Deploying an ARM Template in Complete Mode with PowerShell

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Deploying an ARM Template in Complete Mode with PowerShell

For a more declarative approach to your resource deployments, Azure offers two types of deployment modes: incremental and complete. In complete mode, only the resources in the ARM template will be deployed to the resource group, and everything else will be deleted. In PowerShell, you can specify a mode when deploying resources, and in this hands-on lab, that is your objective.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 03, 2025

Duration

1h 45m

Challenge

Connect to Cloud Shell in the Azure Portal
1. Open a web browser and go to https://portal.azure.com.
2. Use the username and password provided with this hands-on lab to log in to the portal.
3. Click the Cloud Shell icon in top menu bar to open it.
4. Select PowerShell.
5. Click Show advanced settings.
6. Create a new storage account that is globally unique.
7. Create a file share named "fileshare".
8. Click Create storage.
Challenge

Create the ARM Template
1. Create a new file (vim storage.json), and paste in the contents of the storage.json file provided on the lab page.

Challenge

Deploy the ARM Template in Complete Mode

Deploy the resources in complete mode:

$rg = '<RESOURCE_GROUP_IN_THE_LAB>'

New-AzResourceGroupDeployment `
  -Mode Complete `
  -Name DeployStorage `
  -ResourceGroupName $rg `
  -TemplateFile './storage.json'

Verify that the preexisting resources in the resource group have been deleted.

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