What is Azure ARM/Bicep?

Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is Azure's deployment and management service. It provides a consistent management layer that enables you to create, update, and delete resources in your Azure subscription. ARM Templates (JSON files) are Infrastructure-as-Code files that define the resources to deploy. Bicep is a domain-specific language (DSL) that uses declarative syntax to deploy Azure resources. It simplifies ARM template authoring by providing a cleaner, more readable syntax. Both ARM and Bicep are commonly used for automating infrastructure deployments, ensuring consistency, and managing Azure resources at scale.