Cloud Mentoring
The cloud can be fast paced at times with new information being released daily and it can be hard to keep up if you are just getting started. I am offering time to speak with…
$15 Microsoft Certifications
Has the COVID-19 pandemic left you unemployed or furloughed? If so Microsoft is here to help get you back into the workforce by offering discounted certifications and free training. People who have completed training for…
HOW TO TAKE AN AWS CERTIFICATION EXAM ONLINE
As we are currently in quarantine for the foreseeable future, you are most likely taking certification exams at home. In this blog post, I will give you a few tips and tricks on how to…
Frontier models and production agents: Advancing Microsoft Foundry for the agentic era
What’s new todayGPT‑5.6 is generally available in Microsoft Foundry, alongside the Asia-Pacific Data Zone, and hosted agents in Foundry Agent Service. AI only creates value when it shows up in real systems—systems that are reliable,…
Built to bounce back: How Azure resiliency evolved
In this article Resiliency as a shared responsibility, not a handoff Platform foundations that reflect reality: zones, regions, and sovereignty Azure features and capabilities strengthen resiliency outcomes Bridging intent to execution through experiences on Azure…
External key management for Azure Managed HSM is now in public preview
Azure Key Vault Managed Hardware Security Module (HSM) provides strong sovereignty over your encryption keys. Keys are generated and stored in a single-tenant, FIPS 140-3 Level 3 HSM that only you control: Microsoft has no…
AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Sonnet 5 on AWS, Amazon WorkSpaces for AI agents, AWS service availability updates, and more (July 6, 2026)
A couple of editions ago I wrote about what I find so energizing about working with startups. Last week I got a fresh dose of it: I spent a few days with the AWS Startups…
Meet Brain: The AI system behind Azure reliability
In this article How Azure’s AI-powered reliability intelligence system works Why Brain is needed What is Brain? Azure’s centralized AIOps for cloud reliability Foundations of Azure’s digital twin for cloud health What it means to…
Proving application resilience on Azure with Chaos Studio
Takeaway: Azure Chaos Studio helps organizations validate application resilience by simulating outages, failovers, network disruptions, and infrastructure failures before they impact production. You don’t know with certainty that your application is resilient until that resilience…