Prancer have years of experience helping businesses take advantage of cloud validation frameworks to ensure continuous cloud compliance.

1. Azure's Infrastructure-as-code
When it comes to deploying infrastructure as code (IaC), there are a variety of different tools
available. If you rely on Azure solutions to manage your cloud technology, then ARM templates
can be a great way to define and configure your infrastructure as code (IaC) project. These
templates use a declarative approach, which allows you to state what the final result should look
like instead of having to outline each step in a sequence. This makes it easier to manage updates
without having to worry about identifying the exact order of operations.
Another advantage to ARM templates is that you can consistently deploy your infrastructure at
any stage of development. This is just another way that infrastructure as code (IaC) can be used
to accelerate the development lifecycle and avoid discrepancies. The templates are also
incredibly versatile. You can customize them according to your needs. Here are just a few
features that come with ARM templates:
 Automatic validation. Your template won’t be deployed until it has passed a validation
check. This helps to ensure a successful deployment.
 What-if operation. Preview changes before they are deployed so that you can see
exactly what will have if you add, delete or update resources.
 Deployment tracking. Keep track of deployment history and view vital data about
parameter and output values.
 Instant access to tools. As Azure adds new resources, they will instantly become
available in the template. You don’t have to implement updates or wait for access to new
tools.
 Policy as code. Handle governance and manage compliance issues with automated tools.

2.  CI/CD integration. Use CI/CD automation tools to update the infrastructure and
continuously create and deploy various projects based on ARM templates.
Benefits of ARM Templates
There is a variety of different infrastructure as code services, to choose from, but ARM templates
offer some distinct advantages.
 Relies on declarative language. IaC can either be declarative or imperative. Declarative
language focuses on the “what” and imperative is concerned with how. Many developers
find that the declarative approach is easier to manage.
 Consistent and repeatable results. At any point during the development lifecycle, you can
deploy your infrastructure and experience consistent results. As you update the IaC, you
can simply develop a template that demonstrates the ideal results instead of creating
individual templates for each update.
 Customizable templates. You have full control over how templates are defined and
resources are grouped.
Ultimately, infrastructure as code (IaC) represents the future of cloud technology by cutting costs
and expanding capabilities. By employing infrastructure as code (IaC), companies can accelerate
innovation by speeding up the DevOps lifecycle and freeing up employees to work on core goals
as opposed to getting caught up in the tasks of manually managing infrastructure. For those who
use Azure solutions, ARM templates can be an invaluable tool that further simplifies IaC while
also offering a long list of beneficial features. If you would like to learn more about cloud
technology and security, IaC, compliance, Azure, and much more, be sure to contact the experts
at prancer. We have years of experience helping businesses take advantage of cloud validation
frameworks to ensure continuous cloud compliance.