ARM Templates

JSON templates that allow to use [[azure-resource-manager]] to define and manage resources.

It has some benefits:

• Declarative syntax: you declare what you want to deploy but don’t need to write the actual programming commands and sequence to deploy the resources.
• Repeatable results: Repeatedly deploy your infrastructure throughout the development lifecycle and have confidence your resources are deployed in a consistent manner. You can use the same ARM template to deploy multiple dev/test environments, knowing that all the environments are the same.
• Orchestration: Azure Resource Manager orchestrates the deployment of interdependent resources. When possible, Azure Resource Manager deploys resources in parallel.
• Modular files: You can break your templates into smaller, reusable components and link them together at deployment time. You can also nest one template inside another template.
• Extensibility: With deployment scripts, you can add PowerShell or Bash scripts to your templates.