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  As ARM deployments become more complex, using linked and nested templates allow you to break these deployments down into smaller reusable components. Linked templates: create reusable, composable, and modular deployments comprised of many individual arm templates. Nested templates: allows for advanced deployments scenarios like deploying to multiple ARM scopes or multiple resource groups from a single template file. See the following for  documentation on both linked and nested templates . Linked template example To use linked templates, the templates must first be staged on a publically accessible endpoint such as GitHub or an Azure Storage Blob. Consider using an Azure Storage account secured by a SAS token to keep your templates secure from public access. See  this document  for more details. To add a linked template to your ARM template, add a  Microsoft.Resources/deployments  resource and the  templateLink  property configured with the...

  This article describes the structure of an Azure Resource Manager template (ARM template). It presents the different sections of a template and the properties that are available in those sections. This article is intended for users who have some familiarity with ARM templates. It provides detailed information about the structure of the template. For a step-by-step tutorial that guides you through the process of creating a template, see Tutorial: Create and deploy your first ARM template. To learn about ARM templates through a guided set of modules on Microsoft Learn, see Deploy and manage resources in Azure by using ARM templates. Template format In its simplest structure, a template has the following elements: { "$schema" : "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#" , "contentVersion" : "" , "apiProfile" : "" , "parameters" : { }, "variables" : { }, ...