Dan
@rios.engineer
Microsoft Azure MVP | Azure Architect | #AzureBicep 🦾 | All things Azure! 💙
Blog 🔗 https://rios.engineer
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Blog 🔗 https://rios.engineer
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Dan
@rios.engineer
· Nov 11
Introducing the Azure Bicep Starter Pack 💪
Includes some great people to follow in the #AzureBicep Community and an #Azure Bicep custom feed you can pin as a tab!
If you regularly share and/or create Azure Bicep content, drop a reply so I can add you 😎
#mvpbuzz #microsoft bsky.app/starter-pack...
Includes some great people to follow in the #AzureBicep Community and an #Azure Bicep custom feed you can pin as a tab!
If you regularly share and/or create Azure Bicep content, drop a reply so I can add you 😎
#mvpbuzz #microsoft bsky.app/starter-pack...
Finally spent some time exploring Project Radius.
Really interesting approach to separating app definitions from infrastructure using Dapr + Backstage.
Wrote up my hands-on experience with Radius + Bicep:
rios.engineer/project-radi...
#projectradius #bicep #kubernetes
Really interesting approach to separating app definitions from infrastructure using Dapr + Backstage.
Wrote up my hands-on experience with Radius + Bicep:
rios.engineer/project-radi...
#projectradius #bicep #kubernetes
Project Radius - Rios Engineer
rios.engineer
May 18, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Finally spent some time exploring Project Radius.
Really interesting approach to separating app definitions from infrastructure using Dapr + Backstage.
Wrote up my hands-on experience with Radius + Bicep:
rios.engineer/project-radi...
#projectradius #bicep #kubernetes
Really interesting approach to separating app definitions from infrastructure using Dapr + Backstage.
Wrote up my hands-on experience with Radius + Bicep:
rios.engineer/project-radi...
#projectradius #bicep #kubernetes
Got my @biceplang.bsky.social coffee to set me up for the day ahead at the #MVPSummit 💪
March 26, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Got my @biceplang.bsky.social coffee to set me up for the day ahead at the #MVPSummit 💪
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March 22, 2026 at 9:43 PM
This is surely not legal or ethical to do in the EU and UK?
February 22, 2026 at 9:25 AM
This is surely not legal or ethical to do in the EU and UK?
Open WebUI on Azure! 🚀 Part 1 – Architecture & Deployment
In Part 1, I thought it would be useful to provide an in depth breakdown.
rios.engineer/open-webui-o...
#azure #openai #generativeai #bicep #openwebui
In Part 1, I thought it would be useful to provide an in depth breakdown.
rios.engineer/open-webui-o...
#azure #openai #generativeai #bicep #openwebui
Open WebUI on Azure: Part 1 - Architecture & Deployment - Rios Engineer
rios.engineer
January 12, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Open WebUI on Azure! 🚀 Part 1 – Architecture & Deployment
In Part 1, I thought it would be useful to provide an in depth breakdown.
rios.engineer/open-webui-o...
#azure #openai #generativeai #bicep #openwebui
In Part 1, I thought it would be useful to provide an in depth breakdown.
rios.engineer/open-webui-o...
#azure #openai #generativeai #bicep #openwebui
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🚀 Out of the box, the Bicep MCP server is only available in VSCode via the Bicep extension. With extra configuration, you can also run it in Claude Code, Codex CLI, LM Studio, and more!
github.com/johnlokerse/...
#azurebicep #azure #mcp #codex #claudecode #infrastructureascode #ai #claudeai
github.com/johnlokerse/...
#azurebicep #azure #mcp #codex #claudecode #infrastructureascode #ai #claudeai
GitHub - johnlokerse/azure-bicep-mcp-integration-setup: 💪 Guidance on how to use the Azure Bicep MCP server to integrate with Claude, Codex, LMStudio and more tools!
💪 Guidance on how to use the Azure Bicep MCP server to integrate with Claude, Codex, LMStudio and more tools! - johnlokerse/azure-bicep-mcp-integration-setup
github.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🚀 Out of the box, the Bicep MCP server is only available in VSCode via the Bicep extension. With extra configuration, you can also run it in Claude Code, Codex CLI, LM Studio, and more!
github.com/johnlokerse/...
#azurebicep #azure #mcp #codex #claudecode #infrastructureascode #ai #claudeai
github.com/johnlokerse/...
#azurebicep #azure #mcp #codex #claudecode #infrastructureascode #ai #claudeai
In this blog I walk through how you can (and should!) rate limit and throttle your Entra External ID OTP requests via Azure API Management to help protect against spam and abuse.
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#azure #entra #apim #api #b2c
rios.engineer/rate-limitin...
#azure #entra #apim #api #b2c
Rate limiting Entra External ID Email OTP Events with APIM - Rios Engineer
rios.engineer
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠: 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐩 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐢𝐭𝐇𝐮𝐛 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
rios.engineer/automating-a...
rios.engineer/automating-a...
Automating Azure Bicep Testing with Ephemeral Environments in GitHub Actions - Rios Engineer
rios.engineer
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠: 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐩 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐢𝐭𝐇𝐮𝐛 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
rios.engineer/automating-a...
rios.engineer/automating-a...
🚀 CloudFlare Bicep Extension Update: Now supports security rules!
github.com/riosengineer... #azure #azurebicep #cloudflare #devops
github.com/riosengineer... #azure #azurebicep #cloudflare #devops
GitHub - riosengineer/cloudflare-bicep-deploy: A CloudFlare Bicep Local Deploy extension to deploy DNS records to CloudFlare & more.
A CloudFlare Bicep Local Deploy extension to deploy DNS records to CloudFlare & more. - riosengineer/cloudflare-bicep-deploy
github.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🚀 CloudFlare Bicep Extension Update: Now supports security rules!
github.com/riosengineer... #azure #azurebicep #cloudflare #devops
github.com/riosengineer... #azure #azurebicep #cloudflare #devops
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I will be giving a session on the 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, @rios.engineer will present his 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 and the 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, and there is much more!
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I will be giving a session on the 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, @rios.engineer will present his 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 and the 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, and there is much more!
Azure Bicep and IaC people! Check this out, especially if you’re using deployment stacks. What’s your thoughts? www.linkedin.com/posts/riosen...
#azure #azurebicep #biceplang #azuredeploymentstacks #infrastructureascode | Dan Rios
𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿? 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁.
I’ve been working on an idea around an Azure Deployment Stacks orchestrator recently. It’s got a bit of a Terragrunt inspired foundation, but tai...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Azure Bicep and IaC people! Check this out, especially if you’re using deployment stacks. What’s your thoughts? www.linkedin.com/posts/riosen...
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🚀 New blog! A long-lived dream of many Bicep users is to extend Bicep beyond Azure by connecting it to other services. With the experimental Bicep local-deploy feature that dream is becoming a reality!
🔗 Read the blog post here: johnlokerse.dev/2025/10/20/c...
#azure #azurebicep #MVPBuzz
🔗 Read the blog post here: johnlokerse.dev/2025/10/20/c...
#azure #azurebicep #MVPBuzz
Create your own custom extension for Azure Bicep
A long-lived dream of many Azure Bicep users has been the ability to deploy outside the Azure environment, similar to what you can do with Terraform. With the experimental Bicep local-deploy featur…
johnlokerse.dev
October 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
🚀 New blog! A long-lived dream of many Bicep users is to extend Bicep beyond Azure by connecting it to other services. With the experimental Bicep local-deploy feature that dream is becoming a reality!
🔗 Read the blog post here: johnlokerse.dev/2025/10/20/c...
#azure #azurebicep #MVPBuzz
🔗 Read the blog post here: johnlokerse.dev/2025/10/20/c...
#azure #azurebicep #MVPBuzz
Reposted by Dan
In my latest post, you will learn about Azure Bicep local-deploy and how you can create your own Azure Bicep extension in a few steps. I also break down how each component in the local-deploy framework works from model to handler to deployment.
Thanks for the review @rios.engineer 💪!
Thanks for the review @rios.engineer 💪!
October 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
In my latest post, you will learn about Azure Bicep local-deploy and how you can create your own Azure Bicep extension in a few steps. I also break down how each component in the local-deploy framework works from model to handler to deployment.
Thanks for the review @rios.engineer 💪!
Thanks for the review @rios.engineer 💪!
Hey Bsky! I’m up as a finalist for best blogger + azure evangelist apparently. Your support if you feel like it, would be good. But also there’s tons of good people here who deserve a vote too. www.ukcommunityawards.co.uk 🙏
UK Community Awards – Microsoft Technology UK Community Recognition Awards
www.ukcommunityawards.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hey Bsky! I’m up as a finalist for best blogger + azure evangelist apparently. Your support if you feel like it, would be good. But also there’s tons of good people here who deserve a vote too. www.ukcommunityawards.co.uk 🙏
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New on my blog: Build a Custom Extension for Bicep 🚀
In this post, I walk you through how to extend Bicep with your own extension!
👉 Check it out here: msftplayground.com/2025/09/bice...
#Azure #Http #Custom #CSharp #Bicep
In this post, I walk you through how to extend Bicep with your own extension!
👉 Check it out here: msftplayground.com/2025/09/bice...
#Azure #Http #Custom #CSharp #Bicep
Build a Custom Extension for Bicep
In a previous post about Bicep Local, I explained how this feature enables the creation of custom extensions that can be used directly within Bicep. Also that by using this option you are not limited ...
msftplayground.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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⚠️ Azure Resource Manager (ARM) extension for @vscode.dev is now officially deprecated! Microsoft now recommends that you use the Bicep extension instead.
#MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep
#MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep
October 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
⚠️ Azure Resource Manager (ARM) extension for @vscode.dev is now officially deprecated! Microsoft now recommends that you use the Bicep extension instead.
#MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep
#MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep
My favourite go to Azure Bicep resources
rios.engineer/my-favourite...
#azure #azurebicep #iac #devops
rios.engineer/my-favourite...
#azure #azurebicep #iac #devops
My favourite 5 Bicep resources - Rios Engineer
rios.engineer
October 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My favourite go to Azure Bicep resources
rios.engineer/my-favourite...
#azure #azurebicep #iac #devops
rios.engineer/my-favourite...
#azure #azurebicep #iac #devops
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v0.38 is out!💪🎉
OnlyifNotExists() is now GA! Many new features have been added: validate() decorator, 'any' type, several new [experimental] bicep commands, and more!
Read more here: github.com/Azure/bicep/...
Check out our September Community Call here: youtu.be/SqQi1hOnKAs
OnlyifNotExists() is now GA! Many new features have been added: validate() decorator, 'any' type, several new [experimental] bicep commands, and more!
Read more here: github.com/Azure/bicep/...
Check out our September Community Call here: youtu.be/SqQi1hOnKAs
Release v0.38.3 · Azure/bicep
Highlights
onlyIfNotExists GA! (#17996)
@onlyIfNotExists()
resource onlyDeployIfNotExists 'Microsoft...' = {
name: 'example'
location: 'eastus'
properties: {
...
}
}
[Experimental] ...
github.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
v0.38 is out!💪🎉
OnlyifNotExists() is now GA! Many new features have been added: validate() decorator, 'any' type, several new [experimental] bicep commands, and more!
Read more here: github.com/Azure/bicep/...
Check out our September Community Call here: youtu.be/SqQi1hOnKAs
OnlyifNotExists() is now GA! Many new features have been added: validate() decorator, 'any' type, several new [experimental] bicep commands, and more!
Read more here: github.com/Azure/bicep/...
Check out our September Community Call here: youtu.be/SqQi1hOnKAs
Reposted by Dan
🚀 Need your help! With Bicep local-deploy, we can create extensions outside the Azure environment. I have developed an extension that integrates 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬, allowing you to configure Azure DevOps using Azure Bicep IaC!
#MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep #azuredevops
#MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep #azuredevops
September 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🚀 Need your help! With Bicep local-deploy, we can create extensions outside the Azure environment. I have developed an extension that integrates 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬, allowing you to configure Azure DevOps using Azure Bicep IaC!
#MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep #azuredevops
#MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep #azuredevops
Create your CloudFlare DNS records with Azure Bicep! Thought I'd put some time aside to dive into the local deploy experimental feature. Really cool, and lots of possibilities and creativity to be had.
#azurebicep #biceplang #cloudflare #DevOps
github.com/riosengineer...
#azurebicep #biceplang #cloudflare #DevOps
github.com/riosengineer...
GitHub - riosengineer/cloudflare-bicep-deploy: A CloudFlare Bicep Local Deploy extension to deploy DNS record to CloudFlare & more.
A CloudFlare Bicep Local Deploy extension to deploy DNS record to CloudFlare & more. - riosengineer/cloudflare-bicep-deploy
github.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Create your CloudFlare DNS records with Azure Bicep! Thought I'd put some time aside to dive into the local deploy experimental feature. Really cool, and lots of possibilities and creativity to be had.
#azurebicep #biceplang #cloudflare #DevOps
github.com/riosengineer...
#azurebicep #biceplang #cloudflare #DevOps
github.com/riosengineer...
📣 Myself & @johnlokerse.dev have now taken control of the previously abandoned r/AzureBicep and looking to give it some love for the @biceplang.bsky.social community! It offers a different medium than LinkedIn, that I know some folks will prefer to engage through 🙏
www.reddit.com/r/AzureBicep...
www.reddit.com/r/AzureBicep...
From the AzureBicep community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the AzureBicep community
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September 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📣 Myself & @johnlokerse.dev have now taken control of the previously abandoned r/AzureBicep and looking to give it some love for the @biceplang.bsky.social community! It offers a different medium than LinkedIn, that I know some folks will prefer to engage through 🙏
www.reddit.com/r/AzureBicep...
www.reddit.com/r/AzureBicep...
Using shared variable file pattern to simplify role assignments in Azure Bicep. Plus, automated devops pipeline to keep the json file up to date. Worth a read:
rios.engineer/using-shared...
rios.engineer/using-shared...
Using Shared Variable File Pattern to simplify Azure Roles In Bicep - Rios Engineer
rios.engineer
September 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Using shared variable file pattern to simplify role assignments in Azure Bicep. Plus, automated devops pipeline to keep the json file up to date. Worth a read:
rios.engineer/using-shared...
rios.engineer/using-shared...
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🚀 2600 Azure Bicep enthusiasts! A LinkedIn community where you can share Bicep experiences, blogs, tips and tricks and ask questions!
💪🏼 Happy to be running this with @rios.engineer for the Bicep community.
#azure #azurebicep #MVPBuzz
💪🏼 Happy to be running this with @rios.engineer for the Bicep community.
#azure #azurebicep #MVPBuzz
September 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🚀 2600 Azure Bicep enthusiasts! A LinkedIn community where you can share Bicep experiences, blogs, tips and tricks and ask questions!
💪🏼 Happy to be running this with @rios.engineer for the Bicep community.
#azure #azurebicep #MVPBuzz
💪🏼 Happy to be running this with @rios.engineer for the Bicep community.
#azure #azurebicep #MVPBuzz
Two new examples: Azure Deployment Stack output references + Resource Derived Types. Check it out #azurebicep #azure github.com/riosengineer...
GitHub - riosengineer/Bicepify: Simplify getting started with Bicep through easy to digest examples🦾
Simplify getting started with Bicep through easy to digest examples🦾 - riosengineer/Bicepify
github.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Two new examples: Azure Deployment Stack output references + Resource Derived Types. Check it out #azurebicep #azure github.com/riosengineer...
Integrating Companies House API with Azure AI Agent in Foundry with OpenAPI tool rios.engineer/integrating-... #azure #openai #azureaifoundry #aiagent
Integrating Companies House with Azure AI Agent in Foundry Using OpenAPI - Rios Engineer
rios.engineer
August 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Integrating Companies House API with Azure AI Agent in Foundry with OpenAPI tool rios.engineer/integrating-... #azure #openai #azureaifoundry #aiagent