Resources and resource groups
Azure resources, resource groups, and how subscriptions organize what you deploy.
Learning objectives
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- Resource
- Resource group
- Subscription
- Management group
- Deleting a resource group deletes the resources it contains.
- Tags
Resource
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an instance of an Azure service you manage (VM, NIC, storage account, etc.).
Resource group
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logical container for related resources managed together.
Subscription
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billing account boundary and scale unit for quotas and access.
Management group
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organizes subscriptions for enterprise governance and policy inheritance.
Deleting a resource group deletes the resources it contains.
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Deleting a resource group deletes the resources it contains.
Tags
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name/value metadata for cost reporting and organization.