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	<title>Insight Services APAC Blog</title>
	<description>Explore our Insight Services APAC Blog, where teammates unite to share their journey with Microsoft technologies. Dive into personal stories, expert tips, and innovative solutions that showcase the power of collaboration and the transformative impact of Microsoft tools in the dynamic APAC region.</description>
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		<title type="html">Token Price Is the Wrong Number: What a Merged Feature Actually Costs Across a Dozen Coding Agents</title>
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		<published>2026-07-06T00:00:00+08:00</published>
		<updated>2026-07-06T00:00:00+08:00</updated>
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			<![CDATA[I gave one real feature to a dozen models across three coding CLIs and held every one of them to my own production review gate. The same feature cost anywhere from $7 to $70 to merge, and the token price was the least of it.]]>
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		<title type="html">Stop Vibe Coding Your IaC: Build Backpressure Instead</title>
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		<published>2026-05-12T00:00:00+08:00</published>
		<updated>2026-05-12T00:00:00+08:00</updated>
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			<![CDATA[Why backpressure loops beat vibe coding for Bicep, AVM and real-world Azure constraints.]]>
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		<title type="html">Security is the One AI Workload I Won’t Token-Optimise</title>
		<link href="https://blog.insight-services-apac.dev/2026/04/27/token-economics-security-audit" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Security is the One AI Workload I Won’t Token-Optimise" />
		<published>2026-04-27T00:00:00+08:00</published>
		<updated>2026-04-27T00:00:00+08:00</updated>
		<id>https://blog.insight-services-apac.dev/2026/04/27/token-economics-security-audit</id>
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			<![CDATA[What I learned running my open-sourced Claude security audit skill against three of my own apps for $189 AUD, just as the industry shifts to consumption-based billing.]]>
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		<title type="html">Mastering IP Address Management with Azure Virtual Network Manager IPAM - Part 2</title>
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		<published>2026-02-05T00:00:00+08:00</published>
		<updated>2026-02-05T00:00:00+08:00</updated>
		<id>https://blog.insight-services-apac.dev/2026/02/05/avnm-ipam2</id>
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			<name></name>
					
					
      			
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		<summary type="html">
			<![CDATA[Learn how to leverage Azure Virtual Network Manager IPAM to centrally manage IP address allocation across your Azure landing zones, with practical Bicep implementation examples.]]>
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		<title type="html">Mastering IP Address Management with Azure Virtual Network Manager IPAM - Part 1</title>
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		<published>2026-01-21T00:00:00+08:00</published>
		<updated>2026-01-21T00:00:00+08:00</updated>
		<id>https://blog.insight-services-apac.dev/2026/01/21/avnm-ipam</id>
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			<name></name>
					
					
      			
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			<![CDATA[Learn how to leverage Azure Virtual Network Manager IPAM to centrally manage IP address allocation across your Azure landing zones, with practical Bicep implementation examples.]]>
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		<title type="html">Platform Landing Zone: Part 2 - Building the Foundation for Enterprise Azure</title>
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		<published>2025-12-16T00:00:00+08:00</published>
		<updated>2025-12-16T00:00:00+08:00</updated>
		<id>https://blog.insight-services-apac.dev/2025/12/16/platform-lz-part2</id>
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			<name></name>
					
					
      			
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		<summary type="html">
			<![CDATA[Explore how Platform Landing Zones provide the foundational architecture for secure, scalable, and compliant Azure environments - Part 2]]>
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		<title type="html">Platform Landing Zone: Part 1 - Building the Foundation for Enterprise Azure</title>
		<link href="https://blog.insight-services-apac.dev/2025/12/15/platform-lz-part1" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Platform Landing Zone: Part 1 - Building the Foundation for Enterprise Azure" />
		<published>2025-12-15T00:00:00+08:00</published>
		<updated>2025-12-15T00:00:00+08:00</updated>
		<id>https://blog.insight-services-apac.dev/2025/12/15/platform-lz-part1</id>
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			<name></name>
					
					
      			
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		<summary type="html">
			<![CDATA[Explore how Platform Landing Zones provide the foundational architecture for secure, scalable, and compliant Azure environments - Part 1]]>
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		<title type="html">Lokka the AI-Powered Reindeer: Guiding Your Sleigh Through Azure and M365</title>
		<link href="https://blog.insight-services-apac.dev/2025/12/12/lokka" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Lokka the AI-Powered Reindeer: Guiding Your Sleigh Through Azure and M365" />
		<published>2025-12-12T00:00:00+08:00</published>
		<updated>2025-12-12T00:00:00+08:00</updated>
		<id>https://blog.insight-services-apac.dev/2025/12/12/lokka</id>
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			<name></name>
					
					
      			
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		<summary type="html">
			<![CDATA[Meet Lokka, the magical middleware connecting LLMs to your Azure and Microsoft 365 tenant using Microsoft Graph.]]>
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		<title type="html">Santa’s Little Helpers: Automating Bicep Deployments with GitHub Actions</title>
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		<published>2025-12-11T00:00:00+08:00</published>
		<updated>2025-12-11T00:00:00+08:00</updated>
		<id>https://blog.insight-services-apac.dev/2025/12/11/bicep-github</id>
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			<![CDATA[Let GitHub Actions be your elves in the workshop, automating Bicep deployments and keeping your infrastructure pipeline merry and bright.]]>
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		<title type="html">All I want for Christmas is Azure Verified Modules</title>
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		<published>2025-12-10T00:00:00+08:00</published>
		<updated>2025-12-10T00:00:00+08:00</updated>
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			<![CDATA[A deeper look into how Azure Verified Modules should be your starting point for any Azure Bicep deployments.]]>
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