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# Resources & Resource Manager

## Azure Resource Manager (ARM)

**You can interact with the Azure Cloud in multiple ways, but under the hood is handled the same. This is the Azure Resource Manager API**

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The API can handle all your resource management in Azure but there are also situations where it can run on your resources as well.
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## Azure Resources

**Instance of services that you create that are yours to use**