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Microsoft announced the stable release of Azure MCP Server 1.0.0, describing it as the start of a new phase for cloud automation and AI-driven development. The open-source implementation of the Model ...

Knowing how to automate processes in today's IT organizations is critical. System administrators typically have to manage hundreds of servers and a cloud environment and provide support to users.

If you are an old hand at Microsoft SQL Server, you have probably used the SQL Server Agent (i.e., SQL Agent) service and MSDB database for the last 20 years. With a humble and largely unchanged ...

Azure Automation can be an excellent PowerShell script orchestration tool. But as-is, you only have a limited number of PowerShell modules you can use in that environment. Luckily, though, we can ...

Take advantage of Azure Functions to run small pieces of code that can be triggered by events in the Azure cloud. Azure Functions is the serverless compute offering in the Microsoft Azure cloud.

Use Azure Automation with the Let's Encrypt free certificate authority to create, validate and install certificates on a firewall. The Let’s Encrypt open certificate authority ensures that the ...

One of the features of Azure Functions is the ability to easily create Webhooks. Webhooks allow integration with other systems, including third-party systems. Essentially, the external system can call ...