Putting the final touches on my presentation here at CloudBrew, just before my session kicks off. The second day is almost over, and wow — what an amazing conference it has been. Great people, great sessions, great energy. Hope to see you in the room! 👋🚀 #Bicep #Cloud #Microsoft #Community

Just arrived in beautiful Mechelen for #CloudBrew and I’m excited to get started! If you’re here as well, I’d love to see you at my session — come say hi! 👋 Let’s make it a great event. 🚀 Special thanks to my employer 3fifty for making these things possible! #Azure #Cloud #Bicep #Databalance

While preparing my demo for #ApeXXL, I took the time to fix and improve several parts of my template for #Bicep extensions. If you’re building your own extensions for #Azure #Bicep, definitely check it out! www.nuget.org/packages/Bic... Hope to see you Tuesday!

Bicep.Extension.Templates 1.0.2

Templates for Bicep extensions

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Working on my demo this morning for Azure APE XXL 🎬 Always exciting to see how the tooling keeps evolving and new capabilities continue to appear. 🚀 Can’t wait to show what’s possible during the session! #AzureAPE #Azure #Bicep #DevOps #IaC #CloudNative #Community

What a night! 🙌 We had a great meetup tonight — awesome people, great conversations, and tons of good energy. Thanks to everyone who came out and made it such a fun! Also… big news 👀 ✨ Our new website just went live! We’ve put a lot of love into it, so check it out! 👉 azug.nl

Next up is Soham Dasgupta about the lifecycle building apps using LLM and much more. #AI #Azure #Community

🎉 We’re officially kicking off our community event! We’re excited to welcome everyone gathering today to learn, connect, and celebrate the strength of our community. And we’re thrilled to start with our first speaker: 🦇 Mike Martin. #playwright #azure #cloud #fun

New drop in the #Bicep Extension Library! 💪 Added a .NET template to help you start building Bicep extensions in no time. Even better — you can now contribute your own extensions to the library and share them with the community! github.com/maikvanderga... #Azure #Bicep #IaC #dotnet #OpenSource

GitHub - maikvandergaag/bicep-extensions: A list of extensions and articles regarding Bicep extensibility

A list of extensions and articles regarding Bicep extensibility - maikvandergaag/bicep-extensions

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New on my blog: Build a Custom Extension for Bicep 🚀 In this post, I walk you through how to extend Bicep with your own extension! 👉 Check it out here: msftplayground.com/2025/09/bice... #Azure #Http #Custom #CSharp #Bicep

Build a Custom Extension for Bicep

In a previous post about Bicep Local, I explained how this feature enables the creation of custom extensions that can be used directly within Bicep. Also that by using this option you are not limited ...

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🚀 New blog post! I’ve written about the --pattern parameter in the #Bicep CLI. A command that is not commonly used. It covers ✔️ What the --pattern option does ✔️ Practical use cases for filtering and targeting files msftplayground.com/2025/09/bice... #Azure #IaC

Bicep pattern parameter

On numerous occasions, I observed that this was not widely known; however, when working with the Bicep CLI, several commands (such as build or lint) support a –pattern parameter.

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🚀 New release of #Bicep! Just a few hours ago, a new version of #Azure #Bicep was released. One of the cool things about this version is the @onlyIfNotExists that is now GA 🎉 Go check it out: github.com/Azure/bicep/... #Azure #Bicep #IaC #CloudGovernance

Release v0.38.3 · Azure/bicep

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

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🔒 New Blog Post: How to Authenticate with the GitHub API Using a GitHub App As more teams automate workflows and build integrations within GitHub, using Personal Access Tokens or OAuth apps often isn’t enough. Check it out: msftplayground.com/2025/09/gith... #Azure #GitHub

How to Authenticate with the GitHub API Using a GitHub App

When working with GitHub and its APIs, authentication plays a crucial role in ensuring secure and controlled access to repositories, workflows, and organizational data.

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🚀 After a short break, I’m back to blogging! Over the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing new posts, and the first one is live. This one dives into one of the most exciting preview features of #Bicep: extensibility! 👉 Let me know your thoughts! msftplayground.com/2025/09/bice... #Azure #mvpbuzz #IaC

Power Up Your Infrastructure with Bicep Extensions

Bicep was initially developed to enhance ARM. Know it is also possible to reference resources beyond the scope of the Azure Resource Manager. As you may know, it is now possible to deploy resources wi...

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Exciting times ahead! 🚀 We’re bringing the Azure Heroes community together with great upcoming events across the Netherlands. 🌍💙 Stay tuned for dates, locations, and chances to connect, learn, and share! #AzureHeroes #Community #Azure #Netherlands #TechEvents

Now that the Graph extension is GA, and there is an option to build local extensions. So here’s the question: 👉 If you could build any Bicep extension, what would it be? #daretoask #maybeiwillbuildit #Bicep #mvpbuzz

🚀 Wohoo, the Graph extension for #Bicep is now Generally Available (GA). This extension brings seamless integration of #Entra resources into your Bicep deployments. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurego... #Azure #Bicep #IaC #MicrosoftGraph #CloudInfrastructure #DevOps #MVPBuzz

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  

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This year, I didn’t just receive one disc, but two! Incredibly proud to be part of this fantastic community! #MVPBuzz #Azure #3fifty #AzureHeroes

🎉 I’m honored to have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP for the fifth year in a row! Thanks to the amazing tech community! A special shoutout to my employer 3fifty! Here’s to another year of learning, growing, and contributing! 💙 #MVPBuzz #MicrosoftMVP #Community #Gratitude #3fifty

🚀 Day 2 of the #ECS25 summit is almost over. I shared a session on #Azure deployment stacks and how to go from Zero to Hero. Great minds, great questions. I hope everyone enjoyed it! It was a great conference! I hope to be there again next year! #Cloud #Deployment #BicepLang

Day 1 of the #ecssummit finished for me! After an epic appreciation dinner last night, it was a day filled with great sessions It was also great presenting myself and seeing a lot of people enjoying it! Up to day two and my second session of the conference. #Azure #BicepLang 3fifty

I was up way too late last night finishing off demos for the European AI and Cloud Summit. 😅 I'll be doing two sessions on Bicep and Deployment Stacks. Let's talk about #IaC and #Azure best practices if you're around! #Azure #Bicep #DeploymentStacks #3fifty

The Azure Heroes—Azure Day has kicked off with the keynote. It's great to present here about #Bicep and #GitHub! 3fifty #Azure #Cloud #DevOps

It's day 3 of the #MVPSummit. I guess we are all working in the cloud today ☁️. #Azure #mvpbuzz

🚀 Excited to share my recent contribution to Azure Spring Cleanup! 🌸 #Azure #AzureSpringCleanup #TechForGood #CostManagement msftplayground.com/2025/03/opti...

Optimizing Budget Configurations for Enhanced Cost Management in Azure

This is my involvement in Azure Spring Clean 2025, organized by Thomas Thornton, which I`m excited to be part of! For those unaware, the event promotes and encourages well-managed Azure tenants. It is...

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🚀 New #Bicep Community Call is live on YouTube! 🎥 Catch the latest updates in this session: • Export as Bicep • Private ACR Module Completion • Experimental Typed Variables • Deploy-time parameters in parameter files • Resource Existence Checks youtu.be/5m4H0q2zatA?...

Bicep Community Call - February '25

YouTube video by Azure Deployments & Governance

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Inspiration can strike at the most unexpected moments! ⚽️ I discovered the perfect balance between productivity and relaxation while writing my latest article for #AzureSpringClean and enjoying some soccer games. I can’t wait to share the article with everyone on 4 March! 🚀 #TechWriting #Azure

🚀 new blog post! I explored how to use Bicep for Graph resources, which makes deploying and managing Microsoft Graph resources as code easier. 🔗 Check it out: msftplayground.com/2025/01/bice... Let me know what you think! 👇 #Bicep #MicrosoftGraph #Entra #Azure #DevOps

Bicep for graph resources

For the Bicep language, an extensibility framework exists that adds capabilities to extend Infrastructure as Code deployments to other resources and providers. The extensibility framework is still an ...

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This year, I am again part of the #Azure Spring Cleanup! #Azure #DevOps #Session #MVPBuzz

What would be a fantastic discussion point for an Infrastructure as Code podcast? #justasking #askingforafriend #azure #cloud #bicep

Excited to be working on my sessions for #CfgMgmtCamp! If you're interested in automation, Azure, or modern config management, stay tuned—this one's for you! I am looking forward to seeing you in Ghent! #CfgMgmtCamp #Bicep #Azure #InfrastructureAsCode cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025

CfgMgmtCamp

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