[QUERY] WhatIf deployments in new SDK

Library name and version

Azure.ResourceManager.Resources 1.0.0-beta.6

Query/Question

In previous versions of the SDK, it was possible to create a “WhatIf” deployment and execute it, as below:

ResourcesManagementClient client = ...

var whatIf = new DeploymentWhatIf(
    new DeploymentWhatIfProperties(DeploymentMode.Incremental)
    {
        Template = "Template stuff here"
    }
);

await (await client.Deployments.StartWhatIfAsync("MyResourceGroup", "MyDeployment", whatIf)).WaitForCompletionAsync();

Does the newer version of the SDK have a similar mechanism? I have found similar deployment classes, but they appear to be internalized.

Environment

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[JayDZimmerman]

@Yao725 That took care of it. The secret sauce was the “CreateResourceIdentifier” method, which solved my primary issue of not knowing how to create a deployment (without executing it as well). Thanks for your help.

[Yao725]

@JayDZimmerman Yes, on line 11 the deployment will get executed, I use this because I want to get the WhatIf info which comparing to an existing deployment. For you scenario, I think you can take following code in which no deployments get executed as example:

ArmClient armClient = new ArmClient(new DefaultAzureCredential());
Subscription subscription = await armClient.GetDefaultSubscriptionAsync();
ResourceGroup rg = (await subscription.GetResourceGroups().CreateOrUpdateAsync(true, "testRg", new ResourceGroupData(AzureLocation.EastUS))).Value;
ResourceIdentifier deploymentIdentifier = Deployment.CreateResourceIdentifier(rg.Id.ToString(), "testDeployment");
Deployment deployment = armClient.GetDeployment(deploymentIdentifier);
DeploymentWhatIfProperties deploymentWhatIfProperties = new DeploymentWhatIfProperties(DeploymentMode.Incremental)
{
    TemplateLink = new TemplateLink
    {
        Uri = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-docs-json-samples/master/azure-resource-manager/what-if/what-if-after.json"
    }
};
var deploymentWhatIfOperation = await deployment.WhatIfAsync(true, string.Empty, deploymentWhatIfProperties);