ARM Templates & Bicep

Deploy Azure infrastructure with ARM templates and Bicep.

Bicep Example

param location string = resourceGroup().location param vmName string

resource vm 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines@2023-03-01' = { name: vmName location: location properties: { hardwareProfile: { vmSize: 'Standard_B2s' } osProfile: { computerName: vmName adminUsername: 'azureuser' } } }

output vmId string = vm.id

Deployment

Deploy Bicep

az deployment group create
--resource-group mygroup
--template-file main.bicep
--parameters vmName=myvm

Deploy ARM

az deployment group create
--resource-group mygroup
--template-file template.json
--parameters @parameters.json

Best Practices

• Use Bicep over JSON ARM

• Implement modules for reusability

• Use parameter files per environment

• Validate before deployment