Deploying and managing services

First, it is important to understand that resources in Azure are "deployed." This is the provisioning process for Azure, but it is not typically referred to as provisioning. With Azure, there was a transition from a developmental approach to the deployment of resources, which is a JSON representation of the resource that is being deployed. This is referred to as Infrastructure as Code or IaC and is handled through a system called Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates.

ARM templates are the deployment and management service for Azure. They are the management layer that provides the ability to create, update, and delete resources, as well as the desired state of the resource's configuration or DSC. The ARM template system can be used through the portal, PowerShell, Azure CLI, Rest APIs, or Client SDKs, as you can see in Figure 10:

Figure 10: Azure Resource Manager simplified process

As you can see, the deployment system...