December 10, 2025
Get everything you need to start managing Azure effectively: KQL cheat sheet, 50 Windows + 50 Linux commands, and an Azure RACI template. Free, no email required.
azure
starter-kit
kql
windows
linux
operations
governance
December 08, 2025
The essential Linux commands every Azure administrator needs—whether you use the Portal, PowerShell, or IaC. Includes Active Directory domain join for enterprise environments.
azure
linux
operations
active-directory
troubleshooting
commands
November 30, 2025
One tag key. 247 different spellings. $2.3M in cost allocation failures. Real lessons from enterprise Azure tag governance: why Azure Policy isn't enough and the automation that finally stopped tag chaos across 31,000 resources.
azure
azure-policy
FinOps
governance
operations
Standards
Tagging
Cost Management
Azure Tags
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 14, 2025
Complete Azure migration checklist: 80% of migration failures happen because you didn't ask these 8 questions BEFORE starting. License keys, vendor contacts, firewall rules, certificates - the enterprise migration checklist that actually works.
azure
migration
operations
enterprise
Checklist
Cloud Migration
Planning
November 10, 2025
I passed AZ-104. I was certified. I knew how to create VMs, configure networking, deploy ARM templates. Day 1 on the job: 'Pull me an inventory.' AZ-104 never covered this. Here's the certification gap nobody talks about, the query that proves it, and the templates that save your career.
azure
resource-graph
power-bi
Excel
AZ-104
operations
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 28, 2025
How I migrated from a cramped 127GB Windows 10 AVD to a spacious 512GB Windows 11 environment - including the gotchas nobody tells you about disk partitions, authentication, and user assignments.
azure
AVD
Windows 11
operations
October 27, 2025
Tenable finds a vulnerability. Security creates a ticket. Change management wants approval. App teams say not my problem. Infrastructure doesn't own the apps. Welcome to the operational reality nobody talks about.
azure
Security
operations
Change Management
October 09, 2025
4 Microsoft patching tools, 3 conflicting answers from Microsoft reps. Complete comparison: SCCM for on-prem, Azure Update Manager for cloud VMs, Intune for endpoints. Includes decision matrix, migration timeline, and workload mapping Microsoft won't publish.
azure
sccm
wsus
intune
azure-update-manager
patch-management
operations
October 06, 2025
Azure certification courses teach you Portal, CLI, and PowerShell. Nobody mentions the tool that will save you more time than all of them combined: OneNote. Here's why Send to OneNote should be muscle memory for every Azure admin.
azure
operations
documentation
productivity
