Aspire Deployment - AZD vs Aspire CLI

[Daniel Mackay [SSW] (danielmackay)]

I see the Aspire CLI has a publish option. I can run this and get a whole bunch of bicep files.

Is there any documentation on what to do next?

What is the recommended way to deploy to Azure - AZD or Aspire CLI?

[David Fowler (davidfowl)]

The recommended way to deploy to azure is still azd. aspire publish and soon deploy will provide more support for this (and non azure scenarios), but it’s not there yet.

EDIT 2026

Correct, aspire deploy is recommended the way to deploy aspire apps.

[Dries (verbedr)]

And as time passes this isn't the right answer any more, is it? https://aspire.dev/deployment/azure/azure-developer-cli/

[David Fowler (davidfowl)]

updated

[Daniel Mackay [SSW] (danielmackay)]

Thanks for updating