Maik van der Gaag

Exciting times ahead! 🚀

We’re bringing the Azure Heroes community together with great upcoming events across the Netherlands. 🌍💙

Stay tuned for dates, locations, and chances to connect, learn, and share!

#AzureHeroes #Community #Azure #Netherlands #TechEvents

Now that the Graph extension is GA, and there is an option to build local extensions.

So here’s the question:
👉 If you could build any Bicep extension, what would it be?

#daretoask #maybeiwillbuildit #Bicep #mvpbuzz

Announcing GA of Bicep templates support for Microsoft Entra ID resources | Microsoft Community Hub Declare Microsoft Entra ID resources like applications and groups in Bicep templates  

🚀 Wohoo, the Graph extension for #Bicep is now Generally Available (GA).

This extension brings seamless integration of #Entra resources into your Bicep deployments.

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurego...

#Azure #Bicep #IaC #MicrosoftGraph #CloudInfrastructure #DevOps #MVPBuzz

This year, I didn’t just receive one disc, but two! Incredibly proud to be part of this fantastic community!

#MVPBuzz #Azure #3fifty #AzureHeroes

🎉 I’m honored to have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP for the fifth year in a row!

Thanks to the amazing tech community!
A special shoutout to my employer 3fifty!

Here’s to another year of learning, growing, and contributing! 💙
#MVPBuzz #MicrosoftMVP #Community #Gratitude #3fifty

🚀 Day 2 of the #ECS25 summit is almost over. I shared a session on #Azure deployment stacks and how to go from Zero to Hero.

Great minds, great questions. I hope everyone enjoyed it!

It was a great conference! I hope to be there again next year!

#Cloud #Deployment #BicepLang

Day 1 of the #ecssummit finished for me! After an epic appreciation dinner last night, it was a day filled with great sessions

It was also great presenting myself and seeing a lot of people enjoying it! Up to day two and my second session of the conference.

#Azure #BicepLang 3fifty

I was up way too late last night finishing off demos for the European AI and Cloud Summit. 😅

I'll be doing two sessions on Bicep and Deployment Stacks.

Let's talk about #IaC and #Azure best practices if you're around! #Azure #Bicep #DeploymentStacks #3fifty

The Azure Heroes—Azure Day has kicked off with the keynote. It's great to present here about #Bicep and #GitHub!

3fifty #Azure #Cloud #DevOps

It's day 3 of the #MVPSummit. I guess we are all working in the cloud today ☁️.

#Azure #mvpbuzz

Optimizing Budget Configurations for Enhanced Cost Management in Azure This is my involvement in Azure Spring Clean 2025, organized by Thomas Thornton, which I`m excited to be part of! For those unaware, the event promotes and encourages well-managed Azure tenants. It is...

🚀 Excited to share my recent contribution to Azure Spring Cleanup! 🌸

#Azure #AzureSpringCleanup #TechForGood #CostManagement

msftplayground.com/2025/03/opti...

YouTube video by Azure Deployments & Governance Bicep Community Call - February '25

🚀 New #Bicep Community Call is live on YouTube! 🎥

Catch the latest updates in this session:
• Export as Bicep
• Private ACR Module Completion
• Experimental Typed Variables
• Deploy-time parameters in parameter files
• Resource Existence Checks

youtu.be/5m4H0q2zatA?...

Inspiration can strike at the most unexpected moments! ⚽️

I discovered the perfect balance between productivity and relaxation while writing my latest article for #AzureSpringClean and enjoying some soccer games.

I can’t wait to share the article with everyone on 4 March! 🚀 #TechWriting #Azure

Bicep for graph resources For the Bicep language, an extensibility framework exists that adds capabilities to extend Infrastructure as Code deployments to other resources and providers. The extensibility framework is still an ...

🚀 new blog post! I explored how to use Bicep for Graph resources, which makes deploying and managing Microsoft Graph resources as code easier.

🔗 Check it out: msftplayground.com/2025/01/bice...

Let me know what you think! 👇

#Bicep #MicrosoftGraph #Entra #Azure #DevOps

This year, I am again part of the #Azure Spring Cleanup!

#Azure #DevOps #Session #MVPBuzz

That is a good one thanks for your suggestion!

What would be a fantastic discussion point for an Infrastructure as Code podcast?

#justasking #askingforafriend #azure #cloud #bicep

CfgMgmtCamp

Excited to be working on my sessions for #CfgMgmtCamp!

If you're interested in automation, Azure, or modern config management, stay tuned—this one's for you! I am looking forward to seeing you in Ghent!
#CfgMgmtCamp #Bicep #Azure #InfrastructureAsCode

cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025

A Bicep linting action for GitHub As Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices continue to evolve, maintaining clean and error-free code is crucial for seamless deployments. For this process, I have been working on a composite action tha...

🚀 Just launched my first action in the GitHub Marketplace! It was a personal project that became an entry to learn how this works. I hope it will help others!

It has become an action that helps with Bicep Linting!

Check out the blog:

msftplayground.com/2025/01/bice...

#Bicep #GitHub #DevOps

The Bicep deployer function Bicep evolves weekly, and with every release, new functionality is added. With the release of v0.32.4, the last release of 2024, a cool new function was added.

New on the blog: Explore the latest Bicep feature—the Deployer Function! 🎉 Deployed in the last release of 2024. It helps you access details about who's deploying to Azure, making your deployments smarter and more secure. Full details here: msftplayground.com/2025/01/bice... #Azure #Bicep

Check my last blog post is that something you looking for?

Thanks for sharing, I used them as well for the first two use cases but not your last one.

I am trying to find out if there are any use cases for #Azure #Bicep user-defined functions I haven’t thought of. For what do you use user-defined functions in #Bicep?

#mvpbuzz #justasking

Exploring the Bicep test framework As Infrastructure as Code (IaC) becomes increasingly integral to modern cloud deployments, ensuring the reliability and correctness of infrastructure code is essential. That is why the Bicep team is e...

Writing #Bicep code for #Azure is great, but testing it effectively can be tricky. In my new blog post, I explain the Experimental Bicep Test Framework, a powerful tool for testing Bicep files that is simple and straightforward.

msftplayground.com/2024/12/expl...

#experimemtal #devops

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Announcing GitHub Copilot Free!

A new free tier for GitHub Copilot, available for everyone today in VS Code.

No trial. No subscription. No credit card required.

Learn more in our blog: aka.ms/copilot-free

Meet the specified naming conventions in Azure DevOps Git Collaborating in a Azure DevOps Git repository with a lot of people could become a chaos regarding branch folders. At the start of a project you can specify naming conventions for the branch names. In...

I'm not sure why I wrote Azure DevOps. I wrote something in 2019 for Azure DevOps, but I am unsure if that is still accurate. Blog post is for GitHub

msftplayground.com/2019/03/meet...

Configure branch name restriction rule Many organizations and developers try to restrict the naming formats of the branches. This can be the case for multiple reasons.

🚀Are you looking to enforce naming conventions for branches in your Azure DevOps repository? My latest post walks you through how to set up a Branch Name Restriction Rule to ensure consistency and prevent errors in your development workflow.

msftplayground.com/2024/12/conf...

#GitHub #DevOps #Git

I you want a translated version of the article to English, let me know!

Home - Computable.nl

Sorry, as the article is in Dutch also a Dutch post:

Ik en 3fifty zijn trots om bij te dragen aan de digitale transformatie van de gemeente Hoeksche Waard.

Benieuwd naar hoe dit tot stand is gekomen lees het op de Computable.nl

#Cloud #Azure #DigitaleTransformatie #3fifty

Migrating Python packages to new Azure DevOps Artifact Feed It has been almost a year since I last wrote a blog post. Life can sometimes throw unexpected challenges our way, and for various reasons—mostly on the personal front—I found myself unable to dedicate...

Wow, it's been ages since I last wrote a blog post! 📝 Just published a new one about migrating a package index. Check it out and let me know your thoughts! 🚀 msftplayground.com/2024/11/migr...

#blogging #Azure #DevOps