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Updating naming convention for policy and governance capability
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href: framework/manage/operations.md
- name: Education + enablement
href: framework/manage/education.md
- name: Cloud policy + governance
- name: Policy + governance
href: framework/manage/governance.md
- name: Invoicing + chargeback
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description: This tutorial helps you learn how to take an iterative approach to FinOps adoption.
author: flanakin
ms.author: micflan
ms.date: 04/02/2025
ms.date: 04/04/2025
ms.topic: tutorial
ms.service: finops
ms.subservice: finops-learning-resources
ms.reviewer: micflan
ms.reviewer: kedelaro
# customer intent: As a finops practitioner, I want to adopt FinOps in my organization so that we can create a plan to adopt.
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3. Rate optimization
4. Licensing and SaaS
5. Cloud sustainability
6. Cloud policy and governance
6. Policy and governance
7. If your team has a solid understanding of the basics and needs to map cloud investments back to business value, consider:
1. Unit economics
2. Allocation
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This comment doesn't belong here, but please also update the changelog to call out that you've updated the FinOps capabilities in the Implementing FinOps guide to the FinOps Framework 2025 updates.

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- [FinOps education and enablement](./manage/education.md)
- [FinOps practice operations](./manage/operations.md)
- [Onboarding workloads](./manage/onboarding.md)
- [Cloud policy and governance](./manage/governance.md)
- [Policy and governance](./manage/governance.md)
- [Invoicing and chargeback](./manage/invoicing-chargeback.md)
- [FinOps assessment](./manage/assessment.md)
- [FinOps tools and services](./manage/tools-services.md)
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- [FinOps education and enablement](./manage/education.md)
- [FinOps practice operations](./manage/operations.md)
- [Onboarding workloads](./manage/onboarding.md)
- [Cloud policy and governance](./manage/governance.md)
- [Policy and governance](./manage/governance.md)
- [Invoicing and chargeback](./manage/invoicing-chargeback.md)
- [FinOps assessment](./manage/assessment.md)
- [FinOps tools and services](./manage/tools-services.md)
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title: Cloud policy and governance
description: This article helps you understand the cloud policy and governance capability within the FinOps Framework and how to implement that in the Microsoft Cloud.
title: Policy and governance
description: This article helps you understand the policy and governance capability within the FinOps Framework and how to implement that in the Microsoft Cloud.
author: flanakin
ms.author: micflan
ms.date: 04/02/2025
ms.date: 04/04/2025
ms.topic: concept-article
ms.service: finops
ms.subservice: finops-learning-resources
ms.reviewer: micflan
# customer intent: As a FinOps practitioner, I want to understand the cloud policy and governance capability so that I can implement it in the Microsoft Cloud.
ms.reviewer: kedelaro
# customer intent: As a FinOps practitioner, I want to understand the policy and governance capability so that I can implement it in the Microsoft Cloud.
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# Cloud policy and governance
# Policy and governance

This article helps you understand the cloud policy and governance capability within the FinOps Framework and how to implement that in the Microsoft Cloud.
This article helps you understand the policy and governance capability within the FinOps Framework and how to implement that in the Microsoft Cloud.

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## Definition

**Cloud policy and governance refers to the process of defining, implementing, and monitoring a framework of rules that guide an organization's FinOps efforts.**
**Policy and governance refers to the process of defining, implementing, and monitoring a framework of rules that guide an organization's FinOps efforts.**

Define your governance goals and success metrics. Review and document how existing policies are updated to account for FinOps efforts. Review with all stakeholders to get buy-in and endorsement.

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## Learn more at the FinOps Foundation

This capability is a part of the FinOps Framework by the FinOps Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing cloud cost management and optimization. For more information about FinOps, including useful playbooks, training and certification programs, and more, see the [Cloud policy and governance capability](https://www.finops.org/framework/capabilities/policy-governance/) article in the FinOps Framework documentation.
This capability is a part of the FinOps Framework by the FinOps Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing cloud cost management and optimization. For more information about FinOps, including useful playbooks, training and certification programs, and more, see the [Policy and governance capability](https://www.finops.org/framework/capabilities/policy-governance/) article in the FinOps Framework documentation.

You can also find related videos on the FinOps Foundation YouTube channel:

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<br>

## Cloud policy and governance
## Policy and governance

Cloud policy and governance refer to the process of defining, implementing, and monitoring a framework of rules that guide an organization's FinOps efforts. With this capability, you identify and implement policies to support organizational goals by promoting or limiting the use of:
Policy and governance refer to the process of defining, implementing, and monitoring a framework of rules that guide an organization's FinOps efforts. With this capability, you identify and implement policies to support organizational goals by promoting or limiting the use of:

- Specific SKUs
- Resource configurations
- Other practices that might affect cost, usage, and carbon growth

To learn more, see [Cloud policy and governance](./governance.md).
To learn more, see [Policy and governance](./governance.md).

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description: This article helps you understand the onboarding workloads capability within the FinOps Framework and how to implement that in the Microsoft Cloud.
author: flanakin
ms.author: micflan
ms.date: 04/02/2025
ms.date: 04/04/2025
ms.topic: concept-article
ms.service: finops
ms.subservice: finops-learning-resources
ms.reviewer: micflan
ms.reviewer: kedelaro
# customer intent: As a FinOps practitioner, I want to understand the onboarding workloads capability so that I can implement it in the Microsoft Cloud.
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Related FinOps capabilities:

- [Forecasting](../quantify/forecasting.md)
- [Cloud policy and governance](./governance.md)
- [Policy and governance](./governance.md)

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description: This article helps you understand the licensing and SaaS capability within the FinOps Framework and how to implement that in the Microsoft Cloud.
author: flanakin
ms.author: micflan
ms.date: 04/02/2025
ms.date: 04/04/2025
ms.topic: concept-article
ms.service: finops
ms.subservice: finops-learning-resources
ms.reviewer: micflan
ms.reviewer: kedelaro
# customer intent: As a FinOps practitioner, I want to understand the licensing and SaaS capability so that I can implement that in the Microsoft cloud.
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Related FinOps capabilities:

- [Reporting and analytics](../understand/reporting.md)
- [Cloud policy and governance](../manage/governance.md)
- [Policy and governance](../manage/governance.md)

Related solutions:

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description: This article helps you understand the rate optimization capability within the FinOps Framework and how to implement that in the Microsoft Cloud.
author: flanakin
ms.author: micflan
ms.date: 04/02/2025
ms.date: 04/04/2025
ms.topic: concept-article
ms.service: finops
ms.subservice: finops-learning-resources
ms.reviewer: micflan
ms.reviewer: kedelaro
# customer intent: As a FinOps practitioner, I want to understand the rate optimization capability so that I can implement that in the Microsoft cloud.
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Related FinOps capabilities:

- [Data analysis and showback](../understand/reporting.md)
- [Cloud policy and governance](../manage/governance.md)
- [Policy and governance](../manage/governance.md)

Related products:

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description: This article helps you understand the Workload optimization capability within the FinOps Framework and how to implement that in the Microsoft Cloud.
author: flanakin
ms.author: micflan
ms.date: 04/02/2025
ms.date: 04/04/2025
ms.topic: concept-article
ms.service: finops
ms.subservice: finops-learning-resources
ms.reviewer: micflan
ms.reviewer: kedelaro
# customer intent: As a FinOps practitioner, I want to understand the workload optimization capability so that I can implement it in the Microsoft Cloud.
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Related FinOps capabilities:

- [Rate optimization](./rates.md)
- [Cloud policy and governance](../manage/governance.md)
- [Policy and governance](../manage/governance.md)

Related products:

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text: FinOps education and enablement
- url: framework/manage/governance.md
itemType: concept
text: Cloud policy and governance
text: Policy and governance
- url: framework/manage/invoicing-chargeback.md
itemType: concept
text: Invoicing + chargeback
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- url: https://data.finops.org/
text: State of FinOps
- url: https://www.finops.org/landscape/?prod_TOOLS_SERVICES%5BrefinementList%5D%5Bcloud_providers%5D%5B0%5D=Azure
text: Tools, services, and training
text: Tools, services, and training