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--- title: Manage resources - Azure CLI description: Use Azure CLI and Azure Resource Manager to manage your resources. Shows how to deploy and delete resources. ms.topic: article ms.date: 02/10/2025 ms.custom: devx-track-azurecli, devx-track-arm-template --- # Manage Azure resources by using Azure CLI Learn how to use Azure CLI with [Azure Resource Manager](overview.md) to manage your Azure resources. For managing resource groups, see [Manage Azure resource groups by using Azure CLI](manage-resource-groups-cli.md). ## Deploy resources to an existing resource group You can deploy Azure resources directly by using Azure CLI, or deploy a Resource Manager template to create Azure resources. ### Deploy a resource The following script creates a storage account. ```azurecli-interactive echo "Enter the Resource Group name:" && read resourceGroupName && echo "Enter the location (i.e. centralus):" && read location && echo "Enter the storage account name:" && read storageAccountName && az storage account create --resource-group $resourceGroupName --name $storageAccountName --location $location --sku Standard_LRS --kind StorageV2 && az storage account show --resource-group $resourceGroupName --name $storageAccountName ``` ### Deploy a template The following script creates a Quickstart template to create a storage account. For more information, see [Quickstart: Create ARM templates with Visual Studio Code](../templates/quickstart-create-templates-use-visual-studio-code.md?tabs=PowerShell). ```azurecli-interactive echo "Enter the Resource Group name:" && read resourceGroupName && echo "Enter the location (i.e. centralus):" && read location && az deployment group create --resource-group $resourceGroupName --template-uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/master/quickstarts/microsoft.storage/storage-account-create/azuredeploy.json" ``` For more information, see [Deploy resources with Resource Manager templates and Azure CLI](../templates/deploy-cli.md). ## Deploy a resource group and resources You can create a resource group and deploy resources to the group. For more information, see [Create resource group and deploy resources](../templates/deploy-to-subscription.md#resource-groups). ## Deploy resources to multiple subscriptions or resource groups Typically, you deploy all the resources in your template to a single resource group. However, there are scenarios where you want to deploy a set of resources together but place them in different resource groups or subscriptions. For more information, see [Deploy Azure resources to multiple subscriptions or resource groups](../templates/deploy-to-resource-group.md). ## Delete resources The following script shows how to delete a storage account. ```azurecli-interactive echo "Enter the Resource Group name:" && read resourceGroupName && echo "Enter the storage account name:" && read storageAccountName && az storage account delete --resource-group $resourceGroupName --name $storageAccountName ``` For more information about how Azure Resource Manager orders the deletion of resources, see [Azure Resource Manager resource group deletion](delete-resource-group.md). ## Move resources The following script shows how to remove a storage account from one resource group to another resource group. ```azurecli-interactive echo "Enter the source Resource Group name:" && read srcResourceGroupName && echo "Enter the destination Resource Group name:" && read destResourceGroupName && echo "Enter the storage account name:" && read storageAccountName && storageAccount=$(az resource show --resource-group $srcResourceGroupName --name $storageAccountName --resource-type Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts --query id --output tsv) && az resource move --destination-group $destResourceGroupName --ids $storageAccount ``` For more information, see [Move resources to new resource group or subscription](move-resource-group-and-subscription.md). ## Lock resources Locking prevents other users in your organization from accidentally deleting or modifying critical resources, such as Azure subscription, resource group, or resource. The following script locks a storage account so the account can't be deleted. ```azurecli-interactive echo "Enter the Resource Group name:" && read resourceGroupName && echo "Enter the storage account name:" && read storageAccountName && az lock create --name LockSite --lock-type CanNotDelete --resource-group $resourceGroupName --resource-name $storageAccountName --resource-type Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts ``` The following script gets all locks for a storage account: ```azurecli-interactive echo "Enter the Resource Group name:" && read resourceGroupName && echo "Enter the storage account name:" && read storageAccountName && az lock list --resource-group $resourceGroupName --resource-name $storageAccountName --resource-type Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts --parent "" ``` The following script deletes a lock of a storage account: ```azurecli-interactive echo "Enter the Resource Group name:" && read resourceGroupName && echo "Enter the storage account name:" && read storageAccountName && lockId=$(az lock show --name LockSite --resource-group $resourceGroupName --resource-type Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts --resource-name $storageAccountName --output tsv --query id)&& az lock delete --ids $lockId ``` For more information, see [Lock resources with Azure Resource Manager](lock-resources.md). ## Tag resources Tagging helps you organize your resource group and resources logically. For information, see [Using tags to organize your Azure resources](tag-resources-cli.md). ## Manage access to resources [Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)](../../role-based-access-control/overview.md) is the way that you manage access to resources in Azure. For more information, see [Add or remove Azure role assignments using Azure CLI](../../role-based-access-control/role-assignments-cli.md). ## Next steps - To learn Azure Resource Manager, see [Azure Resource Manager overview](overview.md). - To learn the Resource Manager template syntax, see [Understand the structure and syntax of Azure Resource Manager templates](../templates/syntax.md). - To learn how to develop templates, see the [step-by-step tutorials](../index.yml). - To view the Azure Resource Manager template schemas, see [template reference](/azure/templates/).