Azure / Azure/bicep

Include output properties in what-if deployment

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enhancement intermediate language Needs: Upvote story: deploy pane
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Description

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
The what-if option predicts the outcome of a deployment, but the output properties are not visible.

**Describe the solution you'd like**
It would be nice to include output properties so it is easier to validate that the deployment will deliver the expected output.

Bonus: when what-if supports output you can also easily verify (user-defined) functions, i.e.:

![image](https://github.com/Azure/bicep/assets/55690746/f28fe6a4-805e-47b4-9599-d588b0a87438)

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the what-if deployment implementation and determine where output properties are represented; done means what-if results expose those properties and the behavior is tested.

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Assessment

Tech stack
azure
Domain
cloud
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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