GitHub Copilot Customization Explained for Beginners: Instructions, Prompt Files, Skills, Agents, and Hooks Introduction If you've recently started using GitHub Copilot, you've probably come across terms like Instructions , Prompt Files , Skills , Agents , and Hooks . At first glance, they all seem to do the same thing—they tell Copilot what to do. So why does GitHub have five different customization features? The answer is simple: each feature solves a different problem. Think of GitHub Copilot as a new developer joining your team. On their first day, you don't just hand them code. You explain your coding standards, give them reusable templates, teach them specialized knowledge, assign them a role, and automate repetitive tasks. That's exactly how GitHub Copilot customization works. In this article, you'll learn what each feature does, when to use it, and how they all work together. By the end, you'll know which feature to start with and which ones can wait un...
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How to Audit - Azure Key Vault?
In this blog post, we will see how to send logs and metrics for the Azure Key Vault which can be used for auditing. Azure Key Vault Overview Azure Key Vault provides a way to store securely keys, secrets, and certificates in a centralized location. Key Vault greatly reduces the chances of secrets being accidentally leaked, by simplified administration of application secrets. Azure Key Vault solution is not just for Cloud Solutions it can be integrated with on-premise as well. Integration with other Azure services is simplified with a managed identity. Azure Key Vault is not just only for Application secrets (Development) it goes well with Infrastructure team like DevOps where Passwords, Certificate, etc can be managed related to Infrastructure additionally Integration with Azure DevOps makes it more powerful. Things that can go in your vaults are: Application secrets Connection strings API keys Tokens Passwords etc Certificates Encryption Keys Audit Enabling on K...