Azure Resource Manager templates
Deliver infrastructure as code for all your Azure resources using Resource Manager.
Define infrastructure as code to manage your Azure resources
Manage your Azure using a simple configuration language. Deploy your resources in parallel to speed up your deployment process. Create and update any Azure resource declaratively. Use one of many sample templates or build one from scratch using native tooling in Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code.
Declarative and repeatable creation of any Azure resource
Centralized management of your deployments
Deep integration with other Azure services, such as Azure Policy to remediate non-compliant resources and Azure DevOps for CI/CD
First-class authoring experience with Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code
Create reproducible infrastructure
Author templates using your existing development tools and great community samples
Deploy using familiar tools
Integrate with Azure platform features
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Get started with an Azure free account
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Start free. Get $200 credit to use within 30 days. While you have your credit, get free amounts of many of our most popular services, plus free amounts of 55+ other services that are always free.
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After your credit, move to pay as you go to keep building with the same free services. Pay only if you use more than your free monthly amounts.
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After 12 months, you'll keep getting 55+ always-free services—and still pay only for what you use beyond your free monthly amounts.
Deploy using familiar tools
Deploy using the Azure CLI
Deploy using PowerShell
Use Azure PowerShell with Resource Manager templates to deploy your resources to Azure
Integrate with your favorite CI/CD tools
You can integrate templates into your continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools, which can automate your release pipelines for fast and reliable application and infrastructure updates
Frequently asked questions about Resource Manager templates
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Because they’re native to the Azure platform, Resource Manager templates let you track your deployments in the portal, use deep integration with other Azure services, and provision any Azure resource as soon as it’s available.
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Submit feedback to suggest new features and capabilities for Resource Manager.