diff --git a/sdk/search/azure-search/src/test/java/com/azure/search/SearchServiceTestBase.java b/sdk/search/azure-search/src/test/java/com/azure/search/SearchServiceTestBase.java
index c9885593952cf..82064398f30e5 100644
--- a/sdk/search/azure-search/src/test/java/com/azure/search/SearchServiceTestBase.java
+++ b/sdk/search/azure-search/src/test/java/com/azure/search/SearchServiceTestBase.java
@@ -113,11 +113,14 @@ public abstract class SearchServiceTestBase extends TestBase {
     @BeforeAll
     public static void beforeAll() {
         initializeAzureResources();
+        if (!playbackMode()) {
+            azureSearchResources.initialize();
+            azureSearchResources.createResourceGroup();
+        }
     }
 
     @AfterAll
     public static void afterAll() {
-        azureSearchResources.deleteResourceGroup();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -125,8 +128,6 @@ protected void beforeTest() {
         searchDnsSuffix = testEnvironment.equals("DOGFOOD") ? DOGFOOD_DNS_SUFFIX : DEFAULT_DNS_SUFFIX;
 
         if (!interceptorManager.isPlaybackMode()) {
-            azureSearchResources.initialize();
-            azureSearchResources.createResourceGroup(testResourceNamer);
             azureSearchResources.createService(testResourceNamer);
             searchApiKeyCredential = new SearchApiKeyCredential(azureSearchResources.getSearchAdminKey());
         }
@@ -640,6 +641,10 @@ static boolean liveMode() {
         return setupTestMode() == TestMode.LIVE;
     }
 
+    static boolean playbackMode() {
+        return setupTestMode() == TestMode.PLAYBACK;
+    }
+
     static TestMode setupTestMode() {
         String testMode = Configuration.getGlobalConfiguration().get(AZURE_TEST_MODE);
 
diff --git a/sdk/search/azure-search/src/test/java/com/azure/search/test/environment/setup/AzureSearchResources.java b/sdk/search/azure-search/src/test/java/com/azure/search/test/environment/setup/AzureSearchResources.java
index 90b9e81e20386..4cab54daee6b2 100644
--- a/sdk/search/azure-search/src/test/java/com/azure/search/test/environment/setup/AzureSearchResources.java
+++ b/sdk/search/azure-search/src/test/java/com/azure/search/test/environment/setup/AzureSearchResources.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package com.azure.search.test.environment.setup;
 
 import com.azure.core.test.utils.TestResourceNamer;
+import com.azure.core.util.Configuration;
 import com.azure.core.util.CoreUtils;
 import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobServiceClient;
 import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobServiceClientBuilder;
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ public class AzureSearchResources {
     private static final String SEARCH_SERVICE_NAME_PREFIX = "azs-sdk";
     private static final String BLOB_DATASOURCE_NAME_PREFIX = "azsblob";
     private static final String STORAGE_NAME_PREFIX = "azsstor";
+    private static final String AZURE_RESOURCEGROUP_NAME = "AZURE_RESOURCEGROUP_NAME";
 
 
     private String searchServiceName;
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ public class AzureSearchResources {
     private Region location;
 
     private Azure azure = null;
-    private ResourceGroup resourceGroup = null;
+    private static ResourceGroup resourceGroup;
     private SearchService searchService = null;
 
     /**
@@ -113,9 +115,13 @@ public void deleteService() {
     /**
      * Creates the Resource Group in Azure. This should be run at @BeforeAll
      */
-    public void createResourceGroup(TestResourceNamer testResourceNamer) {
-        if (resourceGroup == null) {
-            String resourceGroupName = testResourceNamer.randomName(RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME_PREFIX, 24);
+    public void createResourceGroup() {
+        String resourceGroupName = Configuration.getGlobalConfiguration().get(AZURE_RESOURCEGROUP_NAME);
+        if (azure.resourceGroups().checkExistence(resourceGroupName)) {
+            System.out.println("Fetching Resource Group: " + resourceGroupName);
+            resourceGroup = azure.resourceGroups()
+                .getByName(resourceGroupName);
+        } else {
             System.out.println("Creating Resource Group: " + resourceGroupName);
             resourceGroup = azure.resourceGroups()
                 .define(resourceGroupName)
diff --git a/sdk/search/test-resources.json b/sdk/search/test-resources.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..772c0f3c993f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/search/test-resources.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
+    "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
+    "parameters": {},
+    "variables": {},
+    "resources": [],
+    "outputs": {}
+}