title: Policy definitions for tagging resources description: Describes the Azure Policy definitions that you can assign to ensure tag compliance. ms.topic: article ms.date: 09/15/2025
Use Azure Policy to enforce tagging rules and conventions. By creating a policy, you avoid the scenario of resources being deployed to your subscription that don't have the expected tags for your organization. Instead of manually applying tags or searching for resources that aren't compliant, create a policy that automatically applies the needed tags during deployment. With the new Modify effect and a remediation task, you can also apply tags to existing resources. The following section shows example policy definitions for tags.
[!INCLUDE Tag policies]
- To learn about tagging resources, see Use tags to organize your Azure resources.
- Not all resource types support tags. To determine if you can apply a tag to a resource type, see Tag support for Azure resources.