Last week I have blogged: Azure Bicep Snapshots – Test and Validate Your Code and Deployments cloudadministrator.net/2026/02/18/a... #Azure #AzureBicep #AzureBicepSnapshots #AzureMonitor #LogAnalytics #LogAlerts #IaC #DevOps

Azure Bicep review using GitHub Copilot parallel agents! In this gist, you will find three subagents and a prompt file. Run the prompt file /bicep-review to kickstart. Shoutout to @pierceboggan.bsky.social since his version heavily inspires this! gist.github.com/johnlokerse/...

Integrated the GitHub Copilot SDK into my movie & series tracking web app for personalized recommendations. Built with React + server-side integration. Check out the demos in this thread! 🧵 #githubcopilot #GitHub #githubcopilotsdk

Browse the web with GitHub Copilot SDK! I built a browser extension that connects to the Copilot SDK. It takes a prompt as input and browses the web. This is a simple example, but think about the automation possibilities (for example, automating timesheets). #githubcopilot #githubcopilotsdk

Azure Bicep Snapshots – Test and Validate Your Code and Deployments cloudadministrator.net/2026/02/18/a... #Azure #AzureBicep #AzureBicepSnapshots #AzureMonitor #LogAnalytics #LogAlerts #IaC #DevOps

Having a blast with the GitHub Copilot SDK and Remotion! I’ve built a web app that lets you generate videos with Remotion. You type a prompt, pick a model, and it generates and renders a short MP4 you can preview in the browser. #githubcopilot #remotion #githubcopilotsdk

🚀 You can use the Azure Bicep MCP Server with GitHub Copilot CLI! 🔗 I’ve updated my repository with instructions on how to run the MCP server with the GitHub Copilot CLI: github.com/johnlokerse/...

What if I told you that you can export your Conditional Access policies to PowerPoint, providing a high-level overview of your security posture? youtu.be/ANZLw1jkX8s?...

Tip: In GitHub Copilot CLI, if you run copilot --resume without an ID, it opens an interactive session picker that shows the available sessions so that you can easily dive back into one of them

🎉 4 years of blogging and 43 blog posts later, I have reached a blog milestone of 100K views! Thank you to everyone for your support and for reading my blogs! 🚀 My content primarily focuses on Azure Bicep, Azure, DevOps, and GitHub (Copilot). Check out my content at: johnlokerse.dev

🚀 New blog! Agent Skills are a powerful way to automate manual and repeatable Azure Bicep workflows using GitHub Copilot. 🔗 Read the blog here: johnlokerse.dev/2026/02/02/a... #githubcopilot #azurebicep #infrastructureascode #azure #ai #MVPBuzz

Tonight, I will give a session at the Azure Bicep community call. It will cover an update on the Bicep console and how you can use it with GitHub Copilot agents! ⌚️ 9 AM PST / 6 PM CET / 5 PM BST 🔗 Sign up here: github.com/Azure/bicep/...

Looking back at my first blog post about GitHub Copilot (Feb 2023) and comparing it to today, the progression is insane. I already liked it back then, but now it’s on a completely different level and essential to my workflow. 🚀 🔗 The blog post: johnlokerse.dev/2023/02/27/t...

If you use Azure Bicep as your primary IaC language, you should definitely check out the Bicep Console feature. The @biceplang.bsky.social team upgraded it with piped input support in v0.40.2. Think about the agentic possibilities this enables for quick UDF validation using GitHub Copilot.

🚀 New year, new @biceplang.bsky.social update! The first Azure Bicep release of 2026 is out, and it’s packed with some very interesting updates. 🔗 Full changelog: github.com/Azure/bicep/... #azure #azurebicep #mcp #infrastructureascode

You don’t have to duplicate GitHub Copilot Skills across repos. GitHub Copilot can read Skills from ~/.copilot/skills/ folder instead of the .github folder in a repo Meaning: • One Skill setup • Works in every repo • Define once, use everywhere

Azure Bicep users 👋 What’s your reason for using @allowed([...]) instead of union types like 'Value' | 'OtherValue'? I found that union types also constrain an allowedValues list under the hood, and they look much cleaner to me. Additionally, union types can be shared using export / import.

I improved my workflow by creating a Code Quick Select extension for VS Code. It is built with GitHub Copilot using GPT-5.2-Codex and works with Azure Bicep, PowerShell, C#, and Markdown. marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa...

I missed a “Keep all” button in GitHub Copilot, but it turns out it’s there. In the chat window, there’s a list of changes made by Copilot at the bottom. If you’re sure you want to keep all the changes, click the Keep button there instead of manually going through the changes X times.

Automated Code Reviews in #AzureDevOps using OpenAI models powered by Microsoft Foundry by John Lokerse #Azure johnlokerse.dev/2026/01/06/a...

Coding with GitHub Copilot and Codex is addictive. I went from idea to working application in ~2 days (on and off). I created a NextDNS app to check my DNS stats at a glance: github.com/johnlokerse/...

🚀 New blog! Do you want to automate pull request code reviews in Azure DevOps using AI? 🔗 Read the blog here: johnlokerse.dev/2026/01/06/a... Enjoy the read! #azure #azureopenai #openai #microsoftfoundry #cloudmarathoner #MVPBuzz #azuredevops #codereview

I finished writing my longest blog post on Azure DevOps, Microsoft Foundry, and how to automate code reviews using this tech. I'm very proud of this one. Publishing tomorrow! 💪 #MVPBuzz

🚀 Created a Bruno collection for the entire Azure DevOps REST API. Check it out here: github.com/johnlokerse/...

I did some testing with SKILLS.md in GitHub Copilot, and it's so cool! 🔥 To start with Skills, think about your day-to-day work in your domain. Make your agent a specialist in those tasks by defining instructions in skills. Ask yourself: What are repeatable tasks that you do daily?

🚀 Out of the box, the Bicep MCP server is only available in VSCode via the Bicep extension. With extra configuration, you can also run it in Claude Code, Codex CLI, LM Studio, and more! github.com/johnlokerse/... #azurebicep #azure #mcp #codex #claudecode #infrastructureascode #ai #claudeai

Added support for triggering Azure DevOps pipelines via Azure Bicep! The local-deploy extensibility feature is so awesome. Check the public repository out: github.com/johnlokerse/... #azure #azurebicep #azuredevops

TOP 3 AI Productivity Tips with VS Code! 🔥

🚀 New blog! Ever wanted to try Azure Bicep just to test or experiment? Bicep console lets you experiment, prototype, and validate Bicep directly in your terminal and no Azure connection is needed. 🔗 Read the blog here: johnlokerse.dev/2025/12/01/e... #azure #azurebicep #githubcopilot

💪 Hello, Bicep Enthusiasts! The 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐩 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 is happening on 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 30𝐭𝐡 (5 PM CET, 4 PM BST, 9 AM PST)! 🔗 Want an invite to the community call? Sign up here: aka.ms/armnews 🔗 Or join the call directly: aka.ms/bicepcc #azure #azurebicep #infrastructureascode

🚀 New blog! A long-lived dream of many Bicep users is to extend Bicep beyond Azure by connecting it to other services. With the experimental Bicep local-deploy feature that dream is becoming a reality! 🔗 Read the blog post here: johnlokerse.dev/2025/10/20/c... #azure #azurebicep #MVPBuzz

Hey Bsky! I’m up as a finalist for best blogger + azure evangelist apparently. Your support if you feel like it, would be good. But also there’s tons of good people here who deserve a vote too. www.ukcommunityawards.co.uk 🙏

⚠️ Azure Resource Manager (ARM) extension for @vscode.dev is now officially deprecated! Microsoft now recommends that you use the Bicep extension instead. #MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep

My favourite go to Azure Bicep resources rios.engineer/my-favourite... #azure #azurebicep #iac #devops

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

Managing Cost Center in GitHub is currently something only an Enterprise or Billing Administrator can do. We wanted Org Owners and Repo Admins to be able to set this too. I achieve this by combining Custom Properties and PowerShell in an Actions Workflow. jessehouwing.net/github-billi...

🚀 Need your help! With Bicep local-deploy, we can create extensions outside the Azure environment. I have developed an extension that integrates 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬, allowing you to configure Azure DevOps using Azure Bicep IaC! #MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep #azuredevops

Going back to Seattle next year for the annual MVP Summit! Looking forward to meeting up with the product groups and MVPs! #MVPBuzz #Microsoft #azure

Custom Azure Bicep chat modes for GitHub Copilot by John Lokerse #PowerShell #Azure johnlokerse.dev/2025/09/08/c...

📣 Myself & @johnlokerse.dev have now taken control of the previously abandoned r/AzureBicep and looking to give it some love for the @biceplang.bsky.social community! It offers a different medium than LinkedIn, that I know some folks will prefer to engage through 🙏 www.reddit.com/r/AzureBicep...

🚀 New blog! Improve the quality of Azure Bicep Infrastructure as Code generation with GitHub Copilot custom chat modes. 🔗 Read the blog here: johnlokerse.dev/2025/09/08/c... #github #githubcopilot #azure #infrastructureascode #azurebicep #cloudmarathoner #MVPBuzz #MCP

Who’s funding open-source in 2025? A guide for maintainers. Feel free to share your resources. I'll add them to the article. www.eliostruyf.com/whos-funding...

🚀 2600 Azure Bicep enthusiasts! A LinkedIn community where you can share Bicep experiences, blogs, tips and tricks and ask questions! 💪🏼 Happy to be running this with @rios.engineer for the Bicep community. #azure #azurebicep #MVPBuzz

It's so cool what we can do right now with GitHub Copilot. Grounding my infrastructure planning document with Bicep MCP, Azure MCP and GitHub Copilot for Azure tool calls. Very easy to do with custom chat mode. Blog post on this next week! #bicep #azure @biceplang.bsky.social

Two new examples: Azure Deployment Stack output references + Resource Derived Types. Check it out #azurebicep #azure github.com/riosengineer...

🚀 Azure DevOps Bicep local-deploy (experimental) has been updated! You can now deploy with Bicep: • Projects • Repos • Artifacts feeds • Federated service connections 👉 Check out the sample folder: github.com/johnlokerse/... #MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep

🚀 Feature request is implemented in Azure Bicep! The validate parameter decorator checks if parameters are valid with a certain value or format. If not, a (custom) error is thrown. I believe it will be available in v0.38 as experimental 💪 🔗 github.com/Azure/bicep/...

Did you know Azure Bicep modules don’t need deployment names? These are optional! Check out this tip from @danonazure 👇 🔗 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #bicep #azure

Integrating Companies House API with Azure AI Agent in Foundry with OpenAPI tool rios.engineer/integrating-... #azure #openai #azureaifoundry #aiagent

This weeks bicep did you know? Is now up! @johnlokerse.dev showcases the new fail function! A really useful function to leverage. Check it out www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #biceplang #azure #iac