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Bias Analysis

Detected Bias Types

windows_first

missing_linux_example

windows_tools

Summary

The documentation page demonstrates a Windows bias by focusing exclusively on deploying Windows-based Batch nodes, using Windows-specific application packages (Windows 64-bit FFmpeg), and providing ARM template examples that only reference Windows VM images. There are no Linux-based deployment examples, no Linux application package instructions, and the agent pool specification defaults to 'windows-latest' without mentioning Linux alternatives. While a note acknowledges Linux support, no practical guidance or parity is provided for Linux users.

Recommendations

Provide parallel Linux-based examples throughout the documentation, including ARM templates for Linux pools (e.g., using Ubuntu or CentOS images) and Linux application packages.
Include instructions for downloading and packaging the Linux version of FFmpeg, and demonstrate how to upload and deploy it to Linux Batch nodes.
Show how to set up the agent pool using 'ubuntu-latest' or another Linux agent in Azure Pipelines, and discuss any differences in pipeline tasks or scripts.
Add screenshots and YAML snippets that illustrate Linux-specific configurations where appropriate.
Explicitly mention and demonstrate the use of cross-platform tools (e.g., Bash scripts) in addition to or instead of PowerShell Core, especially in Azure CLI tasks.
Ensure that all steps, from repository structure to deployment and testing, have Linux equivalents or clear cross-platform guidance.

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Date	Scan	Status	Result
2025-07-12 23:44	#41	cancelled	Biased
2025-07-12 00:58	#8	cancelled	Clean
2025-07-10 05:06	#7	processing	Clean

Flagged Code Snippets

{
    "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
    "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
    "parameters": {
        "batchAccountName": {
           "type": "string",
           "metadata": {
                "description": "Name of the Azure Batch Account"
           }
        },
        "batchAccountPoolName": {
            "type": "string",
            "metadata": {
                 "description": "Name of the Azure Batch Account Pool"
             }
         }
    },
    "variables": {},
    "resources": [
        {
            "name": "[concat(parameters('batchAccountName'),'/', parameters('batchAccountPoolName'))]",
            "type": "Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/pools",
            "apiVersion": "2017-09-01",
            "properties": {
                "deploymentConfiguration": {
                    "virtualMachineConfiguration": {
                        "imageReference": {
                            "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
                            "offer": "WindowsServer",
                            "sku": "2022-datacenter",
                            "version": "latest"
                        },
                        "nodeAgentSkuId": "batch.node.windows amd64"
                    }
                },
                "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"
            }
          }
    ],
    "outputs": {}
}