diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure.py
index 68c070872e3..377f96f55ef 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure.py
@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-# This file is part of Ansible
 #
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -624,6 +617,5 @@ class Wrapper(object):
                     raise e
 
 
-# import module snippets
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_deployment.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_deployment.py
index 1381f33f12b..4f3b0f92427 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_deployment.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_deployment.py
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
                     'supported_by': 'curated'}
@@ -374,18 +367,9 @@ deployment:
         returned: always
 '''
 
-PREREQ_IMPORT_ERROR = None
+import time
 
 try:
-    import time
-    import yaml
-except ImportError as exc:
-    IMPORT_ERROR = "Error importing module prerequisites: %s" % exc
-
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
-
-try:
-    from itertools import chain
     from azure.common.credentials import ServicePrincipalCredentials
     from azure.common.exceptions import CloudError
     from azure.mgmt.resource.resources.models import (DeploymentProperties,
@@ -401,6 +385,8 @@ except ImportError:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase
+
 
 class AzureRMDeploymentManager(AzureRMModuleBase):
 
@@ -448,9 +434,6 @@ class AzureRMDeploymentManager(AzureRMModuleBase):
 
     def exec_module(self, **kwargs):
 
-        if PREREQ_IMPORT_ERROR:
-            self.fail(PREREQ_IMPORT_ERROR)
-
         for key in list(self.module_arg_spec.keys()) + ['tags']:
             setattr(self, key, kwargs[key])
 
@@ -647,15 +630,15 @@ class AzureRMDeploymentManager(AzureRMModuleBase):
         )
         if ip.dns_settings:
             ip_dict['dns_settings'] = {
-                'domain_name_label':ip.dns_settings.domain_name_label,
-                'fqdn':ip.dns_settings.fqdn
+                'domain_name_label': ip.dns_settings.domain_name_label,
+                'fqdn': ip.dns_settings.fqdn
             }
         return ip_dict
 
     def _nic_to_public_ips_instance(self, nics):
         return [self.network_client.public_ip_addresses.get(public_ip_id.split('/')[4], public_ip_id.split('/')[-1])
-                  for nic_obj in [self.network_client.network_interfaces.get(self.resource_group_name,
-                                                                             nic['dep'].resource_name) for nic in nics]
+                for nic_obj in (self.network_client.network_interfaces.get(self.resource_group_name,
+                                                                           nic['dep'].resource_name) for nic in nics)
                   for public_ip_id in [ip_conf_instance.public_ip_address.id
                                        for ip_conf_instance in nic_obj.ip_configurations
                                        if ip_conf_instance.public_ip_address]]
@@ -664,7 +647,6 @@ class AzureRMDeploymentManager(AzureRMModuleBase):
 def main():
     AzureRMDeploymentManager()
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
-
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_networkinterface.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_networkinterface.py
index 15bc0edff76..efe83b0fb84 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_networkinterface.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_networkinterface.py
@@ -3,21 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -226,9 +216,6 @@ state:
     }
 '''
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
-
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
     from azure.mgmt.network.models import NetworkInterface, NetworkInterfaceIPConfiguration, Subnet, \
@@ -237,6 +224,7 @@ except ImportError:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase, azure_id_to_dict
 
 
 def nic_to_dict(nic):
@@ -577,6 +565,6 @@ class AzureRMNetworkInterface(AzureRMModuleBase):
 def main():
     AzureRMNetworkInterface()
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
-
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_networkinterface_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_networkinterface_facts.py
index 5251ae47911..dd2221d41e1 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_networkinterface_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_networkinterface_facts.py
@@ -2,22 +2,12 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
-#
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -121,10 +111,6 @@ azure_networkinterfaces:
         "type": "Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces"
     }]
 '''  # NOQA
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
-
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
     from azure.common import AzureMissingResourceHttpError, AzureHttpError
@@ -132,6 +118,8 @@ except:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase
+
 
 AZURE_OBJECT_CLASS = 'NetworkInterface'
 
@@ -226,4 +214,3 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
-
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_publicipaddress.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_publicipaddress.py
index 6c1bf462f92..3ba2878d440 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_publicipaddress.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_publicipaddress.py
@@ -3,21 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -120,8 +110,7 @@ state:
     }
 '''
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase
 
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
@@ -286,4 +275,3 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
-
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_publicipaddress_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_publicipaddress_facts.py
index 1fa0389ccef..eae11019d9e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_publicipaddress_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_publicipaddress_facts.py
@@ -3,21 +3,10 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
@@ -91,11 +80,6 @@ azure_publicipaddresses:
         "type": "Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses"
     }]
 '''
-
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
-
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
     from azure.common import AzureMissingResourceHttpError, AzureHttpError
@@ -103,6 +87,8 @@ except:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase
+
 AZURE_OBJECT_CLASS = 'PublicIp'
 
 
@@ -201,6 +187,6 @@ class AzureRMPublicIPFacts(AzureRMModuleBase):
 def main():
     AzureRMPublicIPFacts()
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
-
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_resourcegroup.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_resourcegroup.py
index 9f05b96499e..6c74663cffa 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_resourcegroup.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_resourcegroup.py
@@ -3,21 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -104,16 +94,14 @@ state:
     }
 '''
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
-
-
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
     from azure.mgmt.resource.resources.models import ResourceGroup
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase
+
 
 def resource_group_to_dict(rg):
     return dict(
@@ -266,4 +254,3 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
-
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_resourcegroup_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_resourcegroup_facts.py
index c9a4fb39884..6a2624f60ad 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_resourcegroup_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_resourcegroup_facts.py
@@ -3,21 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -89,9 +79,6 @@ azure_resourcegroups:
     }]
 '''
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
-
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
     from azure.common import AzureMissingResourceHttpError, AzureHttpError
@@ -99,6 +86,8 @@ except:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase
+
 
 AZURE_OBJECT_CLASS = 'ResourceGroup'
 
@@ -170,4 +159,3 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
-
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_securitygroup.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_securitygroup.py
index 1957aec0a8d..bec44ec9cc8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_securitygroup.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_securitygroup.py
@@ -3,21 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -336,9 +326,6 @@ state:
     }
 '''  # NOQA
 
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase
-from ansible.module_utils.six import integer_types
-
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
     from azure.common import AzureHttpError
@@ -350,6 +337,9 @@ except ImportError:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase
+from ansible.module_utils.six import integer_types
+
 
 def validate_rule(rule, rule_type=None):
     '''
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_securitygroup_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_securitygroup_facts.py
index 4dee9df8b3d..58b45034075 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_securitygroup_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_securitygroup_facts.py
@@ -3,21 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -202,10 +192,6 @@ azure_securitygroups:
 
 '''  # NOQA
 
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
-
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
     from azure.common import AzureMissingResourceHttpError, AzureHttpError
@@ -213,6 +199,8 @@ except:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase
+
 
 AZURE_OBJECT_CLASS = 'NetworkSecurityGroup'
 
@@ -289,4 +277,3 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
-
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageaccount.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageaccount.py
index a291ce39065..cbc9721a7bb 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageaccount.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageaccount.py
@@ -3,21 +3,10 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
@@ -149,10 +138,6 @@ state:
     }
 '''
 
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
-
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
     from azure.storage.cloudstorageaccount import CloudStorageAccount
@@ -164,6 +149,7 @@ except ImportError:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AZURE_SUCCESS_STATE, AzureRMModuleBase
 
 
 class AzureRMStorageAccount(AzureRMModuleBase):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageaccount_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageaccount_facts.py
index 056ebc92644..aa4962eea8a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageaccount_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageaccount_facts.py
@@ -2,22 +2,12 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
-#
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -105,12 +95,6 @@ azure_storageaccounts:
     }]
 '''
 
-AZURE_OBJECT_CLASS = 'StorageAccount'
-
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
-
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
     from azure.common import AzureMissingResourceHttpError, AzureHttpError
@@ -118,6 +102,11 @@ except:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase
+
+
+AZURE_OBJECT_CLASS = 'StorageAccount'
+
 
 class AzureRMStorageAccountFacts(AzureRMModuleBase):
     def __init__(self):
@@ -203,5 +192,6 @@ class AzureRMStorageAccountFacts(AzureRMModuleBase):
 def main():
     AzureRMStorageAccountFacts()
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageblob.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageblob.py
index ad00a9a46d3..da5bb93d337 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageblob.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageblob.py
@@ -3,21 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -200,13 +190,8 @@ container:
     }
 '''
 
-
 import os
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
-
-
 try:
     from azure.storage.blob.models import ContentSettings
     from azure.common import AzureMissingResourceHttpError, AzureHttpError
@@ -214,6 +199,8 @@ except ImportError:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase
+
 
 class AzureRMStorageBlob(AzureRMModuleBase):
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_subnet.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_subnet.py
index 65dbe5c0473..a5bbaad2bb1 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_subnet.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_subnet.py
@@ -3,21 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -132,9 +122,7 @@ state:
           example: "Succeeded"
 '''  # NOQA
 
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase, CIDR_PATTERN, azure_id_to_dict
 
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
@@ -316,4 +304,3 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
-
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py
index e8bc76f1677..650205673a0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py
@@ -3,21 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -440,9 +430,7 @@ azure_vm:
 '''  # NOQA
 
 import random
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
+import re
 
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
@@ -461,6 +449,9 @@ except ImportError:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase, azure_id_to_dict
+
+
 AZURE_OBJECT_CLASS = 'VirtualMachine'
 
 AZURE_ENUM_MODULES = ['azure.mgmt.compute.models.compute_management_client_enums']
@@ -1303,4 +1294,3 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
-
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_facts.py
index 41b70bb35be..ef60d8fb181 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_facts.py
@@ -3,21 +3,10 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
@@ -112,9 +101,6 @@ azure_vmimages:
     example: []
 '''
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
-
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
     from azure.common import AzureMissingResourceHttpError, AzureHttpError
@@ -122,8 +108,12 @@ except:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase
+
+
 AZURE_ENUM_MODULES = ['azure.mgmt.compute.models.compute_management_client_enums']
 
+
 class AzureRMVirtualMachineImageFacts(AzureRMModuleBase):
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
@@ -241,4 +231,3 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
-
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualnetwork.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualnetwork.py
index 34ded2f0bf4..6f091c648ab 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualnetwork.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualnetwork.py
@@ -3,21 +3,10 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
@@ -138,10 +127,6 @@ state:
     }
 '''
 
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
-
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
     from azure.mgmt.network.models import VirtualNetwork, AddressSpace, DhcpOptions
@@ -149,6 +134,7 @@ except ImportError:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase, CIDR_PATTERN
 
 
 def virtual_network_to_dict(vnet):
@@ -366,4 +352,3 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
-
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualnetwork_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualnetwork_facts.py
index 15ff28601f4..86af0d76b15 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualnetwork_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualnetwork_facts.py
@@ -3,21 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Davis, <mdavis@ansible.com>
 #                    Chris Houseknecht, <house@redhat.com>
 #
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -100,9 +90,6 @@ azure_virtualnetworks:
     }]
 '''
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import *
-
 try:
     from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
     from azure.common import AzureMissingResourceHttpError, AzureHttpError
@@ -110,6 +97,8 @@ except:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase
+
 
 AZURE_OBJECT_CLASS = 'VirtualNetwork'
 
@@ -195,4 +184,3 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
-
diff --git a/test/sanity/pep8/legacy-files.txt b/test/sanity/pep8/legacy-files.txt
index 6261e069a8b..1fde43a4ae3 100644
--- a/test/sanity/pep8/legacy-files.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/pep8/legacy-files.txt
@@ -69,17 +69,12 @@ lib/ansible/modules/cloud/atomic/atomic_host.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/atomic/atomic_image.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_deployment.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_networkinterface.py
-lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_networkinterface_facts.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_publicipaddress.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_publicipaddress_facts.py
-lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_resourcegroup.py
-lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_resourcegroup_facts.py
-lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_securitygroup_facts.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageaccount.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageblob.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_subnet.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py
-lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_facts.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualnetwork.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualnetwork_facts.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/centurylink/clc_loadbalancer.py