diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index df71b1f..d6f5ac4 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -9,8 +9,15 @@
         "vscode": {
             "extensions": [
                 "ms-dotnettools.csdevkit",
-                "ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-next"
+                "ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-next",
+                "ms-azuretools.vscode-bicep"
             ]
         }
+    },
+    "features": {
+        // See https://containers.dev/features for list of features
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {
+        },
+        "ghcr.io/azure/azure-dev/azd:latest": {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/Backend/Services/SemanticKernelApp.cs b/Backend/Services/SemanticKernelApp.cs
index 18cab54..a266746 100644
--- a/Backend/Services/SemanticKernelApp.cs
+++ b/Backend/Services/SemanticKernelApp.cs
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ internal struct SemanticKernelConfig
 
     internal static async Task<SemanticKernelConfig> CreateAsync(ISecretStore secretStore, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        var useAzureOpenAI = await secretStore.GetSecretAsync("UseAzureOpenAI", cancellationToken).ContinueWith(task => bool.Parse(task.Result));
+        var useAzureOpenAI = await secretStore.GetSecretAsync("USE_AZURE_OPENAI", cancellationToken).ContinueWith(task => bool.Parse(task.Result));
         if (useAzureOpenAI)
         {
-            var azureDeployment = await secretStore.GetSecretAsync("AzureDeployment", cancellationToken);
-            var azureEndpoint = await secretStore.GetSecretAsync("AzureEndpoint", cancellationToken);
+            var azureDeployment = await secretStore.GetSecretAsync("AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT", cancellationToken);
+            var azureEndpoint = await secretStore.GetSecretAsync("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT", cancellationToken);
 
             return new SemanticKernelConfig
             {
diff --git a/Backend/bicep/abbreviations.json b/Backend/bicep/abbreviations.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e9ecd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Backend/bicep/abbreviations.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "keyVaultVaults": "kv-",
+    "resourcesResourceGroups": "rg-"
+}
diff --git a/Backend/bicep/ai.bicep b/Backend/bicep/ai.bicep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c99b96c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Backend/bicep/ai.bicep
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+param name string
+param location string
+param deployment object = {
+  name: 'chat'
+  model: {
+    format: 'OpenAI'
+    name: 'gpt-4'
+    version: '0613'
+  }
+  sku: {
+    capacity: 1
+  }
+}
+
+@description('')
+resource azureOpenAiResource 'Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts@2023-10-01-preview' = {
+  name: name
+  location: location
+  sku: {
+    name: 'S0'
+  }
+  kind: 'OpenAI'
+  tags: {}
+  properties: {
+    customSubDomainName: name
+    networkAcls: {
+      defaultAction: 'Allow'
+      virtualNetworkRules: []
+      ipRules: []
+    }
+    publicNetworkAccess: 'Enabled'
+  }
+}
+
+resource modelDeployment 'Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts/deployments@2023-05-01' = {
+  parent: azureOpenAiResource
+  name: deployment.name
+  sku: (contains(deployment.sku, 'sku') ? deployment.sku : {
+    name: 'Standard'
+    capacity: deployment.sku.capacity
+  })
+  properties: {
+    model: deployment.model
+    raiPolicyName: (contains(deployment, 'raiPolicyName') ? deployment.raiPolicyName : null)
+  }
+}
+
+output endpoint string = azureOpenAiResource.properties.endpoint
+output deploymentName string = modelDeployment.name
diff --git a/Backend/bicep/main.bicep b/Backend/bicep/main.bicep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16a7444
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Backend/bicep/main.bicep
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+targetScope='subscription'
+
+// The main bicep module to provision Azure resources.
+// For a more complete walkthrough to understand how this file works with azd,
+// see https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/developer/azure-developer-cli/make-azd-compatible?pivots=azd-create
+
+var abbrs = loadJsonContent('./abbreviations.json')
+
+// Optional parameters to override the default azd resource naming conventions.
+// Add the following to main.parameters.json to provide values:
+// "resourceGroupName": {
+//      "value": "myGroupName"
+// }
+param resourceGroupName string = ''
+param azureOpenAIServiceName string = ''
+
+@minLength(1)
+@maxLength(64)
+@description('Name of the environment which is used to generate a short, unique hash used in all resources.')
+// For an overview on this and other key Azure concepts,
+// see https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/deployment-environments/concept-environments-key-concepts#environments
+param environmentName string
+
+// tags that will be applied to all resources.
+var tags = {
+  // Tag all resources with the environment name.
+  'azd-env-name': environmentName
+}
+
+@description('Location of all resources')
+param location string
+
+// Generate a unique token to be used in naming resources.
+// Remove linter suppression after using.
+#disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+var resourceToken = toLower(uniqueString(subscription().id, environmentName, location))
+
+// Resources are organized in a resource group
+resource rg 'Microsoft.Resources/resourceGroups@2022-09-01' = {
+  name: !empty(resourceGroupName) ? resourceGroupName : '${abbrs.resourcesResourceGroups}${environmentName}'
+  location: location
+  tags: tags
+}
+
+module azureOpenAi 'ai.bicep' = {
+  name: 'azureOpenAi'
+  params: {
+    name: !empty(azureOpenAIServiceName) ? azureOpenAIServiceName : 'aoai-${resourceToken}'
+    location: location
+  }
+  scope: rg
+}
+
+output AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT string = azureOpenAi.outputs.endpoint
+output AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT string = azureOpenAi.outputs.deploymentName
+output USE_AZURE_OPENAI bool = true
diff --git a/Backend/bicep/main.parameters.json b/Backend/bicep/main.parameters.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dbbe86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Backend/bicep/main.parameters.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
+    "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
+    "parameters": {
+        "environmentName": {
+          "value": "${AZURE_ENV_NAME}"
+        },
+        "location": {
+          "value": "${AZURE_LOCATION}"
+        },
+        "resourceGroupName": {
+          "value": "${AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP}"
+        },
+        "openAiServiceName": {
+          "value": "${AZURE_OPENAI_SERVICE}"
+        },
+        "azureOpenAIEndpoint": {
+          "value": "${AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT}"
+        },
+        "azureOpenAiDeploymentName": {
+          "value": "${AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT}"
+        }
+    }
+}
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