An Azure Resource Group is a logical container that holds related Azure services and resources. It helps organize and manage your cloud environment by grouping resources that share a common lifecycle or purpose.
What Is a Resource Group?
A resource group acts like a folder. It contains everything that belongs to a specific project or workload. For example, if you create a Cosmos DB database, it may also require a storage account, network components, and monitoring tools. You can place all of these related services into one resource group.
This makes it easier to manage and track your resources. When the project is complete, you can delete the whole resource group with a single action. This avoids the need to manually remove each service.
Flexibility and Structure
Resource groups are flexible:
- You can include resources from different regions in the same resource group.
- However, one resource can only belong to one resource group at a time.
- You cannot nest resource groups within each other.
- Resources in a resource group can still communicate with resources in other groups.
This setup gives you the freedom to design your architecture based on your needs, while still maintaining logical boundaries.
Click here for more about the hierarchy for resources and resource groups.
Access and Permissions
With Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), you can assign permissions to a resource group. These permissions apply to all resources inside the group. For instance, you can allow a developer to manage everything in the resource group, without giving them access to other parts of your environment.
This simplifies security and makes it easier to follow the principle of least privilege.
For more on managing access to Azure resources, see #topic 38#.
Conclusion
Azure Resource Groups help you stay organized, secure, and efficient. They group services by purpose, simplify management, and give you fine-grained control over access and lifecycle.
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