====== Azure Blueprints ======

Blueprints are a declarative way to orchestrate the deployment of various resource templates and other artifacts such as:
  * Role Assignments
  * Policy Assignments
  * Azure Resource Manager templates (ARM templates)
  * Resource Groups

Azure Blueprints seem analogous to AWS CloudFormation templates. They are like ARM templates, but the template and it's relationship/association to the resources that are deployed using it are preserved.
  * [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/enterprise-governance/10-azure-blueprints]]
  * [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/overview]]
  * A **Blueprint** can consist of zero or more ARM templates.
  * With Azure Blueprints, the relationship between the blueprint definition (what should be deployed) and the blueprint assignment (what was deployed) is preserved. This connection supports improved tracking and auditing of deployments.