Meeting Regulatory Requirements in Azure Environment | Best Practices

Evaluating Azure Environment for Regulatory Compliance

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What should you use to evaluate whether your company's Azure environment meets regulatory requirements?

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Compliance Manager in the Service Trust Portal is a workflow-based risk assessment tool that helps you track, assign, and verify your organization's regulatory compliance activities related to Microsoft Cloud services, such as Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Azure.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/get-started-with-service-trust-portal?view=o365-worldwide

The correct answer to this question is C. Compliance Manager from the Service Trust Portal.

The Compliance Manager is a tool in the Azure portal that enables organizations to assess their compliance posture against various industry standards and regulations, such as ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and more. Compliance Manager provides a comprehensive assessment of an organization's compliance with various regulations and standards, including recommendations for meeting compliance requirements.

The Compliance Manager dashboard provides an overview of the organization's compliance posture, including the percentage of controls that have been assessed, a summary of the assessed controls, and the overall risk score. It also provides access to detailed reports that provide information on specific controls and compliance requirements.

Using the Compliance Manager, organizations can create compliance assessments, track progress, and generate reports to demonstrate compliance with industry standards and regulations. Compliance Manager also enables organizations to share compliance reports with auditors and regulators to demonstrate compliance.

In contrast, the Knowledge Center website is a collection of resources and documentation that provides information on Azure services and features. The Advisor blade from the Azure portal provides recommendations for optimizing Azure resources and improving security, but it does not specifically address compliance requirements. The Solutions blade provides preconfigured solutions for specific use cases, but it does not provide a comprehensive assessment of compliance with industry standards and regulations.

Therefore, option C is the most appropriate and relevant choice for evaluating whether a company's Azure environment meets regulatory requirements.