diff --git a/octodns/provider/azuredns.py b/octodns/provider/azuredns.py
index 17e93b9..8e1b992 100644
--- a/octodns/provider/azuredns.py
+++ b/octodns/provider/azuredns.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, \
 	
 from azure.common.credentials import ServicePrincipalCredentials
 from azure.mgmt.dns import DnsManagementClient
-
+from azure.mgmt.dns.models import *
 
 from collections import defaultdict
 # from incf.countryutils.transformations import cca_to_ctca2 TODO: add geo sup.
@@ -17,6 +17,23 @@ import re
 from ..record import Record, Update
 from .base import BaseProvider
 
+# Only made for A records. will have to adjust for more generic params types
+class _AzureRecord(object):
+    def __init__(self, resource_group_name, record, values=None)
+        self.resource_group_name = resource_group_name
+        self.zone_name = record.zone.name
+        self.relative_record_set_name = record.name
+        self.record_type = record._type
+        
+        type_name = '{}records'.format(self.record_type)
+        class_name = '{}'.format(self.record_type).capitalize() + 
+                     'Record'.format(self.record_type)
+        _values = [record._process_values]
+        self.params = {'ttl':record.ttl or 1800, \
+                       type_name:[eval(class_name)(value) for value in _values] or []}
+        
+
+
 class AzureProvider(BaseProvider):
 	'''
 	Azure DNS Provider
@@ -44,19 +61,92 @@ class AzureProvider(BaseProvider):
 	# TODO. Will add support as project progresses.
 	SUPPORTS_GEO = False
 	
-	def __init__(self, id, client_id, key, directory_id, sub_id, \
-			resource_group, *args, **kwargs):
-		self.log = logging.getLogger('AzureProvider[{}]'.format(id))
-		self.log.debug('__init__: id=%s, client_id=%s, '
+    def __init__(self, id, client_id, key, directory_id, sub_id, \
+            resource_group, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.log = logging.getLogger('AzureProvider[{}]'.format(id))
+        self.log.debug('__init__: id=%s, client_id=%s, '
                        'key=***, directory_id:%s', id, client_id, directory_id)
-		super(AzureProvider, self).__init__(id, *args, **kwargs)
+        super(AzureProvider, self).__init__(id, *args, **kwargs)
 		
-		credentials = ServicePrincipalCredentials(
-			client_id = client_id, secret = key, tenant = directory_id
-		)
-		self._dns_client = DnsManagementClient(credentials, sub_id)
-		self._resource_group = resource_group
+        credentials = ServicePrincipalCredentials(
+            client_id = client_id, secret = key, tenant = directory_id
+        )
+        self._dns_client = DnsManagementClient(credentials, sub_id)
+        self._resource_group = resource_group
+
+        
+        self._azure_zones = None 
+        self._azure_records = {} # this is populated through populate()
+		
+        # TODO: health checks a la route53.
 		
 		
-	def _apply(self, plan):
-	
+		
+    # TODO: add support for all types. First skeleton: add A.
+    def supports(self, record):
+        return record._type == 'A'
+		
+    @property
+    def azure_zones(self):
+    # TODO: return zones. will be created by populate()
+        
+    # Given a zone name, returns the zone id. If DNE, creates it.
+    def _get_zone_id(self, name):
+    
+    
+    def populate(self, zone, target):
+        self._azure_records = {}
+    
+        for record in zone.records:
+    
+    
+    def _apply_Create(self, change):
+        new = change.new
+        ar = self._get_azure_record(new)
+        
+        create = self._dns_client.record_sets.create_or_update
+        create(ar.resource_group_name, ar.zone_name, ar.relative_record_set_name \ 
+            ar.record_type, ar.params)
+    
+    # type plan: Plan class from .base
+    def _apply(self, plan):
+        desired = plan.desired
+        changes = plan.changes
+        self.log.debug('_apply: zone=%s, len(changes)=%d', desired.name, 
+                       len(changes))
+        
+        
+        # validate that the zone exists. function creates zone if DNE.
+        self._get_zone_id(desired.name)
+        
+        
+        
+        # Some parsing bits to call _mod_Create or _mod_Delete.
+        # changes is a list of Delete and Create objects.
+        for change in changes:
+            class_name = change.__class__.__name__
+            getattr(self, '_apply_{}'.format(class_name))(change)
+
+    
+    
+    # **********
+    # Figuring out what object plan is.
+    
+    # self._executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers)
+    # futures.append(self._executor.submit(self._populate_and_plan,
+                                     # zone_name, sources, targets))
+    # plans = [p for f in futures for p in f.results()]
+    # type of plans[0] == type of one output of _populate_and_plan
+    
+    # for target, plan in plans:
+        # apply(plan)
+        
+        
+    # type(target) == BaseProvider
+    # type(plan) == Plan()
+    
+    # Plan(existing, desired, changes)
+        # existing.type == desired.type == Zone(desired.name, desired.sub_zones)
+            # Zone(name, sub_zones) (str and set of strs)
+        # changes.type = [Delete/Create]
+    
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