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Microsoft Fabric’s Secret Weapon: The Metrics App That Spills the CU Tea
What Even Is the Fabric Metrics App? Imagine your Microsoft Fabric capacity is a gym. You’ve got treadmills (compute), weight benches...
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Aug 62 min read


How ADHD Helped Me Build a Power BI Pipeline
Let me tell you a story. It starts with a simple goal: build a pipeline for Power BI using Microsoft Fabric. It ends with a dashboard so...
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Aug 52 min read


Guide to Becoming a Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator
If you're passionate about securing digital identities and enabling seamless access across cloud and hybrid environments, the SC-300:...
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Jul 312 min read
Streamline Data Access with OneLake Shortcuts in Microsoft Fabric
Microsoft Fabric’s OneLake Shortcuts offer a powerful way to unify data across domains, clouds, and capacities without duplicating or...
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Jul 302 min read


Building AI Agents That Actually Know Stuff
Let’s face it, most AI agents are like interns on their first day: eager to help, but not quite sure where the files are. That’s where...
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Jul 253 min read


Accelerating AI Agent Development with Arize AI and Microsoft Fabric
Because even your LLM needs a therapist sometimes. As enterprises race to build smarter AI agents, one thing becomes clear: these models...
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Jul 232 min read


How to Peer Virtual Networks in Azure: A Step-by-Step Guide
In modern cloud architectures, it's common to segment workloads across multiple virtual networks (VNets) for security, scalability, or...
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Jul 222 min read


GitHub Copilot vs. Copilot for Power BI: Understanding the Differences and How They Work Together
As AI continues to reshape how we build software and analyze data, two powerful tools from Microsoft’s ecosystem, GitHub Copilot and...
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Jul 163 min read
AZ-104 and AZ-305: Who these users are and how to get ready to be one!
An Azure Administrator (AZ-104) is basically the behind-the-scenes wizard keeping the cloud running smoothly, like a sysadmin who’s...
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Jul 113 min read


Balancing Work, Parenting, and Mastering the AZ-104 Exam: My Journey to Success
As a working parent, life often feels like a constant balancing act. Between managing professional responsibilities, supporting my...
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Jul 93 min read


Getting Started with Microsoft Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
As organizations modernize their infrastructure, many face a critical decision: migrate VMware workloads to the cloud using Azure VMware...
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Jul 32 min read


Weaving Intelligence into Your Data with Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI Studio
If you've ever tried to stitch together your data workflows and AI models like a last-minute Halloween costume, you know the struggle is...
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Jun 302 min read


The Great Cloud Storage Showdown: SharePoint vs Azure Files vs Blob Storage
Picture this: You’re sipping lukewarm coffee, your inbox is full of “URGENT: FTP ACCESS NEEDED” emails, and your boss just asked you to...
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Jun 232 min read


From Goldfish Crackers to Git Commits: A Toddler Mom’s Guide to GitHub Certifications
Being a mom of two toddlers means your day starts with a diaper change and ends with a toy in your coffee mug. Somewhere in between,...
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Jun 192 min read


Using ADHD as Your Superpower to Conquer the Azure DP-900 Exam
If you have ADHD and you’re diving into the world of cloud computing, you might feel like your brain is running a dozen tabs at once—some...
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Jun 163 min read


Copilot for Power BI vs. Fabric: Who’s Driving This AI Bus Anyway?
If you’ve ever tried to explain the difference between Copilot for Power BI and Microsoft Fabric to a colleague and ended up drawing a...
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Jun 132 min read


Microsoft Copilot vs. Azure OpenAI: Understanding the Differences
In the ever-evolving world of AI, Microsoft has handed us two powerful tools that are transforming how organizations interact with data,...
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Jun 123 min read
Azure Certifications: When Experience Meets Exam Roulette
Let’s talk about something that doesn’t get enough airtime in the cloud community: failing Microsoft certification exams—even when you’ve...
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Jun 112 min read


Deploying Chaos with Grace
Hi, I’m Annemarie—a neurodivergent (ADHD) millennial mom of two wildly energetic toddlers, and a cloud engineer working in Microsoft...
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Jun 102 min read


Azure Data Factory Meets Microsoft Fabric: A Match Made in the Cloud
If you're looking to orchestrate data pipelines using Azure Data Factory (ADF) and integrate them with Microsoft Fabric, you're stepping...
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Jun 92 min read
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