diff --git a/provider/azure/core.rb b/provider/azure/core.rb
index 7045cd63754d..9fa1ba678739 100644
--- a/provider/azure/core.rb
+++ b/provider/azure/core.rb
@@ -22,15 +22,37 @@ def get_example_by_reference(reference)
       end
 
       def get_example_by_names(example_name, product_name = nil)
-        spec_dir = File.dirname(@config.config_file)
-        product_name ||= File.basename(spec_dir)
-        example_yaml = File.join(File.dirname(spec_dir), product_name, 'examples', @provider, "#{example_name}.yaml")
+        resource_dir = get_resource_dir(File.dirname(@config.config_file))
+        resource_dir = File.join(File.dirname(resource_dir), product_name) unless product_name.nil?
+        spec_dir = get_spec_dir(resource_dir)
+        example_yaml = File.join(spec_dir, 'examples', @provider, "#{example_name}.yaml")
         example = Google::YamlValidator.parse(File.read(example_yaml))
         raise "#{example_yaml}(#{example.class}) is not Provider::Azure::Example" unless example.is_a?(Provider::Azure::Example)
         example.validate
         example
       end
 
+      # The folder structure generated by autorest.cli is different than the magic-module-spec folder
+      # structure, where autorest.cli has one more subdirectory named after `package-YY-MM-DD` for each
+      # resource, which contains the content otherwise had been placed directly under the resource_dir
+      # in magic-module-spec.
+      #
+      # Given a `config_dir` and return the `resource_dir` taking *package-xxx* subdirectory
+      # into consideration.
+      def get_resource_dir(config_dir)
+        return File.dirname(config_dir) if /^package-[\d-]+$/ =~ File.basename(config_dir)
+
+        config_dir
+      end
+
+      # Given a `resource_dir` and return the `config_dir` taking *package-xxx* subdirectory
+      # into consideration.
+      # NOTE: currently we assume there is at most only one subdirectory.
+      def get_spec_dir(resource_dir)
+        potential_subdir = Dir.glob(File.join(resource_dir, 'package-[0-9-]*'))[0]
+        potential_subdir.nil? ? resource_dir : potential_subdir
+      end
+
       def get_custom_template_path(template_path)
         return nil if template_path.nil?
         spec_dir = File.dirname(@config.config_file)