Resource Groups

Question 1

What is an Azure Resource Group?

Answer 1

A resource group is a container that holds related resources for an Azure solution. The resource group can include all the resources for the solution, or only those resources that you want to manage as a group.

Question 2

Once a resource in added into a resource group, can the resource or group me moved to a new group or subscription?

Answer 2

Yes, for more information, see:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/move-resource-group-and-subscription

Question 3

What method is used to manage access to resource groups?

Answer 3

Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)

Question 4

If a Resource Lock has been applied to a Resource groups, what resources in the group does the lock apply to?

Answer 4

All resources in the resource group

Question 5

If a resource is moved out of a group with a lock applied, does the resource retain that lock after the move?

Answer 5

No

Question 6

Resource groups only stores WHAT about the resources the group contains?

Answer 6

Metadata

Question 7

What happens to the resources in a resource groups when the resource group is deleted?

Answer 7

All resources in that resource group are also deleted.

Question 8

What are the PowerShell and Azure CLI commands for creating Azure Resource Groups?

Answer 8

New-AzResourceGroup -Name <> -Location <>

az group create –name <> –location <>

Question 9

Does moving a resource to a resource group in a different location change the location of that resource itself?

Answer 9

No, the location for which that resource was created does not change.