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- 11 min readCopilot Studio
Finding GitHub Copilot Harness Agents Before PPAC Shows Them
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.
- 9 min readMicrosoft Foundry
Microsoft Foundry Canvas: A Visual Front End for Agent Code
Foundry Canvas puts model selection, toolboxes, guardrails, testing, and deployment in a Copilot side panel while leaving you the actual agent code.
- 14 min readMicrosoft Foundry
Publish Foundry Agents to Teams Behind a 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.
- 12 min readVibe Coding
Vibe Code Your Blog, Part 2: Build It, Then Ship It to Azure
Deploy an Astro blog to Azure Static Web Apps with OIDC, least-privilege access, and a walkthrough of the resources and trade-offs.
- 19 min readAzure
Portal of Portals: One Console for Every Admin Portal
A tour of Portal 360°: multi-tenant admin, config drift, CVE tracking, and the BFF-secured Next.js architecture behind one Microsoft cloud console.
- 13 min readVibe Coding
Coding with AI: A Neurodivergent Non-Coder's Guide to Building Real Apps
Field-tested lessons from shipping with AI: use plan mode, build reusable skills, choose models deliberately, and keep a reviewer in the loop.
- 8 min readAzure
I'm Finally Starting a Blog (and Here's What I've Been Building)
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.