How to Create an Azure Resource Group in the Azure Portal

In this lab, you create a resource group in the Azure Portal, confirm its settings, and delete it when the test is complete.

Goal

Create an empty resource group called rg-azfundamentals-lab. The resource group will be used only for this exercise.

Requirements

You need:

• An active Azure subscription
• Access to the Azure Portal
• Permission to create resource groups in the selected subscription

Create the resource group

1. Sign in to the Azure Portal.
2. In the search box, enter Resource groups.
3. Open Resource groups and select Create.
4. Select the subscription for the lab.
5. Enter rg-azfundamentals-lab as the resource group name.
6. Select a region for the resource group metadata, for example West Europe.
7. Open the Tags tab.
8. Add the tag environment with the value lab.
9. Select Review + create.
10. Check the values and select Create.

The selected region stores the resource group metadata. Resources inside the group can use other supported Azure regions.

Check the result

Open the new resource group and confirm:

• The subscription is correct
• The resource group name is correct
• The metadata region is correct
• The environment: lab tag is present
• The resource list is empty

You now have a clean container for a future lab.

Delete the lab

1. Open rg-azfundamentals-lab.
2. Select Delete resource group.
3. Follow the confirmation shown by the portal.
4. Confirm the deletion only when the group contains no resources that you need.

Deleting a resource group also starts the deletion of the resources inside it. Always review the content before confirming.

Next practice

The next lab creates the same resource group with Terraform. This makes the configuration repeatable and keeps the infrastructure definition in code.

Official documentation

• Manage Azure resource groups in the Azure Portal
• Use tags to organize Azure resources
• Azure Resource Manager resource group deletion