Summary

The option to deploy resources using a single deployment to multiple subscriptions, resource groups, and regions provides enhanced abilities to deploy, reduce bugs in deployment, and access advanced benefits, such as creating disaster recovery sites and achieving high availability.

In this chapter, you saw how to create a few different kinds of solution using ARM templates. This included creating an infrastructure-based solution comprising virtual machines; a platform-based solution using Azure App Service; a data-related solution using the Data Factory resource (including its configuration); and a datacenter on Azure with virtual machines, Active Directory, and DNS installed on top of the virtual machine.

In the next chapter, we will focus on creating modular ARM templates, an essential skill for architects who really want to take their ARM templates to the next level. The chapter will also show you various ways to design ARM templates and create reusable and modular...