26 - 28 OCT 2026 Utrecht Netherlands

Azure Landing Zones Without the Overwhelm: A Simple Platform Foundation for .NET Teams

Room 9Tue 27 Oct • 17:15–18:15Architecture & SecurityIntermediate
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Most Azure environments weren't designed. They piled up over time. The result is slow deployments, unclear costs, and infrastructure nobody dares to touch. Companies know they need a proper landing zone, but getting started is where most of them get stuck. Azure Verified Modules and the official accelerators are powerful, but for teams at the beginning of the journey they're overwhelming: hundreds of parameters, deep module hierarchies, and architecture decisions nobody is ready to make yet. Microsoft Azure MVP Florian Lenz has led landing zone and migration projects for companies in energy, finance, and aviation. In every project he saw the same thing: the hardest part was getting started. So he built a simpler way in. In this session he introduces an open-source GitHub repository with an Azure landing zone platform that is easy to read and easy to adapt. You can clone it, understand it in an afternoon, and shape it to fit your organization. In the first part, you'll see how to build the foundation: - Management groups, policies, networking, and identity, without drowning in complexity - Subscription vending, so new teams and projects get compliant environments in minutes instead of weeks - Treating the platform as a product that grows step by step as your company matures In the second part, the view switches to the developers. Using a .NET team as the example, you'll see what daily work looks like on the platform: requesting a new environment, deploying a .NET application through ready-made pipelines, and using managed identities and shared services without opening a ticket. You'll leave with a working repository, a clear picture of how the platform and the application teams fit together, and a path you can start on the week you get home.

About the speaker

Florian Lenz

Florian Lenz is a Microsoft Azure MVP and Cloud Architect with over 10 years of experience building secure, scalable cloud platforms on Microsoft Azure. He specializes in Azure Landing Zones, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud-native architectures, and has worked across industries including energy, finance, retail, and software. As a speaker, author, and content creator, Florian shares practical lessons from real-world projects through conference talks, articles, and his YouTube channel—helping engineers and teams design systems that are secure, maintainable, and built for long-term success.