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Architecting MCP for AI Agents: Lessons from Our Redesign | Harness Blog

-- Key Takeaways: The Harness MCP server is an MCP-compatible interface that lets AI agents discover, query, and act on Harness resources across CI/CD, GitOps, Feature Flags, Cloud Cost Management, Security Testing, Resilience Testing, Internal Developer Portal, and more. -- The first wave of MCP servers followed a natural pattern: take every API endpoint, wrap it in a tool definition, and expose it to the LLM.

How to Manage Icinga with Ansible Webinar

Managing monitoring environments shouldn’t be a manual chore. In this hands-on webinar, we show you how to fully automate your Icinga infrastructure using the Ansible Collection for Icinga. We take you step by step through everything from installing Icinga 2 to configuring master instances, setting up monitoring agents, building core objects, and integrating common components like Icinga Web, all driven by Ansible.

What's New in Turbo360 - AI agents for Azure cost optimization, Azure cost pulse summary report...

Turbo360 brings a suite of enhancements added to elevate your Azure management experience. Hit play to hear what's in store for this month. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:13 - Cost Pulse Summary Report 00:00:49 - Configuring Cost Pulse Summary 00:01:17 - New AI Agents (4 New Agents) 00:01:54 - Accessing AI Agents 00:02:18 - Related Resources Feature 00:02:40 - Budget Planner 00:02:59 - Setting Up Budget Planner Permissions 00:03:11 - Multi-Subscription Onboarding 00:03:43 - AI Agents Role-Based Access 00:04:10 - New RA-GRS Optimization Recommendation 00:04:30 - Summary & Call to Action.

Our key takeaways from NVIDIA GTC 2026

Every year, NVIDIA GTC offers a glimpse into the future of computing. But this year felt different. The conversations from the past few days point to something bigger than faster GPUs or larger models. The industry is shifting its mindset entirely. GTC 2026 made it clear that the goalposts for AI haven't just moved, they’ve been uprooted. We’re past the point of talking about "faster chips." Everything points to a total shift in the industry's DNA.

What to Expect When Attending Your First Network Operator Group (NOG)

Your first NOG meeting doesn't have to be daunting. Here's what to expect, how to prepare, and how to make the most of every session and conversation. Co-authored by Rob Parker and Gavin Tweedie If you’re trying to optimize your organization’s peering and Internet Exchange (IX) traffic engineering as your network grows, you may be searching for more ways to improve your network or customer experience.

Resolve Reels - Ep. 1 - The Agentic API Caller

What if you could go from request to result, instantly? No workflows to build. No APIs to chain. Just describe what you need. Resolve handles the rest. It selects the APIs, orchestrates the steps, and delivers the outcome in real time. This is agentic automation in action. Welcome to the Autonomous Enterprise. Watch now and see it in action#AgenticAI.

A Faster Way To Spot What's Slowing Down Your PostgreSQL Database

This is a guest post from Kellyn Gorman. Kellyn Gorman is a Database and AI Advocate and Engineer at Redgate She's the previous director of Data and AI at Silk, and the Oracle SME in Azure at Microsoft. With a robust background in cloud technology and a passion for promoting its merits and potential, I am thrilled to spearhead conversations and actions that help shape the future of this industry.

Agentic AI at Scale: Building the Kubex Agentic AI Platform

In the modern cloud infrastructure landscape, we don’t have a data problem; we have an actionable interpretation gap. Engineering teams are often drowning in metrics that describe a crisis without providing a clear path to remediation. Traditional FinOps, SRE, and DevOps work has become a reactive loop of dashboard-watching and manual firefighting.