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David Rendón
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David Rendón, Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer, is a highly regarded expert in the Azure cloud platform. With over 15 years of experience as an IT professional, he has been deeply committed to Microsoft technologies, especially Azure, since 2010. With a proven track record of leading and driving strategic success, David has over seven years of management experience, technical leadership, and collaboration skills. David delivers private technical training classes worldwide, covering EMEA, South America, and the US, and he is a frequent speaker at renowned IT events such as Microsoft Ignite, Global Azure, and local user group gatherings in the US, Europe, and Latin America.
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Brett Hargreaves is a principal Azure consultant for Iridium Consulting, who has worked with some of the world's biggest companies, helping them design and build cutting-edge solutions. With a career spanning infrastructure, development, consulting, and architecture, he's been involved in projects covering the entire solution stack using Microsoft technologies. He loves passing on his knowledge to others through books, blogging, and his online training courses.
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Authoring Bicep files

Instead of using JSON schemas with ARM templates, Bicep can be utilized to create Azure resources. The JSON syntax for ARM templates can be lengthy and involve complex expressions, but Bicep simplifies this process and enhances the development experience.

Bicep is a transparent layer over the ARM template that retains all JSON templates’ capabilities. When it comes to deployment, the Bicep command-line interface (CLI) transforms a Bicep file into an ARM JSON-based template.

The following figure highlights how Bicep transpiles into ARM templates for resource deployments in Azure:

Figure 11.1 – Bicep files overview

Figure 11.1 – Bicep files overview

Before we start authoring our Bicep files, you must have the following tooling to help you build a solution in Azure more efficiently:

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David Rendón

David Rendón, Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer, is a highly regarded expert in the Azure cloud platform. With over 15 years of experience as an IT professional, he has been deeply committed to Microsoft technologies, especially Azure, since 2010. With a proven track record of leading and driving strategic success, David has over seven years of management experience, technical leadership, and collaboration skills. David delivers private technical training classes worldwide, covering EMEA, South America, and the US, and he is a frequent speaker at renowned IT events such as Microsoft Ignite, Global Azure, and local user group gatherings in the US, Europe, and Latin America.
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Brett Hargreaves

Brett Hargreaves is a principal Azure consultant for Iridium Consulting, who has worked with some of the world's biggest companies, helping them design and build cutting-edge solutions. With a career spanning infrastructure, development, consulting, and architecture, he's been involved in projects covering the entire solution stack using Microsoft technologies. He loves passing on his knowledge to others through books, blogging, and his online training courses.
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