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Azure OpenAI in Production: Deployments, PTUs, and Identity-Only Access

Azure OpenAI in Production: Deployments, PTUs, and Identity-Only Access

The 2026 Azure OpenAI baseline — Bicep with keys disabled, deployment names that don't break, Standard vs PTU sizing, and content filter handling.

27 Nov 202512 min

Azure Service Bus: Queues, Topics, Sessions, and DLQ Done Right

Azure Service Bus: Queues, Topics, Sessions, and DLQ Done Right

Peek-lock vs ReceiveAndDelete, sessions for FIFO, DLQ replay patterns, Premium partitioning, and the SKU choice that matches your SLA.

29 Nov 202513 min

Azure Event Grid in 2026: System Topics, CloudEvents, and the Namespace Tier

Azure Event Grid in 2026: System Topics, CloudEvents, and the Namespace Tier

When to pick Event Grid vs Service Bus vs Event Hubs, how the validation handshake works, and the Namespace tier with MQTT and pull delivery.

01 Dec 202512 min

AKS in 2026: Automatic, Workload Identity, and the Cluster You Actually Want

AKS in 2026: Automatic, Workload Identity, and the Cluster You Actually Want

AKS Automatic vs Standard, Azure CNI Overlay + Cilium, Workload Identity (Pod Identity is dead), Node Auto Provisioning, and a sane upgrade strategy.

03 Dec 202515 min

Azure App Service: Premium V4, Slots, Easy Auth, and Key Vault References

Azure App Service: Premium V4, Slots, Easy Auth, and Key Vault References

Deployment slots for blue/green, system identity + Key Vault references, Easy Auth with Entra, and when App Service is the wrong answer.

05 Dec 202512 min

Azure Functions in 2026: Flex Consumption, Isolated Worker, and Identity Everywhere

Azure Functions in 2026: Flex Consumption, Isolated Worker, and Identity Everywhere

Move off in-process .NET and legacy Consumption — Flex Consumption + isolated worker, identity-based connections, Event Grid blob triggers, and concurrency tuned to the trigger.

07 Dec 202514 min

Azure Cosmos DB: Partition Keys, RUs, and the Five Consistencies

Azure Cosmos DB: Partition Keys, RUs, and the Five Consistencies

Cosmos DB SQL API, 5 consistency levels, partition-key design (10GB cap, hot-partition avoidance), RU/s autoscale vs serverless, CosmosClient v3 Direct mode + DefaultAzureCredential, point reads (1 RU), change feed, hierarchical partition keys, vector search GA.

14 Jan 202615 min

API Gateways in 2026: YARP, Azure APIM, and the AI Gateway Pattern

API Gateways in 2026: YARP, Azure APIM, and the AI Gateway Pattern

YARP for in-process east-west traffic, Azure APIM north-south with policies for auth + rate limit + transform, BFF per channel, defense in depth, and the 2026 AI Gateway: token caps + semantic cache + token metrics.

11 Feb 202615 min

Infrastructure as Code

ARM Templates: Azure's Native Infrastructure as Code

ARM Templates: Azure's Native Infrastructure as Code

ARM template structure, parameters, variables, outputs, dependsOn, Template Specs, and when to migrate to Bicep.

13 Feb 202612 min

Infrastructure as Code

Bicep Modules: Composable Azure Infrastructure

Bicep Modules: Composable Azure Infrastructure

Bicep syntax, modules, parameters, outputs, decorators, and the Bicep Registry for reusable infrastructure.

15 Feb 202613 min

Infrastructure as Code

IaC Drift Detection: Keeping Infrastructure in Sync

IaC Drift Detection: Keeping Infrastructure in Sync

Terraform plan for drift detection, Azure Policy compliance, drift remediation strategies, and automated drift alerting.

17 Feb 202611 min

Infrastructure as Code

Pulumi with Python: Infrastructure as Real Code

Pulumi with Python: Infrastructure as Real Code

Pulumi Python SDK — stacks, resources, config, secrets, outputs, and ComponentResource for reusable infrastructure.

21 Feb 202613 min

Infrastructure as Code

Pulumi with TypeScript: Type-Safe Infrastructure

Pulumi with TypeScript: Type-Safe Infrastructure

Pulumi TypeScript SDK — type-safe resources, async outputs, stack references, and testing infrastructure with Jest.

23 Feb 202613 min