Task 01 - Validate resource providers

Introduction

Before Tailspin Toys can begin migrating workloads from their on‑premises datacenter into Azure, they need to make sure Azure knows which services they plan to use. Resource providers act like “gateways” that enable specific Azure services and features. By registering them up front, Tailspin Toys ensures that the right building blocks are available for both cloud‑native resources and hybrid services managed through Azure Arc.

Description

In Azure, resource providers must be registered in your subscription to allow for the deployment and management of resources. Resource providers are the services in Azure that supply and manage specific resource types, such as Microsoft.Compute for virtual machines or Microsoft.Network for networking. Registering them ensures that your subscription is authorized to use those services and that deployments can succeed without errors. You can think of resource providers like plug‑ins that unlock specific capabilities in Azure. If they are not registered, the platform cannot make those features available to you.

Key Tasks

In this task, you will use the Azure CLI to confirm that the required resource providers are registered in your subscription.

Use the Azure CLI to check the registration status of the following required resource providers:
- Microsoft.AzureArcData
- Microsoft.Compute
- Microsoft.ContainerService
- Microsoft.DataMigration
- Microsoft.GuestConfiguration
- Microsoft.HybridCompute
- Microsoft.HybridConnectivity
- Microsoft.Network
- Microsoft.OperationsManagement
- Microsoft.Sql
- Microsoft.Storage
Register any resource providers that are not already registered.
Monitor the registration status until all providers show as Registered.

Success Criteria

All required resource providers are registered.

Solution

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Open a browser and sign in to the Azure Portal.

If you’re using Azure Gov, sign in to the Azure Gov Portal.
In the top bar of the Azure Portal, select the Cloud Shell icon.
If prompted, select Bash as the shell type.
In the Cloud Shell Getting started dialog, if prompted, select No storage account required, choose the Subscription to use, and then select Apply.

At the Cloud Shell prompt, run the following Azure CLI command to check the registration status of the required resource providers.

 az provider list --query "[?namespace == 'Microsoft.AzureArcData' || namespace=='Microsoft.Compute' || namespace=='Microsoft.ContainerRegistry' || namespace=='Microsoft.ContainerService' || namespace=='Microsoft.DataMigration' || namespace=='Microsoft.GuestConfiguration' || namespace=='Microsoft.HybridCompute' || namespace=='Microsoft.HybridConnectivity' || namespace=='Microsoft.Network' || namespace=='Microsoft.OperationalInsights' || namespace=='Microsoft.OperationsManagement' || namespace == 'Microsoft.Sql' || namespace=='Microsoft.Storage'].{Namespace: namespace, RegistrationState: registrationState}" -o table

Example output:

Namespace                       RegistrationState
------------------------------  -------------------
Microsoft.Compute               Registered
Microsoft.Sql                   Registered
Microsoft.Network               Registered
Microsoft.Storage               Registered
Microsoft.GuestConfiguration    Registered
Microsoft.ContainerService      NotRegistered
Microsoft.ContainerRegistry     Registered
Microsoft.DataMigration         NotRegistered
Microsoft.AzureArcData          NotRegistered
Microsoft.HybridCompute         NotRegistered
Microsoft.HybridConnectivity    NotRegistered
Microsoft.OperationalInsights   Registered
Microsoft.OperationsManagement  NotRegistered

For each of the resource providers with a registration state of NotRegistered, run the following Azure CLI command, replacing PROVIDER with the Namespace that needs to be registered in your subscription.
```
 az provider register --namespace 'PROVIDER'
```
Example command to register the Microsoft.DataMigration provider:
```
az provider register --namespace 'Microsoft.DataMigration'
```
You will see confirmation that the registration request has been submitted and that the registration is in progress, showing a message similar to Registering is still on-going. You can monitor using 'az provider show -n Microsoft.DataMigration'.
After registering the required resource providers, re-run the command from step 5 until all required resource providers show as Registered.

Registration can take several minutes. Continue re‑running the command until all providers show as Registered.
Once all required resource providers are registered, you can close the Cloud Shell by selecting the Close icon in the top-right corner of the Cloud Shell pane. Closing Cloud Shell does not affect the registration process, as providers continue registering in the background.