Not showing all types of resources in BICEP visual studio code

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Not showing all types of resources in BICEP visual studio code

Varma 1,580

I am expecting to see all resources like below ( which is from another source)

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you can see bicep extension is installed but i am not seeing loading resources in my case and in my visual studio

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Bharath Y P 8,755 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-05-08T18:10:43.7066667+00:00
Hello Varma, it looks like your Bicep extension is enabled but VS Code isn’t pulling down or using the Bicep type definitions, so your IntelliSense list stays empty. Here are a few things to check:

Make sure you actually have a Bicep CLI available

Open a new terminal in VS Code and run
bicep --version

If it complains “command not found,” open your Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) and choose Bicep: Install Bicep CLI (or Download Latest Bicep CLI).

After install, reload VS Code.

Save your file with the “.bicep” extension in a workspace folder VS Code sometimes won’t start the Bicep language server until the file is actually on disk as main.bicep.

Trigger resource‐type completion properly Type:
resource storageAccount '<here hit Ctrl+Space>'
VS Code should then list all Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@… versions.

Check the Bicep output channel for errors View → Output → select “Bicep” in the dropdown. If the language server failed to start, you’ll see a clue there.

Verify your extension settings

In Settings, search for Bicep › Use Semantic Server and make sure it’s enabled

If you manually installed a CLI, set Bicep: Path to your bicep executable

After those steps, open a fresh .bicep file, type resource , hit Ctrl+Space after the open quote ('), and you should see the full list of Azure resource types and API versions.

Hope that helps! Let me know if you still don’t see the list and what (if any) errors you see in the Bicep output channel.

References

Set up Bicep development

Troubleshoot Bicep installation

Bicep resource reference (all types/versions)

Troubleshoot Bicep file deployments

Bicep warnings and error codes
Varma 1,580 Reputation points

2026-05-09T09:18:29.91+00:00

HI Bharath Y P

I am not finding it , please see below screenshot

Awaiting for your response.
Varma 1,580 Reputation points

2026-05-10T03:10:16.22+00:00

HI Bharath Y P

Any update on above?

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Bharath Y P 8,755 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-05-08T18:10:43.7066667+00:00

Hello Varma, it looks like your Bicep extension is enabled but VS Code isn’t pulling down or using the Bicep type definitions, so your IntelliSense list stays empty. Here are a few things to check:

Make sure you actually have a Bicep CLI available

Open a new terminal in VS Code and run
bicep --version

If it complains “command not found,” open your Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) and choose Bicep: Install Bicep CLI (or Download Latest Bicep CLI).

After install, reload VS Code.

Save your file with the “.bicep” extension in a workspace folder VS Code sometimes won’t start the Bicep language server until the file is actually on disk as main.bicep.

Trigger resource‐type completion properly Type:
resource storageAccount '<here hit Ctrl+Space>'
VS Code should then list all Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@… versions.

Check the Bicep output channel for errors View → Output → select “Bicep” in the dropdown. If the language server failed to start, you’ll see a clue there.

Verify your extension settings

In Settings, search for Bicep › Use Semantic Server and make sure it’s enabled

If you manually installed a CLI, set Bicep: Path to your bicep executable

After those steps, open a fresh .bicep file, type resource , hit Ctrl+Space after the open quote ('), and you should see the full list of Azure resource types and API versions.

Hope that helps! Let me know if you still don’t see the list and what (if any) errors you see in the Bicep output channel.

References

Set up Bicep development

Troubleshoot Bicep installation

Bicep resource reference (all types/versions)

Troubleshoot Bicep file deployments

Bicep warnings and error codes
Varma 1,580 Reputation points

2026-05-09T09:18:29.91+00:00

HI Bharath Y P

I am not finding it , please see below screenshot

Awaiting for your response.
Varma 1,580 Reputation points

2026-05-10T03:10:16.22+00:00

HI Bharath Y P

Any update on above?

Answer 1

Varma 1,580

HI Bharat and MS team

I fixed this issue from my end here is the fix

Root cause: Old VS Code (1.86.2) and outdated Bicep extension (0.34.44) were incompatible with the newer Bicep CLI, so the Bicep language server/IntelliSense never loaded.

Fix: Updated VS Code, upgraded the Microsoft Bicep extension to 0.43.8, removed conflicting Bicep extensions, and restarted the VS Code extension host.

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Answer 2

In Visual Studio Code, Bicep resource type IntelliSense only works when all of the following are true:

The Bicep extension is installed and active for the file.
- Open a file named with the .bicep extension (for example, main.bicep).
- Check the lower-right corner of VS Code and confirm the language mode shows Bicep, not Plain Text or JSON. If it does not, click it and change the language to Bicep.
The Bicep extension is correctly configured and not disabled.
- Go to View → Extensions, select Bicep and ensure it is Enabled.
- If there were installation errors, follow the guidance in Troubleshoot Bicep installation.
The editor is in a context where resource completion is valid.
- Type a full resource declaration pattern so the extension knows what to complete, for example:
```
     resource storageAccount 'Microsoft.
```
- After the opening quote, start typing Microsoft. and IntelliSense should list resource types such as Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@....
The Bicep language server is running.
- If completions still do not appear, close and reopen VS Code.
- If needed, disable and re-enable the Bicep extension or reinstall it.

When the extension is installed and the file is recognized as Bicep, VS Code provides rich type safety, IntelliSense, and syntax validation for all supported Azure resource types.

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