Azure Resource Manager

Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is the technology platform and orchestration service from Microsoft that ties up all components discussed earlier. It brings Azure resource providers, resources, and resource groups together to form a cohesive cloud platform. It helps in the registration of resource providers to subscriptions and regions; it makes the resource types available to resource groups; it makes the resource and resource APIs accessible to the portal and other clients; and it authenticates access to resources. It also enables features such as tagging, authentication, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), resource locking, and policy enforcement for subscriptions and its resource groups. It provides the same deployment and management experience, whether through a portal or client-based tools such as PowerShell or a command-line interface.