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After the new model was implemented, all of my websites now belong to individual Resource Groups called "Default-Web-East" and all of my SQL databases belong to individual Resource Groups called "Default-SQL-East".

This is confusing to say the least.

I would like to rename the groups to have some semantic meaning. I would also like to group the associated SQL database and Web Site in the same Resource Group.

However, I do not see anyway to do either. Is this possible?

1) Rename the Resource Group? 2) Combine an existing SQL DB and Website together into one Resource Group?

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No, you cannot rename an Azure Resource Group, all you can do is move an existing resource group to a new resource group.

In the case of Azure Web Apps, you can only move all websites related resources in one invocation. This "all websites related resources" includes all websites, app hosting platforms, and certificates.

From the Portal

Use the "Move" tab for viewing resource groupsScreenshot of resource group options in portal

Clicking the "Move" tab will show this, which allow you to choose or create a new group: The move tab in resource group on Azure portal

Now Using Azure Powershell

use the Move-AzureRmResource powershell cmdlet.

The command for this:

Get-AzureRmResource -ResourceGroupName <sourceResourceGroupName> | Move-AzureRmResource -DestinationResourceGroupName <destResourceGroupName>

Using the Rest API:

Another way to is you use the MoveResource Rest API or an ArmClient.

This is how you will make an  API call:

POST 

https://<endpoint>/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourcegroups/{resourceGroupName}/moveResources?api-version={api-version}

Where {resourceGroupName} is the source resource group. If you are using the ArmClient tool, then it will just take care of the endpoint. 

Request Body:

{

   "targetResourceGroup": "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{targetResourceGroupNameName}",

   "resources":

   [  

     "/subscriptions/{id}/resourceGroups/{source}/providers/{namespace}/{type}/{name}",

     "/subscriptions/{id}/resourceGroups/{source}/providers/{namespace}/{type}/{name}"

   ]

}

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You cannot rename existing resources. If you're trying to standardize existing resources, it becomes impossible to adopt a universal naming convention. To an extent, this makes sense. In many cases, the object name becomes a DNS name and is referenced in the object's resource ID.

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You cannot change the name of your resource group, but you can surely move your resources to a new one, in the following way (Azure Portal):

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It's not possible to rename a resource group. Instead, you should create a new resource group with the new name and then transfer the resources to that new group.
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We cannot rename Azure Resource Group.

However, we can move the resources from a particular resource group to another resource group.

The steps to move a resource from one resource group to another are:

  • Open your portal

  • Go to the resource group which has your resources

  • Click on the move option and choose to move to another resource group.

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  • Choose the resources to be moved

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  • It will check for the validity and move the resources accordingly.

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