Azure • DevOps • Infrastructure as Code • AI Foundry

Azure engineering notes from real builds, fixes, and experiments

I write about Bicep, Terraform, Azure DevOps, identity, monitoring, and the practical side of building cloud platforms that actually work.

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Sydney Life

Thinking of moving from Sydney to Brisbane in 2026? This practical relocation guide compares housing, jobs, lifestyle, infrastructure, ...
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Property Market Australia

South East Queensland continues to attract buyers looking for lifestyle, space, infrastructure and long-term capital growth. This artic...
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AI

Azure AI proof of concepts are easy to demo and difficult to productionise. This post explains the practical path from a simple Azure A...
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Study Guides

Prepare for Microsoft AI-300 with this practical study guide for operationalizing machine learning and generative AI solutions on Azure...
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Study Guides

After passing AZ-104 or AZ-305, the next practical step is learning Azure Infrastructure as Code. This guide explains the modern Azure ...
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Study Guides

Prepare for Microsoft AI-103 with this 2026 Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer study guide. It maps the official Microsoft Learn exam s...
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AI

Designing the workflow behind my Microsoft Foundry and Azure AI POC: a controlled internal engineering assistant using Azure AI Search,...
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AI

A practical walkthrough showing how AI helped design, review, harden, and deploy a lightweight Joomla system plugin for blocking select...
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AI

Adding a dedicated RBAC layer to my Microsoft Foundry and Azure AI-103 infrastructure POC using Bicep, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Entra gr...
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About me
Maxim Sokolov, author of the SokolovTech Azure and DevOps blog

I’m Maxim Sokolov, the person behind SokolovTech. This blog is where I share practical Azure, DevOps, infrastructure automation, security, monitoring and AI platform notes from real builds, fixes and experiments.

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Moving from Sydney to Brisbane in 2026
Moving from Sydney to Brisbane in 2026
Brisbane Redlands Coast Property Growth: Cleveland and Redland Bay Outlook
Brisbane Redlands Coast Property Growth: Cleveland and Redland Bay Outlook
From Azure AI POC to Production-Ready RAG
From Azure AI POC to Production-Ready RAG
AI-300 Study Guide: MLOps and GenAIOps on Azure
AI-300 Study Guide: MLOps and GenAIOps on Azure
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