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How to create an Azure Resource Group

A resource group is a collection of related resources that are used in an Azure solution. You can logically group resources like storage accounts, automation accounts etc. that are used to build an Azure solution.

Prerequisites:

GUI >>

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  • Fill in the required details:
    • Subscription: Select the Azure subscription.
    • Resource group: Enter a resource group name.
      • Note: Resource group names only allow alphanumeric characters, periods, underscores, hyphens and parenthesis and cannot end in a period.
    • Region: Select a location where you want to create the resource group
  • Click “Review + Create”
  • Note: Make sure that you are confident about all the settings of this resource group before creating and adding resources, as deleting a resource group is irreversible. This action can’t be undone and will delete all the resources in it permanently.
  • Click Create. Machine generated alternative text: Validation passed. Basics Basics Tags Subscription Resource group Region Tags None Create Review + create < Previous Visual Studio Enterprise Subscription test-RG East US - MPN Next > Download a template for automation
  • The resource group will be created in a few seconds.

PowerShell >>

Create an Azure Resource Groups using PowerShell:

Connect-AzAccount -Credential $credentials -Subscription 'Subscription Name'
New-AzResourceGroup -Name "resource_group_name" -Location "Location"