action Groups with valid receivers (6 pts)

az monitor action-group list \
  --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, emails:length(emailReceivers), webhooks:length(webhookReceivers)}" \
  -o table

Scoring:

6 pts: Action group with email + at least one other channel (webhook, SMS)
3 pts: Action group with email only
0 pts: No action groups configured

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/action-groups

🏗️ CATEGORY 2 — Subscription Topology (20 points)

Detects: "the flat subscription problem" + "dev/test/prod in the same subscription"

Check 2.1 — Management Groups beyond Tenant Root (8 pts)

az account management-group list \
  --query "[].{name:name, displayName:displayName}" \
  -o table

Scoring:

8 pts: Custom MG hierarchy exists (nonprod/prod/platform pattern)
4 pts: At least one custom MG beyond Tenant Root Group
0 pts: Only Tenant Root Group — completely flat

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/management-groups/overview

Check 2.2 — Environment separation (8 pts)

az account list --all \
  --query "[?state=='Enabled'].{name:name, id:id}" \
  -o table

Look for prod/nonprod/dev/staging patterns in subscription names.

Scoring:

8 pts: Clear separation (prod ≠ nonprod in distinct subscriptions)
4 pts: Multiple subscriptions but unclear separation
0 pts: Single subscription for everything

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/resource-org-subscriptions

Check 2.3 — Resource Locks on critical infrastructure (4 pts)

az lock list --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, level:level, notes:notes}" \
  -o table

Scoring:

4 pts: CanNotDelete locks on infra resources (Log Analytics, Key Vault, Terraform state)
2 pts: Locks exist but only on non-critical resources
0 pts: Zero locks — anything can be accidentally deleted

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/lock-resources

💰 CATEGORY 3 — Cost Controls (15 points)

Detects: "surprise bill" + "VMs running in dev all weekend"

Check 3.1 — Budget alerts configured (8 pts)

az rest --method get \
  --url "https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<sub-id>/providers/Microsoft.Consumption/budgets?api-version=2023-11-01"

Scoring:

8 pts: Budget exists with notifications at 80% and 100%
4 pts: Budget exists but missing thresholds or notifications
0 pts: No budgets — first warning is the invoice

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/tutorial-acm-create-budgets

Check 3.2 — Azure Advisor cost recommendations addressed (4 pts)

az advisor recommendation list --category Cost \
  --query "[?impact=='High'].{problem:shortDescription.problem}" \
  -o table

Scoring:

4 pts: Zero high-impact cost recommendations pending
2 pts: 1–3 high-impact recommendations
0 pts: 4+ unaddressed — systematic waste

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-cost-recommendations

Check 3.3 — No cost-leaking VMs (3 pts)

az vm list -d --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[?powerState=='VM stopped'].{name:name, rg:resourceGroup}" \
  -o table

Note: "VM stopped" (not deallocated) still incurs compute charges.

Scoring:

3 pts: No VMs in stopped-but-allocated state
0 pts: VMs burning money while stopped

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/states-billing

🔐 CATEGORY 4 — Identity & Access (20 points)

Detects: "everyone is Owner" + "secrets in code instead of Managed Identity"

Check 4.1 — Owner count ≤ 3 per subscription (6 pts)

az role assignment list --role Owner \
  --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{principal:principalName, type:principalType}" \
  -o table

Scoring:

6 pts: ≤ 3 Owners at subscription level
3 pts: 4–5 Owners
0 pts: 6+ Owners — the "everyone is Owner for convenience" anti-pattern

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/best-practices

Check 4.2 — Managed Identities in use (7 pts)

az identity list --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, rg:resourceGroup}" \
  -o table

az vm list --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, identityType:identity.type}" \
  -o table

Scoring:

7 pts: User-Assigned or System-Assigned MI actively used on resources
3 pts: Some resources have MI, key resources don't
0 pts: No Managed Identities — likely using keys/secrets everywhere

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview

Check 4.3 — Defender for Cloud enabled (7 pts)

az security pricing list \
  --query "value[?name=='CloudPosture' || name=='VirtualMachines' || name=='StorageAccounts'].{service:name, tier:pricingTier}" \
  -o table

Scoring:

7 pts: CSPM + at least one workload protection (Standard tier)
4 pts: Only free tier CSPM
0 pts: Defender not configured — zero security visibility

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/get-started

🌐 CATEGORY 5 — Production Web Protection (15 points)

Detects: "startup running prod on .azurewebsites.net with no WAF"

Check 5.1 — Custom domain on production web apps (5 pts)

az webapp list --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, defaultHost:defaultHostName, customDomains:hostNames}" \
  -o json

az staticwebapp list --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, defaultHost:defaultHostname, customDomains:customDomains}" \
  -o json

Scoring:

5 pts: Production apps use custom domains
2 pts: Mix of custom and default domains
0 pts: Production on .azurewebsites.net / .azurestaticapps.net
N/A: No web apps (score 5 pts — not applicable)

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/app-service-web-tutorial-custom-domain

Check 5.2 — WAF or Front Door protecting web endpoints (5 pts)

az network application-gateway waf-policy list \
  --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, rg:resourceGroup}" \
  -o table

az afd profile list --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, sku:sku.name}" \
  -o table

Scoring:

5 pts: WAF policy active OR Front Door Premium/Standard protecting endpoints
2 pts: Front Door exists but without WAF enabled
0 pts: Web apps directly exposed without any L7 protection
N/A: No public web apps (score 5 pts)

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/web-application-firewall/overview

Check 5.3 — DDoS protection stance (5 pts)

az network ddos-protection list \
  --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, rg:resourceGroup}" \
  -o table

Scoring:

5 pts: DDoS plan active on VNets with public IPs, OR architecture is PaaS-only (built-in protection)
0 pts: VMs/IPs exposed without DDoS plan

Note: Pure PaaS architectures (App Service, Static Web Apps, Container Apps without VNet) get Azure's built-in DDoS at the platform level. Score 5 if no VNets with public IPs exist.

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-overview

📋 CATEGORY 6 — Operational Foundations (10 points)

Check 6.1 — Activity Log forwarding to Log Analytics (5 pts)

az monitor diagnostic-settings subscription list \
  --subscription <sub-id> \
  -o json

Scoring:

5 pts: Activity Logs forwarded to Log Analytics workspace
2 pts: Forwarded to storage only (limited query capability)
0 pts: No diagnostic settings — no audit trail

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/activity-log

Check 6.2 — Backup exists for stateful resources (5 pts)

az backup vault list --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, rg:resourceGroup}" \
  -o table

Scoring:

5 pts: Recovery Services vault with active backup items
2 pts: Vault exists but empty (no backup items)
0 pts: No backup — one deletion away from data loss

📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-overview

Accepted exceptions (optional)

If the user provides a list of accepted exceptions, do not flag those items. Instead, note them in the report as Accepted Exception with the reason provided.

Example format the user may provide:

Check	Reason
2.1 Management Groups	Single subscription by design, MGs planned for Series B
3.1 Budget alerts	Cost alerts handled by external FinOps tool (Kubecost)
5.3 DDoS protection	PaaS-only architecture with no VNet-attached public IPs

When exceptions are provided:

Skip the flagged checks in scoring
List them in a separate "Acc

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name: digital-native-governance-check
description: >
  Assess Azure governance maturity for Digital Natives and startups. Detects the most common 
  anti-patterns from the "Digital Natives on Azure" series: incomplete Service Health alerts, 
  flat subscription topology without Management Groups, excessive RBAC (everyone is Owner), 
  missing budget alerts, no Managed Identity usage, unprotected web apps without WAF/DDoS, 
  and   missing environment separation. Produces a scored maturity report 
  (Foundation → Developing → Established → Optimized). 
  Use when asked about startup readiness, governance maturity, "are we production-ready?", 
  or before a customer security questionnaire.
tools:
  - RunAzCliReadCommands

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---
name: digital-native-governance-check
description: >
  Assess Azure governance maturity for Digital Natives and startups. Detects the most common 
  anti-patterns from the "Digital Natives on Azure" series: incomplete Service Health alerts, 
  flat subscription topology without Management Groups, excessive RBAC (everyone is Owner), 
  missing budget alerts, no Managed Identity usage, unprotected web apps without WAF/DDoS, 
  and   missing environment separation. Produces a scored maturity report 
  (Foundation → Developing → Established → Optimized). 
  Use when asked about startup readiness, governance maturity, "are we production-ready?", 
  or before a customer security questionnaire.
tools:
  - RunAzCliReadCommands
---

# Digital Native Governance Check

## Purpose
Evaluate whether a startup's Azure environment has the foundational governance that enterprise customers, investors, and auditors expect. Produces a maturity score (0–100) with clear next steps.

This is NOT a deep compliance audit (use the Compliance & Governance skill for that). This is a focused "did you get the basics right?" diagnostic for teams of 5–50 engineers who set up Azure fast and moved on.

## When to use this skill
- Startup preparing for first enterprise customer security review
- CTO asks "are we production-ready?"
- Pre-Series A infrastructure maturity check
- After first incident: "what basics did we miss?"
- Quarterly governance health check for Digital Natives

## Maturity levels

| Score | Level | Meaning |
|-------|-------|---------|
| 0–39 | 🔴 **Foundation** | Governance basics missing — will fail any security questionnaire |
| 40–69 | 🟡 **Developing** | Some controls exist but significant gaps remain |
| 70–89 | 🟢 **Established** | Solid posture — can pass most security reviews |
| 90–100 | 🏆 **Optimized** | Enterprise-grade governance on Azure |

## Assessment procedure

Run all checks in parallel where possible. Score each and sum for total.

---

### 🏥 CATEGORY 1 — Alerting & Observability (20 points)

Detects: "Azure VM went down and nobody knew" + "you configured one alert type out of four"

**Check 1.1 — Service Health alerts exist (8 pts)**

```bash
az monitor activity-log alert list \
  --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[?contains(to_string(condition.allOf), 'ServiceHealth')].{name:name, enabled:enabled}" \
  -o json
```

Scoring:
- 8 pts: Alert exists covering all 4 event types (Service Issues, Health Advisories, Planned Maintenance, Security Advisories)
- 4 pts: Alert exists but covers only 1–2 types
- 0 pts: No Service Health alerts at all

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/alerts-activity-log-service-notifications-portal

**Check 1.2 — Resource Health alerts for compute (6 pts)**

```bash
az monitor activity-log alert list \
  --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[?contains(to_string(condition.allOf), 'ResourceHealth')].{name:name, enabled:enabled}" \
  -o json
```

Scoring:
- 6 pts: Resource Health alerts exist and are enabled
- 0 pts: No Resource Health alerts — VMs can go Unavailable silently

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-health-alert-monitor-guide

**Check 1.3 — Action Groups with valid receivers (6 pts)**

```bash
az monitor action-group list \
  --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, emails:length(emailReceivers), webhooks:length(webhookReceivers)}" \
  -o table
```

Scoring:
- 6 pts: Action group with email + at least one other channel (webhook, SMS)
- 3 pts: Action group with email only
- 0 pts: No action groups configured

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/action-groups

---

### 🏗️ CATEGORY 2 — Subscription Topology (20 points)

Detects: "the flat subscription problem" + "dev/test/prod in the same subscription"

**Check 2.1 — Management Groups beyond Tenant Root (8 pts)**

```bash
az account management-group list \
  --query "[].{name:name, displayName:displayName}" \
  -o table
```

Scoring:
- 8 pts: Custom MG hierarchy exists (nonprod/prod/platform pattern)
- 4 pts: At least one custom MG beyond Tenant Root Group
- 0 pts: Only Tenant Root Group — completely flat

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/management-groups/overview

**Check 2.2 — Environment separation (8 pts)**

```bash
az account list --all \
  --query "[?state=='Enabled'].{name:name, id:id}" \
  -o table
```

Look for prod/nonprod/dev/staging patterns in subscription names.

Scoring:
- 8 pts: Clear separation (prod ≠ nonprod in distinct subscriptions)
- 4 pts: Multiple subscriptions but unclear separation
- 0 pts: Single subscription for everything

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/resource-org-subscriptions

**Check 2.3 — Resource Locks on critical infrastructure (4 pts)**

```bash
az lock list --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, level:level, notes:notes}" \
  -o table
```

Scoring:
- 4 pts: CanNotDelete locks on infra resources (Log Analytics, Key Vault, Terraform state)
- 2 pts: Locks exist but only on non-critical resources
- 0 pts: Zero locks — anything can be accidentally deleted

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/lock-resources

---

### 💰 CATEGORY 3 — Cost Controls (15 points)

Detects: "surprise bill" + "VMs running in dev all weekend"

**Check 3.1 — Budget alerts configured (8 pts)**

```bash
az rest --method get \
  --url "https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<sub-id>/providers/Microsoft.Consumption/budgets?api-version=2023-11-01"
```

Scoring:
- 8 pts: Budget exists with notifications at 80% and 100%
- 4 pts: Budget exists but missing thresholds or notifications
- 0 pts: No budgets — first warning is the invoice

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/tutorial-acm-create-budgets

**Check 3.2 — Azure Advisor cost recommendations addressed (4 pts)**

```bash
az advisor recommendation list --category Cost \
  --query "[?impact=='High'].{problem:shortDescription.problem}" \
  -o table
```

Scoring:
- 4 pts: Zero high-impact cost recommendations pending
- 2 pts: 1–3 high-impact recommendations
- 0 pts: 4+ unaddressed — systematic waste

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-cost-recommendations

**Check 3.3 — No cost-leaking VMs (3 pts)**

```bash
az vm list -d --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[?powerState=='VM stopped'].{name:name, rg:resourceGroup}" \
  -o table
```

Note: "VM stopped" (not deallocated) still incurs compute charges.

Scoring:
- 3 pts: No VMs in stopped-but-allocated state
- 0 pts: VMs burning money while stopped

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/states-billing

---

### 🔐 CATEGORY 4 — Identity & Access (20 points)

Detects: "everyone is Owner" + "secrets in code instead of Managed Identity"

**Check 4.1 — Owner count ≤ 3 per subscription (6 pts)**

```bash
az role assignment list --role Owner \
  --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{principal:principalName, type:principalType}" \
  -o table
```

Scoring:
- 6 pts: ≤ 3 Owners at subscription level
- 3 pts: 4–5 Owners
- 0 pts: 6+ Owners — the "everyone is Owner for convenience" anti-pattern

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/best-practices

**Check 4.2 — Managed Identities in use (7 pts)**

```bash
az identity list --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, rg:resourceGroup}" \
  -o table
```

```bash
az vm list --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, identityType:identity.type}" \
  -o table
```

Scoring:
- 7 pts: User-Assigned or System-Assigned MI actively used on resources
- 3 pts: Some resources have MI, key resources don't
- 0 pts: No Managed Identities — likely using keys/secrets everywhere

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview

**Check 4.3 — Defender for Cloud enabled (7 pts)**

```bash
az security pricing list \
  --query "value[?name=='CloudPosture' || name=='VirtualMachines' || name=='StorageAccounts'].{service:name, tier:pricingTier}" \
  -o table
```

Scoring:
- 7 pts: CSPM + at least one workload protection (Standard tier)
- 4 pts: Only free tier CSPM
- 0 pts: Defender not configured — zero security visibility

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/get-started

---

### 🌐 CATEGORY 5 — Production Web Protection (15 points)

Detects: "startup running prod on .azurewebsites.net with no WAF"

**Check 5.1 — Custom domain on production web apps (5 pts)**

```bash
az webapp list --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, defaultHost:defaultHostName, customDomains:hostNames}" \
  -o json
```

```bash
az staticwebapp list --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, defaultHost:defaultHostname, customDomains:customDomains}" \
  -o json
```

Scoring:
- 5 pts: Production apps use custom domains
- 2 pts: Mix of custom and default domains
- 0 pts: Production on `.azurewebsites.net` / `.azurestaticapps.net`
- N/A: No web apps (score 5 pts — not applicable)

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/app-service-web-tutorial-custom-domain

**Check 5.2 — WAF or Front Door protecting web endpoints (5 pts)**

```bash
az network application-gateway waf-policy list \
  --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, rg:resourceGroup}" \
  -o table
```

```bash
az afd profile list --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, sku:sku.name}" \
  -o table
```

Scoring:
- 5 pts: WAF policy active OR Front Door Premium/Standard protecting endpoints
- 2 pts: Front Door exists but without WAF enabled
- 0 pts: Web apps directly exposed without any L7 protection
- N/A: No public web apps (score 5 pts)

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/web-application-firewall/overview

**Check 5.3 — DDoS protection stance (5 pts)**

```bash
az network ddos-protection list \
  --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, rg:resourceGroup}" \
  -o table
```

Scoring:
- 5 pts: DDoS plan active on VNets with public IPs, OR architecture is PaaS-only (built-in protection)
- 0 pts: VMs/IPs exposed without DDoS plan

Note: Pure PaaS architectures (App Service, Static Web Apps, Container Apps without VNet) get Azure's built-in DDoS at the platform level. Score 5 if no VNets with public IPs exist.

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-overview

---

### 📋 CATEGORY 6 — Operational Foundations (10 points)

**Check 6.1 — Activity Log forwarding to Log Analytics (5 pts)**

```bash
az monitor diagnostic-settings subscription list \
  --subscription <sub-id> \
  -o json
```

Scoring:
- 5 pts: Activity Logs forwarded to Log Analytics workspace
- 2 pts: Forwarded to storage only (limited query capability)
- 0 pts: No diagnostic settings — no audit trail

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/activity-log

**Check 6.2 — Backup exists for stateful resources (5 pts)**

```bash
az backup vault list --subscription <sub-id> \
  --query "[].{name:name, rg:resourceGroup}" \
  -o table
```

Scoring:
- 5 pts: Recovery Services vault with active backup items
- 2 pts: Vault exists but empty (no backup items)
- 0 pts: No backup — one deletion away from data loss

> 📖 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-overview

---

## Accepted exceptions (optional)

If the user provides a list of accepted exceptions, do not flag those items. Instead, note them in the report as **Accepted Exception** with the reason provided.

Example format the user may provide:

| Check | Reason |
|-------|--------|
| 2.1 Management Groups | Single subscription by design, MGs planned for Series B |
| 3.1 Budget alerts | Cost alerts handled by external FinOps tool (Kubecost) |
| 5.3 DDoS protection | PaaS-only architecture with no VNet-attached public IPs |

When exceptions are provided:
- Skip the flagged checks in scoring
- List them in a separate "Acc

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Source repository: ricmmartins/azure-sre-agent-skills
License: MIT
Version: 1.0.0
Last GitHub push: Aug 24, 2026
Registry updated: Sep 1, 2026
Instruction path: skills/07-digital-native-governance/SKILL.md

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GitHub adoption: 70 GitHub stars
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🏗️ CATEGORY 2 — Subscription Topology (20 points)

💰 CATEGORY 3 — Cost Controls (15 points)

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