How do I change the name of an Azure Resource Group? - azure

After the new model was implemented, all of my websites now belong to individual Resource Groups called "Default-Web-East" and all of my SQL databases belong to individual Resource Groups called "Default-SQL-East".
This is confusing to say the least.
I would like to rename the groups to have some semantic meaning. I would also like to group the associated SQL database and Web Site in the same Resource Group.
However, I do not see anyway to do either. Is this possible?
1) Rename the Resource Group?
2) Combine an existing SQL DB and Website together into one Resource Group?

Edit: You can't rename an Azure Resource Group.
What you can do is move your resources to a new Resource Group instead. Moving all resources in Resource Group A to Resource Group B is the poor man's rename.
Unfortunately not all resource providers let you move resources between resource groups, and some that do might have strings attached that only let you move resources under certain conditions.
For Azure Web Apps (previously called Azure Websites) you can currently only move all the websites related resources in a single invocation. That "all websites related resources" means all resource under the provider "Microsoft.Web". This includes all websites, app hosting platforms, and certificates that are in the source resource group.
Via the portal
When viewing a group's resources, you can use the "Move" tab
Clicking the "Move" tab will show something this, allowing you to choose or create a new group:
Via Azure Powershell
The easiest way to do this is to use the Move-AzureRmResource powershell cmdlet.
The command would look like this:
Get-AzureRmResource -ResourceGroupName <sourceResourceGroupName> | Move-AzureRmResource -DestinationResourceGroupName <destResourceGroupName>
source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/resource-group-move-resources/
Via Rest API
The other way to do this is to use the MoveResource Rest API or with the ArmClient.
Here's the API call you'll want to make:
POST https://<endpoint>/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourcegroups/{resourceGroupName}/moveResources?api-version={api-version}
Where {resourceGroupName} is the source resource group.
I'm pretty sure the endpoint should be "https://management.azure.com", but if you use the ArmClient the tool will just take care of the endpoint for you.
Request Body:
{
"targetResourceGroup": "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{targetResourceGroupNameName}",
"resources":
[
"/subscriptions/{id}/resourceGroups/{source}/providers/{namespace}/{type}/{name}",
"/subscriptions/{id}/resourceGroups/{source}/providers/{namespace}/{type}/{name}"
]
}

In addition to the main answer, Azure Portal has a feature of moving the Resources that is allowed to be moved to a new Resource group.
Go to your Resource Group that has Resources you want to move to an existing or a new created Resource Group.
Select the one, multiple or all (1) Resources you want to move and click on the Move (2) bottom as shown in image. (you can select moving to Resources with in the same subscription or to another subscription) A third option if you need just to change the Region) see the the figure at the end.
It will ask you to chose which Resource Group to move to.
Note: This process might take some time, be patient. When done, you
will see that the resource disappear from the old one and will be
found in the new one. That said some resources might be restricted
from been moved to other resources.
Move (Fixing) only region

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Move or regenerate Azure microsoft.web/certificate

I need to reorganize my Azure resource groups and could move everything except the microsoft.web/certificates. When I try to move this you get a validation error
Resource move is not supported for resource types 'Microsoft.Web/certificates'. (Code: ResourceMoveNotSupported, Target: /subscriptions/{GUID}/resourceGroups/{Old Group Name}/providers/Microsoft.Web/certificates/{Name})
Anybody knows how to move these certificates or how I can regenerate/replace this certificate?
As I understand you’re attempting to move resources to a different/new Resource Group (RG).
There are some limitations and checklist/guidelines for moving resources.
Checkout this doc: Move App Service resources to a new resource group or subscription.
Also, note that Azure resource type Microsoft.web/certificates do not support move operation between RGs, but only supports move operations across subscriptions.
Reference: move-support-resources#microsoftweb
You may want to validate: For your Azure web app, select Diagnose and solve problems. Then, select Configuration and Management >> Select Migration Options.

Azure resource group - How can I tell which ones are "related"?

Recently I was provisioning a new Azure Synapse resource, which ended up creating 2 different resource groups.
I understand a resource group is basically a container for related items, fair enough but thinking about it more I am actually confused why would Azure decide to create two separate resource groups instead of just putting it all into one?
The bigger burning question I have is after creating a number of resources - Lets say each one spawns multiple resource groups.
How can I tell which resource group is a "child" or a "parent" of another?
#rodneyc8063 Thanks for updating the concern of your question. Posting your discussion in the comments as an Answer to help other community members.
As said by Daniel Mann you are getting the additional resource group because your synapse workspace is creating the managed resource group.
A managed resource group is like a container which can hold the resources required by your resource. It is created by default when your workspace is created.
You can name it if you want, else its name will be created automatically.
When you delete the Main Resource Group of your resource, then the resources inside it also will be deleted.
The managed resource group also deleted when you delete the resource(managed application).
That’s why the second resource group is deleted when you delete the first one.
As far as I know apart from this there is no relationship between them.
References:
Overview of managed applications - Azure Managed Applications | Microsoft Docs
Blog from DataSimAntics about managed resource group.

AKS template creates new resource groups

When I create an AKS cluster using Azure portal I can see that new resource groups are created. It seems that I have no control over how they are named, especially the one with with "MC_" prefix. I also don't see an option to change its name when using ARM template.
In addition, if I create a cluster in customer's subscription, where I only have access to 1 resource group, I don't even see the newly created RG and can't manage it.
Is there a way to force deployment of all AKS components into a single resource group?
No, there is no way to force it at this point in time. As for the access, you should request access to that RG. No real workarounds.
Secondary resource group name can be inferred, I think, its something like:
MC_original-resource-group-name_aks-resource-name_location
it also creates OMS resource group (if you enable OMS) and Network Watcher (this can be disabled, btw, but its a provider setting). you have no control over that as well.
there is a not implemented yet nodeResourceGroup property: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/aks/managedclusters/createorupdate#examples
EDIT: this is actually working right now, so the nodeResourceGroup property can be used. But it would still be a new resource group, so you would still need to request access to that group and using this property is not possible with the portal (so ARM Templates\pulumi\terraform)

Move Azure resources to another subscription using Powershell

I am attempting to move a resource group (that contains a VM with its dependant resources e.g. network interface etc) to a new subscription and resource group. (the move works fine if done via the GUI)
My Script:
foreach ($resource in $resources) {Move-AzureRmResource
-DestinationResourceGroupName "newresourcegroup" -ResourceId $resource.resourceID -DestinationSubscriptionId 123456}
Its failing with
Move-AzureRmResource :
{"error":{"code":"ResourceMoveProviderValidationFailed","message":"Resource
move validation failed. Please see details. Diagnostic information:
timestamp
etc...
"The move resources request does not contain all the dependent
resources. Please check error details for missing resource
ids.\"}],\"code\":\"MissingMoveDependentResources\",\"message\":\"The
move resources request does not contain all the dependent resources.
Please check error details for missing resource
ids.\"}}"},{"target":"Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces","message":"{\"error\":{\"code\":\"MissingMoveDependentResources\",\"message\":\"The
move resources request does not contain all the dependent resources.
Please check details for missing resource Ids
Clearly I need to specify the dependant resources somehow, but there doesn't appear to be a parameter for "dependant resources" for the Move-AzureRmResource module.
a. How can I determine what the dependant resources are?
b. How do I specify them in the move cmdlet?
The move resources request does not contain all the dependent resources
According to your scripts, it seems that you just traverse through resources and move them one by one to another resource group in new subscription. But as we know, some resource may have some dependent resources, to move this type of resource (such as virtual machine etc), we should make sure we also move all of the dependent resources, otherwise, the move operation will fail.
Before moving services, we need to know what services that enable move and limitations. Besides, please refer to Use Powershell to move a VM to know how to move resource that requires the dependent resources.
I would add that a move to a new subscription requires that dependent resources be moved at the same time. This requires first organizing resources in the same RG (at this time anyway) before the move operation can succeed. If you are merely moving resources between RGs, then you could do the move without a re-org in your RGs. Remember you may have VM extensions that are hidden objects that can fail, and things like Azure Backup that would need to be addressed before and after the move.
Answer:Here is a REST validation that can be performed to identify dependent resources before attempting the move.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/resources/resources/validatemoveresources
You could then get the Resource IDs using: "$Ids = Get-AzureRMResource -ResourceGroupName $sourceRgName.ResourceGroupName | Select-Object ResourceId" then move using "Move-AzureRmResource -DestinationResourceGroupName $targetRg.ResourceGroupName
-DestinationSubscriptionId $AzureTargetSubscription.SubscriptionId
-ResourceId $Ids.ResourceID"

Can't move Webapp to new resource group

I successfully moved several resources via REST API into other resource groups (using this howto) but it failed when I tried to move a WebApp and its service plan. I know there are limitations: I have to move the entire resource group and the target resource group mustn't contain a WebApp. So my target resource group is empty and my source resource group only contains the WebApp and the service plan.
As suggested in the howto, I wrote this JSON:
{
"targetResourceGroup": "/subscriptions/Subscription-B/resourceGroups/newRG",
"resources": [
"/subscriptions/Subscription-A/resourceGroups/oldRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverFarms/test",
"/subscriptions/Subscription-A/resourceGroups/oldRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/test"
]
}
and run it via command:
armclient post https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/Subscription-A/resourceGroups/oldRG/moveResources?api-version=2015-01-01 #path/to/my/json -verbose
I get "202: accepted" in the command window and in the portal I see in both resource groups (oldRG and newRG) the info text "resources being moved" but after a minute, nothing has changed.
Edit:
When I click on "delete" in the oldRG, I see all the contained ressources: there are 4 alertrules, 1 autoscalesetting and 1 certificate.
As mentioned in the limitations, I have to move all of them. But how can I access these 3 types of ressources? I don't have their ressource ID because I don't find them when I search for them.
The certificate resource Id looks like:
/subscriptions/Subscription-A/resourceGroups/oldRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/certificates/<certificateThumbprint>
You don't have to pass in autoscale settings or alert rules.
The solution was a combination of Zain Rizvi's answer and this:
I thought it does not matter, that's why I told you the names of the both resource groups are oldRG and newRG - but actually they have the same name. That was the problem. Even if they are in different subscriptions, I wasn't able to move my resources into a resource-group with the same name as the current resource has. So I created a new empty resourcegroup (tmpRG) inside subscriptionB and moved my resources from subscriptionA\myRG to subscriptionB\tmpRG and then from subscriptionB\tmpRG to subscriptionB\myRG.

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