Zero Trust partner kit resources

This article summarizes partner resources to help you design, architect, and deploy Zero Trust security solutions. These top-requested resources are available for you to use with your own organization and customers. They're ready for you to add your own branding.

Cobranded progress tracking resources

These progress tracking resources are cobranded with the Contoso logo.

• Swap in your own logo.
• Customize the objectives and tasks.
• These trackers also include instructions for updating the colors and fonts to your own branding standards.

Here's what's available in this download

• Blueprint for Zero Trust (Visio, can be saved as PDF).
• Business leader tracker for Zero Trust (PowerPoint).
• Implementer tracker for Zero Trust (Excel).

Microsoft Zero Trust workshop and assessment

This workshop is a comprehensive technical guide to help customers and partners implement Zero Trust security solutions.

• Learn how to prepare and run a Zero Trust workshop.
• Review the workshop delivery guide.
• Learn about the Zero Trust Assessment tool. Learn how to run your own workshop and download the Excel assessment tool at https://aka.ms/ztworkshop.
• Review common partner questions.

Cobranded architecture diagrams

Architecture diagrams help communicate how to apply the principles of Zero Trust within specific environments with deep technical guidance and recommendations.

• They provide a supported starting-point that you can adjust for your own environments.
• They help communicate design decisions and the relationships between components and security capabilities in an environment.

Customizable Visio templates

To help you work with reference architectures in the Zero Trust guidance center, you can download cobranded Visio template files along with Microsoft icon sets.

• These 11x17 Visio template files are cobranded and leave plenty of room for your own work. - Replace the Contoso logo with your own logo.
• Try out the template file themed with Microsoft Security colors.
• Or, work with the plain template file if you're not getting the results you want.

Download stencils and icon sets

Both of these icon sets, you can download just the SVG files (scalable vector graphic). You can drag and drop these icon files into any tool, including Visio and PowerPoint.

• Visio stencils and icons To download more Visio template page sizes and, more importantly, Visio stencil files that include Microsoft icons, see Microsoft 365 architecture templates and icons. This Visio stencil set includes many conceptual icons, including many security symbols.
• Azure icons To download Azure icons, see Azure architecture icons.

Download a tutorial

To help you get started with these resources, your friendly Zero Trust team at Microsoft provides a tutorial - Draw like and architect quick start. This download includes both a PDF file and the editable Visio file.

Zero Trust architecture illustrations

These illustrations are replicas of the reference illustrations across the Zero Trust guidance center. Download and customize these illustrations for your organization and customers.

Item	Description
Download Visio	ARCHITECTURE High-level Zero Trust architecture. Use this illustration together with: Our Zero Trust adoption model Security Architecture discipline
PDF | Visio Updated March 2025	MICROSOFT 365 Use this illustration together with Zero Trust Microsoft 365 protection.
PDF Visio	IDENTITY AND ACCESS POLICY This policy set is recommended for Microsoft 365, Azure-based solutions, and AI apps and companions. Use this illustration together with Zero Trust identity and access.
Download Visio	AZURE INFRASTRUCTURE Use these illustrations with this article: Overview
Download Visio	AZURE INFRASTRUCTURE Use with this article: Zero Trust for Azure VMs.
Download Visio	Apply Zero Trust principles to a spoke virtual network with Azure PaaS Services Use these illustrations with this article.
Download Visio	AZURE VIRTUAL WAN Use these illustrations with this article.
Download Visio	THREAT PROTECTION These illustrations include deployment processes and architecture illustrations for threat protection in the Defender porta. Use these illustrations together with: Pilot and deploy Microsoft Defender XDR.
Download Visio	THREAT PROTECTION Use these illustrations together with these articles: Overview Threat detection and response.

Next steps

Review the Microsoft Cybersecurity reference architecture (MCRA) set.