Azure Front Door: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to Global Load Balancing and CDN

In an era where milliseconds of latency can translate to millions in lost revenue, global load balancing has evolved from a nice-to-have to a critical infrastructure component. Azure Front Door represents Microsoft’s answer to the challenge of delivering applications globally with enterprise-grade security and performance. Having designed global application delivery architectures for over two decades, […]

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Azure Logic Apps: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to Enterprise Workflow Automation

After two decades of building enterprise integration solutions, I’ve watched workflow automation evolve from complex BizTalk orchestrations to elegant cloud-native services. Azure Logic Apps represents Microsoft’s vision for democratizing integration—enabling both citizen developers and seasoned architects to build sophisticated workflows without drowning in infrastructure concerns. This guide explores how to leverage Logic Apps effectively in […]

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Azure Databricks: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to Unified Data Analytics and AI

The convergence of data engineering, data science, and machine learning has created unprecedented demand for unified analytics platforms that can handle diverse workloads without the complexity of managing multiple disconnected systems. Azure Databricks represents a compelling answer to this challenge—a collaborative Apache Spark-based analytics platform optimized for the Microsoft Azure cloud. Having architected data platforms […]

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Azure Synapse Analytics: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to Unified Data Analytics

The modern enterprise data landscape demands more than traditional data warehousing or isolated analytics solutions. Organizations need unified platforms that can handle everything from batch ETL processing to real-time streaming analytics, from structured data warehousing to exploratory data science workloads. Azure Synapse Analytics represents Microsoft’s answer to this challenge—a comprehensive analytics service that brings together […]

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Running LLMs on Kubernetes: Production Deployment Guide

Deploying LLMs on Kubernetes requires careful planning. After deploying 25+ LLM models on Kubernetes, I’ve learned what works. Here’s the complete guide to running LLMs on Kubernetes in production. Figure 1: Kubernetes LLM Architecture Why Kubernetes for LLMs Kubernetes offers significant advantages for LLM deployment: Scalability: Auto-scale based on demand Resource management: Efficient GPU and […]

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Azure Data Factory: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to Enterprise Data Integration

Enterprise data integration has evolved from simple ETL batch jobs to sophisticated orchestration platforms that handle diverse data sources, complex transformations, and real-time processing requirements. Azure Data Factory represents Microsoft’s cloud-native answer to these challenges, providing a fully managed data integration service that scales from simple copy operations to enterprise-grade data pipelines. Having designed and […]

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