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Resource Groups

This is part of my blog series Creating an App in Azure.

Nearly every resource you create in Azure is going to be contained in a resource group. These are containers that can have similar policies and permissions that all resources within will inherit by default. A resource group is useful for when you want to do a pilot test of some feature of Azure, when you are finished you just delete the resource group and all the resources within it are deleted as well. Microsoft has an article that explains resource groups here.

These are the steps to create a resource group. As with most things in Azure, you can do all of this from your browser. My naming convention is to preface them with "rg-", so the resource group I will be using for all my YouTube videos is called "rg-youtube".

From your browser, sign into your Azure tenant: https://portal.azure.com.
There are several options to create a resource group:
- Enter "resource group" in the global search bar at the top of the page and click "Resource groups", then click "Create" from the Resource groups page.
- From the Home page, hover over "Resource groups" and click "Create" in the dialog.
- From the Home page, click "Create a resource". From the Create a resource page, type "resource group" in the search and click the first option, "Resource group".
All of the above options take you to the Resource group page. Click "Create".
From the "Create a resource group" page, select your Subscription if you have more than one, enter your resource group name, and select a Region. Your resources do NOT need to be in the same Region as the resource group, but it is a good practice to use the same Region if possible.
Click "Review + create". We are not bothering with Tags right now.
From the "Review + create page" tab, you will see all the properties you selected. Remember, you can change nearly every property, even rename your resource, once it is created. Look into "Settings" and "Properties" to change these choices. So don't get too concerned about making the right choices the first time you create a resource. If all else fails, just delete the resource and start again. All you have lost was the time you spent, and you learned something.
Click "Create". After a short time, a banner will appear in the upper right corner telling you the resource group was created. You may now start creating resources and add them to this resource group.

I made a video walking through this process, I also demonstrate how to delete a resource group, it's very straightforward: Resource Groups.

Thursday, July 3, 2025 3:18 AM