Which Azure feature would you enable to automatically apply governance and compliance requirements when provisioning resources?

Enabling Azure Policy is the best choice for automatically applying governance and compliance requirements during the resource provisioning process. Azure Policy provides a way to define rules that ensure resources are compliant with specific standards or regulations. By creating and assigning policies, organizations can consistently enforce rules like allowed resource types, locations for resource deployment, and tagging standards. This helps prevent non-compliant resources from being created, automatically enforcing governance across the entire Azure environment.

Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) focuses on managing user permissions rather than enforcing compliance on resources themselves. While it is crucial for defining who can access and manage resources, it does not intrinsically contain features for compliance and governance during the resource provisioning stage.

Azure Resource Manager Templates are used for deploying resources in a declarative manner. While they enable infrastructure as code principles, they do not inherently provide governance capabilities. Templates define the structure and configuration of the resources but rely on Azure Policy for compliance management.

Azure Blueprints are designed to package artifacts like templates, policies, and role assignments together. They provide a more comprehensive approach to governance by associating various resources, but for straightforward compliance enforcement during the provisioning phase, Azure Policy is the fundamental capability that evaluates resources against defined compliance rules.