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2024

8 articles published in 2024.

20 December 2024 · 2024

Reflect on 2024

TL;DR As the year winds down and the busiest period is behind us, I’m taking a moment to reflect on 2024.

AzurePublicSpeaking
8 November 2024 · 2024

LogicApps anywhere comeback : welcome LogicApps Hybrid

TL;DR Logic Apps Hybrid returns on Azure Arc and the Container Apps extension, hosting workflows on your Kubernetes infrastructure with SQL state storage and SMB workflow files. A deployment walkthrough explores local execution, Azure management and preview limits, including required cloud connectivity.

AKSAzureContainers
7 October 2024 · 2024

AKS Automatic vs The AKS Checklist

TL;DR AKS Automatic simplifies cluster provisioning, scaling, security and observability, meeting 26 of 33 evaluated high-priority AKS Checklist controls. It provides strong defaults, but production readiness still depends on closing gaps in areas such as registry integration, network policies and alerts.

AKSAzure
16 September 2024 · 2024

10 years of Azure API Management

TL;DR Celebrating ten years of Azure API Management and its evolution into a key platform for securing, monitoring and scaling enterprise APIs. A special APIM Hotrod episode with the Microsoft product group revisits its origins, growth and impact on business innovation.

API ManagementAzure
19 May 2024 · 2024

The rise of AI Gateways

TL;DR AI gateways centralize governance, security and observability for LLM access instead of duplicating them in each app. Azure API Management demos show priority-based load balancing, RAG request tracing and basic prompt filtering, while highlighting the effort of maintaining custom AI policies.

API ManagementArchitectureAzure
10 January 2024 · 2024

Microsoft Azure MVP

TL;DR Starting 2024 with the Microsoft MVP Award feels amazing.

8 January 2024 · 2024

Migrate APIM to compute stv2

TL;DR Migrate VNET-integrated Azure API Management from stv1 to stv2 by comparing in-place and parallel approaches. A practical in-place migration avoids user downtime through network impact analysis, a new subnet and public IP, NSG updates, DNS cutover and infrastructure-as-code changes.

API ManagementAzure