Merge pull request #252579 from mumian/0922-size-limit

Update the template size and resource size limitations

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Azure subscription limits and quotas
 description: Provides a list of common Azure subscription and service limits, quotas, and constraints. This article includes information on how to increase limits along with maximum values.
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 08/24/2023
+ms.date: 09/26/2023
 ---
 
 # Azure subscription and service limits, quotas, and constraints

articles/azure-resource-manager/templates/best-practices.md

@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ title: Best practices for templates
 description: Describes recommended approaches for authoring Azure Resource Manager templates (ARM templates). Offers suggestions to avoid common problems when using templates.
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.custom: devx-track-arm-template
-ms.date: 09/01/2022
+ms.date: 09/22/2023
 ---
 # ARM template best practices
 
 This article shows you how to use recommended practices when constructing your Azure Resource Manager template (ARM template). These recommendations help you avoid common problems when using an ARM template to deploy a solution.
 
 ## Template limits
 
-Limit the size of your template to 4 MB. The 4-MB limit applies to the final state of the template after it has been expanded with iterative resource definitions, and values for variables and parameters. The parameter file is also limited to 4 MB. You may get an error with a template or parameter file of less than 4 MB if the total size of the request is too large. For more information about how to simplify your template to avoid a large request, see [Resolve errors for job size exceeded](error-job-size-exceeded.md).
+Limit the size of your template to 4 MB, and each resource definition to 1 MB. The limits apply to the final state of the template after it has been expanded with iterative resource definitions, and values for variables and parameters. The parameter file is also limited to 4 MB. You may get an error with a template or parameter file of less than 4 MB if the total size of the request is too large. For more information about how to simplify your template to avoid a large request, see [Resolve errors for job size exceeded](error-job-size-exceeded.md).
 
 You're also limited to:
 

articles/azure-resource-manager/troubleshooting/error-job-size-exceeded.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Job size exceeded error
 description: Describes how to troubleshoot errors for job size exceeded or if the template is too large for deployments using a Bicep file or Azure Resource Manager template (ARM template).
 ms.topic: troubleshooting
 ms.custom: devx-track-bicep, devx-track-arm-template
-ms.date: 04/05/2023
+ms.date: 09/22/2023
 ---
 
 # Resolve errors for job size exceeded
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ You get this error when the deployment exceeds an allowed limit. Typically, you
 
 The deployment job can't exceed 1 MB and that includes metadata about the request. For large templates, the metadata combined with the template might exceed a job's allowed size.
 
-The template can't exceed 4 MB. The 4-MB limit applies to the final state of the template after it has been expanded for resource definitions that use loops to create many instances. The final state also includes the resolved values for variables and parameters.
+The template can't exceed 4 MB, and each resource definition can't exceed 1 MB. The limits apply to the final state of the template after it has been expanded for resource definitions that use loops to create many instances. The final state also includes the resolved values for variables and parameters.
 
 Other template limits are:
 

includes/azure-resource-groups-limits.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 author: tfitzmac
 ms.service: azure-resource-manager
 ms.topic: include
-ms.date: 09/01/2020    
+ms.date: 09/26/2023
 ms.author: tomfitz
 ---
 | Resource | Limit |
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ ms.author: tomfitz
 | Template expression |24,576 chars |
 | Resources in exported templates |200 |
 | Template size |4 MB |
+| Resource definition size |1 MB |
 | Parameter file size |4 MB |
 
 You can exceed some template limits by using a nested template. For more information, see [Use linked templates when you deploy Azure resources](../articles/azure-resource-manager/templates/linked-templates.md). To reduce the number of parameters, variables, or outputs, you can combine several values into an object. For more information, see [Objects as parameters](/azure/architecture/guide/azure-resource-manager/advanced-templates/objects-as-parameters).

includes/management-group-limits.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  author: tfitzmac
  ms.service: governance
  ms.topic: include
- ms.date: 03/26/2020
+ ms.date: 09/26/2023
  ms.author: tomfitz
  ms.custom: include file
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