# AzureProvisionerExtensions Methods

- Package: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.azure.md)
- Type: [AzureProvisionerExtensions](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.azure/azureprovisionerextensions.md)
- Kind: `Methods`
- Members: `1`

Provides extension methods for adding support for generating Azure resources dynamically during application startup.

## AddAzureProvisioning(IDistributedApplicationBuilder)

- Name: `AddAzureProvisioning(IDistributedApplicationBuilder)`
- Modifiers: `extension`
- Returns: `IDistributedApplicationBuilder`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/cbc352350f1a9bafbaff10d14a2c8de4ac186a48/src/Aspire.Hosting.Azure/Provisioning/AzureProvisionerExtensions.cs#L28-L71)

Adds support for generating Azure resources dynamically during application startup. The application must configure the appropriate Azure subscription and location before resources can be provisioned.

```csharp
public static class AzureProvisionerExtensions
{
    public static IDistributedApplicationBuilder AddAzureProvisioning(
        this IDistributedApplicationBuilder builder)
    {
        // ...
    }
}
```

## Parameters

- `builder` (`IDistributedApplicationBuilder`)
  The distributed application builder.

## Returns

`IDistributedApplicationBuilder` -- The distributed application builder.

## ATS metadata

### ATS export

- Available to Polyglot AppHosts through the Aspire Type System.