According to Microsoft, Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud services to help your organisation meet business challenges. It’s the freedom to build, manage, and deploy applications on a massive, global network using various tools and frameworks.
From DevOps to business analytics to the Internet of Things, Azure is designed to have users up and running quickly with a scalable, cost-effective solution that works with your existing investments.
This cloud computing service is a big part of Microsoft’s business, and it competes with similar services from Amazon and Google.
Therefore, our Azure Category is full of handy tips, tricks and advise. Check out some of the Step by Step blogs or learn with our eBooks, How To videos and Webinars.
This blog post will show you how to use an Azure PowerShell script to register all required Azure Update Manager resource providers in a specific subscription. If you’re already familiar with Azure and Microsoft’s hybrid compute solutions, you’ve probably heard of Azure Update Manager (AUM). This powerful cloud-based tool helps you manage and automate operating… READ MORE
In today’s fast-paced digital world, intelligent chatbots are becoming indispensable tools for enhancing user experience, streamlining operations, and providing instant access to information. This post will walk you through a robust and scalable chatbot architecture deployed on Azure, explaining each component and how they work together to deliver a seamless and powerful conversational AI experience.… READ MORE
When a regional outage hits—or someone trips over a network cable in the wrong data centre your we need to enact our Disaster Recovery plan. If you don’t have one, get one. AVNM doesn’t replace DR, but it can sure make it more resilient and repeatable. This post explores how to design AVNM with disaster… READ MORE
Re In today’s AI-driven world, building, training, deploying, and managing machine learning (ML) models efficiently is more critical than ever. Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML) is a cloud-based platform offered by Microsoft that empowers developers and data scientists to accelerate the ML lifecycle. From automated ML to large-scale training to responsible AI tools, Azure ML provides everything… READ MORE
Let’s be honest—when something just works, it’s easy to forget what’s happening behind the scenes. That’s often the case with Conditional Access in Microsoft Entra. But sometimes, the rules change—and it’s up to us to act before it impacts our users. Here’s one of those moments. 🚨 What’s going on? Microsoft is changing how Conditional Access… READ MORE
As cloud AI offerings expand, we increasingly need to work with models hosted across different platforms. For example, Azure Databricks offers Claude models through their serving endpoints. If you’ve ever wanted the flexibility of Claude Code’s terminal while using your organisation’s Azure Databricks infrastructure, you’re not alone. This guide walks you through configuring Claude Code… READ MORE
Introduction Azure Front Door is a scalable and secure entry point for delivering your web applications globally. It combines load balancing, web application firewall (WAF), SSL offloading, and content acceleration in a single platform. Below is a concise breakdown of its key features and use cases: Key Benefits Use Case Scenarios Routing architecture overview Azure Front Door handles traffic in steps:… READ MORE
Unlocking Granular Control: A Guide to Custom Roles in Azure If you’re like me, you’re always looking for better ways to manage access to your Azure resources. While Azure’s built-in roles are a great starting point, sometimes you need something a little more specific. That’s where custom roles come in, giving you the power to… READ MORE
The ship is the safest when it is in port, but that is not what ships are built for. — Paul Coelho Assume you have a important presentation for your senior stakeholders this afternoon, you wake up fresh, glance through your emails and the stop at one email. You read something strange. For few moments you… READ MORE
In my blog post contribution for this year’s Festive Tech Calendar, I’ll show you how to reduce Azure costs by automating the runtime of your Azure Bastion host(s) with Azure Automation. The Festive Tech Calendar is a collaborative community initiative founded by Gregor Suttie (Azure Greg), Richard Hooper (Pixel Robots), Keith Atherton, Simon Lee, Lisa Hoving, and Matt Boyd. Running throughout… READ MORE
