diff --git a/dev-infrastructure/modules/aks-cluster-base.bicep b/dev-infrastructure/modules/aks-cluster-base.bicep
index 2ddfa0b93..ff72afe11 100644
--- a/dev-infrastructure/modules/aks-cluster-base.bicep
+++ b/dev-infrastructure/modules/aks-cluster-base.bicep
@@ -216,6 +216,16 @@ resource aksNetworkContributorRoleAssignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssign
   }
 }
 
+resource aksClusterAdminRoleAssignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
+  scope: aksCluster
+  name: guid(aksClusterUserDefinedManagedIdentity.id, aksClusterAdminRoleId, aksCluster.id)
+  properties: {
+    roleDefinitionId: aksClusterAdminRoleId
+    principalId: aksClusterUserDefinedManagedIdentity.properties.principalId
+    principalType: 'ServicePrincipal'
+  }
+}
+
 resource aksCluster 'Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters@2024-01-01' = {
   location: location
   name: aksClusterName
@@ -375,6 +385,32 @@ resource uami_fedcred 'Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/federate
   }
 ]
 
+module serviceAccounts './aks-manifest.bicep' = {
+  name: '${aksClusterName}-service-accounts'
+  params: {
+    name: '${aksClusterName}-service-accounts'
+    aksClusterName: aksClusterName
+    manifests: [
+      for i in range(0, length(workloadIdentities)): {
+        apiVersion: 'v1'
+        kind: 'ServiceAccount'
+        metadata: {
+          name: workloadIdentities[i].value.uamiName
+          namespace: workloadIdentities[i].value.namespace
+          annotations: {
+            'azure.workload.identity/client-id': uami[i].properties.clientId
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+    aksManagedIdentityId: aksClusterUserDefinedManagedIdentity.id
+    location: location
+  }
+  dependsOn: [
+    aksClusterAdminRoleAssignment
+  ]
+}
+
 // Outputs
 output userAssignedIdentities array = [
   for i in range(0, length(workloadIdentities)): {
diff --git a/dev-infrastructure/modules/aks-manifest.bicep b/dev-infrastructure/modules/aks-manifest.bicep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1e9aae5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-infrastructure/modules/aks-manifest.bicep
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+param name string
+param aksClusterName string
+param location string
+param aksManagedIdentityId string
+param manifests array
+
+var namespaces = [for manifest in manifests: manifest.metadata.namespace]
+var uniqueNamespaces = union(namespaces, [])
+var namespaceManifests = [
+  for i in range(0, length(uniqueNamespaces)): {
+    apiVersion: 'v1'
+    kind: 'Namespace'
+    metadata: {
+      name: uniqueNamespaces[i]
+    }
+  }
+]
+var namespaceManifestList = {
+  apiVersion: 'v1'
+  kind: 'List'
+  items: namespaceManifests
+}
+
+var mainfestList = {
+  apiVersion: 'v1'
+  kind: 'List'
+  items: manifests
+}
+
+resource deploymentScript 'Microsoft.Resources/deploymentScripts@2023-08-01' = {
+  name: name
+  location: location
+  kind: 'AzureCLI'
+  identity: {
+    type: 'UserAssigned'
+    userAssignedIdentities: {
+      '${aksManagedIdentityId}': {}
+    }
+  }
+
+  properties: {
+    azCliVersion: '2.30.0'
+    cleanupPreference: 'OnSuccess'
+    retentionInterval: 'P1D'
+    scriptContent: '''
+      az login --identity
+      az aks install-cli
+      az aks get-credentials --resource-group ${AKS_CLUSTER_RG} --name ${AKS_CLUSTER_NAME} --overwrite-existing -a
+      echo "${NAMESPACE_MANIFESTS}" | base64 -d | kubectl apply -f -
+      echo "${MANIFESTS}" | base64 -d | kubectl apply -f -
+    '''
+    // todo figure out how to leverage az aks command invoke to
+    // * avoid installing kubectl
+    // * avoid the need for a network path to the cluster
+    //
+    // right now az aks command invoke fails with `MissingAADClusterToken` when run within a deploymentscript
+    environmentVariables: [
+      {
+        name: 'AKS_CLUSTER_RG'
+        value: resourceGroup().name
+      }
+      {
+        name: 'AKS_CLUSTER_NAME'
+        value: aksClusterName
+      }
+      {
+        name: 'NAMESPACE_MANIFESTS'
+        value: base64(string(namespaceManifestList))
+      }
+      {
+        name: 'MANIFESTS'
+        value: base64(string(mainfestList))
+      }
+    ]
+    timeout: 'PT30M'
+  }
+}