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Bicep Template | Shared Variable File Pattern

Background I have recently been playing around with some of the Bicep functions when I came across a pattern by Microsoft called the Shared Variable File Pattern. This nifty pattern describes a method in which you can extract what would either be commonly used or complex configuration values away …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Automating Deployment of Azure Consumption Logic Apps | Bicep and ARM

Azure Logic Apps Azure Logic Apps is an Azure Integration Service (AIS) that provides you the ability to create and run automated workflows with little to no code. Consumption Logic Apps are developed using the visual designer within the Azure Portal. If you are new to developing Azure Logic Apps, …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Friday, February 24, 2023

Fluent UI | React | Controlled multi-select Dropdown - Selected Keys

Problem Space I ran into a problem the other day working with the Fluent UI React component Controlled Multi-select Dropdown. As context, here is my redacted code and explanation: import { Dropdown, IDropdownOption } from 'office-ui-fabric-react'; // office-ui-fabric-react@7.204.0 export …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Monday, February 13, 2023

Azure DevOps Pipeline | Git Shallow Fetch

Problem Space I have been recently working on building a new Yaml pipeline in Azure DevOps and wished to use the GitVersion Task, however, upon running the pipeline the task failed with the following error: ERROR [../../.. ..:..:..:..] An unexpected error occurred: System.NullReferenceException: …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Monday, January 9, 2023

Bicep | File Reference in a Git Repository Containing Spaces

Problem Space I recently started working on a Git Repository (not of my own creation) that had a repository name containing spaces. As a helping hand when a repository is created with spaces in the name, the spaces are replaced with %20 when cloned … Unless otherwise specified, however, this …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Friday, January 6, 2023

Bicep Tips and Tricks (9 posts)