Add, Remove and Update Tags for Resources in Azure

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Add, Remove and Update Tags for Resources in Azure

In the scenario for this hands-on lab, the finance department has reached out to you, requesting additional taxonomy information on a recent Azure bill, including who created the resources, which department budget should be used for the resources and if the resources are necessary for running business ciritcal systems. If there are any non-essential business systems, they ask that you signify that in some way.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 25, 2025

Duration

1h 0m

Challenge

Add Tags to the Resource Group
- In Azure Cloud Shell, perform the command to list all resource groups for this lab.
- Perform the CLI command that will apply the following tags to the resource group (replace YourName with your name):
  
  Environment=Production
  
  Dept=IT
  
  CreatedBy=YourName
Challenge

Remove Tags for VM and Mark for Deletion
- Perform the CLI command to list the existing tags for the virtual machines in this lab.
- Remove the existing tags from the VM.
- Mark the VM for deletion by adding the tag MarkForDeletion=Yes.
Challenge

Change Tags for the Virtual Network
- Perform the CLI command to list the virtual networks and their associated tags
- Perform the CLI command to overrite the existing tags with the following tags (replace YourName with your name):
  
  Environment=Production
  
  Dept=IT
  
  CreatedBy=YourName

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