December 07, 2025
Microsoft certifies Azure Administrators, Developers, and Data Engineers. But there's no certification for the role 80% of Azure admins actually perform: building Workbooks, writing KQL queries, creating Power BI dashboards, and leveraging AI for operations. Here's the exam that should exist.
azure
Certification
Career
Workbooks
kql
power-bi
AI
Azure Monitor
FinOps
December 02, 2025
Everyone's talking about AI replacing jobs, but nobody's written the Azure admin-specific version. Here's what happens when the person managing 40+ subscriptions explores the AI tools that might eliminate their role.
azure
AI
Career
FinOps
Opinion
November 30, 2025
A practical comparison of MCP vs Power BI AI: what actually reads data, what actually builds visuals, and how Azure admins should think about both.
AI
Azure
Copilot
Dashboards
Enterprise Reality
MCP
Monitoring
Power BI
November 25, 2025
Azure OpenAI pricing reality: $2 demo becomes $4,000/month in production. Complete 2025 pricing ($0.002-$0.06 per 1K tokens), hidden $1,836/mo hosting fees, token calculator, and cost optimization strategies Microsoft's calculator doesn't show.
Azure
FinOps
AI
OpenAI
Cost Management
November 24, 2025
Microsoft integrated vector databases into SQL Server 2025. The docs show you how to enable it. They don't show you what happens when you store 10 million vectors, run 100K queries per day, or why your $500/month SQL Server becomes $3,000/month.
azure
SQL Server
Vector Database
AI
FinOps
November 23, 2025
YouTube tutorials show you how to build RAG with Azure AI Foundry in 20 minutes. They don't show you the $3,000/year cost, the production failures, or when you shouldn't use it at all. Here's what happens when you actually deploy this at scale.
azure
AI
RAG
Azure AI Foundry
FinOps
Machine Learning
November 19, 2025
Microsoft tells you how to create Azure resources. I'm documenting how to actually operate them at enterprise scale. Here's why I'm sharing operational knowledge that most architects keep private, and how AI helped me build portable intellectual property.
azure
Career
GitHub
FinOps
AI
November 18, 2025
Gartner predicts that by 2030, 0% of IT work will be done without AI involvement. Here’s what that means for Azure administrators, cloud engineers, and anyone responsible for running enterprise cloud environments.
azure
AI
Gartner
Cloud
automation
Career
November 18, 2025
Traditional Azure administration is becoming AI-assisted automation. Here's how to position yourself as an AI Admin instead of a human ticket processor - whether you're managing 40,000 resources or bootstrapping your first deployment.
azure
AI
Career
automation
Terraform
November 17, 2025
I searched 'Azure Administrator skills 2025' and found hundreds of articles. Not one mentioned AI capability. Meanwhile, ChatGPT just wrote better PowerShell than half my team in 30 seconds. The gap between what's being taught and what companies need is massive.
azure
Career
AI
Future of Work
November 17, 2025
Search for 'AI operations governance jobs' and find nothing. Meanwhile someone has to monitor AI usage, prevent security disasters, and measure ROI. These three roles don't exist officially. They will soon.
AI
azure
Career
operations
October 28, 2025
Everyone writes about building AI solutions. Nobody writes about using AI as a daily tool. Here's the technical breakdown of two different approaches to AI-assisted Azure operations.
azure
AI
tools
productivity
October 25, 2025
I earned AZ-103, AZ-303, and AZ-304 in 2020. Microsoft wants me to renew them. I'm not renewing. I'm investing those 100 hours in AI-102 instead. Here's the data behind that decision.
azure
Certifications
AI
Career
Copilot
October 17, 2025
Microsoft says AI will revolutionize Azure operations by 2028. I tested it in October 2025 in a regulated enterprise with PCI/HIPAA requirements. 60-70% is deployable RIGHT NOW. Real ROI: Saved 15 hours/month, found $4,327 in waste, passed compliance audits easier. Here's what works, what's broken, and the 30-day roadmap.
azure
AI
Copilot
FinOps
Compliance
Security
automation
October 06, 2025
Using KQL to debug AI-driven alerts, complex rules, and noisy signals in Azure Monitor so your dashboards stop lying to you.
AI
Azure
Azure Monitor
Debugging
KQL
Monitoring
Operations
Support
