The Azure AI Model Router: an infrastructure architect’s field notes
The request landed in my inbox last month. A dev team wanted to enable the Model Router in their Azure AI Foundry project. The pitch was simple: one…
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Azure Monitor Pipeline Is GA: A Practical Lab Guide
I’ll be honest: when I saw the Azure Monitor Pipeline go GA, my first reaction was “oh, another collector agent.” I almost scrolled past it. That would have…
Working with content understanding using Azure AI Foundry agent
I have been working on a lab to integrate and automate the review of legacy documents. The idea is quite simple: take legacy documents, either physical or previously…
Designing Safe Azure App Registration Secret Rotation (With Guardrails)
Automating Azure App Registration secret rotation is often discussed as a best practice, but implementing it safely is where the real challenge begins. In many Azure environments, client…
Why most Azure environments fail at governance
As I progressed from “keeping Azure running” to actually owning platform decisions, one thing became painfully clear:most Azure governance failures are not caused by missing tools — they’re…
Building an Azure “Super-Assistant” with Azure MCP (Preview)
Introduction AI assistants for Azure are everywhere right now. Most of them fall into one of two categories: I wanted to explore something different: Can we build a…
Azure Health Check – A Free Script to Audit and Visualise Cloud Hygiene
Are you running Azure subscriptions and want a quick, human-friendly overview of your governance, compute, storage, network and Key Vault hygiene?The Azure Health Check PowerShell script gives you…
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I Became a Microsoft MVP — A Personal Milestone in My Azure Journey
Today, I want to share something very special and meaningful for me — I have been recognised as a Microsoft MVP in Azure Compute Infrastructure. For those who…
Azure Private Link Service Direct Connect – Simplified Private Connectivity (Public Preview)
Azure Private Link Service (PLS) has long been the go-to option for exposing your services privately to consumers across Azure — ensuring that traffic never crosses the public…
Automating a Monthly Azure Update Compliance Report with Logic Apps + Azure Resource Graph
Most patching dashboards are great for interactive views—but what if your stakeholders want a scheduled email that shows the current patch compliance for only a scoped set of…
Azure Storage: GA Support for Entra ID and RBAC in Supplemental APIs
On 26 August 2025, Microsoft announced the general availability (GA) of Entra ID authentication and role-based access control (RBAC) for several supplemental Azure Storage APIs. This update improves…
How to Troubleshoot High Memory Pressure on an Azure VM Using Performance Diagnostics
Recently, I had to troubleshoot a case of performance degradation on an Azure VM. The key symptom was high memory pressure, which in Azure means the system is…