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+21

Azure Key Vault Access Troubleshooting Without Guesswork

May 21, 2026

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7 min read

Azure Key Vault Access Troubleshooting Without Guesswork

A Practical IT scorecard for validating RBAC, private endpoints, DNS, and firewall controls before the incident gets weird.

Matthew Koozer
Matthew Koozer

Automation

+9

Secrets Sprawl Cleanup Checklist & Worksheet

May 13, 2026

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2 min read

Secrets Sprawl Cleanup Checklist & Worksheet

A practical asset pack for finding, owning, rotating, and retiring unmanaged cloud credentials.

Matthew Koozer
Matthew Koozer

Automation

+22

Azure Policy Exemptions at Scale

Apr 28, 2026

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9 min read

Azure Policy Exemptions at Scale

Naming, expiration, and audit trail patterns for operators who need exceptions without creating permanent blind spots

Matthew Koozer
Matthew Koozer

Runbooks

+19

Private Endpoint DNS Checklist (What to Verify, in Order)

Feb 28, 2026

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10 min read

Private Endpoint DNS Checklist (What to Verify, in Order)

Troubleshooting guide for when Private Endpoints "work" in Azure, but nothing can reach them.

Matthew Koozer
Matthew Koozer

Microsoft Azure

+4

If you still manage Azure Policy in the portal, you are running production on hope

Feb 5, 2026

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8 min read

If you still manage Azure Policy in the portal, you are running production on hope

A hot-take workflow for shipping Azure Policy through Azure DevOps without surprise outages, exception chaos, or portal drift.

Matthew Koozer
Matthew Koozer

Microsoft Azure

+5

Azure Policy at scale: DeployIfNotExists patterns that don’t melt ops

Feb 4, 2026

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7 min read

Azure Policy at scale: DeployIfNotExists patterns that don’t melt ops

A PracticalIT how-to for building DeployIfNotExists policies that stay predictable in production.

Matthew Koozer
Matthew Koozer

Microsoft Azure

+8

Before and after: what changes when you move policy to PRs

Feb 3, 2026

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6 min read

Before and after: what changes when you move policy to PRs

A mini case post for platform teams who are tired of click-ops governance

Matthew Koozer
Matthew Koozer

Engineering Management

+5

Guardrails, not roadblocks: nudge → block → escape

Feb 3, 2026

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8 min read

Guardrails, not roadblocks: nudge → block → escape

Matthew Koozer
Matthew Koozer

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