Full Spectrum Terraform — Choosing and Combining Azure Providers Like a Pro
summary
Shows that AzureRM and AzAPI are complementary: AzureRM provides plan-time validation, multi-API orchestration, and opinionated stability while AzAPI v2 gives day-zero coverage with full HCL and fine-grained control. Identity parallels use AzureAD vs MSGraph and M365 surfaces. Demonstrates contributor workflow from gap to merged PR, tooling (VS Code extension, export tooling), and migration strategies that reach roughly 70–80% of the way there plus a forthcoming no-op changes flag to reduce noisy diffs.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Azure Terraform providers intro
- 7:51Azure RM and AZ API history
- 14:47Azure RM as Terraform layer
- 21:47AZ API over Azure APIs
- 30:53Azure RM vs AZ API differences
- 38:06Choosing providers decision matrix
- 43:25Provider migration strategies
- 45:54Q&A
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