Part 1. Introduction

In this part of the book, we’ll explain what Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is and why you will want to consider using it for your cloud environment. The anatomy of the Azure Resource Manager (ARM, the system responsible for provisioning cloud resources in Azure) is explained, and you will learn how deployments on the Microsoft Azure Cloud work. Finally, you will learn how to write a basic ARM template. These templates drive the Azure Resource Manager and are fundamental to working with Infrastructure as Code for Azure.