AWS Well-Architected Review Checklist

Comprehensive checklist based on AWS Well-Architected Framework covering operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability.

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Manage infrastructure as code

Critical

Implement comprehensive observability

Critical

Implement strong identity and access management

Critical

Protect data at rest and in transit

Critical

Implement network security controls

Critical

Deploy across multiple Availability Zones

Critical

Implement backup and recovery strategies

Critical

Right-size compute resources

Implement caching strategies

Implement cost allocation tags

Optimize with Reserved Instances and Savings Plans

Optimize resource efficiency for sustainability

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