Tag: ai-architecture

18 posts tagged with "ai-architecture"

• Azure AI Foundry New vs Classic: 2026 Migration Map

  May 31, 2026

  Azure AI Foundry new vs classic, decoded: the feature-parity matrix, what transfers in a hub migration, the two hard 2026 dates, and when to stay on classic.

• Foundry Hosted vs In-Process vs Copilot Studio Agents (2026 Decision)

  May 31, 2026

  Foundry Hosted vs in-process vs Copilot Studio agents: a 2026 four-gate decision framework that picks the right path by who builds it and who runs it.

• AgentOps on Microsoft Foundry: A Practitioner Decode of the New CI/CD Reference Architecture (2026)

  May 30, 2026

  Practitioner read of Microsoft's new Foundry CI/CD reference architecture: the 5-layer pipeline, evaluation-driven release gates, and where the architecture understates the operational work.

• From Assist to Execute: The Reference Architecture Implications Microsoft's Playbook Doesn't Draw (2026)

  May 30, 2026

  The Assist-to-Execute shift in Microsoft's Agentic Patterns Playbook is the right conceptual move. This is the reference architecture implications the playbook stops short of drawing.

• The Six Agentic Adoption Patterns: A Practitioner Decode of Microsoft's New Playbook (2026)

  May 26, 2026

  A practitioner read of Microsoft's Agentic Transformation Patterns Playbook: six patterns, the 5x5 maturity model, CoE structures, what it understates.

• AI Orchestration for Legacy Systems: The Operational Front Door Pattern (2026)

  May 18, 2026

  AI orchestration over 5-7 legacy systems with the systems of record unchanged. The Operational Front Door pattern, two-layer RAG, vendor-portable. CIO reference architecture.

• Can You Trust AI With Dataverse Security? Four Designs, Three Wrong

  May 16, 2026

  Two violated documented Dataverse mechanics. One was a category error. The real architectural axis isn't AI vs human, it's what claims are cheap to mechanically verify.

• Enterprise AI Is More Than RAG: The Three Context Layers (2026)

  May 14, 2026

  Enterprise AI is a context orchestration problem, not a retrieval problem. Three knowledge layers, three architecture levels, the operational truth distinction.

• Dataverse MCP, Business Skills, and Coding Agents: The 2026 Decode

  May 10, 2026

  Dataverse MCP server, Business Skills, Coding Agents plugin shipped May 5, 2026. Adopt-now-or-defer decision frame, five pilot gotchas, procurement surface.

• Azure AI Foundry vs Azure OpenAI: The 2026 Decision

  May 8, 2026

  Azure AI Foundry vs Azure OpenAI: the rebrand is consolidation, not deprecation. Decision tree, 8 scenarios, and the migration mechanics that bite.

• AI Proposal Writing on Foundry: Multi-Model Patterns That Ship

  April 29, 2026

  A four-phase proposal pipeline running on four different LLMs. Prompts, evaluator metrics, and the eval-suite that lets you swap models cleanly.

• Six Rules for LLM-Agnostic AI Agents on Microsoft Foundry

  April 29, 2026

  Foundry Model Router routes 18 models across providers. Six rules for AI agents that survive the next vendor rotation, with a proposal-writing example.

• Azure AI Landing Zone: The 2026 Reference Architecture for IT Directors

  April 16, 2026

  Microsoft says you do not need a separate AI landing zone. You need an application landing zone with networking, identity, and data wired right. Here is the 2026 reference architecture.

• Architecture Diagrams with Draw.io MCP Server and Claude Code

  February 24, 2026

  Generate swimlanes, ERDs, and integration maps from text using Claude Code and the Draw.io MCP server. Free, git-friendly, no Visio needed.

• Logic Apps as MCP Servers - The Architecture That Actually Works

  February 23, 2026

  Turn Azure Logic Apps into MCP servers for AI agents. Two approaches, auth gotchas, cost math, and the architecture diagram Microsoft didn't draw.

• Agentic Development with Claude Code: The Setup That Actually Works

  February 20, 2026

  Build a multi-agent development environment with persistent memory, quality gates, and automated pipelines. The setup that turned one CLI tool into a content factory.

• Generating 20+ Architecture Diagrams in Minutes: A Batch-Generation Pattern

  February 19, 2026

  Generate ERDs, network topologies, security models, CI/CD pipelines, and integration maps from code. The batch-generation pattern that replaces weeks of Visio work.

• Building AI Solutions on Azure: The Architecture That Actually Works

  February 13, 2026

  Real Azure AI architecture with cost math, RAG patterns, and pricing traps that Microsoft's diagrams leave out.