I read Microsoft’s latest Azure post on designing, building, and optimizing IaaS for long-term cost efficiency, and it’s a solid reminder that cost control needs to be baked into every stage of cloud architecture. As the post puts it, “As…

I walked through Microsoft’s clear step-by-step on enabling guest access to Canvas and model-driven apps using Microsoft Entra ID B2B. The guide covers everything you need to allow an external user to access Dataverse-backed apps: enable external collaboration in Entra…

I just read Microsoft’s post about AI pipelines in Azure HorizonDB and it’s a neat shift for anyone who’s fought with RAG ingestion glue code. Instead of building external workers, queues, and retries to chunk, embed, extract, and generate, you…

I read Microsoft’s latest Azure post, “Azure IaaS: How to design, build, and optimize cloud infrastructure for long-term cost optimization efficiency,” and it’s a practical reminder that “cost efficiency remains a foundational principle of cloud architectures.” The article walks through…

I dug into Microsoft’s “Auditing and Telemetry for the Agent Governance Toolkit” post and its .NET sample (AGTAuditBlobTelemetryApp01). The write-up shows a practical, production-minded setup: governance events are emitted by the kernel, an OnAllEvents hook simultaneously appends JSONL audit records…

Azure is pushing Azure Files as a simple, cloud-native way to speed up Linux workloads without forcing you to rewrite apps. The blog points out that “Azure Files combines familiar file access with built-in performance, data protection, security, and Azure…

I dug into Microsoft’s new report, “The 2026 Agent Confidence Index: Where 300 builders see real momentum,” and the headline line stuck with me: “building trustworthy AI agents is as critical as building powerful ones.” The survey of 300 builders…

Claude from Anthropic is now generally available in Microsoft Foundry on Azure — and it’s running on NVIDIA’s GB300 Blackwell Ultra. That means teams can move faster from prototyping agent behavior to production-grade deployments without juggling infrastructure, since Foundry hosts…

I read Microsoft’s post “Accelerate modern Linux workloads with Azure Files,” which highlights that Azure Files “combines familiar file access with built-in performance, data protection, security, and Azure service integration.” The piece positions Azure Files as an easy-to-adopt shared storage…

I dug into Microsoft’s new 2026 Agent Confidence Index — a snapshot of opinions from 300 builders — and it’s a useful read if you’re thinking about where agents actually add value. As the post says, “At Microsoft, building trustworthy…

Claude is now generally available in Microsoft Foundry on Azure — hosted with NVIDIA GB300 Blackwell Ultra — which the Azure blog summarizes as “giving teams a faster path from agent experimentation to production.” I like that this moves Claude…

I’m keeping an eye on Microsoft’s latest move to protect data in motion: they’ve put network-level data protection—powered by Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Entra—into public preview. The idea is simple but timely: data doesn’t just live on endpoints anymore, it…

Microsoft has rolled out a preview for custom extensions in Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and I think this is a practical step toward closing the gap between identity controls and real-world business context. In short: PIM can now…

I read Microsoft’s announcement about moving Logic Apps from the in-proc to the Azure Functions out-of-proc hosting model as part of the road to .NET 10 support. For most customers this will be automatic and require no action, but there’s…

I just read the Microsoft Tech Community walkthrough on enabling guest access to Canvas and Model-driven apps using Microsoft Entra ID, and it’s a handy, practical guide. The post lays out a clear checklist: enable external collaboration in Entra ID,…

I came across a clear walkthrough on enabling Microsoft Entra ID B2B guest access so external users can sign into Canvas and Model-driven apps backed by Dataverse. The post lays out a practical, step-by-step flow: enable external collaboration in Entra…