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Discover the importance of a Landing Zone when creating your Azure environment.<\/strong><\/p>

When migrating to the cloud it can be easy to jump in headfirst. But you must take a step back and review things before you start your cloud journey.\u00a0Whilst some workloads can be easily migrated to Azure with little adaption \u2013 these are the ones we target in our first phase migration \u2013 many will need to be re-configured for performance and cost optimisation.<\/p>

To realise the true potential of Azure and build a scalable base, you should start with Azure Landing Zone. They are the fundamental structures that put security and optimal performance at the core of your cloud environment.<\/p>

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