Managing resource providers

In Azure, each service is managed by a separate resource provider. By default, most of the providers are not registered in your subscription. This is a perfectly fine scenario as you will probably never use all the RPs inside a single subscription. In most cases, a resource provider is registered immediately when provisioning a resource of a specific type for the first time. There are, however, moments when you need to do this manually. Let's learn how to do so using both the portal and PowerShell cmdlets.

Any time your subscription tries to access a non-registered resource provider, you will see a notification saying that a provider of a specific type is required before you can provision a resource of a particular type. There are two ways to check what is registered inside your subscription – you can either use the portal or a specific PowerShell command.

To check RPs in the portal, follow these steps:

1. Search for your subscription using...