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AZQR and APRL

As of version 2.0.0-preview, Azure Quick Review (azqr) includes all Azure Resource Graph queries provided by the the Azure Proactive Resiliency Library (APRL), which are used to identify non-compliant resources.

Azure Quick Review (azqr) extends APRL by providing per service instance SLAs, Diagnostic Settings detection and more. Therefore, scan results display AZQR or APRL, to indicate the source of the recommendation.

APRL provides a curated catalog of resiliency recommendations for workloads running in Azure. Many of the recommendations contain supporting Azure Resource Graph (ARG) queries

AZQR compared to Azure Review Checklists and PSRule.Rules.Azure

Azure Quick Review (azqr) was created to address a very specific need we had back in 2022. Initially, we had to run three assessments to get a clear picture of various solutions in terms of SLAs, use of Availability Zones, and Diagnostic Settings. At the time, we were not aware of the existence of the review-checklist or PSRule.Rules.Azure.

When some of our peers saw the assessments we were able to deliver with the early bits of Azure Quick Review (azqr), they asked us to add more checks (recommendations) and change the output format from markdown to Excel.

As many of our customers work in restrictive environments, the ability to run a self-contained, cross-platform binary while using read-only permissions became a key feature.

Moving forward to 2023, based on great feedback from both peers and customers, we moved the original repo to the Azure organization, added support for more services, fixed some issues and even added a Power BI template.

In August 2024, we added all APRL recommendations to Azure Quick Review (azqr) and removed duplicates in favor of the ones already available as Azure Resource Graph queries.

When compared with PSRule.Rules.Azure, Azure Quick Review (azqr) only scans deployed Azure resources and provides recommendations based on the current state. Azure Quick Review (azqr) does not scan ARM templates or Bicep files.

When compared to the review-checklist, Azure Quick Review (azqr) also provides an actionable list of more than 400 recommendations (70+ Azure resource types), that can be used to improve the resiliency of your Azure solutions.