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Azure Resource Manager vs management groups

찬혁 박 21 Reputation points
2022-07-01T00:56:47.017+00:00

What is the difference between Azure Resource Manager vs management groups?
I understand that management groups is the top level management group that manages subscriptions, please tell me the exact difference between the two!

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  1. David Broggy 6,801 Reputation points MVP
    2022-07-01T04:55:07.817+00:00

    Hi @찬혁 박
    Azure Resource Manager is one of the backbones of Azure itself.
    When you deploy any kind of resource (VM, etc) it must pass through ARM.
    You may have heard of ARM templates? That’s a json representation of one or more resources which you can deploy through Azure Resource Manager.
    More here:
    overview

    An Azure Management groups work at a level above your Azure subscription.
    It helps you control multiple subscriptions all under 1 or more ‘umbrellas’ known as Management Groups.
    If you don’t have multiple subscriptions then you likely have no use for Management Groups.
    More here:
    overview

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  1. Mudasir Bari 5 Reputation points
    2026-02-05T16:31:14.1933333+00:00

    This has been a problem for us for over 6 months. We can not select subscriptions for filtering. Is this a permission problem? We can’t click ‘Apply’ to select the subscription.If we go to the subscriptions tab, we can get around this issue in most cases, but it a pain. I’d like this fixed.Jason has Owner and Reader at the Management group level, which disseminates down to the subscriptions. please provide resolution of it1000450803

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