The personal blog and portfolio of Russ Rimmerman, a Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect sharing the latest learnings on Azure, AI, and cloud engineering.https://www.russrimmerman.com/en-ushttps://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/power-apps-code-apps/https://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/power-apps-code-apps/Code apps let you build a React or Vue app in your own IDE and run it on Power Platform, with Entra ID sign-in, 1,400+ connectors, and DLP handled for you.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTPower PlatformPower AppsVibe CodingGitHub CopilotIdentitySecurityhttps://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/find-github-copilot-harness-agents-resource-graph/https://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/find-github-copilot-harness-agents-resource-graph/The Power Platform admin center still doesn't flag which Copilot Studio agents run on the GitHub Copilot harness. The isCLIAgent property does, and Microsoft has now published governance guidance built on it.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTCopilot StudioPower PlatformGitHub CopilotAgentsAzureSecurityhttps://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/customizing-github-copilot-app-quickstart/https://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/customizing-github-copilot-app-quickstart/A 20-minute quickstart for customizing the GitHub Copilot app as a non-coder: instructions, agent skills, MCP servers, custom agents, and plugins.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTGitHub CopilotAIAgentsMCPVibe Codinghttps://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/microsoft-foundry-canvas/https://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/microsoft-foundry-canvas/Foundry Canvas puts model selection, toolboxes, guardrails, testing, and deployment in a Copilot side panel while leaving you the actual agent code.Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTMicrosoft FoundryAgentsGitHub CopilotAzureAIhttps://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/foundry-agents-teams-private-endpoint/https://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/foundry-agents-teams-private-endpoint/Disabling public network access removes the Foundry portal's Teams publish button. Here's the REST path that replaces it and the inbound design you now own.Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTMicrosoft FoundryAgentsAzureSecurityM365 Copilothttps://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/servicenow-copilot-studio-user-login-sso/https://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/servicenow-copilot-studio-user-login-sso/Connect ServiceNow to Copilot Studio with Microsoft Entra ID User Login so requests honor each user's roles, ACLs, and audit trail.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTCopilot StudioServiceNowIdentitySecurityhttps://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/vibe-code-your-blog-part-2-deploy/https://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/vibe-code-your-blog-part-2-deploy/Deploy an Astro blog to Azure Static Web Apps with OIDC, least-privilege access, and a walkthrough of the resources and trade-offs.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTVibe CodingAzureStatic Web AppsSecurityhttps://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/favorite-ai-tools-for-vibe-coding/https://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/favorite-ai-tools-for-vibe-coding/The AI tools I use to design, ground, review, and ship vibe-coded projects, from Impeccable and Microsoft Foundry to MCPs and Power Platform Skills.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTVibe CodingAIGitHub CopilotMicrosoft Foundryhttps://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/copilot-studio-sso-changes-your-client/https://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/copilot-studio-sso-changes-your-client/Turning on authentication breaks the Copilot Studio SDK with EnvironmentSettingViolation. Here's why Direct Line and a server-side token exchange are the fix.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTCopilot StudioAIAgentsSecurityhttps://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/intune-graph-scope-is-only-half-the-permission/https://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/intune-graph-scope-is-only-half-the-permission/A field report on diagnosing an Intune Graph 403 after granting DeviceManagementManagedDevices.Read.All, with instrumentation patterns for missing access.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTIntuneMicrosoft GraphIdentitySecurityhttps://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/portal-of-portals-deep-dive/https://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/portal-of-portals-deep-dive/A tour of Portal 360°: multi-tenant admin, config drift, CVE tracking, and the BFF-secured Next.js architecture behind one Microsoft cloud console.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTAzureIntunePower PlatformMicrosoft GraphSecurityhttps://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/vibe-code-your-blog-part-1-setup/https://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/vibe-code-your-blog-part-1-setup/A beginner-friendly setup guide for building your first project with AI: a GitHub account, Git, Node.js, Python, GitHub Copilot, agents, and reusable skills.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTVibe CodingAIGitHub Copilothttps://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/vibe-coding-lessons/https://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/vibe-coding-lessons/Field-tested lessons from shipping with AI: use plan mode, build reusable skills, choose models deliberately, and keep a reviewer in the loop.Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTVibe CodingAIAzureMCPGitHub CopilotMicrosoft Foundryhttps://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/starting-a-new-blog/https://www.russrimmerman.com/blog/starting-a-new-blog/Why I finally started writing after years of putting it off, plus a tour of what I built with AI: Pulse 360°, Portal 360°, and the Microsoft Communications Portal.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTAzurePower PlatformVibe Coding