What Are Azure Management Groups

URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/management-groups/overview
Author: tfitzmac

Summary

Learn about the management groups, how their permissions work, and how to use them.

Highlights Added July 17, 2024 at 11:02 AM

Management groups provide a governance scope above subscriptions. ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01h181whwptgbh9fzkq0tj56pt))

Management groups give you enterprise-grade management at scale no matter what type of subscriptions you might have. However, all subscriptions within a single management group must trust the same Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant. ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01h181wrrvhwwjwxdgg7gt7s95))

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10,000 management groups can be supported in a single directory. ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0hjnmkgya8rb36q3t7kn3ma))

A management group tree can support up to six levels of depth.
• This limit doesn't include the Root level or the subscription level. ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0hjnqm5cyjpawh38hmfprfb))

Each management group and subscription can only support one parent. ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0hjntjb71p3shd00s4962ej))

Each management group can have many children. ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0hjnw9trmpc560mzeqk0g4v))

By default, the root management group's display name is Tenant root group and operates itself as a management group. The ID is the same value as the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant ID. ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0hjk7wwaterfsscnhnd7r5s))

"/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/{management-group-id}". ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0hjjf5srdw1svdb8yq515c1))