Azure Resource Manager

Parent: Azure

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Infrastructure as Code (IaaC)

ARM Templates

Azure resource manager has a feature that uses IaC to deploy resources in a version control, repeatable, and reliable manner using “Templates”, these templates are defined using a JSON file:

An example for a storage account template

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "location": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "[resourceGroup().location]"
    }
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
      "apiVersion": "2025-06-01",
      "name": "mystorageaccount",
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "sku": {
        "name": "Standard_LRS"
      },
      "kind": "StorageV2"
    }
  ]
}

And heres the cool thing, ARM can orchestrate the order of which templates get deployed in, so the dependencies between resources are preseved. A single template file can contain as many or as few resources as you need.

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