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LS_tag-mission-critical-workload.md

Author: v-dirichards

articles/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-mission-critical-workload.md

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-title: Mission critical workload labeling
-description: Understand how to label mission critical workloads in Azure for Microsoft workload assessments
+title: Label mission-critical workloads 
+description: Learn how to label mission-critical workloads in Azure to assess Microsoft workloads.
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 03/20/2025
+ms.date: 04/14/2025
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-# Mission critical workload labeling
 
-Azure provides a robust, scalable cloud platform with various tools and services to help you manage and optimize your resources. This document outlines how to tag resources in an Azure tenant for identifying mission-critical workloads and determining potential resiliency improvements. Tagging your resources streamlines the onboarding of your workload definition for Microsoft assessments, providing a more concisely targeted review.
+# Label mission-critical workloads
 
-## Understanding Azure tags
+Azure provides a robust, scalable cloud platform with various tools and services to help you manage and optimize your resources. This document outlines how to tag resources in an Azure tenant to identify mission-critical workloads and determine potential resiliency improvements. Tagging your resources streamlines how your workload definitions are onboarded for Microsoft assessments, providing a more concisely targeted review.
 
-For an introduction to tagging of Azure resources and to learn about requirements and limitations refer to the following article.
+## Understand Azure tags
 
-[Use tags to organize your Azure resources and management hierarchy - Azure Resource Manager | Microsoft Learn](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-resources)
+For an introduction about tagging Azure resources and to learn about requirements and limitations, refer to [Use tags to organize your Azure resources and management hierarchy](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-resources).
 
-## Why identify mission critical workloads?
+## Why identify mission-critical workloads?
 
-Identifying mission critical related resources brings numerous benefits including resource management, cost management and optimization, security, automation and workload optimization. By tagging these resources, you can group them as part of a mission critical workload. These tags help in accurately identifying and managing these essential workloads. You can read more about tagging usage here [Resource naming and tagging decision guide - Cloud Adoption Framework | Microsoft Learn](/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/resource-naming-and-tagging-decision-guide).
+The term _workload_ refers to a collection of application resources that support a common business goal or the execution of a common business process with multiple services, such as APIs and data stores, that work together to deliver specific end-to-end functionality.
 
-This article aligns with workload optimization, where tagging can help inform of opportunities to improve resiliency and further enhance your Service Level Objectives.
+Mission-critical workload resources are often spread across multiple resource groups and subscriptions. Regardless of the resource location, each resource within a mission-critical workload should be included in the workload definition and tagged appropriately.
 
-*This documentation supports a Microsoft assessment of your environment using the tagging approach described. Your Microsoft contact reviews this tagging approach with you at the beginning of the assessment. If you don't have an engagement with Microsoft, you can still follow the guidance to realize the benefits outlined earlier.*
+Identifying related mission-critical resources has benefits that include resource management, cost management and optimization, security, automation, and workload optimization. By tagging resources, you to group them into a mission-critical workload where tags accurately identify and manage these essential workloads.
 
-The term workload refers to a collection of application resources that support a common business goal or the execution of a common business process, with multiple services, such as APIs and data stores, working together to deliver specific end-to-end functionality.
+In a scenario where a mission-critical workload depends on a service that's shared across multiple workloads, such as an Azure ExpressRoute gateway or an Azure Firewall, the shared resources should also be included in the workload definition and tagged appropriately. See the examples in the following section for how to tag values on shared services.
 
-Mission critical workload resources are often spread across multiple resource groups and subscriptions. Regardless of the resource location, each resource within the mission critical workload should be included in the workload definition and tagged appropriately.
+This article aligns with workload optimization, and tagging can identify opportunities to improve resiliency and further enhance your Service Level Objectives.
 
-In a scenario where a mission critical workload depends on a service that is shared across multiple workloads, such as an ExpressRoute gateway or an Azure Firewall, the shared resources should also be included in the workload definition and tagged appropriately. See the example in the previous section for tag values to be used on shared services.
+*This documentation recommends the tagging approach described to support a Microsoft assessment of your environment. Your Microsoft contact reviews this tagging approach with you at the beginning of the assessment. If you don't have an engagement with Microsoft, you can still follow the guidance to realize the benefits outlined earlier.*
 
-For further insights into defining a workload, refer to the following article.
+## Mission-critical predefined tags
 
-[Azure Well-Architected Framework workloads - Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework | Microsoft Learn](/azure/well-architected/workloads)
-
-## Mission critical predefined tags
-
-To enable use by Microsoft in a workload assessment, the tags used for mission critical workloads must use the following tag name and adhere to the value format.
+To enable use by Microsoft in a workload assessment, the tags used for mission-critical workloads must use the following tag name and adhere to the value format:
 
 > [!Important]
 > Tag values must **NOT** contain numeric or non-English characters.
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 ### Examples
 
-#### Mission critical workload #1
+#### Mission-critical workload #1
 
 | **Workload Component** | **Tag Name** | **Tag Value** |
 |---|---|---|
 | **Workload A** | Azure.MissionCriticalWorkload | Finance-Workload |
 | **Shared Services** | Azure.MissionCriticalWorkload | SharedServices-ExpressRoute |
 
-#### Mission critical workload #2
+#### Mission-critical workload #2
 
 | **Workload Component** | **Tag Name** | **Tag Value** |
 |---|---|---|
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 ## How to apply Azure tags
 
-Tagging of mission critical workloads requires that tags be applied to each of the individual Azure resources that make up the workload. Tags can be applied to resources in the Azure portal, with Azure Policy, or via automation tools. Review the following guidance to determine the approach that works best for your organization.
+Tagging mission-critical workloads requires that tags be applied to each Azure resource that makes up a workload. Tags can be applied to resources in the Azure portal, with Azure Policy, or via automation tools. Review the following guidance to determine the approach that works best for your organization:
+
+- Azure portal: [Apply tags with Azure portal](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-resources-portal)
+- Azure Policy: [Assign policy definitions for tag compliance](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-policies)
+- Azure PowerShell: [Apply tags with Azure PowerShell](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-resources-powershell)
+- Azure CLI: [Apply tags with Azure CLI](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-resources-cli)
+- Bicep: [Apply tags with Bicep](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-resources-bicep)
+- Terraform: [Microsoft.Resources/tags](/azure/templates/microsoft.resources/tags?pivots=deployment-language-terraform)
+
+## Next steps
 
-- Azure portal: [Tag resources, resource groups, and subscriptions with Azure portal - Azure Resource Manager | Microsoft Learn](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-resources-portal)
-- Azure Policy: [Policy definitions for tagging resources - Azure Resource Manager | Microsoft Learn](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-policies)
-- Azure PowerShell: [Tag resources, resource groups, and subscriptions with Azure PowerShell - Azure Resource Manager | Microsoft Learn](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-resources-powershell)
-- Azure CLI: [Tag resources, resource groups, and subscriptions with Azure CLI - Azure Resource Manager | Microsoft Learn](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-resources-cli)
-- Bicep: [Tag resources, resource groups, and subscriptions with Bicep - Azure Resource Manager | Microsoft Learn](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/tag-resources-bicep)
-- Terraform: [Microsoft.Resources/tags - Bicep, ARM template & Terraform AzAPI reference | Microsoft Learn](/azure/templates/microsoft.resources/tags)
+- For more information about defining workloads, see [Azure Well-Architected Framework workloads](/azure/well-architected/workloads).
+- To learn more about using tags, see the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework [Resource naming and tagging decision guide](/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/resource-naming-and-tagging-decision-guide).