How to Rename an Azure Resource Group (RG)

Can I Rename an Azure Resource Group?

Is it possible to Rename a Resource Group in Azure, let’s say you have created and configured the Azure Resource Group and realized that the RG name is not the one you intended, want to rename without affecting the service and without deleting and adding a new resource group with the correct name

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What is Azure Resource Group

Resource Group (RG) in Azure are a collection of resource (Like virtual machines, storage accounts, virtual networks, database, database servers, web apps) in a logical

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How can we Rename an Azure Resource Group

No, Currently we can’t able to rename Azure Resource Group, however, we can create new Azure Resource Group and move all the resources to newly created Resource Group, and some resources like ADDS (Active Directory Domain Service), Gateway can’t be moved and needs to be created on new Resource Group

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Microsoft might consider adding renaming of Azure Resource Group feature as this is been on the Azure UserVoice

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