Tag Archives: arm templates

The live stream recording “ARM Templates Deployment Scripts” is now available!

Posted on 20/10/2020 by Marcel Zehner

On October 19, 2020 I did a live stream together with Microsoft Azure MVP Martin Ehrnst to talk about Deployment Scripts in ARM templates. We talked about the need for deployment scripts for the “last mile configuration” and how they … Continue reading →

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The live stream recording “Nested & linked ARM templates” is now available!

Posted on 13/10/2020 by Marcel Zehner

On October 12, 2020 I did a live stream together with Microsoft Azure MVP Martin Ehrnst to talk about nested and linked ARM templates. We covered topics such as nesting, expression evaluation handling, multi-scoping and decomposing strategies. And we quickly … Continue reading →

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How to release existing resources from Terraform management

Posted on 12/07/2020 by Marcel Zehner

Some days ago I wrote an article how one can bring existing resources under Terraform management. While this is a valid scenario, the opposite could also be needed. This blog post demonstrates several methods how one can release existing resources … Continue reading →

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Visualize your ARM Templates in VS Code

Posted on 28/09/2019 by Marcel Zehner

My team works a lot with ARM Templates to deploy and maintain Azure-based applications and infrastructure. We normally develop ARM Templates using Visual Studio Code, then manage and release the code using Azure DevOps. Sometimes we hand over code to … Continue reading →

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ARM Templates – Create multiple Instances by using ‘copy’

Posted on 21/07/2019 by Marcel Zehner

Creating multiple instances of Azure resources using copy. Continue reading →

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Terraform – a first introduction

Posted on 14/05/2018 by Marcel Zehner

Infrastructure as code is very popular for some time already. When talking about deploying infrastructure or application components to Microsoft Azure as code, then the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) will come to your attention. ARM manages resources that live in … Continue reading →

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