Richard Cheney
@richeney.bsky.social
Senior Partner Solution Architect for Microsoft working with Global Service Integrators (GSIs). I run the https://azurecitadel.com site.
A couple of good posts from Bhanu Prakash.
Azure Weekly@azureweekly.info · 3w agoBicep vs Terraform for Azure Landing Zones: How to evaluate the right fit? by Bhanu Prakash https://arinco.com.au/blog/bicep-vs-terraform-for-azure-landing-zones-how-to-evaluate-the-right-fit/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter
Least privilege for AI agents: Identity, access, and tool binding by Yesenia Yser & Toby Kohlenberg https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/07/16/least-privilege-for-ai-agents-identity-access-and-tool-binding/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter
Least privilege for AI agents: Identity, access, and tool binding by Yesenia Yser & Toby Kohlenberg
As AI agents become more autonomous, strong identity, access, and auditing controls are critical to keeping them secure.
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Microsoft 365 E7 got announced yesterday. But what should you be doing about it if you’re a Microsoft Partner? Here’s everything I think you need to know, and do, right now! #MSPartners #M365Copilot #Agent365 #CSP jamesbmarshall.com/2026/03/09/e...
Microsoft 365 E7: What Partners Need to Know, and Do, Right Now
Microsoft 365 E7 is a new enterprise licence launching May 1, 2026 at $99/user/month. It bundles Copilot, Agent 365, Copilot Cowork (Anthropic), Work IQ, the full Entra Suite, Defender XDR, Purview, a...
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New Free Course: Understanding Microsoft Agent Framework by Jamie Maguire jamiemaguire.net/index.php/20...
New Free Course: Understanding Microsoft Agent Framework – Jamie Maguire
Why I Created This Course
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Installing Envoy Gateway on #AzureKubernetesService: Three Ways to Configure Your Gateway by Richard Hooper pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/02/inst...
Installing Envoy Gateway on AKS: Three Ways to Configure Your Gateway - Pixel Robots.
Reading Time: 8 minutesShare:After writing about Ingress NGINX retiring in March 2026, I recommended a two-phase migration approach. Start with Application Routing add-on for quick stability, then migrate...
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Azure Local Well-Architected Framework and Review Assessment by Thomas Maurer #Azure www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/11/azur...
Azure Local Well-Architected Framework and Review Assessment
As organizations increasingly adopt Azure Local to run modern and traditional applications across on-premises and edge environments, ensuring a robust and scalable architecture becomes essential. That’s...
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#AzureKubernetesService Automatic with Azure Linux by Flora Taagen #AzureKubernetesService #Azure techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/linux-and...
AKS Automatic with Azure Linux | Microsoft Community Hub
Earlier today Microsoft announced that AKS Automatic is officially Generally Available (GA) on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). AKS Automatic enables...
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Good analysis of user assigned managed identities vs service principals. I also default to UAMI for Terraform, although I hope App Roles - for Entra ID roles etc. - become easier to create.
Azure Weekly@azureweekly.info · last yr.User-Assigned Managed Identity vs Service Principal (WIF) by Luke Murray #Azure luke.geek.nz/azure/umispn...
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
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Broadcom will be enforcing VCF on cloud VMware platforms on Nov 1st. If you are thinking of getting Azure VMware Services then you can insulate yourself by getting Reserved Instances for 1/3/5y whilst they're still available before the Oct 15th deadline. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuremi...
Broadcom VMware Licensing Changes: What Azure VMware Solution Customers Need to Know | Microsoft Community Hub
Broadcom has announced changes are coming to its VMware licensing model on hyperscalers beginning in its new fiscal year on November 1, 2025. If...
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Communications of the ACM (CACM) published our article, "The Price of Intelligence", which describes three key risks inherent in LLMs that enterprises must consider when designing and operating AI systems: hallucinations, jail breaks, and indirect prompt injection: cacm.acm.org/practice/the...
Terraform Provider for #MicrosoftFabric: 2 Using MCP servers and Fabric CLI to help define your fabric resources by Richard Cheney blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-GB/blog/t...
Terraform Provider for Microsoft Fabric: #2 Using MCP servers and Fabric CLI to help define your fabric resources | Microsoft Fabric Blog | Microsoft Fabric
The Microsoft Fabric tooling ecosystem has evolved in recent months as both the Fabric CLI and the Terraform Provider for Microsoft Fabric have become generally available, providing new opportunities...
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Terraform Provider for #MicrosoftFabric: 1 Accelerating first steps using the CLIs by Richard Cheney #Azure blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-GB/blog/t...
Terraform Provider for Microsoft Fabric: #1 Accelerating first steps using the CLIs | Microsoft Fabric Blog | Microsoft Fabric
The Microsoft Fabric tooling ecosystem has evolved in recent months as both the Fabric CLI and the Terraform Provider for Microsoft Fabric have become generally available, providing new opportunities...
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We've made major enhancements to Azure virtual machine availability monitoring, including aggregated and individual health views, detailed impact and root cause reporting for disruptions, and trend analysis. Read more in my blog post: azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/p...
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85% of Fortune 500 companies have made their choice – have you?
A fascinating pattern is emerging in UK enterprise boardrooms: nearly 70% of Fortune 500 companies have integrated Microsoft 365 Copilot into their workflows since 2023, while others are still eval…
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Finally. Although why only half of our protected marine areas? We need to push for a worldwide ban on bottom trawling.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.Campaigners hail plan to ban bottom trawling in half of England’s protected seas
So proud to announce that the Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source! blogs.windows.com/windowsdevel...
The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever iss...
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#AzAPI v2.4 is here! One major improvement is support for ephemeral properties and resource actions. Check out the usage guide here: registry.terraform.io/providers/Az... #Azure #Terraform #security #ephemeral
Terraform Registry
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Explore this newly refreshed series of Plans on Microsoft Learn that aim to supply your team with the tools and knowledge to leverage the latest AI technologies. bit.ly/41ZoBLN #AzureEssentials #AzureEssentialsChamps
Learn how to develop innovative AI solutions with updated Azure skilling paths | Microsoft Community Hub
The rapid evolution of generative AI is reshaping how organizations operate, innovate, and deliver value. Professionals who develop expertise in generative...
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Microsoft completes landmark EU Data Boundary, offering enhanced data residency and transparency by Julie Brill And Paul Lorimer blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
EU Data Boundary
Microsoft has completed the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud, enabling European customers to store and process their data within the EU and EFTA regions, reflecting Microsoft's commitment to data...
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A major release. I’ve always been impressed by Jared’s AVM work. Seriously robust and well crafted.
Azure Weekly@azureweekly.info · 2y agoGeneral Availability of Terraform Azure Verified Modules for Platform Landing Zone ALZ by Jared Holgate https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-tools-blog/announcing-general-availability-of-terraform-azure-verified/ba-p/4366027?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=azureweekly