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2026 23

  1. AI on Azure: when you own the infrastructure
  2. AI on Azure: managed ML
  3. AI on Azure: platforms for apps and agents
  4. AI on Azure: models as a service
  5. AI on Azure 101: Training, fine-tuning, inference, and where everything lives
  6. Know before your customers do: a secure Azure Service Health to Slack pipeline
  7. Inference Options on Azure: An Architect’s View
  8. Understanding Azure Container Apps Costs: ACA Compute, Metrics and Cost observability - Part 2
  9. Understanding Azure Container Apps Costs: From Replica Reservations to Running Nodes - Part 1
  10. Azure Machine Learning AutoML for FinTech Startups: From Idea to Production
  11. From reactive firefighting to proactive operations: custom skills for Azure SRE Agent
  12. Azure AI Foundry: from zero to production
  13. Your startup doesn't have an SRE team. Now what?
  14. Your H100s on Azure won't do distributed training. Here's probably why.
  15. Azure Service Health has four alert types. You probably configured one.
  16. From Error Log to Closed Ticket, Without Leaving Your Terminal
  17. The flat-subscription problem
  18. Your Azure VM went down and nobody knew why. Here's how to fix that.
  19. Role Structures, Anti-Patterns, and the 10 Governance Principles
  20. Marketplace governance and the cross-plane bridge
  21. Introducing the Startup-Scale Landing Zone: Get Azure right from day one
  22. Production-grade API Gateway patterns for Microsoft Foundry
  23. When and why startups add a gateway in front of Microsoft Foundry

2025 22

  1. Azure has three permission systems, and you're probably confusing them
  2. Azure capacity planning: Using quotas, reservations, vmss instance mix, and compute fleet
  3. Azure Monitor 101: The missing guide to understanding monitoring on Azure
  4. Monitoring Azure OpenAI without switching from your existing observability platform
  5. Azure routing preference: A hidden lever for performance vs. cost trade-offs
  6. Azure Quota Alerts (Preview): Still overlooked, but incredibly useful
  7. Azure Support Slack Bot on Azure Container Apps: Production-ready guide
  8. A practical guide to Azure VM SKU eligibility and zonal support monitoring
  9. The Digital Native's Checklist for Azure: Stuff I wish every startup knew
  10. Azure OpenAI best practices: A quick-reference guide to optimize your deployments
  11. AKS networking made easy: Your comprehensive guide
  12. Embracing AKS built-in upgrade features and exploring custom solutions
  13. From zero to hero: Mastering storage in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  14. Getting started with Azure Developer CLI (azd)
  15. From zero to hero with identity and access control in Azure Kubernetes Service
  16. Talk to Fabric Eventhouse using Azure AI Agents – Natural Language to KQL
  17. Building a cost-effective & resilient Azure Infrastructure
  18. How to automatically shut down idle VMs in Azure
  19. Azure Kubernetes Service – A friendly guide for Startups
  20. The importance of setting up Service and Resource Health monitoring in Azure
  21. How Azure Advisor can help you to optimize cloud resources
  22. Azure Workbooks: Advanced customization and data visualization in Azure

2024 32

  1. Optimizing Inference Performance for “On-Prem” LLMs
  2. Is Data Science Obsolete with Model as a Service (MaaS) Endpoints?
  3. AKS and cloud-native platforms: Highlights from KubeCon and Microsoft Ignite 2024
  4. Choosing the right networking model for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): Azure CNI vs. Kubenet
  5. Azure AI Studio Prompt Flow with Azure Data Explorer for Vector Search
  6. Effective monitoring of Azure PostgreSQL for Azure OpenAI Workloads
  7. Dynamic multi-cloud networking: Configuring a BGP-enabled VPN between Azure and AWS
  8. How to easily set up a VPN between Azure and AWS using managed services (updated 2024)
  9. Advanced alerting strategies for Azure Monitoring
  10. AKS Standard vs. AKS Automatic: A comprehensive comparison
  11. RAG On PDF With Text And Embedded Images, With Citations Referencing Image Answering User Query
  12. Understanding identity concepts in AKS
  13. Azure Monitor & MELT: A comprehensive approach to cloud observability
  14. Key architectural differences between AWS and Azure explained
  15. Monitoring LLM Inference Endpoints with LLM Listeners
  16. From Zero to Hero with Azure Landing Zones
  17. Essential steps to kickstart your Azure journey
  18. LLM RAG: Deploy LLM Inference Endpoints & Optimize Output with RAG
  19. Building high scale RAG applications with Microsoft Fabric Eventhouse
  20. How to use Azure OpenAI GPT-4o with Function calling
  21. Demystifying Microsoft Entra ID, Tenants and Azure Subscriptions
  22. Building a Secure and Scalable Foundation for Your Startup on Azure
  23. Automate AKS Deployment and Chaos Engineering with Terraform and GitHub Actions
  24. Slash Your Azure Bill: Top Tips for Startups
  25. Building a Real-Time medallion architecture using Eventhouse in Microsoft Fabric
  26. How To Get from AI Prototype to Production with Minimal Effort
  27. How to Manage and Scale AI Models with Workload Orchestration
  28. Ensuring Edge ML Models Provide Value by Observing Data Drift.
  29. Optimizing ML Models in Production in the Cloud or at the Edge using Shadow Deployments
  30. Optimizing ML Models in Production in The Cloud or At the Edge Using A/B Testing
  31. How to Quickly and Easily Package, Deploy, and Serve ML Models to Edge Devices.
  32. From Chaos to Clarity: Simplifying Your Networking with Azure Container Apps

2023 18

  1. Migrating from OpenAI to Azure OpenAI
  2. From Prompts to Embeddings and Vector Stores - How to use OpenAI in real-life scenarios
  3. Building a self-serve analytics platform with Azure Data Explorer and OpenAI
  4. Azure Subscriptions Made Simple: Essential Tips for Startup Success
  5. How To Set Up the Microsoft Chatbot Template and Azure OpenAI Service Plugin for Bubble
  6. How To Set Up and Configure a GPT Deployment Using the Azure OpenAI Service
  7. Part 2 - Building a Data Lakehouse using Azure Data explorer - The Deployment
  8. Build a chatbot to query your documentation using Langchain and Azure OpenAI
  9. How to Use Azure Front Door's Web Application Firewall (WAF) to Protect Your Web Apps
  10. How to use Azure OpenAI Playgrounds to experiment with Chatbots
  11. Use OpenAI GPT with your Enterprise Data
  12. ACA vs AKS: Which Azure Service Is Better for Running Containers?
  13. Part 1 - Building a Data Lakehouse using Azure Data Explorer
  14. Creating an AKS Cluster in Azure: Considerations for Migrating from EKS Workloads
  15. How to Add a Trial Subscription to Your Azure Account: Step-by-Step Guide
  16. How to Increase Quota for Specific Types of Azure Virtual Machines
  17. Step-by-Step Guide: Creating an Azure Resource Group on Azure Portal
  18. Maximizing Savings: Cost Optimization for Azure’s Most-Used Services