BICEP vs Terraform. Which one should I use?

H4ppy N3w Y34r - London Microsoft DevOps Meetup! (11/01/2023)
BICEP vs Terraform. Which one should I use?
Showcasing both tools (Azure BICEP and Terraform) to outline the differences between the two. Demonstrating the strengths and weaknesses between the two showing users which tool would suite their needs. The demo will be showcased in CI/CD pipelines showing how they operate in a automated DevOps world.
Speaker: Jonathan D'Aloia
LinkedIn: / jonathan-d-aloia

[@kaunglvlv]

This sounded more of a sell on bicep which is fine. It has its benefits. One of the benefits of IaC is to have a tear down system for infrastructure. Not being able to remove infrastructure is a major drawback. This is especially useful in cases of PR validations. Additionally, for Azure, resource groups should be in IaC. To the point I made above, this is beneficial to a tear down system. I do agree that Terraform has more overhead. I would only use it if I had a dedicated DevOps team or in multi-cloud scenario.

[@jdopstech]

Thank you for the comment! I totally agree with your comments , and I understand that being able to tear down resources as part of your deployment when removed from config is a big plus, fortunately now deployment stacks have gone GA, this provides that functionality when deploying with BICEP. Also agree about resource groups being part of the IAC, and setting the deployment scope to subscription provides this functionality 😊