Preview Azure deployment changes by using what-if
Intermediate
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Preview the effects of your deployments. Understand the types of changes detected by the what-if operation. Deploy your templates using incremental and complete mode.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
- Describe the two deployment modes in Azure and their effects.
- Use the what-if operation to preview changes and their effects before you deploy.
Prerequisites
You should be familiar with:
- Creating and deploying basic ARM templates, using either Bicep or JSON.
- Azure, including the Azure portal, subscriptions, resource groups, and resource definitions.
To follow along with the exercises in the module, you need:
- Visual Studio Code installed locally.
- Either:
- The Bicep extension for Visual Studio Code installed locally.
- The Azure Resource Manager Tools for Visual Studio Code extension installed locally.
- Either:
- The latest Azure CLI tools installed locally.
- The latest Azure PowerShell version installed locally.
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