October 28, 2025
You've written the perfect KQL query. Three months later, you can't find it. Here's the simple Git workflow that saves me 10+ hours a month searching for queries I already wrote.
Azure
KQL
Operations
Git
Productivity
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 24, 2025
Everyone learns KQL in Log Analytics. Nobody warns you about Resource Graph, Sentinel, App Insights, or Defender. Here's the decision framework you need before you build the wrong thing in the wrong place.
Azure
KQL
Log Analytics
Resource Graph
Architecture
October 13, 2025
Azure Workbooks hide 110+ items and complex KQL queries in nested JSON. Built a Streamlit tool that extracts everything in seconds. Parsed Billy York's workbook: 41 queries, full structure, exportable. No more clicking through Azure Portal.
Azure
Workbooks
KQL
Python
Tools
Streamlit
September 28, 2025
Free Azure Monitor Workbook template with 200+ services, security monitoring, cost optimization, and global filtering. Enhanced version of Billy York's inventory workbook with full source code on GitHub.
Azure
KQL
Monitoring
Workbooks
Community
Open Source
September 24, 2025
Opened Azure Update Manager and saw 1,791 VMs that need updates? Here's the uncomfortable truth about what that number really means and the KQL queries to find your real target.
Azure
Update Manager
KQL
Azure Governance
VM Management
September 23, 2025
Build a single KQL query that inventories every VM, cleans up OS details, and assigns the right patching workflow—Intune, Azure Update Manager, or Linux package managers.
Azure
KQL
Update Management
Intune
VM Inventory
January 15, 2025
Complete KQL cheat sheet for Azure admins. Query VMs, NICs, disks with Resource Graph. Copy-paste examples, join patterns, troubleshooting tips. Free PDF download via email.
Azure
KQL
Resource Graph
PowerShell
