Azure resources that hold versioned ARM templates. Alongside deployment stacks, they are the successor to Azure Blueprints.
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Terms in this definition
- ARM
Short for Azure Resource Manager, the control plane Azure uses for deploying and managing resources.
- Deployment stacks
Azure resources treating a set of jointly deployed resources as a single managed unit; together with Template Specs they replace Blueprints.
- Azure Blueprints
Deprecated service bundling policies, roles and templates, each assignment staying live-linked and scoped to a single subscription. Nothing new could be defined after 31 July 2026, and on 31 January 2027 it retires in favour of deployment stacks and Template Specs.
Related terms
- Template Spec Reader
A built-in Azure role that permits reading template specs, which, together with ordinary deployment rights, is sufficient to deploy one.