subscriptions
Summary
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Do not create more than 2000 Citrix VDA servers per subscription
Impact: High Category: Governance
APRL GUID: c041d596-6c97-4c5f-b4b3-9cd37628f2e2
Description:
A Citrix Managed Azure subscription supports VMs with VDA for app/desktop delivery, excluding other machines like Cloud Connectors. When close to the limit, signaled by a dashboard notification, and with sufficient licenses, request another subscription. Can't exceed the given limits for catalogs.
Potential Benefits:
Avoids hitting limit, ensures reliability
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ARG Query:
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// Azure Resource Graph Query
// Count VM instances with a tag that contains "Citrix VDA" and create output if that count is >2000 for each subscription.
// The Citrix published limit is 2500. This query runs an 80% check.
resources
| where type == 'microsoft.compute/virtualmachines'
| where tags contains 'Citrix VDA'
| summarize VMs=count() by subscriptionId
| where VMs > 2000
| join (resourcecontainers| where type =='microsoft.resources/subscriptions' | project subname=name, subscriptionId) on subscriptionId
| project recommendationId='c041d596-6c97-4c5f-b4b3-9cd37628f2e2', name= subname, id = subscriptionId, param1='Too many instances.', param2= VMs
Subscriptions should not be placed under the Tenant Root Management Group
Impact: Medium Category: Governance
APRL GUID: 5ada5ffa-7149-4e49-9fbf-e67be7c2594c
Description:
The root management group in Azure is designed for organizational hierarchy, allowing for all management groups and subscriptions to fold into it.
Potential Benefits:
Enhanced security, compliance, and management
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ARG Query:
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// Azure Resource Graph Query
// Provides a list of Azure Subscriptions that are placed under the Tenant Root Management Group
resourcecontainers
| where type == 'microsoft.resources/subscriptions'
| extend mgParentSize = array_length(properties.managementGroupAncestorsChain)
| where mgParentSize == 1
| project recommendationId="5ada5ffa-7149-4e49-9fbf-e67be7c2594c", name, id, tags