Using Azure Bicep's local extensions to treat a smart light as Infrastructure-as-Code, deploying declaratively to physical hardware.
Learn how to create and use Agent Skills in GitHub Copilot to automate Azure Bicep workflows, moving from manual tasks to efficient, repeatable processes.
Learn how to use the experimental Azure Bicep Console for prototyping, validating code snippets, and testing GitHub Copilot-generated functions.
A guide to testing Azure Bicep IaC templates using automated, ephemeral environments created in GitHub Actions for reliable deployments.
Learn how to create custom extensions for Azure Bicep using the experimental local-deploy feature to deploy beyond Azure resources.
A guide to using a shared variable file pattern in Azure Bicep to simplify and automate Azure RBAC role assignments with IntelliSense support.
A guide to creating custom chat modes in GitHub Copilot, with examples for Azure Bicep to define specialized AI agent roles.
Explains how to use hidden tags in Azure Bicep modules for tracking usage and controlling versioning across an organization.
Automate updating Azure Bicep and Azure Verified Modules using GitHub Copilot Agents and VS Code Prompt Files to simplify IaC maintenance.
Learn how to use the fail() function in Azure Bicep to conditionally stop deployments and validate parameter inputs.
Explains Azure Bicep's new optional module names feature, showing how to let Bicep auto-generate deployment names.
Learn how to chain Azure Bicep deployments across subscriptions using outputs and stage dependencies in Azure Pipelines to overcome permission constraints.
A guide to implementing tag inheritance in Azure Bicep using modules and the union function for dynamic tag management.
Explains how to reuse code in Azure Bicep using parameters, loops, and modules, and introduces the public module registry.
A collection of essential links and resources for getting started with Azure Bicep, Microsoft's infrastructure-as-code language.
