Thomas Kappler

Software Engineer

Azure Native V3: A Leaner, Faster SDK for Microsoft Azure

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

Pulumi Azure Native V3 is the most comprehensive infrastructure as code (IaC) solution for Microsoft Azure, combining full resource coverage with dramatic improvements in performance and developer experience.

With V3, the Pulumi Azure Native SDK is 75% smaller while maintaining 100% coverage of the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) API. This makes it the most efficient and complete way to define and manage Azure infrastructure with real programming languages.

Pulumi Command Provider 1.0 Release

Monday, Jul 1, 2024

Today, we’re happy to announce the 1.0 release of the Pulumi Command provider. This release marks the provider’s official transition from preview status to general availability (GA). Since its first preview release in late 2021, thousands of Pulumi users incorporated the Command package into their cloud infrastructure projects to help manage local and remote command execution and filesystem operations. In fact, the Command provider is already our ninth-most popular provider, so it’s time to make things official!

Announcing OIDC Support for Pulumi Azure Providers

Thursday, Jun 1, 2023

We are happy to announce the delivery of Azure OIDC authentication, one of the most requested features for the Pulumi Azure Native Provider. With the v1.100.0 release, OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication is now fully supported in both the Azure Native and Azure Classic providers. Let’s dig in to learn what it is, how it works, and why it’s useful.