https://www.mightybs.com/tags/cloud-architecture/Recent content in Cloud Architecture on Brian SwigerHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Brian SwigerThu, 09 Jul 2026 17:47:00 -0400https://www.mightybs.com/posts/2026-07-09-the-end-of-ai-vibes-measuring-true-business-roi-for-production-agents-with-azure-ai-foundry/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:47:00 -0400https://www.mightybs.com/posts/2026-07-09-the-end-of-ai-vibes-measuring-true-business-roi-for-production-agents-with-azure-ai-foundry/Building AI agents is easy, but proving their business value is hard. This post explores Microsoft’s new ROI tracking capabilities introduced at Build 2026 (Session BRK252), detailing how organizations can move beyond basic token and latency metrics to map agent performance directly to financial and operational outcomes.https://www.mightybs.com/posts/2026-06-08-shifting-from-plumbing-to-prompts-introducing-the-azure-functions-serverless-agents-runtime/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:14:00 -0400https://www.mightybs.com/posts/2026-06-08-shifting-from-plumbing-to-prompts-introducing-the-azure-functions-serverless-agents-runtime/Microsoft has launched the public preview of the Azure Functions serverless agents runtime, introducing a declarative, markdown-first approach to building event-driven AI agents. This runtime leverages the core scaling, billing, and integration strengths of Azure Functions while removing the infrastructure boilerplate usually associated with production agent development.