Maik van der Gaag

Hope to see you during breakfast!

Putting the final touches on my presentation here at CloudBrew, just before my session kicks off. The second day is almost over, and wow — what an amazing conference it has been. Great people, great sessions, great energy. Hope to see you in the room! 👋🚀 #Bicep #Cloud #Microsoft #Community

Just arrived in beautiful Mechelen for #CloudBrew and I’m excited to get started! If you’re here as well, I’d love to see you at my session — come say hi! 👋 Let’s make it a great event. 🚀 Special thanks to my employer 3fifty for making these things possible! #Azure #Cloud #Bicep #Databalance

While preparing my demo for #ApeXXL, I took the time to fix and improve several parts of my template for #Bicep extensions. If you’re building your own extensions for #Azure #Bicep, definitely check it out! www.nuget.org/packages/Bic... Hope to see you Tuesday!

Working on my demo this morning for Azure APE XXL 🎬 Always exciting to see how the tooling keeps evolving and new capabilities continue to appear. 🚀 Can’t wait to show what’s possible during the session! #AzureAPE #Azure #Bicep #DevOps #IaC #CloudNative #Community

What a night! 🙌 We had a great meetup tonight — awesome people, great conversations, and tons of good energy. Thanks to everyone who came out and made it such a fun! Also… big news 👀 ✨ Our new website just went live! We’ve put a lot of love into it, so check it out! 👉 azug.nl

Next up is Soham Dasgupta about the lifecycle building apps using LLM and much more. #AI #Azure #Community

🎉 We’re officially kicking off our community event! We’re excited to welcome everyone gathering today to learn, connect, and celebrate the strength of our community. And we’re thrilled to start with our first speaker: 🦇 Mike Martin. #playwright #azure #cloud #fun

New drop in the #Bicep Extension Library! 💪 Added a .NET template to help you start building Bicep extensions in no time. Even better — you can now contribute your own extensions to the library and share them with the community! github.com/maikvanderga... #Azure #Bicep #IaC #dotnet #OpenSource

New on my blog: Build a Custom Extension for Bicep 🚀 In this post, I walk you through how to extend Bicep with your own extension! 👉 Check it out here: msftplayground.com/2025/09/bice... #Azure #Http #Custom #CSharp #Bicep

🚀 New blog post! I’ve written about the --pattern parameter in the #Bicep CLI. A command that is not commonly used. It covers ✔️ What the --pattern option does ✔️ Practical use cases for filtering and targeting files msftplayground.com/2025/09/bice... #Azure #IaC

🔒 New Blog Post: How to Authenticate with the GitHub API Using a GitHub App As more teams automate workflows and build integrations within GitHub, using Personal Access Tokens or OAuth apps often isn’t enough. Check it out: msftplayground.com/2025/09/gith... #Azure #GitHub

🚀 After a short break, I’m back to blogging! Over the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing new posts, and the first one is live. This one dives into one of the most exciting preview features of #Bicep: extensibility! 👉 Let me know your thoughts! msftplayground.com/2025/09/bice... #Azure #mvpbuzz #IaC

Exciting times ahead! 🚀 We’re bringing the Azure Heroes community together with great upcoming events across the Netherlands. 🌍💙 Stay tuned for dates, locations, and chances to connect, learn, and share! #AzureHeroes #Community #Azure #Netherlands #TechEvents

Now that the Graph extension is GA, and there is an option to build local extensions. So here’s the question: 👉 If you could build any Bicep extension, what would it be? #daretoask #maybeiwillbuildit #Bicep #mvpbuzz

🚀 Wohoo, the Graph extension for #Bicep is now Generally Available (GA). This extension brings seamless integration of #Entra resources into your Bicep deployments. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurego... #Azure #Bicep #IaC #MicrosoftGraph #CloudInfrastructure #DevOps #MVPBuzz

This year, I didn’t just receive one disc, but two! Incredibly proud to be part of this fantastic community! #MVPBuzz #Azure #3fifty #AzureHeroes

🎉 I’m honored to have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP for the fifth year in a row! Thanks to the amazing tech community! A special shoutout to my employer 3fifty! Here’s to another year of learning, growing, and contributing! 💙 #MVPBuzz #MicrosoftMVP #Community #Gratitude #3fifty

🚀 Day 2 of the #ECS25 summit is almost over. I shared a session on #Azure deployment stacks and how to go from Zero to Hero. Great minds, great questions. I hope everyone enjoyed it! It was a great conference! I hope to be there again next year! #Cloud #Deployment #BicepLang

Day 1 of the #ecssummit finished for me! After an epic appreciation dinner last night, it was a day filled with great sessions It was also great presenting myself and seeing a lot of people enjoying it! Up to day two and my second session of the conference. #Azure #BicepLang 3fifty

I was up way too late last night finishing off demos for the European AI and Cloud Summit. 😅 I'll be doing two sessions on Bicep and Deployment Stacks. Let's talk about #IaC and #Azure best practices if you're around! #Azure #Bicep #DeploymentStacks #3fifty

The Azure Heroes—Azure Day has kicked off with the keynote. It's great to present here about #Bicep and #GitHub! 3fifty #Azure #Cloud #DevOps

It's day 3 of the #MVPSummit. I guess we are all working in the cloud today ☁️. #Azure #mvpbuzz

🚀 Excited to share my recent contribution to Azure Spring Cleanup! 🌸 #Azure #AzureSpringCleanup #TechForGood #CostManagement msftplayground.com/2025/03/opti...

🚀 New #Bicep Community Call is live on YouTube! 🎥 Catch the latest updates in this session: • Export as Bicep • Private ACR Module Completion • Experimental Typed Variables • Deploy-time parameters in parameter files • Resource Existence Checks youtu.be/5m4H0q2zatA?...

Inspiration can strike at the most unexpected moments! ⚽️ I discovered the perfect balance between productivity and relaxation while writing my latest article for #AzureSpringClean and enjoying some soccer games. I can’t wait to share the article with everyone on 4 March! 🚀 #TechWriting #Azure

🚀 new blog post! I explored how to use Bicep for Graph resources, which makes deploying and managing Microsoft Graph resources as code easier. 🔗 Check it out: msftplayground.com/2025/01/bice... Let me know what you think! 👇 #Bicep #MicrosoftGraph #Entra #Azure #DevOps

This year, I am again part of the #Azure Spring Cleanup! #Azure #DevOps #Session #MVPBuzz

What would be a fantastic discussion point for an Infrastructure as Code podcast? #justasking #askingforafriend #azure #cloud #bicep

Excited to be working on my sessions for #CfgMgmtCamp! If you're interested in automation, Azure, or modern config management, stay tuned—this one's for you! I am looking forward to seeing you in Ghent! #CfgMgmtCamp #Bicep #Azure #InfrastructureAsCode cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025

🚀 Just launched my first action in the GitHub Marketplace! It was a personal project that became an entry to learn how this works. I hope it will help others! It has become an action that helps with Bicep Linting! Check out the blog: msftplayground.com/2025/01/bice... #Bicep #GitHub #DevOps

New on the blog: Explore the latest Bicep feature—the Deployer Function! 🎉 Deployed in the last release of 2024. It helps you access details about who's deploying to Azure, making your deployments smarter and more secure. Full details here: msftplayground.com/2025/01/bice... #Azure #Bicep

I am trying to find out if there are any use cases for #Azure #Bicep user-defined functions I haven’t thought of. For what do you use user-defined functions in #Bicep? #mvpbuzz #justasking

Writing #Bicep code for #Azure is great, but testing it effectively can be tricky. In my new blog post, I explain the Experimental Bicep Test Framework, a powerful tool for testing Bicep files that is simple and straightforward. msftplayground.com/2024/12/expl... #experimemtal #devops

Announcing GitHub Copilot Free! A new free tier for GitHub Copilot, available for everyone today in VS Code. No trial. No subscription. No credit card required. Learn more in our blog: aka.ms/copilot-free

Wow, it's been ages since I last wrote a blog post! 📝 Just published a new one about migrating a package index. Check it out and let me know your thoughts! 🚀 msftplayground.com/2024/11/migr... #blogging #Azure #DevOps

Today is the day folks. The new and updated Bluesky.ms is now live! Go add yourself. I'll share a detailed step by step...

The Microsoft Azure and Cloud Computing Event in Europe is coming this May (26–28), and I am proud to announce that I will be speaking there! Even better, today and tomorrow, you can use the Black Friday discount to save 20% on all ticket types! Just use my code from the image! #Azure #Bicep #IaC

Cool! You can now audit resource changes for all your #Azure resources directly from the #Azure portal. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...

This is cool #mvpbuzz

All my MVP friends, @tobiasfenster.io has built a little tool that adds you to starter packs and lists based on your MVP profile. Just add a link to Bluesky to your MVP profile, fill out the data in this form, and DONE! verified-bluesky-rpu7w3bv.fermyon.app

With #ignite kicking off, #Microsoft launched the book of news with all the announcements. news.microsoft.com/ignite-2024-... Which announcement do you like most? #justasking