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As an engineer, I’m constantly exploring new technologies and solving complex problems. Along the way, I often rely on the shared knowledge of others—guides, tutorials, and insights that make progress possible. Because those answers aren’t always easy to find, I created this blog to bring clarity to the search.

Here, I share practical solutions, step‑by‑step explanations, and real-world lessons learned. My goal is to help the next person avoid hours of digging through Google by putting reliable, developer‑focused content all in one place.

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  • Authenticating with Azure Databricks Service Principal

    While working with Azure Databricks, I have discovered a few different ways to authenticate with the Service Principal. Some of these are documented and some I have found through a lot of searching, but none I have found a quick easy guide on how to action them all.  Setup  Step one is of course make…

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  • Understanding Databricks RBAC: Grants, Permissions, and Entitlements

    Documentation on Databricks Grants, Permissions and Entitlement can get complex fast, especially switching between AWS, Azure and Databricks versions. When I was then looking into implementing the RBAC design for Databricks, I started looking into the different access approaches for groups. I found you needed to be a full functioning Data Engineer using this product…

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  • Automating Azure PIM Requests with PowerShell

    Privileged Identity Management (PIM) is made to be a secure authentication method to assign user permissions via groups and monitor the access.  This enables short time requests for the permissions that can require fields like reason for access, how long to have access and who is having access. This can typically be used for engineers’…

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