In this episode of the Azure Enablement Show, Thomas talks to Dom Allen, Principal Program Manager in Microsoft’s Skilling organization about updates to the Well-Architected Framework, announced in November 2023. Resources • Learn more about the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework https://aka.ms/waf • Read Uli Homann's blog: Deepening Well-Architected guidance for workloads hosted on Azure https://aka.ms/whatsnewinwaf Related episodes • Architect successful workloads on Azure https://aka.ms/azenable/wa-intro1 • Essential advice for improving your Azure workloads https://aka.ms/azenable/wa-intro3/part-1 • To watch more episodes in the Well-Architected Series, check out our playlist https://aka.ms/azenable/yt/wa-playlist Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:49 What is the Well-Architected Framework (WAF) 1:06 Patterns and Practices 1:45 WAF is a state 2:18 Background on updates 2:59 Guidance updates 5:38 Resources