Converting ARM Templates to Azure Bicep Templates

You may currently be using ARM templates in your organization to define your infrastructure, but you have realized that Azure Bicep templates can help simplify your architecture so that you can author templates more efficiently. Since the Bicep language is easier to read, it makes authoring more accessible to IT professionals and generally easier to edit.

In this lab, you will learn how to convert existing ARM templates to Azure Bicep templates and fix common conversion issues that may appear.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this lab, you will be able to:

• Convert ARM templates to Azure Bicep templates
• Fix common conversion issues

Intended Audience

• IT professionals interested in Infrastructure-as-Code
• Cloud Engineers
• Cloud Architects
• DevOps Engineers

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the following will be beneficial:

• Familiarity with the Azure CLI
• Familiarity with the structure of Azure Bicep Templates is highly recommended

The following labs can be used to fulfill the prerequisites:

• Inspecting Resources using Azure CLI
• Introduction to Azure Bicep Templates
• Using Parameters and Variables with Azure Bicep Templates