Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Third Edition

Creating core Azure resources

In the previous recipe, you created and used the basic Azure management environment by downloading the key modules, logging in to Azure, and having a brief look around. In this recipe, you create certain key Azure assets, including a resource group, a storage account, and tags.

With Azure, all Azure resources are created within a resource group. A resource group is a grouping of Azure resources. Any storage you create within Azure resides in a storage account, a fundamental building block within Azure.

All storage you use with any Azure feature always exists within a storage account. You create a storage account within one of the Azure regions you saw in the Using PowerShell with Azure recipe. When you create your ...