Orchestrating Chaos: Why AWS Step Functions Became My Secret Weapon for Building Resilient Distributed Systems

Three years ago, I inherited a distributed system that processed insurance claims across twelve microservices. The orchestration logic lived in a tangled web of message queues, retry handlers, and compensating transactions scattered across multiple codebases. When something failed—and in distributed systems, something always fails—debugging meant correlating logs across a dozen services while the business waited […]

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Migration Guide: From Semantic Kernel & AutoGen to Microsoft Agent Framework – Part 10

Complete migration guide from Semantic Kernel and AutoGen to Microsoft Agent Framework. Before/after code examples and step-by-step instructions.

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MCP Integration & External Tool Connectivity in Microsoft Agent Framework – Part 9

Connect AI agents to external tools via Model Context Protocol. Learn MCP servers, Microsoft 365 integration, and building custom MCP servers.

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BigQuery Unleashed: Building Enterprise Data Warehouses That Scale to Petabytes

Introduction: BigQuery stands as Google Cloud’s crown jewel—a serverless, petabyte-scale data warehouse that has fundamentally changed how enterprises approach analytics. This comprehensive guide explores BigQuery’s enterprise capabilities, from columnar storage and slot-based execution to advanced features like BigQuery ML, BI Engine, and real-time streaming. After architecting data platforms across all major cloud providers, I’ve found […]

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Production-Ready Agents: Observability, Security & Deployment – Part 8

Deploy AI agents to production with enterprise-grade observability, security, and resilience. Complete guide to OpenTelemetry, content safety, and Azure deployment.

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Multi-Agent Orchestration Patterns in Microsoft Agent Framework – Part 7

Master the five orchestration patterns: Sequential, Concurrent, Handoff, Group Chat, and Magentic. Learn when to use each pattern.

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