Azure Academy · Platform Operations Center

Capacity Management

Forecast and manage compute, storage, network and service limits.

Objective: Maintain sufficient capacity while controlling waste and risk.

Practical guidance

Prepare and design

01

Identify constrained resources and quotas

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02

Collect demand and growth data

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03

Define capacity thresholds

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Practical guidance

Operate and improve

01

Forecast future requirements

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02

Test scaling and quota processes

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03

Remove waste and bottlenecks

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Practical guidance

Evidence and governance

01

Publish capacity reports

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02

Record investment decisions

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03

Review after major onboarding

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