Azure Resource Manager simply allows you to configure and implement your infrastructure with a JSON Template.

[Lee Stott]

First published on MSDN on May 18, 2017

I had a very interesting meeting with a University recently,  who were interested in using ARM Templates to deploy their teaching and learning environments.

Azure Resource Manager Templates simply allow you to configure your infrastructure within a JSON format. Which can then be deployed via Powershell script or directly from within the Azure Portal.

Here are some key resources and links to help you get started with ARM

• Best practices for creating Azure Resource Manager templates
• Understand the structure and syntax of Azure Resource Manager templates
• Create your first Azure Resource Manager template
• Using linked templates when deploying Azure resources
• Define the order for deploying resources in Azure Resource Manager templates
• Deploy multiple instances of resources in Azure Resource Manager templates
• Patterns for extending the functionality of Azure Resource Manager templates – Sequential Loop...
• Create multiple instances of property on resource type
• Set resource location in Azure Resource Manager templates
• Tag resources in Azure Resource Manager templates
• Set name and type for child resource in Resource Manager template
• Patterns for extending the functionality of Azure Resource Manager templates – updating a reso...
• Patterns for extending the functionality of Azure Resource Manager templates – objects as para...
• Share state to and from Azure Resource Manager templates
• Design patterns for Azure Resource Manager templates when deploying complex solutions

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Additional Resources

• Azure Resource Manager Documentation
• GitHub – Azure Resource Explorer
• GitHub – Azure Quickstart Templates
• An introduction of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Template ...
• Windows Server Virtual Machine Deployment made easy with ARM Template
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