365 Explained - 005 - Infrastructure as Code

18/08/2025 41 min Episodio 5

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Don’t worry if you don’t know your IaC from your elbow, neither did Ben or Zach when they started recording! Thankfully, Elliott Woodruff, Principal Architect at Synextra, was onboard to help make sense of it all for us!In this episode, we explore:What Infrastructure as Code actually means in Azure and M365The differences between Bicep, ARM, and Terraform (and when to use each)Real-world use cases, risks, and a few horror storiesHow IaC can help standardise tenant setups and improve securityWhy AI and Copilot might soon be writing your deployment scriptsWhether you're IaC-curious or already knee-deep in Terraform state files, this one’s packed with practical insights, honest takes, and a few cautionary tales.--------Join us on LinkedIn, we'd love to hear what you thought & any requests for future topics!