Azure
Azure MCP Tools with Functions and azd: Production Guide
My Fastest Path to Production-Grade Agent Tooling on Azure: MCP + Functions + azd
Frank Garofalo
Cloud Solutions Architect & Data Engineering leader at Microsoft. I build production AI, data, and home-lab systems — Azure, Fabric, Copilot, Proxmox/Ceph — and write about what actually works. New posts weekly.
AI/ML
Measure Code Modernization as a Data Program
Code Modernization Is Finally Measurable — If You Treat It as a Data Program, Not a Copilot Demo
Data Engineering
Azure Databricks Lakebase Governance and Workload Fit
Lakehouse Is Growing Up: What Azure Databricks Lakebase Expansion Means for Real Platform Standardization
AI/ML
Clinical AI Platform Readiness for Healthcare Leaders
Healthcare AI Is Entering Its Platform Phase — and That Changes What Leaders Should Evaluate First
Azure
Azure SQL Free Tier for Enterprise Modernization
Why Azure SQL Free Tier Is More Strategic Than It Looks for Enterprise Modernization
AI/ML
Copilot Studio Evaluation for Agent Governance
How Copilot Studio’s New Evaluation Experience Could Change Agent Governance
AI/ML
AI-Native Data Engineering Operating Model With Fabric
The AI-Native Data Engineer: Why Fabric, dbt, Devcontainers, and Copilot Are Converging
Security
Microsoft Purview Label Inheritance for Attachments
Why Microsoft Purview Label Inheritance Is a Bigger Deal Than It Looks
AI/ML
Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise AI Governance Controls
What Microsoft 365 Copilot for U.S. Government Reveals About Enterprise-Grade AI Controls
AI/ML
Fabric Local MCP for Governed Agentic Analytics
How Fabric Local MCP Could Turn Microsoft Fabric Into an Agent Runtime
AI/ML
Copilot Studio SQL Server Governance for Enterprise AI
Why Copilot Studio’s New SQL Server Support Matters for Enterprise AI Workflows
AI/ML
Enterprise Microsoft 365 Copilot Agent Governance Playbook
My Playbook for Building Microsoft 365 Copilot Agents That Survive Contact With the Enterprise