How is the statement mentioned below correct ?

Question

A resource group can contain resources that reside in different regions.

When I want to create a resource it wants me to define the resource group in the beginning and if the resource's location is not the same as my resource group I get a red warning.

Therefore this statement doesn't make sense to me.

please clarify for me,

Thanks.

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Answer 1

Hi John Diani ,

Thank you for reaching out to us on the Microsoft Q&A forum. 

I understand the confusion. The statement “A resource group can contain resources that reside in different regions” is indeed correct. However, when you're creating a new resource, Azure asks you to specify the location for that particular resource. This location is where the physical servers hosting your resource are located. 

The warning you are seeing is not because the resource group and the resource need to be in the same region, but rather because Azure is informing you that the resource will be in a different region than the resource group. This is just to make sure you’re aware of the geographic spread of your resources, which can impact things like latency or data residency requirements. 

So, you can create resources in different regions even if they are all in the same resource group. The resource group itself doesn't have a physical location; it's more of a logical container for managing and organizing your resources. 

If you are still facing any issue, please let us know in the comments. We are glad to help you. 

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