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October 23, 2025October 23, 2025

The Gentleman’s Guide to Cloud Domination: Azure, AI & Afternoon Tea

From a Rather Good Idea to Proper Scale Building Cloud Spires Without the Dreadful Bill Creating digital products these days is rather like assembling flat-pack furniture from that well-known Swedish retailer, but having rather mislaid the instructions. It presents a splendid opportunity to spend twice what one had initially intended. Fortunately, there are ways to…

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October 22, 2025

Embedded HSMs in the Cloud? Yes, Microsoft Just Went There

TL;DR: Microsoft is moving from centralised HSM clusters to embedded hardware modules built straight into the host silicon. Lower latency, higher throughput, and a new level of “I actually own my keys” confidence. It’s a big shift — for engineers, not marketers. 1. Hook You thought your keys were safe in the cloud? Think again….

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October 21, 2025

11 Days Left: The Sunset of Microsoft Entra Permissions Management

Intro: The Calm Before the Access Storm You know that quiet moment before the IT department realises a product’s gone dark?Yeah — that’s now. Microsoft Entra Permissions Management (the CIEM solution many of us quietly relied on to keep multicloud access sane) is going off support on 1 November 2025.No fanfare. No extensions. Just: it’s…

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October 15, 2025

Azure Update 499923: Retirement Is Coming — Are You Ready?

Microsoft just dropped Azure Update 499923 into its “Retirements / Roadmap” category. Under product categories Networking, Security. Translation: some Azure networking/security feature or capability is being sunsetted (or marked for retirement). It’s going on your “watch list.” 🔍 What We Know (From Public Data) It’s been added to Microsoft’s roadmap as of October 3, 2025….

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October 2, 2025September 29, 2025

Why Most Cloud Pros Still Connect to Azure VMs the Wrong Way

After reviewing more Azure setups this quarter than I care to admit, I keep spotting the same tired anti-pattern: organizations still exposing VMs with public IP addresses just to RDP in. Let’s be blunt: it’s lazy, it’s risky, and in 2025, it’s downright embarrassing. The Old RDP Model — A Security Horror Show Traditional RDP…

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September 29, 2025

Are Your Cloud Configurations Putting You at Risk? (Spoiler: Probably)

Misconfigurations are the silent killers of cloud security. You can spend millions on shiny security tools, but one sloppy checkbox or default setting can hand attackers the keys to your kingdom. That’s why this webinar agenda hits hard: we’re diving into the most dangerous Azure cloud misconfigurations that keep CISOs awake at night — and…

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September 26, 2025September 18, 2025

Windows 365 Cloud Apps Public Preview: Small Sips Instead of Full Cloud VMs

Microsoft is back with a twist on Cloud PC: Windows 365 Cloud Apps — now in public preview. Instead of spinning up a full virtual desktop for everyone, IT can stream just the applications users need. Sounds neat. Sounds efficient. Sounds like Microsoft finally admitted that not everyone wants (or can afford) to rent a…

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September 25, 2025September 18, 2025

Microsoft’s $30B UK AI Bet: Champagne Promises, Builders’ Tea Reality

Microsoft has just announced it’ll invest a whopping $30 billion in the UK over the next four years to “power the AI future.” Biggest UK investment they’ve ever made. Impressive headline. But let’s not pop the bubbly just yet — we Brits know full well that headlines are free, execution is where the bill lands….

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September 22, 2025September 18, 2025

Multi-Agent AI with Microsoft: Ambitious, Useful… and Definitely Messy

Microsoft has rolled out a beefed-up architecture for multi-agent AI systems via Azure AI Foundry. Cool move. Here’s what it is, what it tries to solve, what the catches are — and what you should really check before betting your team budget on it. What Microsoft is Offering Connected Agents + Multi-Agent Workflows: The idea…

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September 19, 2025September 18, 2025

Planning Cloud-Native Solutions: Microsoft’s Framework vs. Harsh Reality

Ah yes, another day, another framework from Redmond telling us how to “plan cloud-native solutions.” Spoiler: it’s less about unicorns in the cloud and more about avoiding the classic “we migrated, it all caught fire, and now the CFO wants to know why the bill looks like a phone number.” Step One: Define “Success” (Good…

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