How to deploy Azure Local into Azure Landing Zone design framework

Speakers

• Christoffer Jakobsen

About this session

Azure Local has introduced a new way to design landing zones with the Local Management Group, changing how we approach governance, subscription boundaries, and workload isolation. In this session, you'll learn how Microsoft's updated guidance enables Azure Local clusters to host workloads across multiple subscriptions while maintaining clear separation between platform and application resources. We'll walk through the recommended management group hierarchy, explain the role of Custom Locations, and discuss how to apply Azure Policy and RBAC in this new architecture. Using practical examples and lessons learned from real deployments, we'll cover the key design decisions, common pitfalls, and scenarios where the new model works well—and where it doesn't. Whether you're planning a new Azure Local deployment or modernizing an existing one, you'll leave with a clear understanding of Microsoft's recommended landing zone architecture and the confidence to design it correctly.