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 05, 2025
Every Azure tutorial tells you what these tools do. Nobody honestly tells you which one to learn first and why. Here's the truth: start with Portal, move to CLI, then pick Bicep or Terraform. Ignore the evangelists.
azure
Career
tools
Learning
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 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
November 03, 2025
You've been avoiding Linux. But Azure Cloud Shell runs Linux. Your VMs run Linux. AKS runs Linux. Here are the 10 commands you actually need to know—and why Windows admins who ignore this are limiting their careers.
azure
Linux
Cloud Shell
AKS
Career
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 14, 2025
Deploy one VM to learn the variables. Deploy three VMs to learn you're wasting time. Code your fourth deployment or admit you're just clicking buttons for a living.
azure
Architecture
Terraform
IaC
Career
