Bicep
2024
Bicep - Creating Custom Azure Policy Initiatives
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Hi everyone! This week we’re talking again about “Policy as Code,” an approach that brings consistency and efficiency to policy management, similar to how “Infrastructure as Code” transformed infrastructure deployment.
Bicep - Deploying Azure Application Insights
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Keeping our cloud applications healthy and reliable requires constant monitoring. Azure Application Insights allows us to track performance, identify errors, and gain valuable insights into the behavior of our applications.
Bicep - Deploy Azure Firewall into Virtual Network
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Hey there! In another post, we discussed how you can use Terraform to deploy Azure Firewall and how it can make your cloud deployments more efficient and secure. Today, let’s explore how you can achieve similar results using Bicep, Azure’s language for resource declaration.
Bicep - Deploying an Azure Elastic SAN
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Happy New Year, everyone! Kicking off our first article of the year, we’ll explore deploying Azure Elastic SAN using Bicep. Currently, there is no official Bicep module specifically for Elastic SAN implementation.
2023
Bicep - Easy deployment of Azure virtual machine scale sets
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Hey there, folks! In today’s blog post, we’ll discuss the Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets, also known as VMSS. If you have experience with Azure, you might already know that VMSS are crucial for managing cloud services that can be scaled up and down based on demand.
Bicep - Deploying Log Analytics Workspaces
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Hello! This week, I wanted to share a new post about biceps - As you know, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has become a critical aspect of any successful and scalable deployment.
Bicep - Azure Custom Roles Definitions
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Hello everyone! Today, I want to talk about custom roles in Azure. Azure gives us many roles to use, but sometimes, they don’t do exactly what we want. So, we need to make our own roles that do the exact job.
GitHub Actions - Building a Simple Bicep Workflow for Resource Deployment
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In the previous article, we explored deploying Azure resources using Bicep with Azure DevOps. This week, we’re switching gears to GitHub Actions, showcasing a simple workflow to automate Azure deployments.
Azure DevOps - Building a Simple Bicep Pipeline for Resource Deployment
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Nowadays, automating the deployment of cloud resources has become the norm. Azure DevOps is a go-to tool known for its solidness and adaptability. In this article, we’ll dive into how to create a simple pipeline to set up Azure resources using Microsoft’s infrastructure as code language, Bicep.
Bicep - Azure Key Vault Deployments in Multiple Environments
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Hi folks, I sincerely hope you are all doing great. You are probably aware of the importance of Azure Key Vault in securely and centrally managing secrets, encryption keys, and certificates.
Bicep - Deploying keys with rotation policies in Azure Key Vault
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Hi! This week, we’re talking about security, specifically how to use automatic key rotation in Azure Key Vault.
In case you didn’t know, Azure Key Vault’s automated key rotation improves security by creating new key versions at set intervals and sending expiration alerts via Event Grid.
Bicep - Enabling Malware Scanning & Sensitive Data Discovery in Storage Accounts
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Microsoft’s Defender for Storage has recently unveiled a significant security update, with two standout features being near-real-time malware scanning and sensitive data discovery. In this article, I will guide you on how to enable these features across all your Azure storage accounts using Bicep.
Bicep - Deploying Microsoft Sentinel with Azure AD Connector
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Hi there! As you know, Microsoft Sentinel is an advanced SIEM tool that provides a comprehensive view of your organization’s security landscape. One of its superpowers comes from its integration with Azure AD connector.
Bicep - Practical Use Cases of String Functions in Azure Deployments
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Bicep is a language specifically designed for deploying Azure resources and offers a more user-friendly syntax than JSON. One of the cool features of Bicep is its built-in functions that allow performing a variety of operations and manipulations on data while creating Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates.
Bicep - Deploy an Azure Active Directory B2C Tenant
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Bicep promises more efficient resource management, but there are notable challenges when working with Azure B2C. From customizing certain tenant properties to retrieving detailed information, we must face limitations. This post will show you how to create an Azure B2C resource with Bicep, identify current limitations, and find potential solutions.
Bicep - Deploy Azure Container Registry (ACR)
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The use of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has become vital in achieving successful and scalable implementations. Azure Bicep allows us to provision and manage resources in Azure with reliability and conciseness.
Bicep - Assigning Azure Policy Initiatives to Enforce Compliance
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Hi all! Today I want to talk to you about “Policy as Code” Just as “Infrastructure as Code” changed how we handle infrastructure deployment, “Policy as Code” gives us consistency, traceability, and rapid implementation in policy management.
Bicep - Deploy a Subscription Budget using Azure CLI
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Managing your resources and services costs is crucial to your Azure subscriptions’ governance. That’s where Azure Budgets comes in. Azure Budgets helps us manage our cloud costs by setting spending limits.
Bicep - Deploy Azure Storage Account using Azure CLI
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Azure Storage is a core foundational PaaS (Platform as a Service) offering within Microsoft Azure, providing a versatile and scalable solution for storing files, blobs (binary large objects), and other data types.