In today’s cloud-driven world, efficient and scalable infrastructure deployment is critical to organizational success. The rise of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has transformed how teams automate and manage cloud resources, enabling faster, more reliable deployments. This presentation explores the democratization of Azure service deployment through the use of Bicep and Azure DevOps, providing a seamless, code-first approach to deploying resources across environments. This talk will cover key topics including:

• An introduction to Bicep and its advantages over traditional ARM templates. • How to integrate Bicep with Azure DevOps pipelines to ensure efficient, automated, and version-controlled deployments. • Best practices for using Bicep modules to promote reusable infrastructure components and collaboration across teams. • A practical demonstration of deploying complex Azure services through a CI/CD pipeline using Bicep in Azure DevOps.

By empowering development teams with accessible IaC tools and robust automation pipelines, organizations can break down traditional barriers, enabling non-expert users to participate in infrastructure management. This democratization leads to faster delivery, reduced manual errors, and more agile cloud operations.

Bicep: Bicep language for deploying Azure resources - Azure Resource Manager | Microsoft Learn

5:30pm doors open, pizza and networking 6:00pm Presentation begins