How should I name my resource groups if I have to redeploy my resources to the DR Region?

Rob McNees 221 Reputation points
2024-01-23T19:43:56.2333333+00:00

So, as a standard, my ASR deployments I'm naming my resource groups the same name as the primary group but adding "-asr" on the end. However, if I consider many resource groups, that have resources that I have setup in IaC and pipelines, How should I standardize on a resource group in the DR region? If you use the primary region name, then it seems you can not modify your resources, but only have read only (see article: https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/overview#resource-groups under 6th bullet).

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  1. SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 40,446 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2024-02-09T16:58:36.9566667+00:00

    @Rob McNees Sorry for being late to respond to this question. It is not recommended to use the same naming convention for resource groups used in Azure Site Recovery for disaster recovery purposes. This is because the resource group name is used as part of the URL for your authoring and prediction endpoint queries, and it is important to have a unique name for each resource group to avoid conflicts.

    In addition, it is a best practice to set up and consistently apply good naming conventions across all Azure resources from resource groups to each resource type. A good naming convention communicates purpose and helps lay a solid foundation for discoverability and supportability.

    Microsoft provides guidance around naming conventions for Azure resources, including abbreviations for Azure resources and the Azure Naming Tool, which generates Azure-compliant names, helps you standardize on names, and automates your naming process.

    Adding few source links below:

    https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/resource-naming

    https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/resource-name-rules#microsoftrecoveryservices

    https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/govern/resource-consistency/naming

    Hope this helps!

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