[SOLVED] Are both AzureResourceGroupDeployment and AzureResourceManagerTemplateDeployment same?

Are both AzureResourceGroupDeployment and AzureResourceManagerTemplateDeployment same?

- task: AzureResourceManagerTemplateDeployment@3
  displayName: 'deploy using AzureResourceManagerTemplateDeployment'
  inputs:    
    azureResourceManagerConnection: sc 
    subscriptionId: id
    resourceGroupName: rg
    location: $(location)    
    csmFile: ${{ parameters.root }}/Infrastructure/data/template.bicep
    csmParametersFile: env.json
    overrideParameters: '-environmentAbbreviation "env"'
    deploymentMode: 'Incremental'
    deploymentOutputs: dataoutputs

- task: AzureResourceGroupDeployment@2
  displayName: 'deploy using AzureResourceGroupDeployment'
  inputs:
    azureSubscription: ec
    resourceGroupName: rg
    csmFile: ${{ parameters.root }}/Infrastructure/data/template.bicep
    csmParametersFile: env.json
    overrideParameters: '-environmentAbbreviation "env"'
    deploymentMode: 'Incremental'
    deploymentOutputs: dataoutputs

Solution

Are both AzureResourceGroupDeployment and AzureResourceManagerTemplateDeployment same?

According to anderseide:

Main difference is that AzureResourceManagerTemplateDeployment contains deploymentScope, where you can select either on Management Group, Subscription or Resource Group level.

References: ARM Template Deployment Task - Deployment Scope, Azure Resource Group Deployment task and Battle of AzureResourceManagerTemplateDeployment and AzureResourceGroupDeployment