diff --git a/experiments/Azure.Experiments/Azure.Experiments/CreateOperation.cs b/experiments/Azure.Experiments/Azure.Experiments/CreateOperation.cs
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+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Azure.Experiments
+{
+    public sealed class CreateOperation
+    {
+        public IEnumerable<CreateOperation> Dependencies { get; }
+
+        public CreateOperation(IEnumerable<CreateOperation> dependencies)
+        {
+            Dependencies = dependencies;
+        }
+
+        public static CreateOperation Create<Config>(IState state, IResourceConfig<Config> config)
+            where Config : class
+            => new Visitor(state).Get(config);
+
+        sealed class Visitor : IResourceConfigVisitor<CreateOperation>
+        {
+            public CreateOperation Get(IResourceConfig config)
+                => Map.GetOrAdd(config, _ => config.Apply(this));
+
+            public CreateOperation Visit<Config>(ResourceConfig<Config> config) where Config : class
+            {
+                var info = State.Get(config);
+                return info == null 
+                    ? new CreateOperation(config.Dependencies.Select(d => Get(d)))
+                    : null;
+            }
+
+            public CreateOperation Visit<Config, ParentConfig>(
+                NestedResourceConfig<Config, ParentConfig> config)
+                where Config : class
+                where ParentConfig : class
+                => Get(config.Parent);
+
+            public Visitor(IState state)
+            {
+                State = state;
+            }
+
+            IState State { get; }
+
+            ConcurrentDictionary<IResourceConfig, CreateOperation> Map { get; }
+                = new ConcurrentDictionary<IResourceConfig, CreateOperation>();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/experiments/Azure.Experiments/Azure.Experiments/StateLocation.cs b/experiments/Azure.Experiments/Azure.Experiments/StateLocation.cs
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+using Microsoft.Azure.Management.ResourceManager.Models;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Azure.Experiments
+{
+    public static class StateLocation
+    {
+        public static string GetLocation(this IState state, IResourceConfig config)
+            => config.Apply(new Visitor(state))?.Location;
+
+        class DependencyLocation
+        {
+            public string Location { get; }
+
+            public bool IsCompulsory { get; }
+            
+            public DependencyLocation(string location, bool isCompulsory)
+            {
+                Location = location;
+                IsCompulsory = isCompulsory;
+            }
+        }
+
+        static DependencyLocation Merge(this DependencyLocation a, DependencyLocation b)
+        {
+            if (a == null)
+            {
+                return b;
+            }
+            if (b == null)
+            {
+                return a;
+            }
+
+            if (a.IsCompulsory != b.IsCompulsory)
+            {
+                return a.IsCompulsory ? b : a;
+            }
+
+            // a.IsCompulsory == b.IsCompulsory
+            return a.Location == b.Location ? a : new DependencyLocation(null, a.IsCompulsory);
+        }
+
+        sealed class Visitor : IResourceConfigVisitor<DependencyLocation>
+        {
+            public DependencyLocation Visit<Config>(ResourceConfig<Config> config) 
+                where Config : class
+            {
+                var info = State.Get(config);
+                return info != null
+                    ? new DependencyLocation(
+                        config.Policy.GetLocation(info),
+                        typeof(Config) != typeof(ResourceGroup))
+                    : config
+                        .Dependencies
+                        .Select(c => c.Apply(this))
+                        .Aggregate((DependencyLocation)null, Merge);
+            }
+
+            public DependencyLocation Visit<Config, ParentConfig>(
+                NestedResourceConfig<Config, ParentConfig> config)
+                where Config : class
+                where ParentConfig : class
+                => config.Parent.Apply(this);
+
+            public Visitor(IState state)
+            {
+                State = state;
+            }
+
+            IState State { get; }
+        }
+    }
+}