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Azure APRL and Custom Controls

Azure checks comprising APRL-mapped recommendations and local custom controls.

By teemukom · Version 0.1.0 · Published 11 Nov 2026

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MP.AZR.0024 Use Active Geo Replication for Azure SQL databases

Severity: HighAzure

Azure SQL Database active geo-replication creates a secondary database for regional resilience. This check lists replication links for each primary user database and passes only when it finds a caught-up GEO link to a secondary in a different region.

This is APRL recommendation 74c2491d-048b-0041-a140-935960220e20, marked automationAvailable: true in the upstream SQL server catalog. The pack intentionally uses ARM replication links instead of the upstream query's join by database name, which can mistake unrelated same-named databases for replicas. This check supports Reliability guidance but does not assess workload-level WAF compliance.

The result detail below identifies primary databases without a qualifying replication link and links to APRL SQL database resiliency guidance.

Remediation action:

Refer to the Learn more link in the result detail below. Each APRL recommendation includes:

  1. A description of the risk
  2. Recommended configuration or architecture change
  3. Azure CLI / portal remediation steps where applicable

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Connect-Maester -Service Azure
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