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Azure planning tool resource

Luke Madden 21 Reputation points
Oct 26, 2022, 12:17 AM

I am looking for a Cloud planning tool and want to know if Azure has one that is Native. A tool like visio that you can plan a Cloud network on e.g. app will sit in a container apart of a cluster, DNS will be employed a gateway will be here we will use this service etc etc to create a visual depiction for planning of what the infrastructure and services employed will look like.

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  1. Luke Murray 11,091 Reputation points MVP
    Oct 26, 2022, 12:46 AM

    There's no native Azure planning tool.

    "IT Depends" a lot on what you want to do - but there are resources to assist:

    Azure Architecture Center (a lot of the designs, you can download Visio templates for, then adjust to what you want) - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/browse/?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004796
    Microsoft Assessments - https://learn.microsoft.com/assessments/?mode=home&WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004796
    Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/framework/?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004796
    Azure Pricing Calculator - https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/calculator/?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004796

    The Azure Rapid Assessment Estimator - could be useful as well: https://usdco.azurewebsites.net/Resources.aspx

    You can check out links to various other resources here: https://aka.ms/AwesomeAzureArchitecture (some of the Landing Zone accelerators may be of help)

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  1. KarishmaTiwari-MSFT 20,217 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    Oct 26, 2022, 12:45 AM

    @Luke Madden There is no separate cloud planning tool for Azure but you can use Microsoft's Visio tool and Azure Diagrams templates in Visio.

    It gives you everything you need to create Azure diagrams for your specific needs - Design web apps, network topologies, Azure solutions, architectural diagrams, virtual machine configurations, operations, and much more.

    The Azure diagrams template can be accessed in the Visio desktop app or on Visio for the web with a Visio Plan 1 or Visio Plan 2 subscription. Only with Visio Plan 2, you can install and use the Visio desktop app. Not sure what license you have? You can check what version you have.

    Open an Azure Diagram template
    Select File > New > Templates > Network > Azure Diagrams.

    Work with sample diagrams
    Use the many sample diagrams in the Azure solution architectures site to help you decide what you want to do and model your designs.

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    You can find more details on the same here : https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/efbb25e7-c80e-42e1-b1ad-7ef630ff01b7

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