Enterprise-grade technical whitepapers and architecture briefs for Microsoft Azure — covering architecture, compute, storage, networking, security, and DevOps with production-ready Terraform, KQL queries, and Mermaid diagrams.
Target Audience: Cloud architects, platform engineers, security professionals, and technical decision-makers.
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Complete Index (INDEX.md) | Full catalog — all documents, examples, and metadata |
| Contributing Guide | How to submit whitepapers and architecture briefs |
| Terraform Examples | Deployable, testable IaC per document |
| Templates | Whitepaper and architecture brief templates |
| Tier | Template | Terraform | KQL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Whitepaper | whitepaper-template.md | Required → examples/ | Required |
| Architecture Brief | architecture-brief-template.md | Snippets → examples/ | Optional |
| Category | Documents | README |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 5 whitepapers | architecture/README.md |
| Compute | 2 whitepapers + 6 AKS briefs | compute/README.md |
| Storage | 5 whitepapers | storage/README.md |
| Networking | 4 whitepapers | networking/README.md |
| Security | 5 whitepapers | security/README.md |
| DevOps | 10 whitepapers | devops/README.md |
Azure Commercial is the default environment. Some documents also cover FedRAMP High patterns where compliance drives architecture. See INDEX.md for per-document scope.
whitepapers/
├── INDEX.md # Complete catalog (single source of truth)
├── README.md # This file — entry point
├── examples/ # Deployable Terraform per document
├── templates/ # Whitepaper and brief templates
├── scripts/ # extract-terraform, validate, stub
├── architecture/
├── compute/
├── storage/
├── networking/
├── security/
└── devops/
- Fork the repository and create a feature branch
- Choose a template: full whitepaper or architecture brief
- Place Terraform in inline code blocks — then run
.\scripts\extract-terraform.ps1 - Submit a pull request using the PR template
📖 Read the complete Contributing Guide →
MIT License — see LICENSE.
31 full whitepapers | 6 architecture briefs | 37 Terraform examples | 6 active categories
Last Updated: August 2026