I build, write and speak about practical Microsoft cloud engineering: AI agents, Microsoft Intune, endpoint automation and Azure solutions that are meant for real production environments.
AI and Modern Device ManagementDual Microsoft MVP · Intune & Microsoft Foundry
In this blog post I take a deep look at Foundry IQ, the knowledge layer in Microsoft Foundry. I explain how knowledge bases and agentic retrieval work, how to connect them to an agent…
Read article: Foundry IQ Deep Dive: Knowledge Bases for AI Agents
A beginner-friendly Microsoft Foundry setup: create a project, understand models and deployments, then run one focused first test.
Read article: Microsoft Foundry Setup: Project, Model and Deployment
Since June 2026, Intune enforces Multi Admin Approval on app-authenticated Microsoft Graph API calls. In this blog post I explain why your automation now gets 403 errors, how the approval flow works for API…
Read article: Intune Multi Admin Approval Now Enforced on Graph API Calls
In this blog post I explain how observability works for AI agents in Microsoft Foundry: zero-code tracing with OpenTelemetry, the monitoring dashboard, continuous evaluation on live traffic and alerts. With the exact setup I…
Read article: Microsoft Foundry Observability: Trace AI Agents in Production
Talk to live screen information with a Microsoft Foundry Realtime voice agent. Share an Azure page, ask by voice, and receive an immediate spoken answer.
Read article: Microsoft Foundry Realtime Voice Agent: Talk to Your Screen
In this blog post I explain the new auto-update feature of Enterprise App Management, which is generally available since the June 2026 service release. I show you how to enable it, how it compares…
Read article: Enterprise App Management Auto-Update: Now Generally Available
Migrate from the deprecated Azure AI Inference SDK to OpenAI v1 before 26 August 2026. Find old clients, update the endpoint and validate the deployment.
Read article: Azure AI Inference SDK Migration: OpenAI v1 Guide
In this blog post I take a deep look at the model router in Microsoft Foundry and the model catalog behind it. I explain how routing works, what it costs, which deployment types exist…
Read article: Microsoft Foundry Model Router and Catalog: A Deep Dive
Microsoft Foundry June 2026 added Claude, agent publishing, Toolboxes, Routines and Memory. I explain the changes and build a practical Intune example.
Read article: Microsoft Foundry June 2026: Build More Than a Demo
In this blog post I explain how I secure Microsoft Foundry end to end: private networking for agents, Entra Agent ID and RBAC, customer-managed keys and guardrails. Written from an IT admin perspective, with…
Read article: Secure Microsoft Foundry: Network, Identity and Guardrails
