add bicep info

Author: seligj95

articles/app-service/app-service-hybrid-connections.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
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 title: Hybrid connections in Azure App Service
 description: Learn how to create and use hybrid connections in Azure App Service to access resources in disparate networks. 
-author: madsd
+author: seligj95
 ms.assetid: 66774bde-13f5-45d0-9a70-4e9536a4f619
 ms.topic: article
-ms.date: 05/06/2025
-ms.author: madsd
+ms.date: 06/04/2025
+ms.author: jordanselig
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   - "UpdateFrequency3, fasttrack-edit"
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@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Things you can't do with Hybrid Connections include:
 
 ## Add and Create Hybrid Connections in your app
 
-To create a Hybrid Connection:
+To create a Hybrid Connection in the Azure portal:
 
 1. In the [Azure portal], select your app. Select **Settings** > **Networking**.
 1. Next to **Hybrid connections**, select the **Not configured** link. Here you can see the Hybrid Connections that are configured for your app.
@@ -84,6 +84,23 @@ When a Hybrid Connection is added to your app, you can see details on it simply
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/app-service-hybrid-connections/hybrid-connections-properties.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Hybrid connections details.":::
 
+### Create a Hybrid Connection in ARM/Bicep
+
+To create a Hybrid Connection using an ARM/Bicep template, add the following resource to your existing template. You must include the `userMetadata` to have a valid Hybrid Connection. If you don't include the `userMetadata`, the Hybrid Connection doesn't work. If you create the Hybrid Connection in the Azure portal, this property is automatically filled in for you.
+
+The `userMetadata` property should be a string representation of a JSON array in the format `[{"key": "endpoint", "value : "host:port"}]`. The following Bicep template has a sample for this property. For more information, see [Microsoft.Relay namespaces/hybridConnections](./azure/templates/microsoft.relay/namespaces/hybridconnections).
+
+```bicep
+resource hybridConnection 'Microsoft.Relay/namespaces/hybridConnections@2024-01-01' = {
+  parent: relayNamespace
+  name: hybridConnectionName
+  properties: {
+    requiresClientAuthorization: true
+    userMetadata: '[{"key": "endpoint", "value : "<HOST>:<PORT>"}]'
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ### Create a Hybrid Connection in the Azure Relay portal
 
 In addition to the portal experience from within your app, you can create Hybrid Connections from within the Azure Relay portal. For a Hybrid Connection to be used by App Service, it must: