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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · 11d

v0.38 is out!💪🎉

OnlyifNotExists() is now GA! Many new features have been added: validate() decorator, 'any' type, several new [experimental] bicep commands, and more!

Read more here: github.com/Azure/bicep/...

Check out our September Community Call here: youtu.be/SqQi1hOnKAs

Release v0.38.3 · Azure/bicep

Highlights onlyIfNotExists GA! (#17996) @onlyIfNotExists() resource onlyDeployIfNotExists 'Microsoft...' = { name: 'example' location: 'eastus' properties: { ... } } [Experimental] ...

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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · Jul 29

We are excited to announce that the Bicep Microsoft Graph extension is fully GA as of today 💪🎉

HUGE thanks to the MS Graph team for making this happen!

Read more about it here: aka.ms/MSGraphGA

Announcing GA of Bicep templates support for Microsoft Entra ID resources | Microsoft Community Hub

Declare Microsoft Entra ID resources like applications and groups in Bicep templates  

aka.ms

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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · Jul 9

v0.36 Patch Release is out! 💪

We had several bug fixes and some small highlights - find them here: github.com/Azure/bicep/...

You can watch our short June Community Call, covering v1.0 and Q&A here: youtu.be/MBueToa5Nqo

Release v0.36.177 · Azure/bicep

Highlights Add Identity Snippets for Resources (#17335) Update Bicep linter diagnostics to point to https://aka.ms/bicep/linter-diagnostics (#17390) Mark conditional resources as nullable for the ...

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Sam Cogan @samcogan.bsky.social · Jun 18

Local Deploy is a new Bicep feature that lets you deploy Bicep code, without connecting to Azure - Crazy! buff.ly/Yo9yC3t

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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · May 30

v0.36 is out! 🎉💪

We have several new experimental features in this release, as well as a few bug fixes and new linter rules - find more information here: github.com/Azure/bicep/...

Watch this month's Community Call (5th Birthday Edition! 🎂) here: youtu.be/WxdNrbSCEnw

Release v0.36.1 · Azure/bicep

Highlights GA release for optional types in variables (#17055) // current variable syntax var foo = 'hello' // new variable syntax with optional type var foo string = 'hello' Add userPrincipalNa...

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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · May 30

[Experimental] Bicep Snapshots - Semantic diff for easy Bicep PRs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=84jV...

Bicep Snapshot Demo

YouTube video by Azure Deployments & Governance

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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · May 30

[EXPERIMENTAL] Bicep Local - Build and run your own Bicep Extensions
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiKg...

Bicep Local Deploy Demo

YouTube video by Azure Deployments & Governance

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Freek Berson @fberson.bsky.social · May 12

It is the 5th birthday of Bicep! What a crazy innovation we have seen since the 0.1 release! Honored to present a Bicep session at Microsoft Build next week! 💪 build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessio...

Bringing some cool Bicep swag! 😊

#MVPbuzz #bicep @biceplang.bsky.social @microsoft.com #MSbuild

Optimize Your Infrastructure as Code: Build Once, Deploy Anywhere

Take your Infrastructure as Code workflows to the next level with Bicep modules. In this demo, you’ll learn three ways to create reusable modules to simplify deployments, securely share modules, and l...

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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · May 12

🎉 Happy 5th Birthday to Bicep! 🎂💪
Today marks 5 years since the 1st Bicep commit!

📅Celebrate with us at the May 29th Community Call at 9am PST here: aka.ms/bicepcc
⭐️ Share your favorite Bicep memories via this form for a chance to be featured: t.ly/BicepBday

Here's to the next 5 reps! 💪🚀

Microsoft Forms

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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · May 2

Bicep v0.35 is out! 💪🎉https://github.com/Azure/bicep/releases/tag/v0.35.1

We've got great new experimental features and functions in this release, view the release notes on how to use them!

We demo-ed some of these features at our April Community Call here, check it out here: youtu.be/iMoRiQvor4k

Bicep Community Call - April '25

YouTube video by Azure Deployments & Governance

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Dan @rios.engineer · Apr 16

🚀 [𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠] Azure Deployment Stacks: Zero to Hero 🦾 ❤️

This is the future of Azure @biceplang.bsky.social deployments!

rios.engineer/azure-deploy...

#azure #azurebicep

Azure Deployment Stacks: Zero to Hero 🦾❤️ - Rios Engineer

Contents What is deployment stacks? Azure Blueprints evolution Where to start? Modes Action on unmanage detachAll deleteResources deleteAll Deny Settings Outputs Adoption GitHub Azure DevOps Limitatio...

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Freek Berson @fberson.bsky.social · Apr 16

I will be delivering a session at Microsoft Build 2025 in Seattle! Super excited to be back again to present another session on #Bicep infrastructure as code! Hope to see you there!

#MVPBuzz #MSBuild @biceplang.bsky.social @developer.microsoft.com @microsoft.com

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Adam Driscoll @adamrdriscoll.com · Apr 11

Boom! Learned how to do Bicep at @powershellsummit.org. Now I can deploy PowerShell Universal to Azure like a pro.

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Freek Berson @fberson.bsky.social · Mar 10

Had a great time last week delivering a session on #Bicep infra as code and participating in the AMA with community friends at the Experts Live Conference in Copenhagen! As always decks are here: github.com/fberson/Slid...

@expertslivedk.bsky.social @biceplang.bsky.social
#MVPBuzz #Azure

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Azure Weekly @azureweekly.endj.in · Mar 19

Easily add login to your Azure app with Bicep by Pamela Fox #AzureResourceManager #AzureAppService #Azure techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft...

Easily add login to your Azure app with Bicep | Microsoft Community Hub

Did you know that you can now add user login to app deployed on Azure, with just Bicep code? No Portal, CLI, SDK, or app code needed! For those new to Bicep,...

techcommunity.microsoft.com

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Melissa Houghton @melissahoughton.dev · Mar 26

I am looking forward to virtually joining the old crew at @dddmelbourne.bsky.social next week to speak about deploying Azure AI Services with Bicep 🦾

🗓️ Wed 2 April
⌚ 6:00pm AEDT / 3:00pm AWST

Register now 👇🏻
www.meetup.com/ddd-melbourn...

#dddmelb #dddbynight #bicep #azure #ai

DDD by Night April - Hybrid event, Wed, Apr 2, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

It's DDD but \***lightning**\*. The evening will be a hybrid event hosted by the DDD Melbourne crew and consist of short & sharp presentations of fifteen minutes in length

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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · Mar 27

Our March Bicep Community Call is CANCELLED! Keep an eye out for an invite to our next Community Call taking place on April 17th, at 9am PST :)

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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · Mar 19

Export as Bicep is fully available today! 💪

Test it out yourself in the portal, instructions can be found here: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...

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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · Feb 27

Our Bicep Community Call is TODAY at 2pm PST!

You can sign up for future invites through the link aka.ms/ARMnews

Or join the call directly at aka.ms/bicepcc

See you there! :)

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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · Jan 31

v0.33 is released!💪🎉

Deploy pane is in GA, paste as .bicepparam and other features have been added as well. More info here: github.com/Azure/bicep/...

Yesterday's Community Call also covered many topics and updates including Whatif and Copilot - watch the recording here! youtu.be/4sXr39kO_fM

Releases · Azure/bicep

Bicep is a declarative language for describing and deploying Azure resources - Azure/bicep

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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · Dec 10

v0.32 is out! 💪🎉

We added a new deployer() function to retrieve principal Ids, fixed some bugs, and had some awesome contributions from our community!

Release notes here: github.com/Azure/bicep/...!

Our December Bicep Community Call:
youtu.be/Qy_UJy34lXM

Release v0.32.4 · Azure/bicep

Highlights New deployer() function to retrieve ObjectId of the principal that is deploying the Bicep file (#15340) resource roleAssignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {...

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Freek Berson @fberson.bsky.social · Dec 10

Bicep Christmas gift: the deployer() function! 💪🎄

www.linkedin.com/posts/freekb...

#bicep #community @biceplang.bsky.social

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Bart-Jan Dekker @bjdekker.bsky.social · Dec 4

Just had a great session by @simonwahlin.bsky.social about #Bicep and #Azure deployments. Deployment stacks and Azure templates are definitely a thing to look into!

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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · Dec 4

Our final Bicep Community Call of 2024 will be TOMORROW, Thursday December 5th at 9am PST!

Join to hear our roadmap for the next 6 months and some exciting demos and presentations!

Reach out for an invite if you did not receive one, or join tomorrow at aka.ms/BicepCcD24!

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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · Nov 22

+1 - these are odd bicep errors to run into, so likely a codegen bug. Filing an issue in the dotnet/aspire repo would be helpful.

cc @davidfowl.com

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