🚀 New blog! Did you know you can add GitHub Copilot as a reviewer in an Azure DevOps pull request? In my latest blog, you will learn how it works, how to configure it, what the reviews and logs look like in practice, and how billing is handled. johnlokerse.dev/2026/10/06/e...

Exploring GitHub Copilot Code Review for Azure DevOps

GitHub Copilot code review is now available in Azure DevOps (public preview), bringing AI-assisted pull request reviews to teams that use Azure Repos. Instead of relying only on manual reviews, you…

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💪 Five new Azure Bicep linter rules are coming soon! These new linter rules allow you to enforce descriptions on params, vars, types, type properties and outputs. All five are off by default, so you opt in per rule in your bicepconfig.json. github.com/Azure/bicep/...

feat: new linter rules to enforce descriptions on types, params, var, type properties and output by johnlokerse · Pull Request #20036 · Azure/bicep

Description This change adds a new Bicep linter rule called use-parameter-descriptions. Default the rule level is off but when set to error it checks if the parameter has either the @sys.descripti...

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🚀 New blog! Are you copying the same Azure Bicep parameter values across development, test, acceptance, and production? Reduce duplication with the extendable Bicep parameter feature! 🔗 Read the blog post here: johnlokerse.dev/2026/08/03/d... #azure #azurebicep #infrastructureascode

Deduplicate Azure Bicep Parameter Files with Extendable Parameters

With extendable parameter files, you can define shared parameter values once in a base parameter file. Environment-specific parameter files can inherit these values via the extends keyword and over…

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Built a canvas in the GitHub Copilot App that mirrors my iOS simulator. Fully interactive and live-streamed from the iOS simulator app. The benefit? I can test PWA behaviour on iOS without leaving the GitHub Copilot App!

Happy to be renewed as a Microsoft MVP for the third year in a row in both categories! 🥳 #MVPBuzz

🚀 New blog! Ever wondered what [*] means in Azure Bicep? I explain how it works with resource-derived types, resourceInput<>, and user-defined types to move from generic object/array params to strongly typed params. 🔗: johnlokerse.dev/2026/06/22/a... #azure #azurebicep #infrastructureascode

Azure Bicep Resource-Derived Types and Member Access Explained

Azure Bicep has become much better over the years at helping you write strongly typed Infrastructure as Code. With features such as user-defined types, typed variables, and resource-derived types, …

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Pretty awesome - 'Hey, WorkIQ - see that Architecture document on my Desktop, use my Azure Pricing skill to determine running cost of the resources from the design doco' all from GitHub Copilot in VSCode.

🚀 New blog! Do you want to make GitHub Copilot workflows more deterministic? This is possible with GitHub Copilot Hooks! 🔗 Read the blog here: johnlokerse.dev/2026/05/18/g...

Generate Changelog Videos with GitHub Copilot Hooks and Microsoft Foundry Voice Models

In this blog post, you will learn how to use GitHub Copilot Agent Skills together with GitHub Copilot Hooks to generate a changelog video using Remotion. The agentic pipeline also creates an automa…

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Found a fun easter egg in the new GitHub Copilot app 🤖

Do you want to try out the new Visual Studio Code Agents app? - Install the latest version of the Visual Studio Code - Insider - Run the "Chat: Open Agents Application" - Start testing the new app #VSCode #GitHub #Copilot

Practical Use of this.exists() and this.existingResource() in Azure Bicep cloudadministrator.net/bicep-this-e... #Azure #AzureBicep #IaC #DevOps #AzureMySQL

Practical Use of this.exists() and this.existingResource() in Azure Bicep | Cloud Administrator in Azure World

A practical guide to using Azure Bicep this.exists() and this.existingResource() functions to handle idempotent deployments of Azure MySQL Flexible Server replicas.

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In case you didn't know, the GitHub Copilot CLI agent harness can be used with models from OpenRouter! Enabling the Copilot CLI to use open weight/source models. #github #githubcopilot #githubcopilotcli

🚀 New blog! Bicep Console is now GA and production ready and I have another great use case for it! Use it to run automated CI test cases with Pester to validate your Bicep User-Defined Functions return the expected outputs. 🔗 Read the blog here: johnlokerse.dev/2026/04/07/t...

Testing Azure Bicep User-Defined Functions using Bicep Console and Pester

Azure Bicep User-Defined Functions are powerful tools for standardising and sharing logic across your organisation. However, changes to these functions can introduce errors that impact your deploym…

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Help shape the future of Agentic Deployments on Azure! Sign up for our customer research study and share your deployment insights with us here: aka.ms/AgenticDeplo...

Goodbye Seattle, it was a great week filled with lots of laughter! I'm happy to have been part of the MVP Summit again this year and loved all the sessions I attended. Thanks @microsoft.com 🚀 #MVPBuzz #MVPSummit #DevOps #AzureInfrastructureAsCode

If you want to get started with Microsoft Agent Framework (successor to Autogen and Semantic Kernel), I taught a 6-part livestream series walking through agents, tools, workflows, observability, and evals. You can rewatch the vids or grab slides from here: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurede...

Learn how to build agents and workflows in Python | Microsoft Community Hub

We just concluded Python + Agents, a six-part livestream series where we explored the foundational concepts behind building AI agents in Python using the...

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Working on my side projects with GitHub Copilot above Greenland while on my way to Seattle for MVP Summit! 🤖

Underway to Redmond for the MVP Summit! 💪🏻Together with @johnlokerse.dev

The hype is real for MVP Summit! Flying to Seattle on Saturday for a full week of tech, people and @microsoft.com awesomeness 🚀 #MVPBuzz

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 Snapshots – Test and Validate Your Code and Deployments

Azure Bicep Snapshots, introduced in version 0.36.1, enables users to generate resource definitions as JSON files, reflecting their configurations in the Azure Portal. This feature allows for local…

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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/...

Azure Bicep code review using 3 subagents (models: Opus 4.6, Gemini 3 Pro and Codex 5.3)

Azure Bicep code review using 3 subagents (models: Opus 4.6, Gemini 3 Pro and Codex 5.3) - bicep-code-review-codex.agent.md

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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

Azure Bicep Snapshots – Test and Validate Your Code and Deployments

Azure Bicep Snapshots, introduced in version 0.36.1, enables users to generate resource definitions as JSON files, reflecting their configurations in the Azure Portal. This feature allows for local…

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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?...

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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

Agent Skills for Azure Bicep with GitHub Copilot: From Manual Work to Automated Workflows

Agent Skills can have a significant impact on your workflow when using AI agents, as they are well suited for reusable tasks. In this blog post, you will learn what Agent Skills are, how to create …

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