ADR Tool
A free, guided tool for the architecture decisions that need to outlast the meeting. Pick an Azure domain, weigh the options against Well-Architected Framework tradeoffs, and record the decision with a diagram. Download the record as Markdown, no email needed.
Why Decision Records
Azure programs lose decisions faster than they lose money — the tradeoffs behind a choice leave the room, and six months later the team re-debates it from scratch. A written record with named owners stops that loop. For the full structure a record should follow, read what an Azure ADR should include, or see how records anchor a recurring architecture board.
An Architecture Decision Record (ADR) captures one material decision: the context, the options your team weighed, the tradeoffs, the decision, and who owns the follow-through. It is the document that lets a decision survive beyond the meeting where it was made.
A complete ADR in Markdown: context, options, Well-Architected Framework tradeoffs, the decision, owners, and a diagram. It is free to keep and adapt, and no email is needed to download it.
After the record is written, a short set of questions checks how your team handles decisions today: where records live, who reviews them, and how often they are revisited. The result is a maturity level with the gaps named.
ADR candidates are a named output of the Azure Architecture Assessment, alongside the risk register and the 90-Day Action Plan. Teams that already write ADRs use the assessment to confirm the decisions behind them before more work is approved.
