Azure Monitor: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to Enterprise Observability

Azure Monitor Architecture – Data Sources, Platform, Insights, and Actions Observability has become the cornerstone of successful cloud operations, and after two decades of building and maintaining enterprise systems, I can confidently say that Azure Monitor represents one of the most comprehensive observability platforms available today. The ability to collect, analyze, and act on telemetry […]

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FHIR Subscriptions: Building Real-Time Event-Driven Healthcare Apps

🏥 HEALTHCARE INTEROPERABILITY SERIES This article is part of a comprehensive series on healthcare data standards and interoperability. HL7 v2: The Messaging Standard That Powers Healthcare IT Building GDPR-Compliant FHIR APIs: A European Healthcare Guide EMR Modernization: Migrating from Legacy HL7 v2 to FHIR HL7 v3: Understanding RIM and Why v3 Failed to Replace v2 […]

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RESTful AI API Design: Best Practices for LLM APIs

Designing RESTful APIs for LLMs requires careful consideration. After building 30+ LLM APIs, I’ve learned what works. Here’s the complete guide to RESTful AI API design. Figure 1: RESTful AI API Architecture Why LLM APIs Are Different LLM APIs have unique requirements: Async operations: LLM inference can take seconds or minutes Streaming responses: Need to […]

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Azure Logic Apps: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to Enterprise Workflow Automation

After two decades of building enterprise integration solutions, I’ve watched workflow automation evolve from complex BizTalk orchestrations to elegant cloud-native services. Azure Logic Apps represents Microsoft’s vision for democratizing integration—enabling both citizen developers and seasoned architects to build sophisticated workflows without drowning in infrastructure concerns. This guide explores how to leverage Logic Apps effectively in […]

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Azure Databricks: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to Unified Data Analytics and AI

The convergence of data engineering, data science, and machine learning has created unprecedented demand for unified analytics platforms that can handle diverse workloads without the complexity of managing multiple disconnected systems. Azure Databricks represents a compelling answer to this challenge—a collaborative Apache Spark-based analytics platform optimized for the Microsoft Azure cloud. Having architected data platforms […]

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