I think you have not asked your question correctly as some of the statements in it does not make any sense. If your question is how you can have resource group in one location and the resources in it in another location than the answer is the following: Resource group is container resource. Meaning that it serves the purpose of containing other resources in it. Those resources that are contained within the resource group does not inherit its location. Generally resources that share the same lifecycle are put in the same resource group. It is highly recommend though that the resources in the resource group have the same location. This is due to the resource group containing metadata about the resource in it. In case there is ongoing issue in certain Azure location you might not be able to update/apply settings to the resources which are located in resource group of that location even when the resources itself are in another location.