Azure Bicep Snapshots – Test and Validate Your Code and Deployments Azure Bicep Snapshots, introduced in version 0.36.1, enables users to generate resource definitions as JSON files, reflecting their configurations in the Azure Portal. This feature allows for local…

Last week I have blogged: Azure Bicep Snapshots – Test and Validate Your Code and Deployments cloudadministrator.net/2026/02/18/a... #Azure #AzureBicep #AzureBicepSnapshots #AzureMonitor #LogAnalytics #LogAlerts #IaC #DevOps

Azure Bicep Snapshots – Test and Validate Your Code and Deployments Azure Bicep Snapshots, introduced in version 0.36.1, enables users to generate resource definitions as JSON files, reflecting their configurations in the Azure Portal. This feature allows for local…

Azure Bicep Snapshots – Test and Validate Your Code and Deployments cloudadministrator.net/2026/02/18/a... #Azure #AzureBicep #AzureBicepSnapshots #AzureMonitor #LogAnalytics #LogAlerts #IaC #DevOps

Deploying A2A API in API Management with Azure Bicep The introduction of A2A API support in Azure API Management enhances the protection and performance of AI applications. Key deployment insights reveal challenges with documentation, errors in the A…

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Deploying A2A API in API Management with Azure Bicep The introduction of A2A API support in Azure API Management enhances the protection and performance of AI applications. Key deployment insights reveal challenges with documentation, errors in the A…

Deploying A2A API in API Management with Azure Bicep cloudadministrator.net/2026/02/05/d... #Azure #AzureBicep #A2A #APIM #AzureAPIM #IaC #DevOps

Agent Skills for Azure Bicep with GitHub Copilot: From Manual Work to Automated Workflows Agent Skills can have a significant impact on your workflow when using AI agents, as they are well suited for reusable tasks. In this blog post, you will learn what Agent Skills are, how to create …

🚀 New blog! Agent Skills are a powerful way to automate manual and repeatable Azure Bicep workflows using GitHub Copilot.

🔗 Read the blog here: johnlokerse.dev/2026/02/02/a...

#githubcopilot #azurebicep #infrastructureascode #azure #ai #MVPBuzz

Release v0.40.2 · Azure/bicep Highlights Multi-line interpolated strings GA! (#18666) Basic example: var s = $''' this is ${interpolated}''' With multiple $ characters: var s = $$''' this is $${interpolated} this is not ${int...

🚀 New year, new @biceplang.bsky.social update! The first Azure Bicep release of 2026 is out, and it’s packed with some very interesting updates.

🔗 Full changelog: github.com/Azure/bicep/...

#azure #azurebicep #mcp #infrastructureascode

Kudos to the team behind Azure Monitor Health models of using Bicep to build their ARM templates for deployment via Azure Portal. #Azure #AzureBicep #AzureMonitor

GitHub - johnlokerse/azure-bicep-mcp-integration-setup: 💪 Guidance on how to use the Azure Bicep MCP server to integrate with Claude, Codex, LMStudio and more tools! 💪 Guidance on how to use the Azure Bicep MCP server to integrate with Claude, Codex, LMStudio and more tools! - johnlokerse/azure-bicep-mcp-integration-setup

🚀 Out of the box, the Bicep MCP server is only available in VSCode via the Bicep extension. With extra configuration, you can also run it in Claude Code, Codex CLI, LM Studio, and more!

github.com/johnlokerse/...

#azurebicep #azure #mcp #codex #claudecode #infrastructureascode #ai #claudeai

Added support for triggering Azure DevOps pipelines via Azure Bicep!

The local-deploy extensibility feature is so awesome. Check the public repository out: github.com/johnlokerse/...

#azure #azurebicep #azuredevops

Experiment, Prototype, and Validate Azure Bicep with the Bicep Console The Bicep console is a feature that helps with prototyping, experimenting, and validating Azure Bicep code snippets. Additionally, you can leverage the Bicep console to validate user-defined functi…

🚀 New blog! Ever wanted to try Azure Bicep just to test or experiment? Bicep console lets you experiment, prototype, and validate Bicep directly in your terminal and no Azure connection is needed.

🔗 Read the blog here: johnlokerse.dev/2025/12/01/e...

#azure #azurebicep #githubcopilot

GitHub - riosengineer/cloudflare-bicep-deploy: A CloudFlare Bicep Local Deploy extension to deploy DNS records to CloudFlare & more. A CloudFlare Bicep Local Deploy extension to deploy DNS records to CloudFlare & more. - riosengineer/cloudflare-bicep-deploy

🚀 CloudFlare Bicep Extension Update: Now supports security rules!

github.com/riosengineer... #azure #azurebicep #cloudflare #devops

List Keys for Azure Managed Redis with Bicep Azure has announced the retirement of Azure Cache for Redis and Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise, prompting users to consider Azure Managed Redis. While both share resource types, they differ in ar…

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Microsoft Forms

💪 Hello, Bicep Enthusiasts! The 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐩 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 is happening on 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 30𝐭𝐡 (5 PM CET, 4 PM BST, 9 AM PST)!

🔗 Want an invite to the community call? Sign up here: aka.ms/armnews
🔗 Or join the call directly: aka.ms/bicepcc

#azure #azurebicep #infrastructureascode

List Keys for Azure Managed Redis with Bicep Azure has announced the retirement of Azure Cache for Redis and Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise, prompting users to consider Azure Managed Redis. While both share resource types, they differ in ar…

List Keys for Azure Managed Redis with Bicep cloudadministrator.net/2025/10/21/l... #Azure #AzureBicep #Redis #AzureRedis #IaC #DevOps

Create your own custom extension for Azure Bicep A long-lived dream of many Azure Bicep users has been the ability to deploy outside the Azure environment, similar to what you can do with Terraform. With the experimental Bicep local-deploy featur…

🚀 New blog! A long-lived dream of many Bicep users is to extend Bicep beyond Azure by connecting it to other services. With the experimental Bicep local-deploy feature that dream is becoming a reality!

🔗 Read the blog post here: johnlokerse.dev/2025/10/20/c...

#azure #azurebicep #MVPBuzz

⚠️ Azure Resource Manager (ARM) extension for @vscode.dev is now officially deprecated! Microsoft now recommends that you use the Bicep extension instead.

#MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep

What-If now shows some diagnostic information for resources that it has problems. Not sure if it is widely rolled out. #Azure #AzureBicep

My favourite 5 Bicep resources - Rios Engineer

My favourite go to Azure Bicep resources

rios.engineer/my-favourite...

#azure #azurebicep #iac #devops

I am looking for a team withing Azure that can teach the team behind Microsoft.DocumentDB/mongoClusters how to use null values. Properties like encryption, replicaParameters, restoreParameters and others do not allow null with Bicep. (sarcasm) #Azure #AzureBicep

Resource Microsoft.StorageSync/storageSyncServices/syncGroups/serverEndpoints is perfect for new Bicep onlyIfNotExists() feature as it is not idempotent. The nice thing is that the feature works well with deployment stacks and what-if #Azure #AzureBicep

Deploying Azure APIM MCP Servers with Bicep Azure API Management (APIM) facilitates AI applications through Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. This functionality allows existing APIs to be exposed as MCP servers, simplified via Azure Bice…

Last week I have blogged: Deploying Azure APIM MCP Servers with Bicep cloudadministrator.net/2025/09/23/d... #Azure #AzureBicep #APIM #IaC #DevOps #MCP

Deploying Azure APIM MCP Servers with Bicep Azure API Management (APIM) facilitates AI applications through Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. This functionality allows existing APIs to be exposed as MCP servers, simplified via Azure Bice…

Deploying Azure APIM MCP Servers with Bicep cloudadministrator.net/2025/09/23/d... #Azure #AzureBicep #DevOps #IaC #APIM #MCP

🚀 Need your help! With Bicep local-deploy, we can create extensions outside the Azure environment. I have developed an extension that integrates 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬, allowing you to configure Azure DevOps using Azure Bicep IaC!

#MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep #azuredevops

GitHub - riosengineer/cloudflare-bicep-deploy: A CloudFlare Bicep Local Deploy extension to deploy DNS record to CloudFlare & more. A CloudFlare Bicep Local Deploy extension to deploy DNS record to CloudFlare & more. - riosengineer/cloudflare-bicep-deploy

Create your CloudFlare DNS records with Azure Bicep! Thought I'd put some time aside to dive into the local deploy experimental feature. Really cool, and lots of possibilities and creativity to be had.
#azurebicep #biceplang #cloudflare #DevOps
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Generate Documentation for Azure Bicep Modules with GitHub Copilot Bicep modules provide this awesome feature to be able to create schema for your Bicep modules via User-defined data types. When you reference Bicep module in bicep template or bicep parameters file…

Last week I have blogged Generate Documentation for Azure Bicep Modules with GitHub Copilot cloudadministrator.net/2025/09/04/g... #Azure #AzureBicep #GitHub #GitHubCopilot

Custom Azure Bicep chat modes for GitHub Copilot In GitHub Copilot, you have three built-in chat modes: Ask, Edit, and Agent. With a custom chat mode, you can create your own mode by extending the agent with your own behaviour. For example, you c…

🚀 New blog! Improve the quality of Azure Bicep Infrastructure as Code generation with GitHub Copilot custom chat modes.

🔗 Read the blog here: johnlokerse.dev/2025/09/08/c...

#github #githubcopilot #azure #infrastructureascode #azurebicep #cloudmarathoner #MVPBuzz #MCP

Generate Documentation for Azure Bicep Modules with GitHub Copilot Bicep modules provide this awesome feature to be able to create schema for your Bicep modules via User-defined data types. When you reference Bicep module in bicep template or bicep parameters file…

Generate Documentation for Azure Bicep Modules with GitHub Copilot cloudadministrator.net/2025/09/04/g... #Azure #AzureBicep #GitHub #Copilot #AI #Markdown #Documentation

🚀 2600 Azure Bicep enthusiasts! A LinkedIn community where you can share Bicep experiences, blogs, tips and tricks and ask questions!

💪🏼 Happy to be running this with @rios.engineer for the Bicep community.

#azure #azurebicep #MVPBuzz

azure-devops-bicep-local-deploy/Sample at main · johnlokerse/azure-devops-bicep-local-deploy An Azure Bicep local-deploy extension for Azure DevOps - johnlokerse/azure-devops-bicep-local-deploy

🚀 Azure DevOps Bicep local-deploy (experimental) has been updated! You can now deploy with Bicep:
• Projects
• Repos
• Artifacts feeds
• Federated service connections

👉 Check out the sample folder: github.com/johnlokerse/...

#MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep

GitHub - riosengineer/Bicepify: Simplify getting started with Bicep through easy to digest examples🦾 Simplify getting started with Bicep through easy to digest examples🦾 - riosengineer/Bicepify

Two new examples: Azure Deployment Stack output references + Resource Derived Types. Check it out #azurebicep #azure github.com/riosengineer...