Running an Azure Well-Architected Review
Complete a Well-Architected Review assessment for a sample workload, interpret the maturity scores, and prioritise the highest-value recommendations.
What Is a Well-Architected Review?
A Well-Architected Review (WAR) is a structured assessment of a workload against the five pillars of the Azure Well-Architected Framework. It is conducted through a guided questionnaire in the Azure portal or the Microsoft Learn Assessments site. The output is a maturity score per pillar and a prioritised list of recommendations to improve your architecture.
Creating a Workload in the Assessment Tool
To begin a Well-Architected Review, you first create a workload — a named collection of Azure resources that serve a specific business function. Grouping resources into a workload lets you evaluate them together rather than in isolation. Examples of workloads include a customer-facing e-commerce site, an internal HR application, or a data analytics pipeline.
# Access the Well-Architected Review:
# 1. Go to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/assessments/
# 2. Select 'Azure Well-Architected Review'
# 3. Click 'Start assessment' and create a new workloadAll lessons in this course
- The Five Pillars Explained
- Running an Azure Well-Architected Review
- Azure Advisor
- Applying WAF Patterns to Real Architectures