Azure Quickstart Templates is a collection of Azure Resource Manager templates that enable infrastructure-as-code deployment of Azure resources.
The repository addresses the need for reusable, community-contributed templates that accelerate Azure resource provisioning. It provides pre-built Bicep and ARM templates covering various Azure services and architectures, allowing developers and operators to deploy complex infrastructure without writing templates from scratch. Templates are indexed and searchable through the Azure portal, making discovery straightforward for common deployment scenarios.
Teams should adopt this collection when standardizing Azure deployments across projects or when seeking reference implementations for Azure services. It suits organizations building on Azure who want to avoid reinventing infrastructure patterns and benefit from community-tested configurations. The repository enforces security policies that reject templates containing external links to non-Microsoft assets, instead requiring the use of Bicep modules and parameterization for external content references. This approach mitigates risks around domain spoofing and hostile takeover of dependencies.
The project maintains active community contribution workflows through a documented contribution guide and enforces a Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. Pull requests are reviewed to ensure compliance with security policies before templates are merged into the collection.
