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February 2024 marked a significant milestone in my career – my five-year work anniversary at Microsoft. Reflecting on this journey,…

Operators are widely used in Azure Bicep. Commonly used operators include arithmetic operators like + and – for performing calculations,…

By combining Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with Generative AI, you can create a more intelligent and context aware AI solution…

Diagram: How Does RAG Work? The article What is Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)? was originally published on Build5Nines. To stay…

Running jobs on specific branches with GitHub Actions is a common scenario implemented by DevOps and SRE professionals. This allows…

Windows Server 2025 Insider Preview Azure Arc enabled Server The Azure Connected Machine agent receives improvements on an ongoing basis.…

Microsoft recently announced that the legacy policies for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) will no longer be…

How to get the current branch name in GitHub Actions can be useful for workflows that trigger off of multiple…

A few times I’ve found the need to setup a GitHub Actions workflow that downloads a file and commits that…

Terraform provides functions to manage and manipulate IP addresses and CIDR blocks. These functions are crucial for network automation and…

Dive into the world of AI-powered PCs and Windows 365! Discover how Microsoft Surface and Windows 365 work together to…

The Terraform lookup() function provides a powerful feature that can be used to implement more flexible and easily configurable infrastructure…

While HashiCorp Terraform is a single executable, it’s really useful to install it on the local machine so the terraform.exe…

The ability to efficiently search and retrieve documents based on their semantic content has become increasingly important; especially when it…

The Internet of Things (IoT) industry has continued to grow and become more pervasive in people’s everyday lives these last…

The functions built into and supported by HashiCorp Terraform include the yamldecode and yamlencode functions for working with YAML data.…

Microsoft Copilot for Azure is an AI-powered tool designed to enhance your efficiency and productivity when working with Azure. Leveraging…

When managing a website, it’s crucial to ensure a seamless user experience, even when things go wrong. One common scenario…

CBL-Mariner Linux is a lightweight operating system, containing only the packages needed for a cloud environment. CBL-Mariner can be customized…

Scott Guthrie’s talk, “Next Generation AI for Developers with the Microsoft Cloud,” highlighted significant advancements and tools for developers leveraging…

Microsoft Copilot is an advanced, Generative AI-powered assistant designed to enhance productivity by integrating with various Microsoft applications and services.…

This is an AI-generated article based on a video to transcript generator I created to summarise Microsoft Build sessions. This…

Microsoft recently announced a public preview of User-Defined Route (UDR) management using Azure Virtual Network Manager. I’ve taken some time…

Have you wondered why an Azure subnet with no route table has so many default routes? What the heck is…

In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, the role of DevOps Engineers is becoming increasingly complex and critical. As organizations strive…

The AzAPI Terraform provider for Microsoft Azure has introduced a feature known as dynamic properties. This feature simplifies resource definitions…

Today, OpenAI announced the the new GPT-4o multi-modal model that integrates text, video, and audio capabilities. This new GPT-4o version…

There are many times when scheduled triggers are very useful when configuring GitHub Actions workflows. Luckily, GitHub Actions supports the…

In this article, we’ll explore how to integrate the Azure Storage SDK into a .NET application. We’ll cover the steps…

In this article, we’ll explore how to integrate the Azure Storage client library for Javascript into a Node.js application. We’ll…

HashiCorp Terraform offers a lot of powerful functions that can be used for string manipulation within your Infrastructure as Code…

When using HashiCorp Terraform to manage infrastructure as code (IaC), promoting changes from the development (DEV) environment to the production…

In this ever changing and evolving world of user generated versus AI generated content, the recent announcement of Stack Overflow…

Over the last couple years the emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) has revolutionized the way we interact with Artificial…

You might have heard about the General Availability of Virtual Network Flow Logs in Azure, and even read the announcement…

GitHub Copilot Chat is a chat interface that let’s you interact directly with GitHub Copilot from within the GitHub Mobile…

Presenting the keynote at ExpertsLive 2024 in the Netherlands about: The revolution of Windows becoming the leading OS transforming our…

In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, the role of Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) is becoming increasingly complex and critical. As…

There are many aspects to architecting an Internet of Things (IoT) solution. Security is the most important aspect of any…

In the ever-evolving landscape of software development and operations, the need for streamlined processes, robust infrastructure, and efficient deployment practices…

In this blog, you will learn how to set up and configure Azure DevOps service connections using workload identity federation…

At first this sounds crazy, but Azure DevOps Pipelines are actually a Serverless compute engine. When you compare it to…

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DevOps is a modern approach to software development and operations that emphasizes collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement. The goal of…

Ensuring the integrity and security of software artifacts is extremely important. With the proliferation of supply chain attacks and the…

When configuring a custom domain with Azure Front Door, one common issue that users may encounter is the “CNAME/alias record…

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live from our AVD and W365 bootcamp @ IGEL Disrupt in Miami, Florida, the industry’s largest EUC event!

As the curtains draw on yet another Global Azure Portugal, it’s time to pause, reflect, and celebrate the collective achievements…

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud-native application development, building scalable, observable, and production-ready distributed systems can be a challenging task.…