diff --git a/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller.go b/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller.go
index 70b27ce976c..064d945f873 100644
--- a/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller.go
+++ b/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func PollerFromResponse(response *client.Response, client *Client) (poller polle
 		strings.EqualFold(response.Request.Method, "POST") ||
 		strings.EqualFold(response.Request.Method, "PUT")
 	if statusCodesToCheckProvisioningState && contentTypeMatchesForProvisioningStateCheck && methodIsApplicable {
-		provisioningState, provisioningStateErr := provisioningStatePollerFromResponse(response, client, DefaultProvisioningStatePollingInterval)
+		provisioningState, provisioningStateErr := provisioningStatePollerFromResponse(response, client, DefaultPollingInterval)
 		if provisioningStateErr != nil {
 			err = provisioningStateErr
 			return pollers.Poller{}, fmt.Errorf("building provisioningState poller: %+v", provisioningStateErr)
@@ -46,5 +46,17 @@ func PollerFromResponse(response *client.Response, client *Client) (poller polle
 		return pollers.NewPoller(provisioningState, provisioningState.initialRetryDuration, pollers.DefaultNumberOfDroppedConnectionsToAllow), nil
 	}
 
+	// finally, if it was a Delete that returned a 200/204
+	methodIsDelete := strings.EqualFold(response.Request.Method, "DELETE")
+	statusCodesToCheckDelete := response.StatusCode == http.StatusOK || response.StatusCode == http.StatusNoContent
+	if methodIsDelete && statusCodesToCheckDelete {
+		deletePoller, deletePollerErr := deletePollerFromResponse(response, client, DefaultPollingInterval)
+		if deletePollerErr != nil {
+			err = deletePollerErr
+			return pollers.Poller{}, fmt.Errorf("building delete poller: %+v", deletePollerErr)
+		}
+		return pollers.NewPoller(deletePoller, deletePoller.initialRetryDuration, pollers.DefaultNumberOfDroppedConnectionsToAllow), nil
+	}
+
 	return pollers.Poller{}, fmt.Errorf("no applicable pollers were found for the response")
 }
diff --git a/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_delete.go b/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_delete.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a866fe312f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_delete.go
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+package resourcemanager
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-azure-sdk/sdk/client"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-azure-sdk/sdk/client/pollers"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-azure-sdk/sdk/odata"
+)
+
+var _ pollers.PollerType = &deletePoller{}
+
+type deletePoller struct {
+	apiVersion           string
+	client               *Client
+	initialRetryDuration time.Duration
+	originalUri          string
+	resourcePath         string
+}
+
+func deletePollerFromResponse(response *client.Response, client *Client, pollingInterval time.Duration) (*deletePoller, error) {
+	// if we've gotten to this point then we're polling against a Resource Manager resource/operation of some kind
+	// we next need to determine if the current URI is a Resource Manager resource, or if we should be polling on the
+	// resource (e.g. `/my/resource`) rather than an operation on the resource (e.g. `/my/resource/start`)
+	if response.Request == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("request was nil")
+	}
+	originalUri := response.Request.URL.RequestURI()
+	if response.Request.URL == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("request url was nil")
+	}
+
+	// all Resource Manager operations require the `api-version` querystring
+	apiVersion := response.Request.URL.Query().Get("api-version")
+	if apiVersion == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to determine `api-version` from %q", originalUri)
+	}
+
+	resourcePath, err := resourceManagerResourcePathFromUri(originalUri)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("determining Resource Manager Resource Path from %q: %+v", originalUri, err)
+	}
+
+	return &deletePoller{
+		apiVersion:           apiVersion,
+		client:               client,
+		initialRetryDuration: pollingInterval,
+		originalUri:          originalUri,
+		resourcePath:         *resourcePath,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (p deletePoller) Poll(ctx context.Context) (result *pollers.PollResult, err error) {
+	opts := client.RequestOptions{
+		ContentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+		ExpectedStatusCodes: []int{
+			http.StatusOK,
+			http.StatusNotFound,
+		},
+		HttpMethod: http.MethodGet,
+		OptionsObject: deleteOptions{
+			apiVersion: p.apiVersion,
+		},
+		Path: p.resourcePath,
+	}
+	req, err := p.client.NewRequest(ctx, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("building request: %+v", err)
+	}
+	resp, err := p.client.Execute(ctx, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("executing request: %+v", err)
+	}
+	if resp == nil {
+		return nil, pollers.PollingDroppedConnectionError{}
+	}
+
+	result = &pollers.PollResult{
+		PollInterval: p.initialRetryDuration,
+	}
+
+	if resp.Response != nil {
+		switch resp.StatusCode {
+		case http.StatusNotFound:
+			result.Status = pollers.PollingStatusSucceeded
+			return
+
+		case http.StatusOK:
+			result.Status = pollers.PollingStatusInProgress
+			return
+		}
+
+		err = fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code when polling for resource after deletion, expected a 200/204 but got %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+var _ client.Options = deleteOptions{}
+
+type deleteOptions struct {
+	apiVersion string
+}
+
+func (p deleteOptions) ToHeaders() *client.Headers {
+	return &client.Headers{}
+}
+
+func (p deleteOptions) ToOData() *odata.Query {
+	return &odata.Query{}
+}
+
+func (p deleteOptions) ToQuery() *client.QueryParams {
+	q := client.QueryParams{}
+	q.Append("api-version", p.apiVersion)
+	return &q
+}
diff --git a/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_lro.go b/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_lro.go
index 5fd837623f3..d738a72711f 100644
--- a/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_lro.go
+++ b/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_lro.go
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ func longRunningOperationPollerFromResponse(resp *client.Response, client *clien
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid polling URL %q in response: URL was not absolute", pollingUrl)
 	}
 	poller.pollingUrl = u
-	if endpoint, err := url.Parse(string(client.BaseUri)); err == nil && u.Host != endpoint.Host {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported polling URL %q: client endpoint is different", pollingUrl)
-	}
 
 	if resp.Request != nil {
 		poller.originalUrl = resp.Request.URL
@@ -100,7 +97,9 @@ func (p *longRunningOperationPoller) Poll(ctx context.Context) (result *pollers.
 	// Custom RetryFunc to inspect the operation payload and check the status
 	req.RetryFunc = client.RequestRetryAny(defaultRetryFunctions...)
 
-	result = &pollers.PollResult{}
+	result = &pollers.PollResult{
+		PollInterval: p.initialRetryDuration,
+	}
 	result.HttpResponse, err = req.Execute(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -115,6 +114,13 @@ func (p *longRunningOperationPoller) Poll(ctx context.Context) (result *pollers.
 		}
 		result.HttpResponse.Body.Close()
 
+		// update the poll interval if a Retry-After header is returned
+		if s, ok := result.HttpResponse.Header["Retry-After"]; ok {
+			if sleep, err := strconv.ParseInt(s[0], 10, 64); err == nil {
+				result.PollInterval = time.Second * time.Duration(sleep)
+			}
+		}
+
 		// 202's don't necessarily return a body, so there's nothing to deserialize
 		if result.HttpResponse.StatusCode == http.StatusAccepted {
 			result.Status = pollers.PollingStatusInProgress
@@ -145,6 +151,10 @@ func (p *longRunningOperationPoller) Poll(ctx context.Context) (result *pollers.
 			statusFailed:     pollers.PollingStatusFailed,
 			statusInProgress: pollers.PollingStatusInProgress,
 			statusSucceeded:  pollers.PollingStatusSucceeded,
+
+			// whilst the standard set above should be sufficient, some APIs differ from the spec and should be documented below:
+			// SignalR@2022-02-01 returns `Running` rather than `InProgress` during creation
+			"Running": pollers.PollingStatusInProgress,
 		}
 		for k, v := range statuses {
 			if strings.EqualFold(string(op.Properties.ProvisioningState), string(k)) {
@@ -156,6 +166,10 @@ func (p *longRunningOperationPoller) Poll(ctx context.Context) (result *pollers.
 				return
 			}
 		}
+
+		if result.Status == "" {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("`result.Status` was nil/empty - `op.Status` was %q / `op.Properties.ProvisioningState` was %q", string(op.Status), string(op.Properties.ProvisioningState))
+		}
 	}
 
 	return
diff --git a/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_provisioning_state.go b/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_provisioning_state.go
index 708460cd1c8..7985f942483 100644
--- a/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_provisioning_state.go
+++ b/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_provisioning_state.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-azure-sdk/sdk/odata"
 )
 
-const DefaultProvisioningStatePollingInterval = 2 * time.Second
+const DefaultPollingInterval = 10 * time.Second
 
 var _ pollers.PollerType = &provisioningStatePoller{}