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 deployments. In this blog, you will learn how to set up effective expectation versus reality test cases for your User-Defined Functions, using a simple and straightforward approach to testing your functions … Continue reading Testing Azure Bicep User-Defined Functions using Bicep Console and Pester →

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 them, and how to use them in GitHub Copilot. I will also share four Agent Skills that I use … Continue reading Agent Skills for Azure Bicep with GitHub Copilot: From Manual Work to Automated Workflows →

Experiment, Prototype, and Validate Azure Bicep with the Bicep Console

The Bicep console is a feature that helps with prototyping, experimenting, and validating Azure Bicep code snippets. Additionally, you can leverage the Bicep console to validate user-defined functions that are generated with GitHub Copilot to check if the output is as expected. In this blog, you will learn what the Bicep console is, explore a … Continue reading Experiment, Prototype, and Validate Azure Bicep with the Bicep Console →

Create your own custom extension for Azure Bicep

A long-lived dream of many Azure Bicep users has been the ability to deploy outside the Azure environment, similar to what you can do with Terraform. With the experimental Bicep local-deploy feature that dream is becoming a reality! A tool that allows you to connect Azure Bicep to any system you want. In this blog, … Continue reading Create your own custom extension for Azure Bicep →

Custom Azure Bicep chat modes for GitHub Copilot

In GitHub Copilot, you have three built-in chat modes: Ask, Edit, and Agent. With a custom chat mode, you can create your own mode by extending the agent with your own behaviour. For example, you can add behaviour so the agent acts as a coding planner, prompt optimiser, or PowerShell expert, etc. In this blog, … Continue reading Custom Azure Bicep chat modes for GitHub Copilot →