Model Context Protocol (MCP): A DevOps Engineer's Guide
MCP gives DevOps and platform teams a standard way to connect AI agents to GitHub, Kubernetes, cloud APIs, and observability systems without building brittle one-off integrations.
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Swap Fabric Pipeline Connections per Environment with Variable Libraries
A Data Pipeline references a connection, not a string — and that connection has a different ID in every workspace. Here's how the Connection Reference variable type swaps it per environment.
Managing Environment Configs in Microsoft Fabric with Variable Libraries and fabric-cicd
Variable Libraries plus fabric-cicd's environment parameter give you a versioned, typed way to swap Key Vault names, storage accounts, and other per-environment constants automatically.
VACUUM vs CDF in Microsoft Fabric: How to Protect Incremental Loads from Silent Data Loss
VACUUM keeps Delta tables healthy, but it can also break Change Data Feed replay windows. This walkthrough shows exactly when incremental pipelines fail and how to design a safe Fabric pattern with guardrails and fallback recovery.
Use Key Vault Secrets in Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory can securely access credentials stored in Azure Key Vault. This article describes how to set up key vault secrets for Azure Data Factory linked services.
Manage Secret Scopes in Databricks
Databricks can connect to various sources for data ingestion. This article describes how to manage Azure Key Vault-backed secret scopes in Databricks using the GUI.