---
id: azure-mgmt-resource
version: "26.0.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# azure-mgmt-resource — Microsoft Azure Resource Management Client Library for Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install azure-mgmt-resource
uv add azure-mgmt-resource
poetry add azure-mgmt-resource

## Description

# Microsoft Azure SDK for Python

This is the Microsoft Azure Resource Management Client Library.
This package has been tested with Python 3.10+.
For a more complete view of Azure libraries, see the [azure sdk python release](https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/all).

## _Disclaimer_

_Azure SDK Python packages support for Python 2.7 has ended 01 January 2022. For more information and questions, please refer to https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/20691_

## Getting started

### Prerequisites

- Python 3.10+ is required to use this package.
- [Azure subscription](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/)

### Install the package

```bash
pip install azure-mgmt-resource
pip install azure-identity
```

### Authentication

By default, [Microsoft Entra](https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/fundamentals/what-is-entra) token authentication depends on correct configuration of the following environment variables.

- `AZURE_CLIENT_ID` for Azure client ID.
- `AZURE_TENANT_ID` for Azure tenant ID.
- `AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET` for Azure client secret.

In addition, Azure subscription ID can be configured via environment variable `AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID`.

With above configuration, client can be...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Provides programmatic access to Azure Resource Manager for creating, updating, and managing Azure resources and resource groups via the Azure Resource Management API.

Verdict: Production-ready Azure resource management library with active maintenance, no known vulnerabilities, and permissive MIT licensing. Version 26.0.0 introduces breaking changes (hybrid models, method signature changes) requiring migration from earlier versions, but the library is well-established and widely used in the top 1000 PyPI packages.

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