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GitHub Actions OIDC for Azure: No More Expired Secrets
GitHub Actions OIDC for Azure: No More Expired Secrets

GitHub Actions OIDC for Azure: No More Expired Secrets

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Happy Halloween! 🎃 Let me tell you a horror story. Recently, my pipeline stopped deploying. No code change, no failing test, just a red run. I wondered why, until it clicked: the client secret of my old service principal had expired. A zombie secret, haunting my pipeline. Annoying? Yes. Avoidable? Absolutely. The better way is GitHub Actions OIDC for Azure. It removes the secret completely. First, GitHub proves who your workflow is with a short-lived token. Next, Microsoft Entra ID checks…

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Spec-Driven Azure Infrastructure Before You Start Coding
Spec-Driven Azure Infrastructure Before You Start Coding

Spec-Driven Azure Infrastructure Before You Start Coding

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What if you could describe your Azure environment in plain words and get it deployed – secure, cost-controlled, and repeatable? That is spec-driven Azure infrastructure. And you don’t need to be a cloud architect to try it. I restarted my Expenses Manager in June with one ambition: rebuild it without click ops. No portal wizards, no manual setup. That is why I use spec-driven development and rely on GitHub Copilot to assist me. In one of my previous posts, I…

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My Son Built an App with No IT Background
My Son Built an App with No IT Background

My Son Built an App with No IT Background

“Dad, can we build an app with AI?” That question started a spec-driven development experiment I’ll never forget. He was seventeen. No coding background, no CS classes. Just frustration with the school carpool situation: thirty parents in a WhatsApp thread, nobody knowing who was driving, every morning a small disaster. I said yes. But on one condition: we use GitHub 🌱 SpecKit. He looked puzzled. Fair enough. So I explained: it’s a framework for Spec-Driven Development. Describe the problem the…

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Recap – Experts Live Germany 2025

Recap – Experts Live Germany 2025

What an amazing week. I had the opportunity to attend and speak at the Experts Live Germany conference. More than 350 experts and community members came together at the congress center at Zoo Leipzig – a fantastic location. The conference itself featured a variety of knowledge across four key tracks. These tracks were Cloud & AI, Hybrid, Workplace & Collaboration, and Identity & Security. It was a great event for professionals eager to explore the latest trends and innovations in these…

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From Azure AI Foundry to Production

From Azure AI Foundry to Production

Azure AI Foundry former known as Azure AI Studio has seen significant improvements since I first began exploring this topic. Consequently, it took some time before I could complete my fourth blog post on Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for AI applications. Today, I want to focus on the final stage of the ALM process. This means, I’ll be explaining how you can seamlessly deploy your AI solutions, developed in Azure AI Foundry, to production. In production, my goal is to…

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Using Document Intelligence from Power Automate

Using Document Intelligence from Power Automate

Usually, when we talk nowadays about AI, we mean ChatGPT or large language models (LLMs). However, there are other Azure AI Services that are extremely important for the business world. One of these services is Azure AI Document Intelligence which I can use to extract information from my digital documents. But can I use Document Intelligence directly from Power Automate? Yes, I can, and I will explain to you how I use Azure AI Document Intelligence directly from Power Automate…

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Adding a Data Source to Azure OpenAI

Adding a Data Source to Azure OpenAI

Today I’m going to introduce you to a new feature of Azure OpenAI. I will explain how you can give more business context to your AI chat solution. Let’s say I can ask Azure OpenAI, “Do we have a discount agreement with the vendor XYZ?” and my AI gives me the right answer based on my contracts stored as files. Right, I will show you how easy I configure a Data Source for my Azure OpenAI. As result my AI…

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Using Azure OpenAI Chat Completion in Business

Using Azure OpenAI Chat Completion in Business

In my opinion is ChatGPT from OpenAI a definitely disrupting technology of these times. In detail, having its own AI assistant, which can understand and generate human-like text, opens a whole new realm of possibilities to me. I use my Intelligent Assistant in various fields, such as research, writing, and personal productivity. When exploring new technologies, for example, AI helps me understand complex concepts. What’s special is that ChatGPT can generate these explanations in a language I can understand based…

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Building an Intelligent Assistant with OpenAI as Canvas App

Building an Intelligent Assistant with OpenAI as Canvas App

ChatGPT and OpenAI are a real step forward in applied AI. But there is still security issue that requires attention. As an AI enthusiast, I recognize the importance of addressing potential vulnerabilities and ensuring data privacy. For that reason, I create my own Intelligent Assistant and use the capabilities of ChatGPT and OpenAI in a secure way in a canvas app. In this blog post, I’ll walk you through the process of creating an Azure OpenAI resource. Moreover, I show…

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