🌐 Azure Resource Group Management – CLI & PowerShell

This guide demonstrates how to create, list, and delete Azure Resource Groups using Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell, with annotated command examples.

📦 Prerequisites

• Azure CLI or Azure PowerShell installed.
• Logged in to Azure via az login or Connect-AzAccount.

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⚙️ Azure CLI Commands

➕ Create a Resource Group

# Create a new resource group named "test-resource-group" in the "northeurope" region
az group create -l northeurope -n test-resource-group

📄 Example Output

{
  "id": "/subscriptions/<sub-id>/resourceGroups/test-resource-group",
  "location": "northeurope",
  "name": "test-resource-group",
  "properties": {
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Resources/resourceGroups"
}

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📃 List All Resource Groups

# List all resource groups in your subscription
az group list

📄 Example Output (JSON)

[
  {
    "name": "DEMO-RG",
    "location": "northeurope",
    "properties": {
      "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
    }
  },
  ...
]

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📊 Display Resource Groups in Table Format

# Query and display only name and location in table format
az group list --query "[].{Name:name, Location:location}" --output table

🖥️ Output:

Name                 Location
-------------------  ------------
DEMO-RG              northeurope
test-resource-group  northeurope
NetworkWatcherRG     koreacentral

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❌ Delete a Resource Group

# Delete the specified resource group
az group delete -n test-resource-group

📌 Note: Prompts for confirmation — type y to proceed.

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⚙️ Azure PowerShell Commands

➕ Create a Resource Group

# Create a new resource group in northeurope
New-AzResourceGroup -Name test-resource-group -Location northeurope

📄 Example Output

ResourceGroupName : test-resource-group
Location          : northeurope
ProvisioningState : Succeeded
ResourceId        : /subscriptions/<sub-id>/resourceGroups/test-resource-group

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❌ Delete a Resource Group

# Delete the specified resource group
Remove-AzResourceGroup -Name test-resource-group

📌 Note: Prompts for confirmation — type Y to confirm.

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📚 Reference

📖 Azure CLI: Manage resource groups