Terraform Academy · Interactive Architecture Studio

Cloud Topology Studio

Model subscriptions, networks, workloads, controls and operational dependencies before implementation.

Objective: Create a reviewable cloud topology with explicit boundaries, dependencies and ownership.

Practical guidance

Plan and design

01

Define business capabilities and workload boundaries

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02

Identify subscriptions, accounts, regions and environments

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03

Map identity, network and management planes

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Practical guidance

Build and validate

01

Draft context, container and deployment views

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02

Annotate traffic paths, controls and failure domains

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03

Review assumptions with security and operations

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Practical guidance

Evidence and review

01

Publish architecture decision records

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02

Capture unresolved risks and owners

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03

Version the approved topology with delivery evidence

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