Azure AI Foundry is a unified platform for developing, customizing, and managing AI applications and agents. It provides tools and infrastructure for the entire AI development lifecycle, from concept to deployment, and includes access to a wide catalog of models from partners like OpenAI, Hugging Face, and Meta. Features include secure data integration, model customization,... Continue Reading →
Getting Started with React Native Development
React Native is a framework created by Meta that allows you build cross-platform applications targeting Android, iOS, Web, and Desktop for Mac and Windows. React Native provides hot reload functionality, code reuse across multiple platforms, and full access to the native platform including native UI controls. In this blog post we'll set up our development... Continue Reading →
Setting up AWS CodeWhisperer with Visual Studio Code
AWS CodeWhisperer is Amazon's machine learning-powered code generation tool that provides you with real-time code recommendations. CodeWhisperer will automatically generate suggestions based on your existing code and comments. In this blog post we are going to configure AWS CodeWhisperer with Visual Studio Code. Prerequisites AWS Builder ID (You can learn how to create one here)... Continue Reading →
Getting started with Azure IoT Hub
Azure IoT Hub provides a cloud-hosted back-end that allows you to connect virtually any device. Azure IoT hub lets you configure per-device authentication, built-in device management, and scaled provisioning. In this blog post we are going to configure and connect an Azure IoT device simulator to Azure IoT hub. Prerequisites Azure Subscription Create your Azure... Continue Reading →
Azure AI-900 Exam Study Guide
Last week I passed Microsoft's Azure AI-900 Certification exam and thought it would be helpful to share my experience. This exam is designed to test foundational knowledge of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning workloads and how to implement them in Azure. There are no prerequisites for this exam, but some Azure and general programming experience is helpful.
Google Cloud Platform: Going Serverless
In my previous blog post, I discussed setting up your Google Cloud account. In this post, I want to look at the various serverless options available on Google Cloud. Google Cloud provides several different choices for you to build, develop, and deploy your serverless functions and applications. These products allow you focus on development without... Continue Reading →
Google Cloud Platform: Getting Started
This blog post begins a new series on Google Cloud. In this series, we will start by setting up your Google Cloud account, creating a budget and configuring billing alerts, exploring the console and cloud shell and creating a new user. To help get you started, Google provides a $300 credit and up to 90... Continue Reading →
Automate Responses to Azure Security Center Recommendations
Automation in security programs is continuing to become more important. With the increasing number of alerts and threats that organizations are facing on a daily basis, it becomes overwhelming for IT and Security teams to deal with each and every one of them. Automation opportunities in a security program may include notifying stakeholders, launching a... Continue Reading →
Passing the Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer Certification Exam
Last week I passed the Python Institute's Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer Certification exam. The exam is part of Python Institute's certification path for the Python programming language which also includes both associate and professional level certifications. The exam is comprised of 30 questions and is delivered in a non-proctored online format with a 45 minute... Continue Reading →
Kusto Query Language 101
Recently I've started spending more time using Azure Sentinel and I wanted to get up to speed on the Kusto Query Language. This is a collection of my 'Kusto Query Language 101' learnings. What is Kusto Query Language(KQL)? KQL is a read-only language similar to SQL that’s used to query large datasets in Azure. Unlike... Continue Reading →
Dave McCollough 