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How to Speed Up Azure VM Deployment with Snapshots & Disk Swaps

How to Speed Up Azure VM Deployment with Snapshots & Disk Swaps

by Stephen W. Thomas | Aug 20, 2025 | Azure Integration Thoughts, Videos

As an IT professional, I’ve spent countless hours configuring and re-configuring new virtual machines inside Azure. Whether it’s for a quick demo, a new software test, or a temporary development environment, the process is tedious and the costs can really...
How ChatGPT-5 Agent Mode Automates Azure Workflows

How ChatGPT-5 Agent Mode Automates Azure Workflows

by Stephen W. Thomas | Aug 18, 2025 | Azure Integration Thoughts, Artificial Intelligence, Videos

I’ve seen countless tools that promise to streamline development, but what I recently witnessed with ChatGPT-5’s new agent mode goes beyond simple automation—it’s autonomous development. I recently put this powerful new feature to the test, giving it the...
De-SOAPing Services: Using Legacy SOAP with RESTful Logic Apps using Azure API Management

De-SOAPing Services: Using Legacy SOAP with RESTful Logic Apps using Azure API Management

by Stephen W. Thomas | Jun 24, 2025 | Azure Integration Thoughts, Videos

Struggling to integrate legacy SOAP-based services with modern RESTful APIs? This blog post explains exactly how you can streamline integrations by effectively adding and removing SOAP envelopes using Azure API Management. Legacy systems often still rely heavily on...
First Look: Building an Autonomous AI Agent with Logic Apps Agent Loop (Demo Included)

First Look: Building an Autonomous AI Agent with Logic Apps Agent Loop (Demo Included)

by Stephen W. Thomas | Jun 9, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Azure Integration Thoughts, Videos

In this post, I’ll walk you through the main points of building an autonomous AI agent to play card games using Logic Apps Agent Loop. While playing cards may not be a typical enterprise use case, it’s an easy-to-understand scenario that demonstrates the power and...
First Look: Building a Human-in-the-Loop AI Agent with Azure Logic Apps Agent Loop (Demo Included)

First Look: Building a Human-in-the-Loop AI Agent with Azure Logic Apps Agent Loop (Demo Included)

by Stephen W. Thomas | Jun 4, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Azure Integration Thoughts, Videos

Are you spending countless hours fixing recurring business issues that could be automated, but you still need a human touch for quality and compliance? AI has revolutionized automation, but specific workflows still require oversight and approval. That’s where...
Step-by-Step Guide to Azure Logic Apps Agent Loop

Step-by-Step Guide to Azure Logic Apps Agent Loop

by Stephen W. Thomas | May 19, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Azure Integration Thoughts, Videos

Today marks an evolutionary day for Azure Logic Apps! It is now possible to build AI Agents directly using the Azure Logic Apps Agent Loop. This new feature, currently in public preview, allows you to leverage any of the 1300+ connectors as tools inside your agents...
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