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Getting started with infrastructure as code

Define an Azure resource in Bicep and see why it beats clicking in a portal.

Anavo team
October 20, 2026
1 min read

Infrastructure as code describes your environment in files that can be reviewed, versioned, and reused. The result is repeatable environments and fewer surprises.

A first resource

The example below declares an Azure storage account in Bicep. The name is derived from the resource group so it stays unique.

bicep

param location string = resourceGroup().location

resource storage 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2023-01-01' = {
  name: 'stexample${uniqueString(resourceGroup().id)}'
  location: location
  sku: {
    name: 'Standard_LRS'
  }
  kind: 'StorageV2'
}