Resource Group Management

4.1 What is a Resource Group?

A Resource Group in Azure is a container that holds related resources for an Azure solution.

Examples of resources:

• Virtual Machines (VMs)

• Storage Accounts

• Databases

• Virtual Networks (VNets)

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Key Characteristics	Why It Matters
Logical grouping	Organize your environment
Simplified management	Apply permissions, policies, and monitoring at the group level
Billing	View costs by resource group
Lifecycle management	Delete all resources together when no longer needed

✅ Think of a Resource Group as a folder for your Azure stuff.

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🛠️ 4.2 Creating a Resource Group

Basic command structure:

bashCopyEditaz group create --name <resource-group-name> --location <location>

🛠️ Example:

bashCopyEditaz group create --name myTestRG --location eastus

• --name: Name of your resource group

• --location: Azure region where metadata is stored

✅ Successful output will show the new Resource Group details in JSON.

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⚡ Quick Tip:

The location for a Resource Group does not limit where your resources can be deployed — it only stores metadata about the group itself.

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📋 4.3 Listing Resource Groups

View all Resource Groups in your subscription:

bashCopyEditaz group list --output table

Name	Location	Status
myTestRG	eastus	Succeeded
prodGroup	westus2	Succeeded

✅ Best Practice: Use --output table for a nice readable format.

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Filtering with --query

List just the names of your Resource Groups:

bashCopyEditaz group list --query "[].name" --output table

Result:

Name
myTestRG
prodGroup

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🔎 4.4 Viewing a Specific Resource Group

You can get detailed information about a specific Resource Group:

bashCopyEditaz group show --name <resource-group-name>

🛠️ Example:

bashCopyEditaz group show --name myTestRG --output yaml

✅ Output will show properties like:

• Location

• Tags

• Resource Group ID

• Provisioning State

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🗑️ 4.5 Deleting a Resource Group

Deleting a Resource Group deletes everything inside it — use carefully!

Command:

bashCopyEditaz group delete --name <resource-group-name>

You’ll usually be prompted for confirmation.

🛠️ Example:

bashCopyEditaz group delete --name myTestRG

Force delete without confirmation:

bashCopyEditaz group delete --name myTestRG --yes --no-wait

• --yes: Skip confirmation

• --no-wait: Return immediately instead of waiting for the delete operation to complete

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💡 4.6 Best Practices for Managing Resource Groups

Best Practice	Why It Matters
Group resources by lifecycle	E.g., group dev resources separately from prod
Use naming conventions	Makes it easy to search and automate (e.g., rg-prod-web)
Apply tags	Add metadata like project name, environment, owner
Clean up unused groups	Saves costs and reduces clutter

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📝 Module 4 Summary

Topic	Key Points
What is a Resource Group?	A logical container for Azure resources
Create a group	az group create --name <name> --location <location>
List groups	az group list --output table
View a group's details	az group show --name <name>
Delete a group	az group delete --name <name>
Best practices	Naming, tagging, grouping by lifecycle, cleanup