Less is more! The OnlyIfNotExists() decorator instructs the resource to be created only if it does not exist. When the resource ID is found, ARM skips creation. It's that simple! Check out Episode 16 of the #Bicep on the Go series 📽️💪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWOj... #MVPBuzz @biceplang.bsky.social

Using validate() decorator for custom parameter validation, allowing the configuration of custom constraints that go beyond the out-of-the-box decorators. Learn about it in Episode 15 of the #Bicep on the Go series! 📽️💪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGKt... #MVPBuzz @biceplang.bsky.social

Episode 14 of Bicep on the Go 📽️. The secure() decorator for outputs ensures your output isn't saved to the deployment history or logged. 🔐💪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oln... #Bicep #MVPbuzz @biceplang.bsky.social

When does it make sense to omit a module name? Why would you want to do so? How can it actually enhance the admin experience in #Azure? Learn about it in Episode 13 of #Bicep on the Go! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QZO... #MVPBuzz

Keeping the streak going! Episode 12 of #Bicep on the Go 📽️covers the deployer() function, which returns information about the principal that initiated the current deployment.💪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQCB... #MVPBuzz @biceplang.bsky.social

Hidden Title Tags, what are those? 💡A small but super powerful way to improve the readability of your resources in Azure. Find out more in episode 11 of the Bicep on the Go series! youtu.be/pNRM5FWfwk4 📽️💪 @biceplang.bsky.social #MVPBuzz #Bicep

How to fail with Bicep? 💪Enforcing constraints and terminating evaluation based on logical conditions with the fail() function. Check out episode 10 📽️of the Bicep on the Go series! youtu.be/YC6YsZbselg @biceplang.bsky.social #Bicep #Azure #MVPBuzz

User Defined Types and User Defined Functions, find out how those work in Bicep On the Go - Episode 9! 📽️💪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF7Z... #MVPBuzz #Bicep @biceplang.bsky.social

New day, new Bicep video! Here is Bicep On the Go - Episode 8 covering Resource Derived Types! 💪📽️ youtu.be/-9j6c0DMChU?... #Bicep #MVPBuzz

New video added to the playlist: Bicep On the Go - Episode 7 - Bicep snapshots and snapshot validation! 💪📽️ youtu.be/uPUWNOk0S00?... #Bicep #MVPBuzz #Azure

Curiosity, limited documentation, and Bicep version 0.1...what followed was a journey! Add the session Esther and I will present at WorkPlace Ninja Summit for an entertaining session with lessons learned, and just a touch of self-deprecating humor! #WPNinjaS #AVD #Bicep

🔥Received the Microsoft MVP Award for the 15th consecutive year! And...for the 4th time in two technology areas at once! Both Azure Virtual Desktop and Azure Infrastructure as Code. Excited & honored! 🍀💪 #MVPBuzz @mvpaward.bsky.social #AVD #Bicep #Azure

From the Stage at @microsoft.com Build 2025: My Story & What’s Coming Next. Sharing my experience, tips on delivering engaging sessions, and photo bombing crew members! 💪 😃 www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-s... @developer.microsoft.com @biceplang.bsky.social #MVPBuzz #MSBuild #Biceplang

Microsoft Build is a wrap for me. I had an amazing time presenting a session on Bicep 💪, running a shift in the booth answering questions on Infra as Code! Thank you all! 🎥https://build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions/DEM539 @developer.microsoft.com @biceplang.bsky.social #MVPBuzz

Lots of excitement & positive vibes on Bicep this week at Microsoft Build! Did you know that Bicep turned 5 recently? May 29 at 9 am PST, there is a celebration during the Monthly community call! Sign up: aka.ms/armnews #Bicep #Community @biceplang.bsky.social @microsoft.com

This morning at Microsoft Build I will be in the Azure Infra Booth. Ask me anything on Bicep, or come grab an awesome pin! @microsft.bsky.social #Bicep @biceplang.bsky.social @developer.microsoft.com #MVPbuzz

My Microsoft Build session is published!🔥 I presented a session on Bicep yesterday at the Microsoft Build Conference in Seattle 💪. Here is the recording: build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessio... @microsoft.com @developer.microsoft.com @biceplang.bsky.social #MVPBuzz

More goodies on behalf of the Bicep product team! Grab a cool Bicep pin while attending my session today at 11:35 Hub Theater A! Hope to see you there! 💪 DEM539 Thank you @adotfrank.bsky.social @biceplang.bsky.social @microsoft.com #Bicep #MVPBuzz

Microsoft Build keynote will start soon! Join my Bicep session afterwards at 11:35 in Hub Theater A. I’m giving away a few copies of my book! 💪 DEM539 @microsoft.com #MVPbuzz #Bicep

Registered and ready for Microsoft Build! Join my session tomorrow at 11:35 in Hub Theater A, and learn how to optimize your Infrastructure as Code for reusability! #MVPBuzz #msbuild #Bicep @biceplang.bsky.social

Definetly joining the celebration! So great to see the evolution of Bicep since the 0.1 version! 💪

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

Next week at #E2EVC, I'm presenting a community session on Azure Marketplace. Tech guide for ISVs, MSPs, or SIs on becoming successful & what pitfalls to avoid! Is it all 🌈and 🦄? Come and find out! With a touch of @biceplang.bsky.social 💪, ARM Templates & #VSCode! #MVPBuzz #Community

In less than 10 days, it's time for the #E2EMVC event again (still widely known as #E2EVC 😊). Looking forward to presenting a session with @chrisjmarks.bsky.social on #Parallels. No spoilers to share, but we had A LOT of fun preparing this interactive session! #community #EUC

[email protected] v0.35.1 is here! 💪 @secure() on module outputs! 💪 VS Bicep extension support for .bicepparam files! 💪 New functions for parseUri() and buildUri() BTW, I love the experimental feature @onlyIfNotExists! ❤️ ...and much more! github.com/Azure/bicep/... #MVPBuzz #Bicep #Community

I’m excited to be a part of Microsoft Build in Seattle this year! Join my session (all live demo) on Monday at 1:45 PM and learn how to Optimize Your Infrastructure as Code for Azure!🔥 build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessio... #MSBuild @microsoft.com @developer.microsoft.com

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

Looking back at an amazing @microsoft.com MVP summit. Really great to catch up with @adotfrank.bsky.social, Satya Vel, Esther Barthel on all things #Bicep, & brainstorming on sessions we plan to deliver in 2025! 💪 The year Microsoft celebrates 50 years! 🥂 #mvpbuzz #Community @biceplang.bsky.social

Great time at the @microsoft.com MVP summit 2025! Insights into roadmaps and plans for the future, catching up with so many product group members, community friends and meeting new people. #mvpbuzz #community #AVD #Azure

At the Microsoft campus in Redmond again. Very much looking forward to the MVP Summit 2025! 🔥 #MVPBuzz #community @microsft.bsky.social

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

Created episode 6 🎥 of the Bicep on the Go series over the weekend. This episode covers a real-world scenario close to my heart, deploying a #parallels RAS infrastructure in Azure in 12 minutes! 🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrcg... @biceplang.bsky.social #MVPBuzz @parallelsras.bsky.social

Published Episode 5 of Bicep on the Go! 🎥. This episode is all about working with deployment stacks! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikcW... @biceplang.bsky.social #MVPBuzz #Community #Azure

I created episode 4 of the Bicep on the Go series over the weekend🎥. This episode covers three different types of modules in Bicep and how to use them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtiE... #MVPBuzz #Bicep #VSCode @biceplang.bsky.social

New episode of the #Bicep on the Go series 🎥This episode is all about the Bicep Deployment pane in VSCode, streamlining your validate, what-if and deployment actions! 💪https://youtu.be/LXlmfSXHFSc?si=CO8-rpn05m_zixL- @biceplang.bsky.social #MVPBuzz #VSCode

Published episode 2 of Bicep on the Go last weekend🎥 Extracting parameters from resource properties and declaring any resource in minutes! More episodes are planned for 2025! Happy holidays, everyone! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd9f... #Bicep #BotG #MVPBuzz @biceplang.bsky.social

I just had to try this 😊 Here's my 2024 LinkedIn Rewind, by Coauthor. www.linkedin.com/posts/freekb... #MVPBuzz #LinkedInRewind

✨Making plans for the new year: I'm speaking at Experts Live Denmark on March 5th, 2025, in Copenhagen! I'll be delivering the session "Supercharge Azure Infrastructure as Code with VS Code and #GitHub #Copilot" 💪Thank you, @expertslivedk.bsky.social ! 🍀 #eldk2025 #MVPBuzz @biceplang.bsky.social

Great news shared by Satya Nadella: GitHub Copilot Free for VS Code! In a recent video I also demo’ed this with Bicep: youtu.be/qAUApLhE060?si… #vscoded#copilotot @biceplang.bsky.social

Introducing: Bicep on the Go 💪, a series of short videos showcasing specific Bicep features, having fun with Infrastructure as Code, or maybe even interviews with others from the #community! 🎥Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?lis... ℹ️ Info: www.linkedin.com/posts/freekb... #MVPBuzz #Iac #azure #BotG

✨As this year ends, I’m taking a moment to reflect on the journey... www.linkedin.com/posts/freekb... #reflection #Gratitude #Connection

Get ready for the holiday season with this year-end book sale! 🎄📚 Grab the Kindle version of my @BicepLang book for only $2.99! www.amazon.com/Getting-star... #sale #Bicep #promotion

Bicep Christmas gift: the deployer() function! 💪🎄 www.linkedin.com/posts/freekb... #bicep #community @biceplang.bsky.social

The EUC Sweden 🇸🇪 user group conference is a wrap for me! I had a blast delivering a session on Bicep IaC for Azure with an EUC focus💪, and represent Parallels with @louisgohl.bsky.social during round table discussions. 🔥 #parallels #Bicep #MVPbuzz

Packing for the last trip of the year. Presenting a session on Bicep with EUC focus at the User Group event in Stockholm. app.emarketeer.com/ext/webpage/sh… #parallelsls is also a sponsor at this awesome event hosted by Kent Söderlund! #Bicepe#MVPbuzzzz

Join my Bicep exercise at the EUC User Group in Stockholm next week! Supercharge IaC with VSCode and GitHub Copilot to automate any EUC environment in Azure, with @parallels RAS as the example use case! 💪🇸🇪 #Parallels #MVPBuzz #EUC #bicep

Microsoft Ignite is a wrap! I had a great time attending and presenting this year in Chicago! Reconnecting with peers and meeting new people at our booth! Thank you! #msignite #parallels #mvpbuzz

Attended the Christmas tree ceremony in #Chicago this evening, the perfect ending celebrating an awesome week at Microsoft #msignite! 🎄🔥 #Christmas

The dreamteam @mmeggremm.bsky.social & @brinkhoffc.bsky.social with their session on how to become a Windows and Devices MVP. Fun, entertaining and informative! You can still join in the community forum! #mvpbuzz #msignite

Found myself on the Microsoft MVP wall here at Microsoft Ignite! Honored to be part of this amazing group for over 13 years now! 🍀 #msignite #mvpbuzz