About this tag
The bicep tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Azure Bicep, a domain-specific language for deploying Azure resources using declarative syntax. Recent threads focus on enabling Trusted Launch features like Secure Boot and vTPM for Azure VMs using Bicep, as well as planning for Azure MFA enforcement that impacts Infrastructure as Code (IaC) workflows including Bicep deployments. Topics include migration strategies, security hardening, and automation considerations for Azure environments. The tag is relevant for IT professionals and developers working with Azure infrastructure and IaC tooling.
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    Enable Trusted Launch in-Place for Azure VMs: Secure Boot and vTPM

    Microsoft has quietly made one of the most practical security upgrades for Azure virtual infrastructure far easier to adopt: Trusted Launch can now be enabled in-place for many existing VMs and scale sets, reducing the migration friction that has kept foundational boot security from reaching...
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    • attestation attestation telemetry azure compute gallery backup bicep boot integrity cloud security defender for cloud enhanced backup flex scale sets gen1 gen1 to gen2 upgrade gen2 generation 2 vms guest attestation iac in-place upgrade managed images microsoft azure regulatory compliance rolling upgrade scale sets secure boot security posture site recovery trusted launch virtual machine vm upgrade vms vtpm
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    Azure MFA Now Enforced for CLI, APIs, and IaC: Plan Your Migration

    Microsoft has announced that mandatory multi‑factor authentication will soon extend beyond Azure's web consoles to command‑line and programmatic interfaces, forcing a major rethink of developer tooling and automation strategies: starting this enforcement window, any user performing create...
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    • admin portal ansible automation azure cli azure powershell bicep break-glass certificatebasedauth ci/cd cloud security conditional access entra id github actions iac managed identities mfa microsoft azure multi-factor authentication oidc rest api security service principal terraform workload identities workload identity federation
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    • Forum: Windows News