Passing the .bicep file to New-AzResourceGroupDeployment

[jpsebasti]

Hi Folks,
I just installed the 0.3.1 version and I'm going through the tutorial. It appears that I should be able to pass the .bicep file to New-AzResourceGroupDeployment or az deployment instead of passing the ARM .json file.

I'm having trouble with this. Each time I try to pass the .bicep file instead of the .json file, I get this error:

PS C:\NWM\DevOps\ARM\learn_bicep_1> New-AzResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName johntest-rg -TemplateFile ".\main.bicep"
New-AzResourceGroupDeployment : Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: p. Path '', line 0, position 0.
At line:1 char:1

• New-AzResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName johntest-rg -Templat ...

•   + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [New-AzResourceGroupDeployment], JsonReaderException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Cmdlets.Implementation.NewAzureResourceGroupDep
   loymentCmdlet
  
  
  

If I compile the main.bicep file into main.json and pass that to the above command, everything works.

What am I doing wrong? The tutorial makes it look like I pass the .bicep file where the .json would normally be expected.

Thanks much

John

[anthony-c-martin]

Just wanted to confirm - are you using PowerShell Az module version 5.6.0+ as mentioned in https://github.com/Azure/bicep/blob/main/docs/tutorial/02-deploying-a-bicep-file.md#deploying-a-bicep-file?

You should be able to check with:

Get-InstalledModule -Name Az

[jpsebasti]

Thank you Anthony. You are indeed correct. I was out of date in my installed az module in Powershell.
I've updated it and sure enough everything is working.

Thanks for the suggestion and answer.
Best,
John