diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/azure_monitor_datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/azure_monitor_datasource.test.ts
index 979e3112d79..3f638ba2ef9 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/azure_monitor_datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/azure_monitor_datasource.test.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitorDatasource', () => {
         const expected =
           basePath +
           '/providers/microsoft.insights/components/resource1' +
-          '/providers/microsoft.insights/metricNamespaces?api-version=2017-12-01-preview';
+          '/providers/microsoft.insights/metricNamespaces?region=global&api-version=2017-12-01-preview';
         expect(path).toBe(expected);
         return Promise.resolve(response);
       });
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitorDatasource', () => {
           expect(results.length).toEqual(2);
           expect(results[0].text).toEqual('Azure.ApplicationInsights');
           expect(results[0].value).toEqual('Azure.ApplicationInsights');
-          expect(results[1].text).toEqual('microsoft.insights-components');
+          expect(results[1].text).toEqual('microsoft.insights/components');
           expect(results[1].value).toEqual('microsoft.insights/components');
         });
     });
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitorDatasource', () => {
           ctx.ds.azureMonitorDatasource.getResource = jest.fn().mockImplementation((path: string) => {
             const basePath = `azuremonitor/subscriptions/${subscription}/resourceGroups`;
             expect(path).toBe(
-              `${basePath}/${resourceGroup}/resources?$filter=resourceType eq '${metricDefinition}'&api-version=2021-04-01`
+              `${basePath}/${resourceGroup}/resources?api-version=2021-04-01&$filter=resourceType eq '${metricDefinition}'`
             );
             return Promise.resolve(response);
           });
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitorDatasource', () => {
             const basePath = `azuremonitor/subscriptions/${subscription}/resourceGroups`;
             expect(path).toBe(
               basePath +
-                `/${resourceGroup}/resources?$filter=resourceType eq '${validMetricDefinition}'&api-version=2021-04-01`
+                `/${resourceGroup}/resources?api-version=2021-04-01&$filter=resourceType eq '${validMetricDefinition}'`
             );
             return Promise.resolve(response);
           });
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitorDatasource', () => {
               expect(results[0].text).toEqual('storagetest/default');
               expect(results[0].value).toEqual('storagetest/default');
               expect(ctx.ds.azureMonitorDatasource.getResource).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-                `azuremonitor/subscriptions/${subscription}/resourceGroups/${resourceGroup}/resources?$filter=resourceType eq '${validMetricDefinition}'&api-version=2021-04-01`
+                `azuremonitor/subscriptions/${subscription}/resourceGroups/${resourceGroup}/resources?api-version=2021-04-01&$filter=resourceType eq '${validMetricDefinition}'`
               );
             });
         });
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitorDatasource', () => {
           const fn = jest.fn();
           ctx.ds.azureMonitorDatasource.getResource = fn;
           const basePath = `azuremonitor/subscriptions/${subscription}/resourceGroups`;
-          const expectedPath = `${basePath}/${resourceGroup}/resources?$filter=resourceType eq '${metricDefinition}'&api-version=2021-04-01`;
+          const expectedPath = `${basePath}/${resourceGroup}/resources?api-version=2021-04-01&$filter=resourceType eq '${metricDefinition}'`;
           // first page
           fn.mockImplementationOnce((path: string) => {
             expect(path).toBe(expectedPath);
@@ -520,6 +520,35 @@ describe('AzureMonitorDatasource', () => {
             });
         });
       });
+
+      describe('without a resource group or a metric definition', () => {
+        const response = {
+          value: [
+            {
+              name: 'Failure Anomalies - nodeapp',
+              type: 'microsoft.insights/alertrules',
+            },
+            {
+              name: resourceGroup,
+              type: metricDefinition,
+            },
+          ],
+        };
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          ctx.ds.azureMonitorDatasource.getResource = jest.fn().mockImplementation((path: string) => {
+            const basePath = `azuremonitor/subscriptions/${subscription}/resources?api-version=2021-04-01`;
+            expect(path).toBe(basePath);
+            return Promise.resolve(response);
+          });
+        });
+
+        it('should return list of Resource Names', () => {
+          return ctx.ds.getResourceNames(subscription).then((results: Array<{ text: string; value: string }>) => {
+            expect(results.length).toEqual(2);
+          });
+        });
+      });
     });
 
     describe('When performing getMetricNames', () => {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/azure_monitor_datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/azure_monitor_datasource.ts
index f1c06ce1a70..125a83a74b9 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/azure_monitor_datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/azure_monitor_datasource.ts
@@ -204,14 +204,18 @@ export default class AzureMonitorDatasource extends DataSourceWithBackend<AzureM
       });
   }
 
-  getResourceNames(subscriptionId: string, resourceGroup: string, metricDefinition: string, skipToken?: string) {
+  getResourceNames(subscriptionId: string, resourceGroup?: string, metricDefinition?: string, skipToken?: string) {
     const validMetricDefinition = startsWith(metricDefinition, 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/')
       ? 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts'
       : metricDefinition;
-    let url =
-      `${this.resourcePath}/subscriptions/${subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/${resourceGroup}/resources?` +
-      `$filter=resourceType eq '${validMetricDefinition}'&` +
-      `api-version=${this.listByResourceGroupApiVersion}`;
+    let url = `${this.resourcePath}/subscriptions/${subscriptionId}`;
+    if (resourceGroup) {
+      url += `/resourceGroups/${resourceGroup}`;
+    }
+    url += `/resources?api-version=${this.listByResourceGroupApiVersion}`;
+    if (validMetricDefinition) {
+      url += `&$filter=resourceType eq '${validMetricDefinition}'`;
+    }
     if (skipToken) {
       url += `&$skiptoken=${skipToken}`;
     }
@@ -251,7 +255,11 @@ export default class AzureMonitorDatasource extends DataSourceWithBackend<AzureM
     );
     return this.getResource(url)
       .then((result: AzureMonitorMetricNamespacesResponse) => {
-        return ResponseParser.parseResponseValues(result, 'name', 'properties.metricNamespaceName');
+        return ResponseParser.parseResponseValues(
+          result,
+          'properties.metricNamespaceName',
+          'properties.metricNamespaceName'
+        );
       })
       .then((result) => {
         if (url.includes('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts')) {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/response_parser.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/response_parser.ts
index 640a127591e..121cf8f54fa 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/response_parser.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/response_parser.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export default class ResponseParser {
     return list;
   }
 
-  static parseResourceNames(result: any, metricDefinition: string): Array<{ text: string; value: string }> {
+  static parseResourceNames(result: any, metricDefinition?: string): Array<{ text: string; value: string }> {
     const list: Array<{ text: string; value: string }> = [];
 
     if (!result) {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default class ResponseParser {
     for (let i = 0; i < result.value.length; i++) {
       if (
         typeof result.value[i].type === 'string' &&
-        result.value[i].type.toLocaleLowerCase() === metricDefinition.toLocaleLowerCase()
+        (!metricDefinition || result.value[i].type.toLocaleLowerCase() === metricDefinition.toLocaleLowerCase())
       ) {
         list.push({
           text: result.value[i].name,
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/url_builder.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/url_builder.test.ts
index a7103ef1046..93f1b68cca3 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/url_builder.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/url_builder.test.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitorUrlBuilder', () => {
         templateSrv
       );
       expect(url).toBe(
-        '/subscriptions/sub/resource-uri/resource/providers/microsoft.insights/metricNamespaces?api-version=2017-05-01-preview'
+        '/subscriptions/sub/resource-uri/resource/providers/microsoft.insights/metricNamespaces?region=global&api-version=2017-05-01-preview'
       );
     });
   });
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitorUrlBuilder', () => {
         );
         expect(url).toBe(
           '/subscriptions/sub1/resourceGroups/rg/providers/Microsoft.NetApp/netAppAccounts/rn1/capacityPools/rn2/volumes/rn3/' +
-            'providers/microsoft.insights/metricNamespaces?api-version=2017-05-01-preview'
+            'providers/microsoft.insights/metricNamespaces?region=global&api-version=2017-05-01-preview'
         );
       });
     });
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitorUrlBuilder', () => {
         );
         expect(url).toBe(
           '/subscriptions/sub1/resourceGroups/rg/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/rn1/databases/rn2/' +
-            'providers/microsoft.insights/metricNamespaces?api-version=2017-05-01-preview'
+            'providers/microsoft.insights/metricNamespaces?region=global&api-version=2017-05-01-preview'
         );
       });
     });
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitorUrlBuilder', () => {
         );
         expect(url).toBe(
           '/subscriptions/sub1/resourceGroups/rg/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/rn/' +
-            'providers/microsoft.insights/metricNamespaces?api-version=2017-05-01-preview'
+            'providers/microsoft.insights/metricNamespaces?region=global&api-version=2017-05-01-preview'
         );
       });
     });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/url_builder.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/url_builder.ts
index d52df58b96e..b2a9b1212bb 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/url_builder.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/url_builder.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export default class UrlBuilder {
       );
     }
 
-    return `${baseUrl}${resourceUri}/providers/microsoft.insights/metricNamespaces?api-version=${apiVersion}`;
+    return `${baseUrl}${resourceUri}/providers/microsoft.insights/metricNamespaces?region=global&api-version=${apiVersion}`;
   }
 
   static buildAzureMonitorGetMetricNamesUrl(
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.test.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.test.tsx
index 63a649aae0b..7c4c6cef5a1 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.test.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,15 @@ const defaultProps = {
     subscription: 'id',
   },
   onChange: jest.fn(),
-  datasource: createMockDatasource(),
+  datasource: createMockDatasource({
+    getSubscriptions: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([{ text: 'Primary Subscription', value: 'sub' }]),
+    getResourceGroups: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([{ text: 'rg', value: 'rg' }]),
+    getMetricNamespaces: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([{ text: 'foo/bar', value: 'foo/bar' }]),
+    getVariablesRaw: jest.fn().mockReturnValue([
+      { label: 'query0', name: 'sub0' },
+      { label: 'query1', name: 'rg', query: { queryType: AzureQueryType.ResourceGroupsQuery } },
+    ]),
+  }),
 };
 
 const originalConfigValue = grafanaRuntime.config.featureToggles.azTemplateVars;
@@ -166,11 +174,8 @@ describe('VariableEditor:', () => {
 
     it('should run the query if requesting resource groups', async () => {
       grafanaRuntime.config.featureToggles.azTemplateVars = true;
-      const ds = createMockDatasource({
-        getSubscriptions: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([{ text: 'Primary Subscription', value: 'sub' }]),
-      });
       const onChange = jest.fn();
-      const { rerender } = render(<VariableEditor {...defaultProps} onChange={onChange} datasource={ds} />);
+      const { rerender } = render(<VariableEditor {...defaultProps} onChange={onChange} />);
       // wait for initial load
       await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('Logs')).toBeInTheDocument());
       // Select RGs variable
@@ -195,14 +200,7 @@ describe('VariableEditor:', () => {
     it('should show template variables as options ', async () => {
       const onChange = jest.fn();
       grafanaRuntime.config.featureToggles.azTemplateVars = true;
-      const ds = createMockDatasource({
-        getSubscriptions: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([{ text: 'Primary Subscription', value: 'sub' }]),
-        getVariablesRaw: jest.fn().mockReturnValue([
-          { label: 'query0', name: 'sub0' },
-          { label: 'query1', name: 'rg', query: { queryType: AzureQueryType.ResourceGroupsQuery } },
-        ]),
-      });
-      const { rerender } = render(<VariableEditor {...defaultProps} datasource={ds} onChange={onChange} />);
+      const { rerender } = render(<VariableEditor {...defaultProps} onChange={onChange} />);
       // wait for initial load
       await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('Logs')).toBeInTheDocument());
       // Select RGs variable
@@ -210,7 +208,7 @@ describe('VariableEditor:', () => {
       screen.getByText('Resource Groups').click();
       // Simulate onChange behavior
       const newQuery = onChange.mock.calls.at(-1)[0];
-      rerender(<VariableEditor {...defaultProps} query={newQuery} onChange={onChange} datasource={ds} />);
+      rerender(<VariableEditor {...defaultProps} query={newQuery} onChange={onChange} />);
       await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('Select subscription')).toBeInTheDocument());
       // Select a subscription
       openMenu(screen.getByLabelText('select subscription'));
@@ -218,10 +216,60 @@ describe('VariableEditor:', () => {
       screen.getByText('Template Variables').click();
       // Simulate onChange behavior
       const lastQuery = onChange.mock.calls.at(-1)[0];
-      rerender(<VariableEditor {...defaultProps} query={lastQuery} onChange={onChange} datasource={ds} />);
+      rerender(<VariableEditor {...defaultProps} query={lastQuery} onChange={onChange} />);
       await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('query0')).toBeInTheDocument());
       // Template variables of the same type than the current one should not appear
       expect(screen.queryByText('query1')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     });
+
+    it('should run the query if requesting namespaces', async () => {
+      grafanaRuntime.config.featureToggles.azTemplateVars = true;
+      const onChange = jest.fn();
+      const { rerender } = render(<VariableEditor {...defaultProps} onChange={onChange} />);
+      // wait for initial load
+      await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('Logs')).toBeInTheDocument());
+      // Select RGs variable
+      openMenu(screen.getByLabelText('select query type'));
+      screen.getByText('Namespaces').click();
+      // Simulate onChange behavior
+      const newQuery = onChange.mock.calls.at(-1)[0];
+      rerender(<VariableEditor {...defaultProps} query={newQuery} onChange={onChange} />);
+      await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('Select subscription')).toBeInTheDocument());
+      // Select a subscription
+      openMenu(screen.getByLabelText('select subscription'));
+      screen.getByText('Primary Subscription').click();
+      expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          queryType: AzureQueryType.NamespacesQuery,
+          subscription: 'sub',
+          refId: 'A',
+        })
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should run the query if requesting resource names', async () => {
+      grafanaRuntime.config.featureToggles.azTemplateVars = true;
+      const onChange = jest.fn();
+      const { rerender } = render(<VariableEditor {...defaultProps} onChange={onChange} />);
+      // wait for initial load
+      await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('Logs')).toBeInTheDocument());
+      // Select RGs variable
+      openMenu(screen.getByLabelText('select query type'));
+      screen.getByText('Resource Names').click();
+      // Simulate onChange behavior
+      const newQuery = onChange.mock.calls.at(-1)[0];
+      rerender(<VariableEditor {...defaultProps} query={newQuery} onChange={onChange} />);
+      await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('Select subscription')).toBeInTheDocument());
+      // Select a subscription
+      openMenu(screen.getByLabelText('select subscription'));
+      screen.getByText('Primary Subscription').click();
+      expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          queryType: AzureQueryType.ResourceNamesQuery,
+          subscription: 'sub',
+          refId: 'A',
+        })
+      );
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.tsx
index 08cc4aae721..c2abb163768 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ type Props = {
   datasource: DataSource;
 };
 
+const removeOption: SelectableValue = { label: '-', value: '' };
+
 const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
   const { query, onChange, datasource } = props;
   const AZURE_QUERY_VARIABLE_TYPE_OPTIONS = [
@@ -30,13 +32,19 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
   if (config.featureToggles.azTemplateVars) {
     AZURE_QUERY_VARIABLE_TYPE_OPTIONS.push({ label: 'Subscriptions', value: AzureQueryType.SubscriptionsQuery });
     AZURE_QUERY_VARIABLE_TYPE_OPTIONS.push({ label: 'Resource Groups', value: AzureQueryType.ResourceGroupsQuery });
+    AZURE_QUERY_VARIABLE_TYPE_OPTIONS.push({ label: 'Namespaces', value: AzureQueryType.NamespacesQuery });
+    AZURE_QUERY_VARIABLE_TYPE_OPTIONS.push({ label: 'Resource Names', value: AzureQueryType.ResourceNamesQuery });
   }
   const [variableOptionGroup, setVariableOptionGroup] = useState<{ label: string; options: AzureMonitorOption[] }>({
     label: 'Template Variables',
     options: [],
   });
   const [requireSubscription, setRequireSubscription] = useState(false);
+  const [hasResourceGroup, setHasResourceGroup] = useState(false);
+  const [hasNamespace, setHasNamespace] = useState(false);
   const [subscriptions, setSubscriptions] = useState<SelectableValue[]>([]);
+  const [resourceGroups, setResourceGroups] = useState<SelectableValue[]>([]);
+  const [namespaces, setNamespaces] = useState<SelectableValue[]>([]);
   const [errorMessage, setError] = useLastError();
   const queryType = typeof query === 'string' ? '' : query.queryType;
 
@@ -47,12 +55,22 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
   }, [query, datasource, onChange]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    setRequireSubscription(false);
+    setHasResourceGroup(false);
+    setHasNamespace(false);
     switch (queryType) {
       case AzureQueryType.ResourceGroupsQuery:
         setRequireSubscription(true);
         break;
-      default:
-        setRequireSubscription(false);
+      case AzureQueryType.NamespacesQuery:
+        setRequireSubscription(true);
+        setHasResourceGroup(true);
+        break;
+      case AzureQueryType.ResourceNamesQuery:
+        setRequireSubscription(true);
+        setHasResourceGroup(true);
+        setHasNamespace(true);
+        break;
     }
   }, [queryType]);
 
@@ -75,6 +93,24 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
     });
   });
 
+  const subscription = typeof query === 'object' && query.subscription;
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (subscription) {
+      datasource.getResourceGroups(subscription).then((rgs) => {
+        setResourceGroups(rgs.map((s) => ({ label: s.text, value: s.value })));
+      });
+    }
+  }, [datasource, subscription]);
+
+  const resourceGroup = (typeof query === 'object' && query.resourceGroup) || '';
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (subscription) {
+      datasource.getMetricNamespaces(subscription, resourceGroup).then((rgs) => {
+        setNamespaces(rgs.map((s) => ({ label: s.text, value: s.value })));
+      });
+    }
+  }, [datasource, subscription, resourceGroup]);
+
   if (typeof query === 'string') {
     // still migrating the query
     return null;
@@ -98,6 +134,20 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
     }
   };
 
+  const onChangeResourceGroup = (selectableValue: SelectableValue) => {
+    onChange({
+      ...query,
+      resourceGroup: selectableValue.value,
+    });
+  };
+
+  const onChangeNamespace = (selectableValue: SelectableValue) => {
+    onChange({
+      ...query,
+      namespace: selectableValue.value,
+    });
+  };
+
   const onLogsQueryChange = (queryChange: AzureMonitorQuery) => {
     onChange(queryChange);
   };
@@ -113,7 +163,7 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
           value={queryType}
         />
       </InlineField>
-      {typeof query === 'object' && query.queryType === AzureQueryType.LogAnalytics && (
+      {query.queryType === AzureQueryType.LogAnalytics && (
         <>
           <LogsQueryEditor
             subscriptionId={query.subscription}
@@ -134,10 +184,10 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
           )}
         </>
       )}
-      {typeof query === 'object' && query.queryType === AzureQueryType.GrafanaTemplateVariableFn && (
+      {query.queryType === AzureQueryType.GrafanaTemplateVariableFn && (
         <GrafanaTemplateVariableFnInput query={query} updateQuery={props.onChange} datasource={datasource} />
       )}
-      {typeof query === 'object' && requireSubscription && (
+      {requireSubscription && (
         <InlineField label="Select subscription" labelWidth={20}>
           <Select
             aria-label="select subscription"
@@ -148,6 +198,30 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
           />
         </InlineField>
       )}
+      {hasResourceGroup && (
+        <InlineField label="Select Resource Group" labelWidth={20}>
+          <Select
+            aria-label="select resource group"
+            onChange={onChangeResourceGroup}
+            options={resourceGroups.concat(variableOptionGroup, removeOption)}
+            width={25}
+            value={query.resourceGroup}
+            placeholder="Optional"
+          />
+        </InlineField>
+      )}
+      {hasNamespace && (
+        <InlineField label="Select Namespace" labelWidth={20}>
+          <Select
+            aria-label="select namespace"
+            onChange={onChangeNamespace}
+            options={namespaces.concat(variableOptionGroup, removeOption)}
+            width={25}
+            value={query.namespace}
+            placeholder="Optional"
+          />
+        </InlineField>
+      )}
     </>
   );
 };
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/datasource.ts
index 0366efec881..49f5b6618fb 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/datasource.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,15 @@ export default class Datasource extends DataSourceWithBackend<AzureMonitorQuery,
     );
   }
 
-  getResourceNames(subscriptionId: string, resourceGroup: string, metricDefinition: string) {
+  getMetricNamespaces(subscriptionId: string, resourceGroup?: string) {
+    let url = `/subscriptions/${subscriptionId}`;
+    if (resourceGroup) {
+      url += `/resourceGroups/${resourceGroup};`;
+    }
+    return this.azureMonitorDatasource.getMetricNamespaces({ resourceUri: url });
+  }
+
+  getResourceNames(subscriptionId: string, resourceGroup?: string, metricDefinition?: string) {
     return this.azureMonitorDatasource.getResourceNames(
       this.templateSrv.replace(subscriptionId),
       this.templateSrv.replace(resourceGroup),
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/types/query.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/types/query.ts
index 344de077da8..7c7b381b327 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/types/query.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/types/query.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ export enum AzureQueryType {
   AzureResourceGraph = 'Azure Resource Graph',
   SubscriptionsQuery = 'Azure Subscriptions',
   ResourceGroupsQuery = 'Azure Resource Groups',
+  NamespacesQuery = 'Azure Namespaces',
+  ResourceNamesQuery = 'Azure Resource Names',
   /** Deprecated */
   GrafanaTemplateVariableFn = 'Grafana Template Variable Function',
 }
@@ -28,6 +30,10 @@ export interface AzureMonitorQuery extends DataQuery {
   azureLogAnalytics?: AzureLogsQuery;
   azureResourceGraph?: AzureResourceGraphQuery;
   grafanaTemplateVariableFn?: GrafanaTemplateVariableQuery;
+
+  /** Template variables params */
+  resourceGroup?: string;
+  namespace?: string;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/variables.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/variables.test.ts
index 12a9bbc60d3..2a67d8712ae 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/variables.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/variables.test.ts
@@ -559,5 +559,51 @@ describe('VariableSupport', () => {
         done();
       });
     });
+
+    it('can fetch namespaces', (done) => {
+      const expectedResults = ['test'];
+      const variableSupport = new VariableSupport(
+        createMockDatasource({
+          getMetricNamespaces: jest.fn().mockResolvedValueOnce(expectedResults),
+        })
+      );
+      const mockRequest = {
+        targets: [
+          {
+            refId: 'A',
+            queryType: AzureQueryType.NamespacesQuery,
+            subscription: 'sub',
+          } as AzureMonitorQuery,
+        ],
+      } as DataQueryRequest<AzureMonitorQuery>;
+      const observables = variableSupport.query(mockRequest);
+      observables.subscribe((result: DataQueryResponseData) => {
+        expect(result.data[0].source).toEqual(expectedResults);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('can fetch resource names', (done) => {
+      const expectedResults = ['test'];
+      const variableSupport = new VariableSupport(
+        createMockDatasource({
+          getResourceNames: jest.fn().mockResolvedValueOnce(expectedResults),
+        })
+      );
+      const mockRequest = {
+        targets: [
+          {
+            refId: 'A',
+            queryType: AzureQueryType.ResourceNamesQuery,
+            subscription: 'sub',
+          } as AzureMonitorQuery,
+        ],
+      } as DataQueryRequest<AzureMonitorQuery>;
+      const observables = variableSupport.query(mockRequest);
+      observables.subscribe((result: DataQueryResponseData) => {
+        expect(result.data[0].source).toEqual(expectedResults);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/variables.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/variables.ts
index 991eca7ae99..d3dd1d6d73b 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/variables.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/variables.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,24 @@ export class VariableSupport extends CustomVariableSupport<DataSource, AzureMoni
                 data: rgs?.length ? [toDataFrame(rgs)] : [],
               };
             }
+          case AzureQueryType.NamespacesQuery:
+            if (queryObj.subscription) {
+              const rgs = await this.datasource.getMetricNamespaces(queryObj.subscription, queryObj.resourceGroup);
+              return {
+                data: rgs?.length ? [toDataFrame(rgs)] : [],
+              };
+            }
+          case AzureQueryType.ResourceNamesQuery:
+            if (queryObj.subscription) {
+              const rgs = await this.datasource.getResourceNames(
+                queryObj.subscription,
+                queryObj.resourceGroup,
+                queryObj.namespace
+              );
+              return {
+                data: rgs?.length ? [toDataFrame(rgs)] : [],
+              };
+            }
           case AzureQueryType.GrafanaTemplateVariableFn:
             if (queryObj.grafanaTemplateVariableFn) {
               const templateVariablesResults = await this.callGrafanaTemplateVariableFn(
@@ -57,7 +75,7 @@ export class VariableSupport extends CustomVariableSupport<DataSource, AzureMoni
             return lastValueFrom(this.datasource.query(request));
         }
       } catch (err) {
-        return { data: [], error: { message: messageFromError(err) } };
+        return { data: [], error: new Error(messageFromError(err)) };
       }
     };