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2026 121

  1. Extending Azure VM Image Automation with an MCP Operations Layer
  2. Implementing Traefik as an Ingress Controller on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  3. Azure Local: 10 mistakes that can derail your deployment before it starts
  4. Building Secure, Ephemeral GitHub Actions Runners on Azure Container Apps
  5. Beyond Hub-and-Spoke: Routable and Non-Advertised Azure Networks
  6. Beyond Hub-and-Spoke: Routable and Non-Advertised Azure Networks
  7. Microsoft at NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026: sovereign AI on your terms
  8. Microsoft at NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026: sovereign AI on your terms
  9. What is new in Sovereign Public Cloud
  10. What is new in Sovereign Public Cloud
  11. Threat Modeling Azure MCP: Securing AI-Assisted Infrastructure Operations
  12. Threat Modeling Azure MCP: Securing AI-Assisted Infrastructure Operations
  13. Networking for the AI era: Building for scale, efficiency, and openness
  14. Powering Azure infrastructure from grid to chip
  15. Advancing hardware security through open-source collaboration
  16. Advancing hardware security through open-source collaboration
  17. Powering Azure infrastructure from grid to chip
  18. Networking for the AI era: Building for scale, efficiency, and openness
  19. Advancing AI fleet reliability through industry collaboration
  20. Advancing AI fleet reliability through industry collaboration
  21. Microsoft at OCP Global Summit 2026
  22. Microsoft at OCP Global Summit 2026
  23. Azure Key Vault and BYOK: Lessons Learned
  24. Azure Key Vault and BYOK: Lessons Learned
  25. Scaling distributed AI infrastructure with Azure’s ExpressRoute and AI Points of Presence (AI PoPs)
  26. Catalyst: Frontier stories of AI Infrastructure innovation
  27. Expanding access to specialized GPU infrastructure through Dapple and Azure
  28. FinOps-Ready Azure Landing Zone - Part 2
  29. Automating Azure VM Image Baking and Validation with Packer and Azure DevOps
  30. Automating Private Endpoint DNS Across Azure Tenants with Azure Policy and Azure Lighthouse
  31. Deploying Custom Images and Implementing CI/CD for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  32. Maia 200: Software-defined dataflow and all-Ethernet networking for efficient inference on Azure
  33. Azure Copilot Introduces Direct Access to Agents
  34. Beyond Deployment: What It Really Takes to Run GitHub Actions Runners on AKS
  35. From Silicon to Systems: Bending the Cost and Complexity Curves of AI
  36. Move a live GitLab project between groups without breaking Terraform state or CI/CD
  37. Azure Cobalt: Workload-Aware Power Management for More Efficient Datacenters
  38. Building Practical Rowhammer Protection into Azure Cobalt 200
  39. Ginkgo Bioworks and Microsoft Discovery: Bringing agentic AI to biological discovery
  40. Kubernetes Center: Security & LTS/Out-of-Support Version Insights Now Available
  41. Golden Image Refresh for Virtual Machines and VM Scale Sets: Driving Consistency at Scale
  42. Building AI Guardian Extension: AI Detection and Enterprise AI Security
  43. Rundeck – AWS Enterprise Rundeck Integration with Azure Runner
  44. Building a Terraform Drift Validator for Azure with Live Portal Verification
  45. Modernizing TCP Applications with Azure Application Gateway Layer 4 TCP/TLS Proxy
  46. From Pipelines to Agents: Self-Healing CI/CD Workflow
  47. Azure Arc AKS Explained: Run Kubernetes Beyond Azure Cloud
  48. Scaling GitHub Advanced Security in Azure DevOps with a single reusable YAML template
  49. Understanding the deployment quota limitation (800) Error in Azure Bicep and ARM Deployments
  50. CHERIoT-Ibex: Closing the door on memory safety vulnerabilities with hardware-enforced protection
  51. Safely Migrating Terraform Managed Disks on Azure Using Stable Keys and Copilot
  52. Building Secure AI Platforms in Banking Using Azure Enterprise Architecture
  53. How Validation‑Driven Terraform Made Our Azure Function Deployments Predictable
  54. Operationalizing Responsible AI in Microsoft Foundry within Enterprise Network Boundaries
  55. Deploying Azure Resources with Managed HSM Keys Using Bicep
  56. Building an AI Agent for Azure Infrastructure Validation
  57. Building Multi-File Refactoring Agents with GitHub Copilot Workspace
  58. Build and Deploy Logic App Workflows Using Visual Studio Code and CI/CD Pipeline
  59. Running GitHub Actions Runners on Azure Container Apps with KEDA Autoscaling
  60. Modernizing Terraform Pipelines on Azure: OIDC Federation for GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
  61. Automating Azure Naming Standards using API and DevOps Pipelines
  62. Reimagining Azure Governance with Automation & EPAC
  63. AI‑Accelerated AVM Refactoring: Modernizing Legacy IaC Safely and Swiftly
  64. 🚀 From Drift to Diagnosis: AI‑Powered Root Cause Analysis for Azure Infrastructure
  65. From Drift to Self-Healing: Building a Multi-Repo Azure AI Infrastructure You Can Actually Trust
  66. Operating AI Agents on Azure: Observability with Azure AI Foundry
  67. Building an Enterprise-Grade SQL Platform on Kubernetes using Crossplane and Azure PostgreSQL
  68. Migrating Splunk Logs to Azure Application Insights on VMs
  69. HashiCorp Vault Integration with Terraform — Secure Secret Management
  70. Istio‑Based Weighted Traffic Management on AKS for Enterprise Workloads
  71. Troubleshooting SQL MI Failover Group Creation in Hub–Spoke Network with Centralized Firewall
  72. Deploying Azure Redis Enterprise with Geo-Replication Using Terraform
  73. From Portal Edits to GitOps : Deploying Azure API Management Configuration with APIOps
  74. Azure AI Foundry vs Traditional ML Pipelines: What’s Different and Why It Matters
  75. Azure Key Vault Auto‑Rotation Practicle Guide
  76. How AI Agents Are Turning Threat Intelligence Into Validated Detections
  77. Entra ID Login via Azure Bastion Fails After VM Recreation
  78. Azure Virtual Desktop in the Perth Azure Extended Zone: A Real‑World Production Deployment
  79. Qurious About Quantum?
  80. Service Mesh-Aware Request Tracing in AKS with Istio and Application Insights
  81. Building an End-to-End MLOps Pipeline: From Training to Managed Endpoints on Azure
  82. Enterprise UAMI Design in Azure: Trust Boundaries and Blast Radius
  83. Enabling AI-Driven Enterprise Intelligence Using SAP and Microsoft 3-IQ Layers
  84. Build Your AI Agent in 5 Minutes with AI Toolkit for VS Code
  85. Private DNS and Hub–Spoke Networking for Enterprise AI Workloads on Azure
  86. Building Cost-Aware Azure Infrastructure Pipelines: Estimate Costs Before You Deploy
  87. Demystifying On-Demand Capacity Reservations
  88. DevSecOps on AKS: Governance Gates That Actually Prevent Incidents
  89. Azure SQL Managed Instance as an AI‑Enabled PaaS Platform
  90. AI‑Assisted Azure Infrastructure Validation and Drift Detection
  91. 🚀 General Availability of Private Application Gateway on Azure Application Gateway v2
  92. Enterprise‑Scale Azure Subscription Vending Using Azure Verified Modules (AVM)
  93. VS Code Custom Agents: AI-Powered Terraform Security Scanning in the IDE
  94. Migrating Azure SQL Database Across Tenants Using Subscription Transfer
  95. Subscription Vending in Azure: An Implementation Overview
  96. VS Code Extension
  97. CI/CD as a Platform: Shipping Microservices and AI Agents with Reusable GitHub Actions Workflows
  98. From Toil to Trust: How Azure SRE Agent Is Redefining Cloud Operations
  99. Guardrails for Generative AI: Securing Developer Workflows
  100. 🚀GitHub Copilot CLI: AI Assistance from the Command Line for Infrastructure Deployments
  101. 🚀 Securing Enterprise AI: From Red Teaming to Risk Cards and Azure Guardrails
  102. Automating Azure OpenAI Cost Control Using Budgets, Action Groups, and Automation Runbooks
  103. Synchronizing Azure Storage Across Isolated Private Endpoint Networks
  104. Designing an Azure Disaster Recovery Strategy for Enterprise Workloads
  105. Centralized Monitoring in Azure
  106. Migrating On-prem Windows & Linux VMs to Azure Confidential Virtual Machines via Azure Migrate
  107. Building Reusable Custom Images for Azure Confidential VMs Using Azure Compute Gallery
  108. How to Create a Harness Pipeline and integrate with Azure
  109. Announcing Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) support for Existing VM SKUs
  110. Azure Blob Tiering: Clarity, Truths, and Practical Guidance for Architects
  111. Proactive Resiliency in Azure for Specialized Workload i.e. Citrix VDI on Azure Design Framework.
  112. Observability in Generative AI: Building Trust with Systematic Evaluation in Microsoft Foundry
  113. AKS Tenant Migration: Considerations and Approach
  114. Join Microsoft as we share more on Maia 200 in the Bay Area
  115. Silicon to Systems: How Microsoft Engineers AI Infrastructure from the Ground Up
  116. Enterprise Adoption Guide: Microsoft Dev Box
  117. Deep dive into the Maia 200 architecture
  118. RAIDDR: Redefining Memory Reliability
  119. Parallel AKS Node Pool Creation with Crossplane: A Version Compatibility Journey
  120. Advancing embodied carbon measurement at scale for Microsoft Azure hardware
  121. AI-Native Drug Discovery using Insilico Medicine’s Nach01 Model and Microsoft Discovery

2025 92

  1. Transforming SAP for the Intelligent Enterprise with Azure, Microsoft Fabric, and AI
  2. Managing Multiple Deployment Stacks in Azure Bicep: Patterns and Best Practices
  3. Enabling Private Connectivity for Microsoft Fabric: A Practical Guide
  4. Announcing Deployment capabilities (preview) in Azure Copilot
  5. Announcing Kubernetes Center (Preview) On Azure Portal
  6. Ushering in the Era of Agentic Cloud Operations with Azure Copilot
  7. Announcing Cobalt 200: Azure’s next cloud-native CPU
  8. Powering Modern Cloud Workloads with Azure Boost: Ignite 2025
  9. Defending the cloud: Azure neutralized a record-breaking 15 Tbps DDoS attack
  10. Secure Azure Stream Analytics Jobs in Dedicated Clusters Using Managed PE for Blob Input/Output
  11. From Code to Cloud: Python-Driven Microsoft Fabric Deployments
  12. Building Enterprise-Grade Shared AKS Clusters: A Guide to Multi-Tenant Kubernetes Architecture
  13. Deploying Dev Box Catalogs and Synchronizing with GitHub using Terraform
  14. Azure VNet Flow Logs with Terraform: The Complete Migration and Traffic Analytics Guide
  15. Manage Azure Firewall Rules,NSG rules, using Terraform resource blocks and csv files
  16. Beyond Basics: Tracking Kafka Lag in Azure Event Hubs
  17. Zero-Trust Kubernetes: Enforcing Security & Multi-Tenancy with Custom Admission Webhooks
  18. Reimagining AI at scale: NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 on Azure
  19. How to Safely Remove Secrets from Your Git History (The Right Way)
  20. Mastering Azure Queries: Skip Token and Batching for Scale
  21. Operational Excellence In AI Infrastructure Fleets: Standardized Node Lifecycle Management
  22. Next Generation HXU: Doubling Cooling Power for the AI Era
  23. Caliptra 2.1: An Open-Source Silicon Root of Trust With Enhanced Protection of Data At-Rest
  24. Rethinking Power Conversion and Distribution for the AI Era
  25. Managing Context Retention in Agentic AI
  26. Architecting Multi-region solution in Azure - Lessons Learned
  27. Container Networking with Azure Application Gateway for Containers (AGC): Overlay vs. Flat AKS
  28. Multi‑Agent Orchestration with Azure AI Foundry: From Idea to Production
  29. Enforcing Angular Unit Test Coverage in Azure DevOps Pipelines: A Step-by-Step Guide
  30. Scaling Azure Functions & PaaS - Concurrency, Async, Messaging. Insights from Python Log Analysis
  31. Build and Deploy Logic App Workflows Using Visual Studio Code and CI/CD Pipeline
  32. Protecting networks from malware, including Lumma Stealer, with Azure Firewall Premium
  33. Pioneering Performance and Scale: Compute Innovations Unveiled at Build
  34. Autoscaling AKS Microservices with Knative: HTTP Workload Optimization in Action
  35. Provisioning Azure Storage Containers and Folders Using Bicep and PowerShell
  36. Designing Reusable Bicep Modules: A Databricks Example
  37. 🚀 Building Intelligent, Scalable APIs with Azure APIM, Azure OpenAI, and Semantic Caching
  38. Using Act to Test GitHub Workflows Locally for Azure Deployments (CI/CD)
  39. Leveraging Azure NetApp Files for High-Performance Kubernetes Storage
  40. Demystifying Azure Private Link: Benefits, Pitfalls & Best Practices
  41. CI/CD Implementation for Azure Sentinel Using Terraform
  42. Deploy and Manage Azure Databricks Infrastructure using Terraform and Azure Devops pipeline
  43. Deploying a GitHub Actions Self-hosted Runner on Azure: A Step-by-Step Guide
  44. Deploying a GitLab Runner on Azure: A Step-by-Step Guide
  45. Building Azure Right: A Practical Checklist for Infrastructure Landing Zones
  46. Entra ID Authentication for Azure PostgreSQL
  47. HA Configuration in AKS: System and Worker Nodes Across Multiple Availability Zones
  48. Automating Microsoft Foundry Deployment with IaC: Leveraging Bicep and GitHub Workflows
  49. Building a FinOps-Ready Azure Landing Zone: Infrastructure Foundations for Cost Optimization
  50. Azure CNI and Cilium for Advanced AKS Networking, Security & Observability
  51. Centralizing Azure Private DNS Zones and Automating Record Creation for PaaS Services
  52. Azure NetApp Files: Powering Performance and Savings in the Cloud
  53. Effective Storage Account Monitoring through Storage Insights
  54. Creating an Application Landing Zone on Azure Using Bicep
  55. How to Set Up Data Collection Rules (DCR) for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  56. Architecture of AI chatbot solution with private links
  57. Strengthening Azure infrastructure and platform security - 5 new updates
  58. Modernizing Fabric Deployments: IaC and CI/CD for Enterprise Analytics
  59. ArgoCD integration with Private AKS Cluster
  60. Microsoft Fabric: Automate Artifact Deployment with Azure DevOps and Python
  61. Automating Container Image Cleanup in AKS with Eraser
  62. Behind the Azure AI Foundry: Essential Azure Infrastructure & Cost Insights
  63. Azure Synapse Analytics CI/CD with Custom Parameters for Managed Private Endpoints (MPEs)
  64. Microsoft Dev Box Creation using Terraform
  65. Standard Logic App Setup using Terraform
  66. Check Azure AI Service Models and Features by Region in Excel Format
  67. Syncing Secrets Between HashiCorp Vault and Azure Key Vault with Terraform
  68. Automating Multiple Azure Resource Deployment with Bicep
  69. Monitoring Time Drift in Azure Kubernetes Service for Regulated Industries
  70. Introducing XFF header for Azure Firewall: Gain crucial insights to help stay secure
  71. Commonly Used Git Commands
  72. Accelerating Azure Security: Key Insights at Our Upcoming Virtual Event
  73. Microsoft Copilot in Azure is now generally available
  74. Implementing Baseline Alerts with Azure Monitor for Mission-Critical Applications
  75. So, you want to have a public IP Address for your application?
  76. Azure ExpressRoute Resiliency: Best Practices for Production-Critical Workloads
  77. Microsoft Azure Cloud HSM is now generally available
  78. Enhancing VM security: Azure's approach to safer connectivity for all users
  79. Infrastructure Landing Zone - Implementation Decision-Making:
  80. Storing Azure Function Keys in Key Vault Using User Assigned Managed Identity
  81. Securing the digital future: Advanced firewall protection for all Azure customers
  82. Evolution of Microsoft Teams Optimization in Citrix Virtual Environments
  83. Cloud security in the fast lane: Navigating PaaS challenges
  84. Enhancing Azure Private DNS Resiliency with Internet Fallback
  85. How Proactive Network Security Helps Secure Azure Workloads
  86. Cloud Security as a City Planner: A Guide to Azure Well-Architected Framework’s Security Pillar
  87. Learn to elevate security and resiliency of Azure and AI projects with skilling plans
  88. Navigating Azure Security: Essential Resources from Design to Implementation
  89. Automated Testing for Terraform with Terratest on Azure
  90. Configuring Consul Service Mesh for Kubernetes Deployments
  91. Advanced Terraform Techniques: Navigating Complex Scenarios
  92. Maximizing Virtual Desktop Performance: Uniting Azure Virtual Desktop with Citrix Solution

2024 34

  1. Isolated POC or Production Pilot?
  2. Resiliency Best Practices You Need For your Blob Storage Data
  3. Enhancing infrastructure efficiency with Azure Boost DPU
  4. Securing Azure infrastructure with silicon innovation
  5. Harnessing Microsoft Dev Box and Azure Deployment Environments
  6. Effortless Kubernetes Deployment: The AKS Deployment Feature in AKS VS Code Extension
  7. Enable IP restriction for a public facing App service
  8. Selecting the Optimal Container for Azure AI: Docker, ACI, or AKS?
  9. Liquid Cooling in Air Cooled Data Centers on Microsoft Azure
  10. Securing Hardware and Firmware Supply Chains
  11. Mt Diablo - Disaggregated Power Fueling the Next Wave of AI Platforms
  12. Deny inbound NSG Rule creation via Azure Policy
  13. Azure Extended Zones: Optimizing Performance, Compliance, and Accessibility
  14. Inside Maia 100: Revolutionizing AI Workloads with Microsoft's Custom AI Accelerator
  15. Accelerate Cloud Potential for Your SAP Workloads on Azure with these Learning Paths
  16. Azure Role Assignments Audit Report
  17. Leveraging Azure Copilot for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)
  18. AVD SignIn Sign Out taking too long - FSLogix AppServices Error
  19. Connect to a Linux VM using Bastion and Key Vault without a private key file
  20. AKS Networking || Bring your own CNI plugin (BYOC)
  21. Copilot in Azure Technical Deep Dive
  22. Get Started with Azure AI Services | Open AI and Deployment Models
  23. Centralized private resolver architecture implementation using Azure private DNS resolver
  24. Enhancing Azure Connectivity: Sharing PaaS instance across customer tenants on Azure
  25. Unleashing GitHub Copilot for Infrastructure as Code
  26. Perform bulk NSG rule rollout across multiple target NSGs
  27. A Comprehensive Guide to Azure Managed HSM for Regulated Industries
  28. ISV network connectivity pattern for data exchange over public IP address between Azure and onPrem
  29. Storage Assessment Beginners Guide
  30. Azure Arc, Azure Monitoring and Azure Workbooks
  31. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for on-premises workloads in Microsoft Azure Cloud
  32. Announcing the limited general availability of Accelerated Connections
  33. Azure Permissions 101: How to manage Azure access effectively
  34. Avoid the complexity when utilizing Entra ID multi-tenants and School or Work/Microsoft Accounts

2023 18

  1. Announcing the general availability of Azure Boost
  2. Simplify IT management with Microsoft Copilot for Azure – save time and get answers fast
  3. IT professional's guide to Azure Infrastructure at Microsoft Ignite 2023
  4. Shift-left OCP System Evaluation with Virtual Client library (VC) for Azure
  5. OCP-SAFE, a systematic hardware security appraisal framework
  6. Simplifying development experience and deployment with Azure Kubernetes Service extension in VS Code
  7. Detailed CSP to EA Migration guidance and crucial considerations
  8. Migration of containerized services from GKE to AKS
  9. Introducing Microsoft Azure Boost Preview
  10. Open at Microsoft – Bridge to Kubernetes
  11. An IT pro's guide to Azure at Microsoft Build 2023
  12. (Part-3) Leverage Bicep: Standard model to Automate Azure IaaS deployment
  13. (Part-2) Leverage Bicep: Standard model to Automate Azure IaaS deployment
  14. (Part-1) Leverage Bicep: Standard model to Automate Azure IaaS deployment
  15. Inside Azure for IT: Three cloud strategies to help you navigate market uncertainty
  16. Azure landing zones custom archetypes using Terraform
  17. Unleash your infrastructure aptitude with our skilling programs
  18. Become more resilient by gaining skills on Azure data backup & recovery

2022 14

  1. New ramp guide available to skill up on Azure networking
  2. Web application routing, Open service mesh and AKS
  3. Azure Monitor for Enterprises and not only. How does Azure CxP team leverage Policies at-scale?
  4. Modular Chassis — common chassis design for future of accelerators
  5. IT professional's guide to Azure Infrastructure at Microsoft Ignite 2022
  6. Drive growth by accelerating customer adoption of Azure infrastructure
  7. Inside Azure for IT: Driving innovation across industries with Azure
  8. KEDA (Kubernetes event-driven autoscaling) in AKS and identities
  9. New Azure Skilling Guides!
  10. An IT professional’s guide to Azure at Build 2022
  11. Extending Operational Technology to Azure
  12. Ask the product experts live: Azure Network Security
  13. Ask the product experts live: Azure Arc
  14. Ask the product experts live: Azure Confidential Computing | Inside Azure for IT

2021 9

  1. Azure IaaS Day: Learn skills to build a more agile, resilient infrastructure
  2. Ask the product experts live: Azure Stack HCI | Inside Azure for IT
  3. Enhance your cloud skills and accelerate digital transformation with Inside Azure for IT
  4. Inside Azure for IT: Ask the product experts live - Save the date!
  5. Don’t miss out on Azure Storage Day on April 29, 2021!
  6. Firewall integration in Azure VMware Solution - Part 1
  7. Latest Azure VMware Solution Resources
  8. Latest Linux on Azure Resources
  9. Welcome to the Azure infrastructure community!