Brief Overview of Azure Resource Groups

Resource groups is a container with all resources for an Azure solution. It helps in organizing resources and can be managed better with the help of it. resource groups have the following attributes as described below:

• lifecycle: its best practice for resources in the same resource group to share the same lifecycle
• resources can exist in only one resource group, addition or removal of resources is also flexible i.e. can be done at any time
• resources can be migrated to another resource group
• resources and the resource group must not be in the same region and can reside anywhere
• resources can interact with resources in another resource group

Functionalities available in Resource Groups

• Tags: text or additional metadata added to categorize a resource group. N.B: child resources do not inherit resource group tags
• Locks: can prevent deletion or changes to resources in a resource group
• Access Control (IAM): Identity Access Management or Access control can help manage the right permissions users should have in a security group
• Policies: helps in being compliant with SLAs or corporate standard.