Azure Integration and AI, From the Field
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Start with the GitHub Copilot CLI beginner’s guide, learn to build an agent skill in VS Code, or troubleshoot with the VS Code reset walkthrough.
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November 11th – International Check Your Enterprise Single Sign-On Master Secret Key Day
Let this go down in the record books that today marks the First Annual Celebration of International Check Your...
Vote for “The Story of Your Life – Mr. Virtual Machine” in the Windows Azure Makes Me FAST Contest
Over the past few months I have been blogging a lot about the new Windows Azure Virtual Machines. That is...
How To Create a Base Disk or Image in Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Share It Across Accounts
The Windows Azure Storage API now have the ability to do cross account, asynchronous blob transfers. This means it is...
How to Create a Windows Azure Virtual Machine Image without using the Windows Azure Management Portal
Currently the Windows Azure Management Portal is having some difficulty using the UI to create an Image from an...
Windows Azure REST API Sample and Tool – GET, POST, & DELETE with One Click
Windows Azure has a few different, somewhat disjointed, toolsets available to create new artifacts and maintain...
Window Azure Preview Portal Enhancements for Virtual Machines, Disks, Service Bus, and More
Some enhancements were made this weekend to the Windows Azure Preview Portal. With these enhancements is the...
Working with Windows Azure Virtual Machines using the Windows Azure REST API
Windows Azure has a rich Management REST API for working with all types of artifacts. Continuing on with my...
Working with the Add Disk Operation of the Windows Azure REST API
Recently I was looking at a forum question of someone trying to add a disk to the Azure Virtual Machines using the...
Windows Azure Virtual Hard Disk (blob storage) Cross Account Copy, Lease Break, and Management Tool
Recently the Windows Azure Storage API’s were updated to include the ability to do cross account, asynchronous...