Microsoft Foundry AI model deployment options confused me! My new walkthrough explains Global vs. Data Zone vs. Standard, how your region affects model availability, and how to deploy a model or try Instant Access. Watch: buff.ly/x6l35sl #MicrosoftFoundry #AzureAI #AzureOpenAI

Get Free Azure Logic Apps Automation Grants Every Month Logic Apps Automation is fully managed Logic Apps. The new monthly free grant only covers the first environment in a subscription. Delete that environment and the grant is gone! See my video overview and Microsoft blog post below. Read the full blog post here: buff.ly/0oOTMdM

In case you missed last week’s video, it’s now a blog post. Read about how to Get Started with Logic Apps in Azure! Read the full blog post here buff.ly/eNKLg3r #LogicApps #AzureIntegration #Azure

Ready to take your local Logic Apps into Azure? My 14-minute walkthrough covers how to set up, deploy, and clean up in Azure. buff.ly/beK7Dq1 #Azure #LogicApps

Check API requests before they reach your backend using APIM and Jev! My latest blog walks through using Jev in Azure API Management for request validation, with policy examples. See the blog post here buff.ly/nm68qQX #Azure #APIManagement #AzureIntegration

Did your BizTalk Server Solution stop working today? See my video below to see why... Microsoft validation guide: buff.ly/HGwrG6I #BizTalkServer #AzureServiceBus #AMQP #SBMP

Jev in Azure APIM makes real-time LLM input validation practical. Standard chat models add too much latency and cost to the request pipeline. Jev solves this by acting strictly as a fast decision engine: • Sub-200ms evaluations • $0.04/M input tokens with free output tokens • Reliable confidence scores for deterministic pass/fail rules Using the send-request policy, you can filter spam, off-brand queries, and bad inputs right at the gateway before hitting backend resources. Watch my latest video to set it up in minutes. #Azure #APIM #Jev

Microsoft’s Copilot relaunch changes the enterprise development workflow: - Copilot Code turns plain-English descriptions into working apps. - Managed Runtime hosts them inside your Microsoft 365 tenant boundary. - The new SDK lets professional developers pull down and extend citizen-built apps. See the 2-minute overview: buff.ly/OBBZVPt #Microsoft365 #Copilot

New to Azure Logic Apps? Learn how to build a Logic Apps Standard workflow in VS Code locally, send a request from Postman, and pause it at a breakpoint. My walkthrough runs locally with built-in operations. This example doesn't require an Azure deployment. Read the guide: buff.ly/AbbbAOs)

Five minutes to install the Logic Apps Standard extension in VS Code. Then everything runs on your machine: F5, real breakpoints in workflow.json, variables and actions in the debugger, step into custom C#. No Azure resources spun up, nothing billed. See the full walkthrough: buff.ly/AQf566L #LogicApps #AzureIntegration #Azure

Try out GitHub Copilot HudraFusion in 3 simple steps! What are your thoughts? Inside GitHub Copilot CLI. Run the following commands 1. /update 2. /experamental on 3. /model (select HyrdaFusion) My take: it saves me time, since I would usually create a plan with one LLM and have another review it. I don't do this with everything, so this is where HydraFusion comes in. Right now it's limited to single-pass prompts. See the details here: buff.ly/s5A7565 #HydraFusion #GitHubCopilot #GitHubCopilotCLI

Microsoft just rolled out HydraFusion in GitHub Copilot CLI. Instead of making you pick an LLM per prompt, it routes each request through one of three execution paths: - Single: one model, simple tasks - Cascade: starts small, escalates only when needed - Critique: one model drafts, another reviews Early benchmarks show up to 67% lower cost while matching or exceeding Opus 5. Full hands-on setup demo and slides below: buff.ly/ULq0g0u #GitHubCopilot #AI #DeveloperTools #HydraFusion

Microsoft AI has just released MAI Transcribe-2, and it hit the Trifecta! Top Speed... Great Accuracy... Low Cost! It's available now on Microsoft Foundry. See more details in my video. #MicrosoftAI #MAITranscribe2 #MicrosoftFoundry #AzureAI

GPT-6 Astra is now on Microsoft Foundry! It's pricey ($10/1M input, $50/1M output) and definitely not meant for casual chat. It’s optimized for 3 key areas! See the details in the video below. #GPT6 #AzureAI #MicrosoftFoundry #OpenAI

Pigs are flying. Azure and AWS made private multicloud connectivity easier with Azure Multicloud Interconnect. For years, connecting the two meant colo cages and router stacks you owned forever. Now it’s a provisioning request. Both providers handle the routing, encryption, and resiliency. Neither company gave up ground. Microsoft gets into AWS-heavy architectures, while AWS gets its connectivity model adopted by its biggest rival. Both become harder to remove. Check the fine print before planning around it. The service is early, and the headline bandwidth isn’t available today. See the quick video overview: buff.ly/IIjeAlF #Azure #AWS #MicrosoftAzure #AmazonWebServices #MultiCloud

The BizTalk end-of-sale date is official. If you haven’t started planning your migration, now is the time. Timeline: Sales end: March 31, 2027 Mainstream support ends: April 12, 2028 Paid support bridge runs through April 2030 Starting April 12, 2028, you’ll pay full price for support that doesn’t cover components such as BAM or the ESB Toolkit. Start scoping your migration now. Subscribe for more Microsoft Integration updates. Read the full blog post from Microsoft here: buff.ly/WpSdfNc #BizTalk #Azure #EnterpriseIntegration #BizTalkServer #TechNews

Huge Azure API Management update for Enterprise Customers! Zone redundancy is no longer locked behind the $2,800/mo Premium tier. You can now get it on Standard v2 for ~$700/mo. Key details: ✅ Enterprise-level zone redundancy & high availability ✅ Massive monthly cost savings vs Premium ⚠️ Must be enabled during new instance creation (cannot update existing instances at this time) Have you tested Zone Redundancy with Azure APIM v2 yet? Check out my short video: buff.ly/ujrm832 #Azure #CloudArchitecture #APIManagement #DevOps

Grok 4.6 just dropped in Microsoft Foundry as a Direct-from-Azure model! 🚀 Why you should consider it: ✅ Microsoft-managed in Azure (huge for data retention) ✅ Highly optimized for long-running agentic tasks ✅ #1 on 3D Code Bench for CAD design ✅ $2/1M input & $6/1M output tokens Have you tried it yet? Let me know! #MicrosoftFoundry #AzureAI #Grok #AIAgents buff.ly/fdedLMh

The August Edition of Logic Apps Live, hosted by the Product Group, is set to start at 1 PM Central Time (11 AM Pacific) today. If you miss it, catch the recording later. Check it out: buff.ly/AYxcuCW #LogicApps

Getting tired of huge bills using premium models for long-running agents in Microsoft Foundry? DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is now available for Microsoft Foundry! ✅ $0.44 per 1M input tokens ✅ $1.32 per 1M output tokens ✅ Data stays Microsoft-managed inside Azure This model is built specifically for long-running agent tasks. Like and subscribe for more Microsoft AI dev content! #MicrosoftFoundry #AzureAI #AIAgents