Intro I’m often asked if Microsoft provides the ability the deploy resources into Azure using Azure Resource Manager templates (ARM Templates) then why would I use Terraform for CI/CD deployments? In this post, I’ll try to answer this and provide an understanding of the differences and why, in my opinion, Terraform is the most versatile and agile tool available for IaC deployments. Why Infrastructure as code? Anyone who’s spent anytime deploying to Azure knows that the user interface is intuitive and that it guides you through the creation of deploying resources really well, prompting you for missing information and providing handy tooltips.
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