Content by John Savill (4)

John Savill explains why enterprises need a data virtualization layer and how to build one using Microsoft Fabric OneLake, including a single namespace approach, shortcuts, mirroring, governance, and semantic models to make data easier to use for analytics and AI.

John Savill runs through the Azure updates for 8th May 2026, covering changes across compute, storage, Kubernetes, databases, and Azure AI services, including retirements and new capabilities that may affect existing deployments.

John Savill breaks down practical ways to change an AI model’s behavior, from prompt and context techniques through to retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and fine-tuning approaches like LoRA.

John Savill runs through the 1st May 2026 Azure update, covering new and preview features across AKS networking and troubleshooting, Azure Front Door WAF protections, Elastic SAN improvements, PostgreSQL read replica scaling, and major AI platform changes like Microsoft Agent Framework GA and Prompt flow retirement.