{"id":18587,"date":"2015-07-07T10:34:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T09:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=18587"},"modified":"2015-07-07T10:40:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T09:40:03","slug":"mvp-whitepaper-cloud-consistency-with-azure-resource-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=18587","title":{"rendered":"MVP Whitepaper &#8211; Cloud Consistency with Azure Resource Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MVPs Kristian Nese and Flemming Riis have written a <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.technet.microsoft.com\/Cloud-Consistency-with-0b79b775\" target=\"_blank\">whitepaper<\/a> on Azure resource groups. This white paper will prep you to use Azure Resource Manager (ARM) in Azure now, and in Azure Stack in the future.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve recently started dipping my toe in these waters. 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