CAREER PATH

Cloud Governance Specialist

Someone has to keep a growing cloud environment from turning into chaos — policy, cost, compliance, and resilience planning, all at the organisational level.

7 clusters 4 domains ~55 hours No dedicated cert aligned

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Who this is for

Some prior Azure exposure helps; this path is about the governance layer wrapped around infrastructure, not the infrastructure itself.

How this path works
Each cluster below links to its real lesson page. Go in order the first time through — later clusters assume the ones before them. Once you've done a full pass, use it as reference.

The path — in order

Networking

01
Where data legally can and can't live.
Domain 3 · Networking

Identity & Security

02
Sensitivity labels and data loss prevention at scale.
Domain 4 · Identity & Security
03
ISO, SOC, GDPR, and audit logs.
Domain 4 · Identity & Security

Operations

04
Azure Policy, management groups, and tagging discipline.
Domain 5 · Operations
05
Budgets, Advisor, and reservations.
Domain 5 · Operations

Resilience

06
Governance includes ensuring resilience standards are actually met.
Domain 7 · Resilience
07
Organisation-wide continuity planning.
Domain 7 · Resilience

Certification this path maps to

Being honest: no single Microsoft certification targets this exact role. AZ-305 (Solutions Architect Expert) plus real experience with Microsoft Purview and Azure Policy is the practical marker most employers look for.

Where this leads

Solutions Architect is the broader design-focused path this often feeds into. Cloud Security Architect is the security-specific equivalent.

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