Preparing AZ-104 : Creating Resource group from PowerShell and related CMDLETs – Azure Administration

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In this article we will discuss how to create Resource group using PowerShell

We have detailed article to start with AZURE PowerShell if you are new to AZURE PowerShell. Please have a look – Configure PowerShell For Microsoft Azure Az Module AND Azure PowerShell – Knowing the basics and starting with few important CMDLETS

What is Resource Group

• If you are new to AZURE and dont know about Resource Groups, we have a very good article. Kindly please have a look – Azure – Resource and Resource group
• Resource Group is container for related AZURE resources
• Resource Group stores metadata about resources
• Location of resource group determines where the metadata of resources will be stored

POWERSHELL CMDLET to create resource group

• Currently there is only one resource group – “rg-azure-dev-centralindia-001” in my environment as

• PowerShell CMDLET for creating new resource group is – New-AzResourceGroup
• Syntax

New-AzResourceGroup
   [-Name] <String>
   [-Location] <String>
   [-Tag <Hashtable>]
   [-Force]
   [-ApiVersion <String>]
   [-Pre]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [-Confirm]
   [<CommonParameters>]

• Example

New-AzResourceGroup -Name rg-azure-dev-centralindia-002 -Location "Central India"

• The above command creates empty resource group – no resources in it
• We could check the resource listing and see the newly created resource – “rg-azure-dev-centralindia-002” group as

• Make sure we are using proper naming conventions. We have detailed article on AZURE resources naming conventions – Azure – Naming conventions to resources – Best Practices
• By clicking on respective resource group we could see the details as

Other Resource Group PowerShell CMDLETs

• List All Resource Groups in current subscription – Get-AzResourceGroup

Get-AzResourceGroup
   [[-Name] <String>]
   [[-Location] <String>]
   [-Id <String>]
   [-Tag <Hashtable>]
   [-ApiVersion <String>]
   [-Pre]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

• We can get specific resource group details as well as

• Remove Resource Group from current subscription –Remove-AzResourceGroup – removes resource group and its resources from current subscription

Remove-AzResourceGroup
      [-Name] <String>
      [-Force]
      [-AsJob]
      [-ApiVersion <String>]
      [-Pre]
      [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]
      -Id <string>

• When we execute the command we get prompt as shown in below fig

• To avoid prompt we could use “Force” attribute as

Get-AzResourceGroup -Name "rg-azure-dev-centralindia-003" | Remove-AzResourceGroup -Force

REFERENCES

• Configure PowerShell For Microsoft Azure Az Module
• Azure PowerShell – Knowing the basics and starting with few important CMDLETS
• AZURE PowerShell – PowerShell CMDLETs for Azure Subscription – Azure Administration
• Azure – Resource and Resource group
• Azure – Naming conventions to resources – Best Practices

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