16. ARM template modular design and implementation
We know that there are multiple ways to author an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template. It is quite easy to author one that provisions all of the necessary resources in Azure using Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code. A single ARM template can consist of all the required resources for a solution on Azure. This single ARM template could be as small as a few resources, or it could be a larger one consisting of many resources.
While authoring a single template consisting of all resources is quite tempting, it is advisable to plan an ARM template implementation divided into multiple smaller ARM templates beforehand, so that future troubles related to them can be avoided.
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