Posts, a podcast and video series about Microsoft Azure by Marcos Nogueira.https://azurecentric.com/https://azurecentric.com/posts/create-a-practical-workload-readiness-checklist/https://azurecentric.com/posts/create-a-practical-workload-readiness-checklist/A practical checklist for verifying workload readiness before an incident, based on Azure's shared responsibility model and service health.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkazure-service-healthbusiness-continuitydisaster-recoveryincident-responsehttps://azurecentric.com/posts/use-recovery-evidence-to-refine-an-availability-target/https://azurecentric.com/posts/use-recovery-evidence-to-refine-an-availability-target/Use recovery evidence to refine availability targets, distinguishing high availability from disaster recovery based on risk classification.Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkavailabilitydisaster-recoveryhigh-availabilitybusiness-continuityreliabilityhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/run-a-well-architected-review-with-the-operations-team/https://azurecentric.com/posts/run-a-well-architected-review-with-the-operations-team/Run a Well-Architected review by mapping service-specific reliability guides to operational responsibilities and verifying RPO/RTO assumptions.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkrpo-rtobackuphttps://azurecentric.com/posts/check-hidden-dependencies-after-an-application-failover/https://azurecentric.com/posts/check-hidden-dependencies-after-an-application-failover/Verify hidden dependencies after a failover to avoid partial recovery and data loss.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkfailoverreplicationtroubleshootinghttps://azurecentric.com/posts/plan-regional-recovery-without-overlooking-identity-and-dns/https://azurecentric.com/posts/plan-regional-recovery-without-overlooking-identity-and-dns/Plan regional recovery by defining RTO/RPO, configuring DNS failover, and managing identity dependencies.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkdnsdisaster-recoveryidentityrpo-rtoazure-site-recoveryhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/record-a-recovery-decision-before-an-infrastructure-change/https://azurecentric.com/posts/record-a-recovery-decision-before-an-infrastructure-change/Establish a pre-defined recovery decision record to prevent rushed actions during infrastructure changes or incidents.Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkazure-service-healthreliabilitydisaster-recoveryhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/choose-a-deployment-approach-that-limits-the-impact-of-failure/https://azurecentric.com/posts/choose-a-deployment-approach-that-limits-the-impact-of-failure/Decide between zone-redundant and zonal deployments to limit failure impact, balancing latency needs against operational complexity.Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkavailability-zonesreplicationhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/define-health-checks-across-application-and-infrastructure-layers/https://azurecentric.com/posts/define-health-checks-across-application-and-infrastructure-layers/Define health checks to distinguish transient faults from outages, supporting business continuity decisions during service disruptions.Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedhealth-checkswell-architected-frameworkbusiness-continuityincident-responsedisaster-recoveryhigh-availabilityhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/review-resilience-trade-offs-in-a-cost-constrained-workload/https://azurecentric.com/posts/review-resilience-trade-offs-in-a-cost-constrained-workload/Balance cost and resilience by classifying risks into HA and DR, then selecting matching redundancy levels.Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkbusiness-continuityreliabilitydisaster-recoveryhigh-availabilityhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/investigate-a-failover-that-leaves-an-application-unavailable/https://azurecentric.com/posts/investigate-a-failover-that-leaves-an-application-unavailable/Troubleshoot post-failover unavailability by verifying service scope, traffic routing, and data readiness.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworktroubleshootingfailoverazure-service-healthdata-replicationreplicationhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/build-a-recovery-runbook-with-an-explicit-validation-step/https://azurecentric.com/posts/build-a-recovery-runbook-with-an-explicit-validation-step/Construct a recovery runbook that defines scope, justifies action, and validates outcomes using service-specific reliability guides.Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedazure-automationwell-architected-frameworkhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/plan-an-outage-test-that-produces-useful-evidence/https://azurecentric.com/posts/plan-an-outage-test-that-produces-useful-evidence/Plan controlled outage tests using Chaos Studio to verify recovery logic, distinguishing control plane resilience from workload configuration.Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkbusiness-continuitychaos-studiodisaster-recoveryavailability-zoneshttps://azurecentric.com/posts/document-an-application-dependency-map-for-a-recovery-exercise/https://azurecentric.com/posts/document-an-application-dependency-map-for-a-recovery-exercise/Document application dependencies to define recovery scope and validate RTO/RPO targets for Azure workloads.Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkrpo-rtobusiness-continuityrecovery-planningreliabilitydisaster-recoveryhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/choose-availability-zones-without-assuming-application-resilience/https://azurecentric.com/posts/choose-availability-zones-without-assuming-application-resilience/Distinguish zonal and zone-redundant configurations to avoid assuming application resilience from infrastructure placement alone.Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkavailability-zoneszonal-deploymentzone-redundanthigh-availabilityhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/review-a-workload-against-the-well-architected-reliability-pillar/https://azurecentric.com/posts/review-a-workload-against-the-well-architected-reliability-pillar/Review a workload against the Well-Architected reliability pillar by defining RTO/RPO and consulting service-specific guides.Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkreliabilityrpo-rtoavailability-zonesdisaster-recoveryhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/set-rpo-and-rto-before-selecting-a-recovery-design/https://azurecentric.com/posts/set-rpo-and-rto-before-selecting-a-recovery-design/Define RPO and RTO before selecting Azure DR tools. Understand how backup and replication serve different recovery goals.Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedrpo-rtowell-architected-frameworkreplicationbackupdisaster-recoveryazure-backuphttps://azurecentric.com/posts/map-an-azure-workload-across-its-failure-domains/https://azurecentric.com/posts/map-an-azure-workload-across-its-failure-domains/Map a workload across failure domains by distinguishing zonal from zone-redundant services and verifying subscription-specific physical mappings.Fri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkavailability-zonesmigrationhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/separate-backup-high-availability-and-disaster-recovery/https://azurecentric.com/posts/separate-backup-high-availability-and-disaster-recovery/Define what backup, high availability and disaster recovery each need to achieve, then test the complete application's recovery against RPO and RTO.Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkdisaster-recoveryhigh-availabilitybackuprpo-rtoazure-backuphttps://azurecentric.com/posts/turn-an-application-availability-target-into-design-decisions/https://azurecentric.com/posts/turn-an-application-availability-target-into-design-decisions/Define what availability means to the business, set recovery objectives, and test the complete application path before choosing redundancy and recovery mechanisms.Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTwell-architectedwell-architected-frameworkavailabilityrpo-rto