Exercise - Identify incorrectly assigned resources

  • 10 minutes

Your organization uses different resources for production and development environments. Some resources that were created for development work were put into the same resource group as production resources. You need to be able to identify which resources belong to a development resource group.

In this unit, you'll create both development and production resources, and put them in a production resource group. You'll tag your resources appropriately. You'll then filter the resources to identify all your development resources from a single location.

You need an Azure subscription to complete these exercises. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account and add a subscription before you begin. If you are a student, you can take advantage of the Azure for students offer.

Create resources

Create a resource group to act as the production resource group.

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

  2. On the home page, under Azure services, select Resource groups. The Resource groups pane appears.

  3. In the top menu bar, select Create. The Create a resource group pane appears.

  4. On the Basics tab, enter the following values for each setting.

    Setting Value
    Project details
    Subscription From the dropdown list, select your account's subscription
    Resource group Enter production-learn-rg
    Resource details
    Region From the dropdown list, select a location close to you

  5. Select Review + create. After validation passes, select Create.

  6. Use the following quickstart template to create a virtual machine (VM) in your production resource group: Deploy a simple Windows VM.

  7. Select Deploy to Azure on the template page. The Deploy a simple Windows VM pane appears.

  8. On the Basics tab, enter the following values for each setting.

    Setting Value
    Project details
    Subscription From the dropdown list, select your account's subscription
    Resource group From the dropdown list, select production-learn-rg
    Instance details
    Admin Username Enter a unique username
    Admin Password Enter a unique password

  9. Accept the remaining default values.

  10. Select Review + create. After validation passes, select Create. Wait for deployment to complete.

Create additional resources

Now, you need to create some additional resources that you'll eventually move to a development resource group.

  1. Return to the Azure portal home page, and under Azure services, select Create a resource. The Create a resource pane appears.

  2. In the search box, search for and select Storage account, and select Create. The Create a storage account pane appears.

  3. On the Basics tab, enter the following values for each setting.

    Setting Value
    Project details
    Subscription From the dropdown list, select your account's subscription
    Resource group From the dropdown list, select production-learn-rg
    Instance details
    Storage account name Enter a unique storage account name that starts with the prefix dev

  4. Accept the remaining default values.

  5. Select Review + create. After validation passes, select Create. Wait for deployment to complete.

  6. Create another storage account with a unique name by repeating the storage account creation steps again. Wait for deployment to complete.

You now have a production resource group with two additional storage accounts that you'll move to a development resource group.

Apply tags to your resources

Now, use the Azure portal to apply tags to resources so you can identify and locate them later.

  1. In the Azure portal, on the Home page, under Azure services, select Resource groups. The Resource groups pane appears.

  2. Select the production-learn-rg resource group. The production-learn-rg resource group pane appears.

  3. Select the check box next to the Name field for both storage accounts you created.

    Screenshot that shows your development resources selected.

  4. In the top menu bar, select Assign tags. The Assign tags pane appears.

  5. Enter the following values for each setting:

    Screenshot that shows the Assign tags pane.

    Setting Value
    Name environment
    Value development

  6. Select Save. Your resources have now been tagged with development.

  7. Repeat these steps to assign the following tag to the remaining resources.

    Setting Value
    Name environment
    Value production

Filter and identify your development resources

Now you'll filter your resources and find your development tagged resources.

  1. At the top of the Azure portal, search for and select Tags.

    Screenshot that shows the search for tags.

    The Tags pane appears.

  2. Select the environment:development tag.

    All your tagged development resources are listed in one place.

Keep your portal instance open to use later.