Managing Azure Resources

To become a successful Azure administrator, you have to understand different concepts such as ARM, locks, and resource providers. They are the bread and butter of most Azure operations, and learning about them will help you work through more advanced topics such as automation and security and compliance. In this chapter, we will focus on the most important concepts that are used when managing Azure resources, including deployments, grouping services, and automation. We will learn how to manage resource providers and resource groups. Then, we will perform deployments using ARM with templates and also learn how to implement resource locks. The last section will cover automatic resource group management with Azure Event Grid and implementing proper resource naming conventions.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Managing resource providers
• Managing resource groups
• Performing deployments using ARM with templates
• Implementing resource locks
• Automatic resource group management with Azure Event Grid
• Implementing proper resource naming conventions

Let's get started!