Azure Communication Services can be used to add voice, video, chat, and SMS and email capabilities to applications. It is a fully managed communication platform that enables developers to build rich communication experiences. Today, we will explore the email capability through an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server hosted on Azure Functions, enabling us to send emails from any MCP client.

You might be deploying to Azure Functions or attempting to retrieve the Function App URL, and you may encounter errors like:

• Encountered an error (BadGateway) from host runtime.
• Encountered an error (InternalServerError) from host runtime.

Today, we are going to delve into the importance of a Secure Isolated Recovery Environment (SIRE) for Microsoft Azure and why organizations should consider implementing this pattern as a critical component of their cybersecurity and business continuity strategy.

A SIRE is designed to ensure that, even in the event of a severe cybersecurity incident-such as a ransomware attack-organizations have a secure, isolated space to recover essential systems and data. This approach is increasingly vital given the evolving threat landscape.

A recent release to Azure API Management is - MCP server support, the ability to expose a REST API in API Management as an MCP server.

Today we are going to look at hosting a Container in Container Apps, which is used to host a Container that has a VNC server installed, running DOSBox.

Why would you do this? Could be a few reasons, but common reasons might be looking at running legacy applications that require a GUI (Graphical User Interface) in a more modern and isolated environment, allowing for quick internal access to resources, or just for fun.