diff --git a/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/api/Azure.Core.Experimental.net461.cs b/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/api/Azure.Core.Experimental.net461.cs
index 20bac893c0109..8252fe7e3e825 100644
--- a/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/api/Azure.Core.Experimental.net461.cs
+++ b/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/api/Azure.Core.Experimental.net461.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 namespace Azure
 {
+    public partial class CloudMachine
+    {
+        public CloudMachine(System.IO.Stream configurationContent) { }
+        public CloudMachine(string configurationFile = "cloudconfig.json") { }
+        public string DisplayName { get { throw null; } set { } }
+        public string Id { get { throw null; } }
+        public string Region { get { throw null; } }
+        public string SubscriptionId { get { throw null; } }
+        public static Azure.CloudMachine Create(string subscriptionId, string region) { throw null; }
+        [System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public void Save(System.IO.Stream stream) { }
+        [System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public void Save(string filepath) { }
+    }
     [System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute(System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind.Sequential)]
     public readonly partial struct Value
     {
@@ -118,6 +132,12 @@ public void AddOrUpdate(TKey key, TValue? val, int length) { }
         System.Collections.IEnumerator System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() { throw null; }
         public bool TryGet(TKey key, out TValue? value) { throw null; }
     }
+    [System.AttributeUsageAttribute(System.AttributeTargets.Assembly | System.AttributeTargets.Class, Inherited=false, AllowMultiple=true)]
+    public partial class ProvisionableTemplateAttribute : System.Attribute
+    {
+        public ProvisionableTemplateAttribute(string resourceName) { }
+        public string ResourceName { get { throw null; } }
+    }
     public abstract partial class SchemaValidator
     {
         protected SchemaValidator() { }
diff --git a/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/api/Azure.Core.Experimental.net6.0.cs b/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/api/Azure.Core.Experimental.net6.0.cs
index 20bac893c0109..8252fe7e3e825 100644
--- a/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/api/Azure.Core.Experimental.net6.0.cs
+++ b/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/api/Azure.Core.Experimental.net6.0.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 namespace Azure
 {
+    public partial class CloudMachine
+    {
+        public CloudMachine(System.IO.Stream configurationContent) { }
+        public CloudMachine(string configurationFile = "cloudconfig.json") { }
+        public string DisplayName { get { throw null; } set { } }
+        public string Id { get { throw null; } }
+        public string Region { get { throw null; } }
+        public string SubscriptionId { get { throw null; } }
+        public static Azure.CloudMachine Create(string subscriptionId, string region) { throw null; }
+        [System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public void Save(System.IO.Stream stream) { }
+        [System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public void Save(string filepath) { }
+    }
     [System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute(System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind.Sequential)]
     public readonly partial struct Value
     {
@@ -118,6 +132,12 @@ public void AddOrUpdate(TKey key, TValue? val, int length) { }
         System.Collections.IEnumerator System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() { throw null; }
         public bool TryGet(TKey key, out TValue? value) { throw null; }
     }
+    [System.AttributeUsageAttribute(System.AttributeTargets.Assembly | System.AttributeTargets.Class, Inherited=false, AllowMultiple=true)]
+    public partial class ProvisionableTemplateAttribute : System.Attribute
+    {
+        public ProvisionableTemplateAttribute(string resourceName) { }
+        public string ResourceName { get { throw null; } }
+    }
     public abstract partial class SchemaValidator
     {
         protected SchemaValidator() { }
diff --git a/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/api/Azure.Core.Experimental.netstandard2.0.cs b/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/api/Azure.Core.Experimental.netstandard2.0.cs
index 20bac893c0109..8252fe7e3e825 100644
--- a/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/api/Azure.Core.Experimental.netstandard2.0.cs
+++ b/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/api/Azure.Core.Experimental.netstandard2.0.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 namespace Azure
 {
+    public partial class CloudMachine
+    {
+        public CloudMachine(System.IO.Stream configurationContent) { }
+        public CloudMachine(string configurationFile = "cloudconfig.json") { }
+        public string DisplayName { get { throw null; } set { } }
+        public string Id { get { throw null; } }
+        public string Region { get { throw null; } }
+        public string SubscriptionId { get { throw null; } }
+        public static Azure.CloudMachine Create(string subscriptionId, string region) { throw null; }
+        [System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public void Save(System.IO.Stream stream) { }
+        [System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public void Save(string filepath) { }
+    }
     [System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute(System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind.Sequential)]
     public readonly partial struct Value
     {
@@ -118,6 +132,12 @@ public void AddOrUpdate(TKey key, TValue? val, int length) { }
         System.Collections.IEnumerator System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() { throw null; }
         public bool TryGet(TKey key, out TValue? value) { throw null; }
     }
+    [System.AttributeUsageAttribute(System.AttributeTargets.Assembly | System.AttributeTargets.Class, Inherited=false, AllowMultiple=true)]
+    public partial class ProvisionableTemplateAttribute : System.Attribute
+    {
+        public ProvisionableTemplateAttribute(string resourceName) { }
+        public string ResourceName { get { throw null; } }
+    }
     public abstract partial class SchemaValidator
     {
         protected SchemaValidator() { }
diff --git a/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/src/Azure.Core.Experimental.csproj b/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/src/Azure.Core.Experimental.csproj
index 00ae70b8e69e0..a25babac3e151 100644
--- a/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/src/Azure.Core.Experimental.csproj
+++ b/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/src/Azure.Core.Experimental.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Experimental types that might eventually move to Azure.Core</Description>
     <AssemblyTitle>Microsoft Azure Client Pipeline Experimental Extensions</AssemblyTitle>
diff --git a/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/src/CloudMachine.cs b/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/src/CloudMachine.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8b4ddd942b6ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/src/CloudMachine.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using Azure.Core;
+
+namespace Azure
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Stores configuration of a CloudMachine.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class CloudMachine
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Unique identifier of a CloudMachine. It's the name of the resource group of all the CloudMachine resources.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Id { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Friendly name of CloudMachine. It's stored as a Tag of all Azure resources associated with the machine.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string DisplayName { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Azure subscription ID.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string SubscriptionId { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Azure region, e.g. westus2
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Region { get; }
+
+        private int Version { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a new CloudMachine
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="subscriptionId"></param>
+        /// <param name="region"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <remarks>DisplayName is initialized to id. It can be changed by setting the DisplayName property.</remarks>
+        public static CloudMachine Create(string subscriptionId, string region)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(subscriptionId)) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(subscriptionId));
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(region)) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(region));
+
+            var id = GenerateCloudMachineId();
+            var defaultDisplayName = $"{id}@{DateTime.UtcNow:d}";
+            return new CloudMachine(id, defaultDisplayName, subscriptionId, region, 1);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads CloudMachine settings from configurationFile
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="configurationFile"></param>
+        /// <exception cref="InvalidCloudMachineConfigurationException"></exception>
+        public CloudMachine(string configurationFile = "cloudconfig.json")
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                byte[] configurationContent = File.ReadAllBytes(configurationFile);
+                var document = JsonDocument.Parse(configurationContent);
+                JsonElement json = document.RootElement.GetProperty("CloudMachine");
+
+                Id = ReadString(json, "id", configurationFile);
+                SubscriptionId = ReadString(json, "subscriptionId", configurationFile);
+                Region = ReadString(json, "region", configurationFile);
+                DisplayName = ReadString(json, "name", configurationFile);
+                Version = ReadInt32(json, "version", configurationFile);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e) when (e is not InvalidCloudMachineConfigurationException)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidCloudMachineConfigurationException(configurationFile, setting: null, e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads CloudMachine settings from stream.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="configurationContent"></param>
+        /// <exception cref="InvalidCloudMachineConfigurationException"></exception>
+        public CloudMachine(Stream configurationContent)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var document = JsonDocument.Parse(configurationContent);
+                JsonElement json = document.RootElement.GetProperty("CloudMachine");
+
+                Id = ReadString(json, "id", nameof(configurationContent));
+                SubscriptionId = ReadString(json, "subscriptionId", nameof(configurationContent));
+                Region = ReadString(json, "region", nameof(configurationContent));
+                DisplayName = ReadString(json, "name", nameof(configurationContent));
+                Version = ReadInt32(json, "version", nameof(configurationContent));
+            }
+            catch (Exception e) when (e is not InvalidCloudMachineConfigurationException)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidCloudMachineConfigurationException(nameof(configurationContent), setting: null, e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private CloudMachine(string id, string displayName, string subscriptionId, string region, int version)
+        {
+            Argument.AssertNotNullOrEmpty(id, nameof(id));
+            Argument.AssertNotNullOrEmpty(displayName, nameof(displayName));
+            Argument.AssertNotNullOrEmpty(subscriptionId, nameof(subscriptionId));
+            Argument.AssertNotNullOrEmpty(region, nameof(region));
+            Argument.AssertInRange(version, 0, int.MaxValue, nameof(version));
+
+            Id = id;
+            DisplayName = displayName;
+            SubscriptionId = subscriptionId;
+            Region = region;
+            Version = version;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Save CloudMachine configuration to a stream.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="stream"></param>
+        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public void Save(Stream stream)
+        {
+            var options = new JsonWriterOptions() { Indented = true };
+            using var json = new Utf8JsonWriter(stream, options);
+            json.WriteStartObject();
+            json.WriteStartObject("CloudMachine");
+            json.WriteString("id", Id);
+            json.WriteString("name", DisplayName);
+            json.WriteString("subscriptionId", SubscriptionId);
+            json.WriteString("region", Region);
+            json.WriteNumber("version", Version);
+            json.WriteEndObject();
+            json.WriteEndObject();
+            json.Flush();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Save CloudMachine configuration to a file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="filepath"></param>
+        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public void Save(string filepath)
+        {
+            using var stream = File.OpenWrite(filepath);
+            Save(stream);
+        }
+
+        private static string ReadString(JsonElement json, string key, string configurationStoreDisplayName)
+        {
+            try {
+                var value = json.GetProperty(key).GetString()!;
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value)) throw new ArgumentNullException(key);
+                return value;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new InvalidCloudMachineConfigurationException(configurationStoreDisplayName, key, e);
+            }
+        }
+        private static int ReadInt32(JsonElement json, string key, string configurationStoreDisplayName)
+        {
+            try {
+                var value = json.GetProperty(key).GetInt32();
+                return value;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new InvalidCloudMachineConfigurationException(configurationStoreDisplayName, key, e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static string GenerateCloudMachineId()
+        {
+            var guid = Guid.NewGuid();
+            var guidString = guid.ToString("N");
+            var cnId = "cm" + guidString.Substring(0, 15); // we can increase it to 20, but the template name cannot be that long
+            return cnId;
+        }
+
+        internal class InvalidCloudMachineConfigurationException : InvalidOperationException
+        {
+            public InvalidCloudMachineConfigurationException(string configurationStoreDisplayName, string? setting, Exception innerException) :
+                base(CreateMessage(configurationStoreDisplayName, setting), innerException)
+            { }
+
+            public static string CreateMessage(string configurationStoreDisplayName, string? setting)
+            {
+                if (setting != null)
+                    return $"ERROR: Configuration setting {setting} not found in {configurationStoreDisplayName} or invalid format.";
+                else
+                    return $"ERROR: Configuration store {configurationStoreDisplayName} not found or invalid format.";
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/src/ProvisionableTemplateAttribute.cs b/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/src/ProvisionableTemplateAttribute.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dd808dfaf2cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/src/ProvisionableTemplateAttribute.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System;
+
+namespace Azure.Core
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Attribute used to describe a deployment template.
+    /// </summary>
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly | AttributeTargets.Class, Inherited = false, AllowMultiple = true)]
+    public class ProvisionableTemplateAttribute : Attribute
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Deployment teplate stored in resources.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="resourceName"></param>
+        public ProvisionableTemplateAttribute(string resourceName)
+            => ResourceName = resourceName;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Name of assembly resource file containing a deployment template.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string ResourceName { get; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/tests/CloudMachineTests.cs b/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/tests/CloudMachineTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..09c43d155dcca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/core/Azure.Core.Experimental/tests/CloudMachineTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace Azure
+{
+    public class CloudMachineTests
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void SerializationRoundTrip()
+        {
+            var cm = CloudMachine.Create(Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), "westus2");
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            cm.Save(stream);
+            stream.Position = 0;
+
+            var deserialized = new CloudMachine(stream);
+            Assert.AreEqual(cm.Id, deserialized.Id);
+            Assert.AreEqual(cm.DisplayName, deserialized.DisplayName);
+            Assert.AreEqual(cm.Region, deserialized.Region);
+            Assert.AreEqual(cm.SubscriptionId, deserialized.SubscriptionId);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void DefaultCtor()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var cm = CloudMachine.Create(Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), "westus2");
+                cm.Save("cloudconfig.json");
+                var deserialized = new CloudMachine();
+                Assert.AreEqual(cm.Id, deserialized.Id);
+                Assert.AreEqual(cm.DisplayName, deserialized.DisplayName);
+                Assert.AreEqual(cm.Region, deserialized.Region);
+                Assert.AreEqual(cm.SubscriptionId, deserialized.SubscriptionId);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                File.Delete("cloudconfig.json");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}