# Official Sources

## References

Ground conclusions only in these official Microsoft documentation paths and live Azure evidence when available:

- [Azure landing zone design areas](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-areas) — top-level design-area map and relationship to landing-zone structure.
- [Azure landing zones overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/) — platform landing zones versus application landing zones and reference-architecture framing.
- [Resource organization design area](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/resource-org) — management-group design, subscription design, naming, tagging, and scaling considerations.
- [Management groups design guidance](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/resource-org-management-groups) — management-group depth, inheritance, and hierarchy recommendations.
- [Governance design area](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/governance) — policy, compliance, and operating-model consequences of scope choices.
- [Azure MCP tools inventory](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/azure-mcp-server/tools/) — official Azure MCP namespace discovery and shared parameter behavior.
- [Azure MCP subscription tools](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/azure-mcp-server/tools/subscription) — official subscription inspection capability when available.
- [Azure MCP resource-group tools](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/azure-mcp-server/tools/resource-group) — official resource-group inspection capability when available.
