Add resources to existing azure resource group

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Today I tried to add new VM into an Azure Resource Group that already has VMs and other resources and it was successful. I removed it and after a while, when a new VM was being added into the same Resource Group, it prompts a new Resource Group would be needed to store the new VM.

I was wondering when a new VM could and could not be added into a Resource Group taken by other resources.

Thanks.

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How you are adding VMs? Using portal, powershell or CLI? Add more details to the question, and also the error/prompt you are getting. By the way, it is allowed to add any number of resource or VMs in a resource group. – Yogi

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No, this is not the case, you can put almost any resources together in a resource group. there are some weird exception like: windows and linux app service plans cant exist in the same resource group.

you can add resources to different regions in the same resource group as well
you cannot add resources with the same name and type to the resource group, because name + type combination has to be the same

so you can add VM called new and VM called new1, but not VM called new and another VM called new; but you can add VM called new and Azure SQL called new into the same resource group (give that Azure SQL instance called new is available, but this has nothing to do with the resource group)

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This can now be done from the portal. In your portal at the Home page click Virtual Machines, then Add. You can then choose the current resource group and add the machine in to it. May be of use to someone else coming along later like I did.