10 Azure Resource Manager Templates Proven Practices

Presenter: Tim Warner Email: timothywarner316@gmail.com Twitter: @TechTrainerTim Website: https://techtrainertim Page link: https://timw.info/armpp

1. Develop an Azure resource naming convention

• Microsoft's naming and tagging guidance

2. Create a solid template development environment

• Visual Studio Code
• PowerShell 7
• PowerShell VS Code extension
• ARM Tools VS Code extension
• Azure CLI Tools VS Code extension
• Bicep CLI
• Project Bicep VS Code extension

3. Understand ARM template syntax

• Template structure and syntax
• ARM template reference
• Azure Quickstart Templates
• Tim's ARM templates tutorial

4. Use the "T-shirt size" metaphor

• Think Rethink
• endjin

5. Handle parameters with variables

• Parameters in templates
• Variables in templates

6. Master ARM template expressions and functions

• Template expressions
• Template built-in functions

7. Protect secrets

• Use Azure Key vault in templates

8. Consider linked templates

• Link deployment templates

9. Test templates

• Barbara Forbes
• Whatif operation
• Pester
• Pester and ARM templates tutorial
• ARM Template Toolkit
• ARM-TTK tutorial

10. Include ARM templates in your CI/CI pipeline

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Bonus: Azure Bicep

• Repo
• Build5nines

References

• Microsoft
• Sam Cogan
• Deloitte
• Frank Boucher
• Wintellect