You have an Azure subscription. You plan to create a virtual machine. Where will the virtual machine be placed in Azure?

A storage account is specifically used to store data, including VM disks, but the virtual machine resource itself is deployed into a resource group, not directly into a storage account.

A resource group is a logical container for Azure resources, such as virtual machines, web apps, databases, and storage accounts, allowing them to be managed as a single unit. When creating a virtual machine, it must be assigned to an existing or new resource group for proper deployment and management within the Azure subscription.

An administrative unit is an Azure AD construct used for delegating administrative permissions over a subset of users and groups, not for deploying infrastructure resources like virtual machines.

An application group typically refers to a collection of applications managed within specific services like Azure Virtual Desktop or is a broader logical grouping concept, not a direct deployment target for an Azure virtual machine resource.