Azure resource groups by using the Azure portal

What is a resource group

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. You decide how you want to allocate resources to resource groups based on what makes the most sense for your organization. Generally, add resources that share the same lifecycle to the same resource group so you can easily deploy, update, and delete them as a group.

The resource group stores metadata about the resources. Therefore, when you specify a location for the resource group, you are specifying where that metadata is stored. For compliance reasons, you may need to ensure that your data is stored in a particular region.

Create resource groups

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.
2. Select Resource groups
3. Select Add.
4. Enter the following values:
   • Subscription: Select your Azure subscription.
   • Resource group: Enter a new resource group name.
   • Region: Select an Azure location, such as Central US.
5. Select Review + Create
6. Select Create. It takes a few seconds to create a resource group.
7. Select Refresh from the top menu to refresh the resource group list, and then select the newly created resource group to open it. Or select Notification(the bell icon) from the top, and then select Go to resource group to open the newly created resource group

List resource groups

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.
2. To list the resource groups, select Resource groups
3. To customize the information displayed for the resource groups, select Edit columns. The following screenshot shows the addition columns you could add to the display:

Open resource groups

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.
2. Select Resource groups.
3. Select the resource group you want to open.

Delete resource groups

1. Open the resource group you want to delete. See Open resource groups.
2. Select Delete resource group.

For more information about how Azure Resource Manager orders the deletion of resources, see Azure Resource Manager resource group deletion.