diff --git a/INDEX.md b/INDEX.md
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+++ b/INDEX.md
@@ -45,18 +45,18 @@
 | `azurerm_private_dns_zone`            | [simple](azurerm/azurerm_private_dns_zone/simple) |
 | `azurerm_public_ip`                   | [simple](azurerm/azurerm_public_ip/simple) |
 | `azurerm_sql_server`                  | [simple](azurerm/azurerm_sql_server/simple) |
-| `azurerm_storage_account`             | [simple](azurerm/azurerm_storage_account/simple) |
+| `azurerm_storage_account`             | [simple](azurerm/azurerm_storage_account/simple) <p/> [azure, backends](backends/azure/azurerm_storage_container) |
 | `azurerm_storage_blob`                | [append](azurerm/azurerm_storage_blob/append) <p/> [block](azurerm/azurerm_storage_blob/block) <p/> [page](azurerm/azurerm_storage_blob/page) |
-| `azurerm_storage_container`           | [simple](azurerm/azurerm_storage_container/simple) |
+| `azurerm_storage_container`           | [simple](azurerm/azurerm_storage_container/simple) <p/> [azure, backends](backends/azure/azurerm_storage_container) |
 | `azurerm_storage_queue`               | [simple](azurerm/azurerm_storage_queue/simple) |
 | `azurerm_storage_share`               | [simple](azurerm/azurerm_storage_share/simple) |
 | `azurerm_storage_table`               | [simple](azurerm/azurerm_storage_table/simple) |
 | `azurerm_subnet`                      | [simple](azurerm/azurerm_subnet/simple) |
 | `azurerm_subscription`                | [customer_account](azurerm/azurerm_subscription/customer_account) <p/> [enterprise_enrollment](azurerm/azurerm_subscription/enterprise_enrollment) |
 | `azurerm_virtual_machine`             | [linux](azurerm/azurerm_virtual_machine/linux) <p/> [windows](azurerm/azurerm_virtual_machine/windows) |
-| `azurerm_virtual_network`             | [azure](azurerm/azurerm_virtual_network/simple) |
+| `azurerm_virtual_network`             | [azure](azurerm/azurerm_virtual_network/simple) <p/> [azure, backends](backends/azure/azurerm_virtual_network) |
 | `azurerm_windows_virtual_machine`     | [simple](azurerm/azurerm_windows_virtual_machine/simple) |
-| `backends`                            | [backends](backends) <p/> [aws, s3, aws_s3_bucket](backends/s3/aws_s3_bucket) <p/> [aws, remote](backends/remote) <p/> [google, gcs_bucket](backends/gcs/google_storage_bucket) |
+| `backends`                            | [backends](backends) <p/> [aws, s3, aws_s3_bucket](backends/s3/aws_s3_bucket) <p/> [aws, remote](backends/remote) <p/> [google, gcs_bucket](backends/gcs/google_storage_bucket) <p/> [azure, azurerm_storage_container](backends/azure/azurerm_storage_container) |
 | `count`                               | [aws, aws_instance](aws/aws_instance/count) <p/> [aws, aws_vpc](aws/aws_vpc/count) <p/> [google, gcp_attached_disk](google/google_compute_attached_disk/count) |
 | `depends_on`                          | [aws](aws/aws_iam/groups) |
 | `digitalocean`                        | [simple](digitalocean/digitalocean_droplet/simple) |
diff --git a/backends/azure/README.md b/backends/azure/README.md
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+This example sets up an Azure Storage backend with a minimal example of a state stored in it.
+
+It:
+
+- Creates an Azure Storage account with a random name ('changemexxxxxxxxxxxxx') and a Container ('changemebackendazure')
+
+- Sets up an Azure Virtual Network, storing state in that backend
+
+These are the files used:
+
+`destroy.sh`                               - Shell script to clean up any previous run of `run.sh`
+
+`run.sh`                                   - Run this whole example up, creating the Container, backend, and Azure Virtual Network
+
+`azurerm_storage_container/main.tf`        - Terraform code to set up a Container
+
+`azurerm_storage_container/run.sh`         - Script to create just the Container
+
+`azurerm_storage_container/destroy.sh`     - Script to destroy just the Container
+
+`azurerm_virtual_network/main_template`    - Template file for Terraform code for Azure Virtual Network
+
diff --git a/backends/azure/azurerm_storage_container/destroy.sh b/backends/azure/azurerm_storage_container/destroy.sh
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+++ b/backends/azure/azurerm_storage_container/destroy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+../../../bin/destroy.sh azurerm
diff --git a/backends/azure/azurerm_storage_container/main.tf b/backends/azure/azurerm_storage_container/main.tf
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+# Summary: Creates an Azure Storage account and a Container
+
+# Documentation: https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/settings/index.html
+terraform {
+  required_version = ">= 1.0.0"
+  required_providers {
+    azurerm = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/azurerm"
+      version = "~> 2.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+# Documentation: https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/values/variables.html
+variable "azure_subscription_id" {
+  type = string
+}
+
+# Documentation: https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/providers/requirements.html
+# Documentation: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs
+provider "azurerm" {
+  features {}
+
+  subscription_id = var.azure_subscription_id
+}
+
+
+# Explanation: This resource is not necessary for the creation of an Azure Storage Account, but is here to ensure that
+# the Azure Account name is unique.
+#
+# Documentation: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/random/latest/docs/resources/id
+resource "random_id" "changeme_backends_azure_storage_name" {
+  byte_length = 8
+}
+
+# Resource Group
+# Documentation: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/resource_group
+resource "azurerm_resource_group" "changeme_backends_azure_storage_resource_group" {
+  name     = "changeme-azure-storage-container-resource-group"
+  location = "East US"
+}
+
+# Storage Account within the Resource Group
+# Documentation: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/storage_account
+resource "azurerm_storage_account" "changeme_backends_azure_storage_account" {
+  name                     = "changeme${random_id.changeme_backends_azure_storage_name.hex}"
+  resource_group_name      = azurerm_resource_group.changeme_backends_azure_storage_resource_group.name
+  location                 = azurerm_resource_group.changeme_backends_azure_storage_resource_group.location
+  account_tier             = "Standard"
+  account_replication_type = "LRS"
+}
+
+# Storage Container in the Storage Account
+# Documentation: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/storage_container
+resource "azurerm_storage_container" "changeme_backends_azure_storage_container" {
+  name                 = "changemebackendazure"
+  storage_account_name = azurerm_storage_account.changeme_backends_azure_storage_account.name
+}
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diff --git a/backends/azure/azurerm_storage_container/run.sh b/backends/azure/azurerm_storage_container/run.sh
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+++ b/backends/azure/azurerm_storage_container/run.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+../../../bin/apply.sh azurerm
+
diff --git a/backends/azure/azurerm_virtual_network/destroy.sh b/backends/azure/azurerm_virtual_network/destroy.sh
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index 00000000..c6113ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/azure/azurerm_virtual_network/destroy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+../../../bin/destroy.sh azurerm
diff --git a/backends/azure/azurerm_virtual_network/main_template b/backends/azure/azurerm_virtual_network/main_template
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+# Summary: A simple Azure Virtual Network
+
+# Documentation: https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/settings/index.html
+terraform {
+  
+  #required_version = ">= 1.0.0"
+  required_providers {
+    azurerm = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/azurerm"
+      version = "~> 2.0"
+    }
+  }
+
+  backend "azurerm" {
+    resource_group_name  = "changeme-azure-storage-container-resource-group"
+    storage_account_name = ACCOUNT_NAME
+    container_name       = "changemebackendazure"
+    key                  = "terraform.tfstate"
+  }
+}
+
+# Documentation: https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/values/variables.html
+variable "azure_subscription_id" {
+  type = string
+}
+
+# Documentation: https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/providers/requirements.html
+# Documentation: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs
+provider "azurerm" {
+  features {}
+
+  subscription_id = var.azure_subscription_id
+}
+
+# Resource Group
+# Documentation: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/resource_group
+resource "azurerm_resource_group" "changeme_azure_backend_storage_resource_group" {
+  name     = "changeme-azure-backend-storage-resource-group"
+  location = "East US"
+}
+
+# Virtual Network within the Resource Group
+# Documentation: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/virtual_network
+resource "azurerm_virtual_network" "changeme_azure_backend_storage_virtual_network" {
+  name                = "changeme-azure-backend-storage-virtual-network"
+  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.changeme_azure_backend_storage_resource_group.name
+  location            = azurerm_resource_group.changeme_azure_backend_storage_resource_group.location
+  address_space       = ["10.0.0.0/16"]
+}
diff --git a/backends/azure/destroy.sh b/backends/azure/destroy.sh
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+++ b/backends/azure/destroy.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Move to the folder this script is in.
+cd "${0%/*}" || exit 1
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source ../../bin/shared.sh
+
+log "Cleaning up azurerm_virtual_network"
+cd azurerm_virtual_network || exit 1
+rm -f main.tf
+./destroy.sh 2>/dev/null || rm -rf .terraform terraform*
+log "Cleaning up azurerm_storage_container"
+cd ../azurerm_storage_container || exit 1
+terraform destroy -auto-approve
diff --git a/backends/azure/run.sh b/backends/azure/run.sh
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+++ b/backends/azure/run.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Move to the folder this script is in.
+cd "${0%/*}" || exit 1
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source ../../bin/shared.sh
+
+log "Destroying any pre-existing runs..."
+./destroy.sh
+
+log "Set up Azure Storage Account and Container..."
+cd azurerm_storage_container || exit 1
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source run.sh
+terraform init
+terraform plan
+terraform apply -auto-approve
+ACCOUNT_NAME="$(terraform show | grep storage_account_name | awk '{print $NF}')"
+log "Azure Storage account name is: ${ACCOUNT_NAME}"
+cd ../azurerm_virtual_network || exit 1
+log "Setting up Terraform code from main_template in azurerm_virtual_network..."
+sed "s/ACCOUNT_NAME/${ACCOUNT_NAME}/g" main_template > main.tf
+log "Set up virtual network, storing state in backend..."
+terraform init
+terraform plan
+terraform apply -auto-approve