Month: March 2025

Exciting Session Recap: Hacking Azure AI with André Melancia!

Greetings to all #CloudMarathoner community members!

Last week, we had an exhilarating session with a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), André M.D. Melancia – who shared his invaluable insights on Hacking Azure AI.

meet our Speaker

Our dynamic speaker, André, is a seasoned Developer, DBA, and security consultant with a wealth of hands-on experience. He is dedicated to helping organizations thrive. This demo-driven session was a must-attend for developers, data engineers, data scientists, and security consultants eager to learn about the security aspects of using Generative AI in their daily work.

Highlights from the Session

André captivated us with his demonstrations of exploits and security recommendations for various tools, including ChatGPT. He provided practical advice on avoiding mistakes that could expose your projects or organizations to cyber threats.

Demos on Azure AI Foundry

Our speaker incorporated interesting demos on Azure AI Foundry services, including an explanation of different AI models, Chat playground with examples on how to create filters and block specific types of content.

AI Application Workflow Demos

Another interesting demo is on a typical AI services application that are used in application where an application is using Azure AI services to return responses. This demo screenshot below emphasis a need for protection and/or filtering before returning results back to the requester application – which an end-user or cybercriminal may exploit with your AI system data.

Watch the Recorded Session

If you missed the live session or want to revisit the insights shared, check out the full recording on our Cloud Lunch and Learn YouTube channel. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills in Azure AI security!

Azure Spring Clean 2025 – sessions are accepted to present on Governance with Azure Bicep and AKS monitoring trends

Hello, hello my dear friends and community members!

This March month is going to be very busy, as I got notified that one of my solo sessions, and one joint session with Kasun – a Microsoft MVP and Docker captain – has been accepted, two weeks ago. And most importantly, I will be folding my sleeves to start preparations for the following sessions:

  • The Future of AKS Monitoring: Trends and tools you can’t ignore
  • Tips and tricks to automate resource governance with Azure Bicep

What to expect from a session – Future of AKS Monitoring?

In this session, we dive deep into the evolving landscape of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) monitoring — exploring the latest trends, essential tools, and best practices to future-proof your observability strategy.

What you’ll learn in this session:

✅ Current state of AKS monitoring: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, and more.
✅ Must-have tools: Grafana, Azure Managed Prometheus,
✅ Best practices for designing scalable, high-availability monitoring solutions
✅ Live demo: Setting up Prometheus + Grafana on AKS and integration

What to expect from a Governance with Bicep session?

In this new session, you will learn how to simplify resource governance, ensure compliance, and easily maintain control over your Azure environment.

I have following key topics included in the session:
✅ Basics of Azure Policy and its core components
✅ Creating and managing policy definitions and assignments
✅ Leveraging built-in policies and custom policy creation
✅ Integrating Azure Bicep for efficient resource deployment and governance
✅ Real-world examples and use cases

Call to Action

Don’t miss these sessions during the March month, and as always, you are welcome to provide feedback or ask questions.

Reference post with links to the recorded session – The Future of AKS Monitoring: Trends and tools you can’t ignore.

Another reference post to a recorded session – Tips and tricks to automate resource governance with Azure Bicep.