Introduction to Azure Resource Manager

The Azure cloud is a collection of resources that work in unison to deliver a product or a service. Hardware is virtual and services can be created and destroyed at the stroke of a key. In the context of DevOps, resources can be "spun up" as part of a pipeline. It is crucial that when resources are deployed multiple times, those deployments are consistent, repeatable, and can be automated. Doing it manually through the Azure portal isn’t practical. Azure Resource Manager (ARM) has an interface for processing resource templates that specify resource deployments.

In this course, we look at how those templates can be built and deployed. We start with a simple template and move on to more complex examples to illustrate many of the useful features available when deploying resources with templates. This course contains plenty of demonstrations from the Azure platform so you can see exactly how to use Azure Resource Manager in practice.

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Learning Objectives

• Understand what Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is and its use cases
• Learn about the different ARM templates available and how they can be used
• Deploy databases using an ARM template
• Export a template and create templates using QuickStart templates
• Deploy resources using a script

Intended Audience

This is a beginner-level course aimed at anyone who wants to learn more about managing and configuring their Azure environment, and fast-tracking their deployments.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this course, you should have a basic understanding of the Azure platform.

GitHub Repo

https://github.com/cloudacademy/intro-to-arm