Description This change adds a new Bicep linter rule called use-parameter-descriptions. Default the rule level is off but when set to error it checks if the parameter has either the @sys.descripti...

With extendable parameter files, you can define shared parameter values once in a base parameter file. Environment-specific parameter files can inherit these values via the extends keyword and over…

Azure Bicep has become much better over the years at helping you write strongly typed Infrastructure as Code. With features such as user-defined types, typed variables, and resource-derived types, …

In this blog post, you will learn how to use GitHub Copilot Agent Skills together with GitHub Copilot Hooks to generate a changelog video using Remotion. The agentic pipeline also creates an automa…

A practical guide to using Azure Bicep this.exists() and this.existingResource() functions to handle idempotent deployments of Azure MySQL Flexible Server replicas.

Azure Bicep User-Defined Functions are powerful tools for standardising and sharing logic across your organisation. However, changes to these functions can introduce errors that impact your deploym…

We just concluded Python + Agents, a six-part livestream series where we explored the foundational concepts behind building AI agents in Python using the...

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 code review using 3 subagents (models: Opus 4.6, Gemini 3 Pro and Codex 5.3) - bicep-code-review-codex.agent.md

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…

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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 …

We are hosting our January Bicep Community Call on Thursday, January 29th at 9AM PST! You can use this issue to address topics you would like to discuss, questions you have for our team, further de...

I have been using GitHub Copilot for a while now, and I love it! The AI assistant has significantly improved my coding efficiency and productivity. It suggests code snippets, assists with writing d…

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...

Extension for Visual Studio Code - Quickly select entire code blocks with one click

Code reviews can be a tough and frustrating experience due to long wait times, nitpicking, constant context switching, and many other reasons. GitHub has offered AI-assisted code reviews for quite …

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Code reviews can be a tough and frustrating experience due to long wait times, nitpicking, constant context switching, and many other reasons. GitHub has offered AI-assisted code reviews for quite …

Bruno collection for the full Azure DevOps REST API - johnlokerse/azure-devops-api-bruno-collection

💪 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

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…

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…