Azure Deployment Stacks

Azure Deployment Stacks are a native Azure feature that groups deployed resources into a managed collection, providing lifecycle management, drift protection, and deny settings. Deployment stacks build on top of ARM/Bicep deployments to solve governance challenges that individual deployments cannot address.

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What is a Deployment Stack?

A deployment stack is an Azure resource that manages a collection of Azure resources as a single unit. When you create a deployment stack, you submit a Bicep or ARM template, and the stack tracks all resources it creates.

Key capabilities:

• Managed resource collection — the stack knows which resources it owns
• Deny settings — prevent modifications or deletions of managed resources
• Detach or delete on removal — control what happens to resources when they are removed from the template
• Update tracking — the stack detects when resources are added or removed from the template

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Why Deployment Stacks?

The Problem Without Stacks