diff --git a/lib/fog/azurerm.rb b/lib/fog/azurerm.rb
index f56093a23..8bcc5aa4b 100644
--- a/lib/fog/azurerm.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/azurerm.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 require 'fog/azurerm/models/storage/sku_name'
 require 'fog/azurerm/models/storage/sku_tier'
 require 'fog/azurerm/models/storage/kind'
+require 'faraday'
 
 module Fog
   # Autoload Module for Credentials
@@ -68,9 +69,11 @@ module KeyVault
     autoload :AzureRM, File.expand_path('azurerm/key_vault', __dir__)
   end
 
-  # Autoload Module for Response::Asynchronous
+  # Autoload Module for Response::Asynchronous, NetworkAdapter and CustomException
   module AzureRM
     autoload :AsyncResponse, File.expand_path('azurerm/async_response', __dir__)
+    autoload :NetworkAdapter, File.expand_path('azurerm/network_adapter', __dir__)
+    autoload :CustomException, File.expand_path('azurerm/custom_exception', __dir__)
   end
 
   # Main AzureRM fog Provider Module
diff --git a/lib/fog/azurerm/constants.rb b/lib/fog/azurerm/constants.rb
index ae3969906..0cb6c1d15 100755
--- a/lib/fog/azurerm/constants.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/azurerm/constants.rb
@@ -69,3 +69,15 @@
 TEMPORARY_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_TAG_VALUE = 'delete'.freeze
 
 HTTP_NOT_FOUND = 404
+
+GET_METHOD = 'get'.freeze
+PUT_METHOD = 'put'.freeze
+DELETE_METHOD = 'delete'.freeze
+
+SUCCESS = 'success'.freeze
+FAILURE = 'failure'.freeze
+
+STATUS_CODES = {
+  success: [200, 201, 202, 203, 204],
+  failure: [400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 500, 501, 502, 503]
+}
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diff --git a/lib/fog/azurerm/custom_exception.rb b/lib/fog/azurerm/custom_exception.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..589fbb0d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/azurerm/custom_exception.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+module Fog
+  module AzureRM
+    class CustomException < StandardError
+      attr_accessor :request
+      attr_accessor :response
+      attr_accessor :body
+      attr_accessor :error_message
+      attr_accessor :error_code
+
+      def initialize(exception)
+        @request = exception.env.request
+        @response = exception.env.response
+        @body = JSON.decode(exception.env.body)
+        @error_message = @body['error']['message']
+        @error_code = @body['error']['code']
+        super
+      end
+
+      def to_s
+        exception = {}
+        
+        exception['message'] = @error_message
+        exception['code'] = @error_code
+        exception['body'] = @body
+        exception['request'] = @request
+        exception['response'] = @response
+
+        Fog::JSON.encode(exception)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/lib/fog/azurerm/network_adapter.rb b/lib/fog/azurerm/network_adapter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d66f0655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/azurerm/network_adapter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+module Fog
+  module AzureRM
+    class NetworkAdapter
+      def self.get(url, token)
+        send_request(url, token, nil, GET_METHOD)
+      end
+
+      def self.put(url, token, body)
+        send_request(url, token, body, PUT_METHOD)
+      end
+
+      def self.delete(url, token)
+        send_request(url, token, nil, DELETE_METHOD)
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def self.send_request(url, token, body, method_type)
+        connection = Faraday.new
+
+        response = connection.send(method_type, url) do |request|
+          request.headers['accept'] = 'application/json'
+          request.headers['Content-type'] = 'application/json'
+          request.headers['authorization'] = token
+          request.body = body.nil? ? '{}' : body
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/fog/azurerm/requests/resources/check_resource_group_exists.rb b/lib/fog/azurerm/requests/resources/check_resource_group_exists.rb
index 789659c51..5c8d85081 100644
--- a/lib/fog/azurerm/requests/resources/check_resource_group_exists.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/azurerm/requests/resources/check_resource_group_exists.rb
@@ -6,16 +6,21 @@ class Real
         def check_resource_group_exists(resource_group_name)
           msg = "Checking Resource Group #{resource_group_name}"
           Fog::Logger.debug msg
+
+          url = "subscriptions/#{@subscription_id}/resourcegroups/#{resource_group_name}?api-version=2017-05-10"
+          
           begin
-            flag = @rmc.resource_groups.check_existence(resource_group_name)
-            if flag
-              Fog::Logger.debug "Resource Group #{resource_group_name} exists."
-            else
-              Fog::Logger.debug "Resource Group #{resource_group_name} doesn't exist."
-            end
-            flag
-          rescue MsRestAzure::AzureOperationError => e
-            raise_azure_exception(e, msg)
+            response = Fog::AzureRM::NetworkAdapter.get(url, @token)
+          rescue => e
+            raise e
+          end
+
+          response_status = parse_response(response)
+
+          if response_status.eql?(SUCCESS)
+            response.env.body
+          else
+            raise Fog::AzureRM::CustomException(response)
           end
         end
       end
@@ -27,4 +32,4 @@ def check_resource_group_exists(*)
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/lib/fog/azurerm/requests/resources/create_resource_group.rb b/lib/fog/azurerm/requests/resources/create_resource_group.rb
index 4d92a9da3..0371de3ef 100644
--- a/lib/fog/azurerm/requests/resources/create_resource_group.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/azurerm/requests/resources/create_resource_group.rb
@@ -6,16 +6,35 @@ class Real
         def create_resource_group(name, location, tags)
           msg = "Creating Resource Group: #{name}."
           Fog::Logger.debug msg
-          resource_group = Azure::ARM::Resources::Models::ResourceGroup.new
-          resource_group.location = location
-          resource_group.tags = tags
+
+          body = create_resource_group_body(location, tags).to_json
+
+          url = "subscriptions/#{@subscription_id}/resourcegroups/#{name}?api-version=2017-05-10"
           begin
-            resource_group = @rmc.resource_groups.create_or_update(name, resource_group)
-          rescue  MsRestAzure::AzureOperationError => e
-            raise_azure_exception(e, msg)
+            response = Fog::AzureRM::NetworkAdapter.put(
+              url,
+              @token,
+              body
+            )
+          rescue => e
+            raise e
+          end
+
+          response_status = parse_response(response)
+
+          if response_status.eql?(SUCCESS)
+            Fog::Logger.debug "Resource Group #{name} created successfully."
+            response.env.body
+          else
+            raise Fog::AzureRM::CustomException.new(response)
           end
-          Fog::Logger.debug "Resource Group #{name} created successfully."
-          resource_group
+        end
+
+        def create_resource_group_body(location, tags)
+          parameters = {
+            location: location,
+            properties: {}
+          }
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/fog/azurerm/requests/resources/delete_resource_group.rb b/lib/fog/azurerm/requests/resources/delete_resource_group.rb
index 14dc41a41..7ed7266ad 100644
--- a/lib/fog/azurerm/requests/resources/delete_resource_group.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/azurerm/requests/resources/delete_resource_group.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@ class Real
         def delete_resource_group(name)
           msg = "Deleting Resource Group: #{name}."
           Fog::Logger.debug msg
+
+          url = "subscriptions/#{@subscription_id}/resourcegroups/#{name}?api-version=2017-05-10"
+
           begin
-            @rmc.resource_groups.delete(name)
-          rescue  MsRestAzure::AzureOperationError => e
-            raise_azure_exception(e, msg)
+            Fog::AzureRM::NetworkAdapter.delete(
+              url,
+              @token
+            )
+          rescue => e
+            raise e
           end
           Fog::Logger.debug "Resource Group #{name} deleted successfully."
           true
diff --git a/lib/fog/azurerm/resources.rb b/lib/fog/azurerm/resources.rb
index a0e689eb5..f6cb3bb8f 100644
--- a/lib/fog/azurerm/resources.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/azurerm/resources.rb
@@ -59,11 +59,12 @@ def initialize(options)
 
           options[:environment] = 'AzureCloud' if options[:environment].nil?
 
-          credentials = Fog::Credentials::AzureRM.get_credentials(options[:tenant_id], options[:client_id], options[:client_secret], options[:environment])
-          telemetry = "fog-azure-rm/#{Fog::AzureRM::VERSION}"
-          @rmc = ::Azure::ARM::Resources::ResourceManagementClient.new(credentials, resource_manager_endpoint_url(options[:environment]))
-          @rmc.subscription_id = options[:subscription_id]
-          @rmc.add_user_agent_information(telemetry)
+          @tenant_id = options[:tenant_id]
+          @client_id = options[:client_id]
+          @subscription_id = options[:subscription_id]
+          @client_secret = options[:client_secret]
+
+          @token = Fog::Credentials::AzureRM.get_token(@tenant_id, @client_id, @client_secret)
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/fog/azurerm/utilities/general.rb b/lib/fog/azurerm/utilities/general.rb
index f1f755098..6592e4583 100755
--- a/lib/fog/azurerm/utilities/general.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/azurerm/utilities/general.rb
@@ -177,3 +177,8 @@ def resource_not_found?(azure_operation_error)
 def get_image_name(id)
   id.split('/').last
 end
+
+def parse_response(response)
+  status_code = response.env.status
+  STATUS_CODES[:success].include? status_code ? SUCCESS : FAILURE
+end