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 03, 2025
Don't just upgrade your scripting language. Upgrade your entire admin workflow. The transition from PowerShell 5.1 + ISE to PowerShell 7 + VS Code is the only way to effectively manage a modern, high-volume Azure environment.
azure
powershell
automation
VS Code
ISE
October 29, 2025
The Azure Periodic Table is beautiful but not programmatically useful. So I scraped 200+ services into a PowerShell dictionary. Now my inventory tool shows service descriptions, naming conventions, and cost tiers.
azure
powershell
automation
tools
Web Scraping
October 29, 2025
Stop clicking buttons. These 4 Logic Apps automate the boring operational tasks that break when ignored: unused resources, certificate expiration, tag compliance, and backup verification.
azure
Logic Apps
automation
operations
Cost Management
governance
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
Your admin workstation still has ISE installed. Server 2025 still ships with PowerShell 5.1. Modern Azure automation needs PowerShell 7. Here's the gap nobody explains.
azure
powershell
automation
windows-server
September 29, 2025
Three hours debugging certificate errors on fresh marketplace VMs. The culprit? Microsoft's own infrastructure serving outdated dependencies.
azure
powershell
automation
devops
troubleshooting
