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How to get the Resource Group of a resource in Azure?

I have resources in a Resource Group in Azure and it wont let me move the resource because it is in a Resource Group that is not the hosting Resource Group even though it has been moved .

I have tried to run the command in Powershell az resource list but cant seem to see the hosting Resource Group of the resource.

Is there a command I can run in Powershell that will give the current Resource Group of the resource and the hosting Resource Group of the resource?

Solution

  • Is there a Powershell command that will give the current Resource Group of the resource?

    Yes its the Get-AzureRmResource command:

    $resourceId = "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/{resourceProviderNamespace}/{resourceType}/{resourceName}"

$resource = Get-AzureRmResource -ResourceId $resourceId
$resourceGroupName = $resource.ResourceGroupName

    Fortunately there's an alternative to avoid specifying the "ResourceGroupName" which you're trying to find and that's specifying the ResourceType..

    $resourceGroupName = Get-AzureRmResource -ResourceName {resourceName} -ResourceType {resourceType} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ResourceGroupName

    Also note the -ExpandProperties parameter in the documentation to include the resource properties.