What is Azure Bicep and how do you use it?

Short answer: Azure Bicep is a domain-specific language (DSL) for declaratively deploying Azure resources. Simplifies ARM templates with cleaner syntax. Example – Deploy an Azure Storage Account: resource storageAccount 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2022-09-01' = { name: 'mystorageacct' location: resourceGroup().location sku: { name: 'Standard_LRS' } kind: 'StorageV2' }

Real-world example (ShopNest)

ShopNest on Azure typically uses App Service + SQL Database + Blob Storage + Application Insights for monitoring.

Say this in the interview

1. Define — one clear sentence (the short answer above).
2. Example — relate it to a project like ShopNest or your real work.
3. Trade-off — when you would not use it.