title: Use extensions in Bicep description: This article describes how to use Bicep extensions. ms.topic: article ms.custom:
- devx-track-bicep
- build-2025 ms.date: 12/22/2025
Bicep was initially created to enhance the authoring experience compared to Azure Resource Manager JSON templates, simplifying the deployment and management of Azure resources. Bicep extensions build on this foundation, enabling Bicep files to reference resources beyond the scope of Azure Resource Manager. This article describes how to use Bicep extensions.
The syntax for importing Bicep extensions is:
extension <extension-name>The syntax for importing Bicep extensions, which require configuration is:
extension <extension-name> with {
<extension-properties>
}For examples, see Bicep Kubernetes extension and Microsoft Graph extension.
- To learn about Bicep data types, see Data types.
- To learn about Bicep functions, see Bicep functions.
- To learn how to use the Bicep Kubernetes extension, see Bicep Kubernetes extension.
- To go through a Kubernetes extension tutorial, see Quickstart: Deploy Azure applications to Azure Kubernetes Services by using the Bicep Kubernetes extension.
- To learn Microsoft Graph extension, see Microsoft Graph extension.