Skip to content MENU ARM TEMPLATES WITH MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO 2017 Posted on February 15, 2018 by jamalshahverdiev In this article, I will describe how to write ARM templates an easy way with Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. Firstly we need to install MS Visual Studio 2017 with cloud extension. You can download all code and template files from this github repository . In the installation of the Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 just select ‘ Azure Development ‘, select components in the right side which we need to install and then press Install button. Then we need go to the MS Visual Studio 2017 IDE. Press File -> New -> Project button In the opened page select ‘ Azure Resource Group ‘, input name and press OK button. In the opened page select ‘ Visual Studio Templates ‘ -> Blank Template Microsoft -> Then press OK button In the opened page go to the right side and double click to the ‘ azuredepl