Azure Blueprints allow cloud architects and central IT to define a repeatable set of Azure resources and governance artifacts-including Azure Policy assignments, role assignments (RBAC), resource groups, and ARM/Bicep templates-and then deploy them consistently across subscriptions. Microsoft's guidance describes Blueprints as a way to "orchestrate the deployment of various resource templates and other artifacts" to establish standards, patterns, and compliance for environments at scale. This is distinct from Azure Policy, which evaluates and enforces configuration but does not package multi-artifact environments; Microsoft Sentinel and Defender are security analytics/protection services rather than provisioning frameworks. Thus, for consistent provisioning across multiple subscriptions, the prescribed solution is Azure Blueprints.