diff --git a/.github/workflows/azd-template-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/azd-template-validation.yml
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+name: AZD Template Validation
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '30 1 * * 4' # Every Thursday 7:00 AM IST (1:30 AM UTC)
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  id-token: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  template_validation:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: production
+    name: azd template validation
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set timestamp
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "HHMM=$(date -u +'%H%M')" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Validate Azure Template
+        uses: microsoft/template-validation-action@v0.4.3
+        with:
+          validateAzd: ${{ vars.TEMPLATE_VALIDATE_AZD }}
+          validateTests: ${{ vars.TEMPLATE_VALIDATE_TESTS }}
+          useDevContainer: ${{ vars.TEMPLATE_USE_DEV_CONTAINER }}
+        id: validation
+        env:
+          AZURE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
+          AZURE_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
+          AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+          AZURE_ENV_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_ENV_NAME }}-${{ env.HHMM }}
+          AZURE_LOCATION: ${{ secrets.AZURE_LOCATION }}
+          AZURE_DEV_COLLECT_TELEMETRY: ${{ vars.AZURE_DEV_COLLECT_TELEMETRY }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Print validation result
+        run: cat ${{ steps.validation.outputs.resultFile }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/azure-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/azure-dev.yml
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+name: Azure Dev Deploy
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# GitHub Actions workflow to deploy to Azure using azd
+# To configure required secrets for connecting to Azure, simply run `azd pipeline config`
+
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: azd deploy
+    environment: production
+    env:
+      AZURE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
+      AZURE_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
+      AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+      AZURE_ENV_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_ENV_NAME }}
+      AZURE_LOCATION: ${{ secrets.AZURE_LOCATION }}
+      AZURE_DEV_COLLECT_TELEMETRY: ${{ vars.AZURE_DEV_COLLECT_TELEMETRY }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set timestamp and env name
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          HHMM=$(date -u +'%H%M')
+          echo "AZURE_ENV_NAME=${AZURE_ENV_NAME}-${HHMM}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Install azd
+        uses: Azure/setup-azd@v2
+
+      - name: Login to Azure
+        uses: azure/login@v2
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
+          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
+          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+
+      - name: Login to AZD
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          azd auth login \
+            --client-id "$AZURE_CLIENT_ID" \
+            --federated-credential-provider "github" \
+            --tenant-id "$AZURE_TENANT_ID"
+
+      - name: Provision and Deploy
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if ! azd env select "$AZURE_ENV_NAME"; then
+            azd env new "$AZURE_ENV_NAME" --subscription "$AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID" --location "$AZURE_LOCATION" --no-prompt
+          fi
+
+          azd config set defaults.subscription "$AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"
+
+          azd up --no-prompt