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 27, 2025
Most guides say 'comment the why, not the what.' Azure admins need more: comments that double as runbooks, audit trails, and change-board briefs.
Azure
DevOps
KQL
PowerShell
Terraform
Governance
October 26, 2025
Most Azure environments are silently non-compliant with regulatory audit requirements. Here's the three-part problem everyone faces, how app registrations create blind spots, and the architecture to fix it before your next audit.
Azure
Compliance
Auditing
KQL
Security
Governance
October 16, 2025
One tag can’t tell the whole story. Here’s how I built a practical Azure tagging model that connects operations, finance, and security — and finally made chargeback for shared services accurate and defensible.
Azure
FinOps
Governance
Tags
October 06, 2025
Track IPs across Azure subscriptions with this free IPAM tool. Search IPs, detect conflicts, reserve ranges, visualize network topology. Built for enterprise consolidation managing 44+ subscriptions. Full source code on GitHub.
Azure
FinOps
Governance
Migration
Networking
Open Source
October 06, 2025
Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework is 1,500 pages. Here's what matters: Structure (Management Groups, Subscriptions), Governance (Policy, RBAC), Operations (Monitor, Backup). CAF simplified for real Azure teams without the consultant buzzwords.
Azure
CAF
Cloud Adoption Framework
Governance
Azure Policy
Management Groups
October 03, 2025
New Azure admins are told to 'use workbooks' the same way students are told to 'solve for X' - without understanding what problem it solves.
Azure
Azure Monitor
Workbooks
Governance
September 23, 2025
Order, capitalization, spelling, and the Type tag that will save your sanity. Hard-earned lessons from real Azure environments.
Azure
Tags
Governance
FinOps
Cost Management
January 01, 2024
Azure bills are messy, dashboards don't always add up, and tags are a nightmare. Here's how I'm making sense of it — and how you can too.
Azure
FinOps
Cost Management
Governance
