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mahdab
Copper Contributor
Jul 26, 2022

Multiple Azure apps deployment

Hi,

I have multiple Azure apps with their functions in the same solution, can I use one ARM template to deploy all of them, within the same Azure DevOps pipeline and for the same resource group?

Or what's the best practice? Thanks,

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  • Brandon_Tahedl's avatar
    Brandon_Tahedl
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 20, 2022

    mahdab 

    Hi there,

    I think it's mostly up to you as long as you don't care that re-deploying could do all of the apps. Also, there are some limitations to be mindful of:

    "Template limits
    Limit the size of your template to 4 MB. The 4-MB limit applies to the final state of the template after it has been expanded with iterative resource definitions, and values for variables and parameters. The parameter file is also limited to 4 MB. You may get an error with a template or parameter file of less than 4 MB if the total size of the request is too large. For more information about how to simplify your template to avoid a large request, see Resolve errors for job size exceeded.

    You're also limited to:

    256 parameters
    256 variables
    800 resources (including copy count)
    64 output values
    10 unique locations per subscription/tenant/management group scope
    24,576 characters in a template expression
    You can exceed some template limits by using a nested template. For more information, see Using linked and nested templates when deploying Azure resources. To reduce the number of parameters, variables, or outputs, you can combine several values into an object. For more information, see Objects as parameters."
    From: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/templates/best-practices