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Design integration architecture in Azure

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

4prompts

The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskCreate an architecture diagram showing a web application hosted on an App Service, connected to…+
Create an architecture diagram showing a web application hosted on an App Service, connected to a SQL Database, with user authentication handled by an Active Directory, all within a single virtual network.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore I present this integration architecture for the new customer portal to the security…+
Before I present this integration architecture for the new customer portal to the security team, make sure it addresses our compliance requirements. Highlight how data encryption is handled at rest and in transit, where identity management integrates, and any potential single points of failure that could impact business continuity.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentThe sales team just committed to integrating our new cloud-based analytics platform with a…+
The sales team just promised a new integration with a legacy on-prem system, but I'm not sure how to securely connect it to our Azure environment.
The sales team just committed to integrating our new cloud-based analytics platform with a customer's legacy on-premises ERP, and they need a proposal by Friday. I'm worried about exposing our network and don't know the best way to establish a secure, reliable connection without major re-architecture on their end. What's the most secure and least disruptive integration pattern for connecting to an on-prem system that might have strict firewall rules?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI'm constantly having to rework integration architectures after they're partially implemented…+
I frequently find myself redesigning integration architectures due to unforeseen security or performance bottlenecks.
I'm constantly having to rework integration architectures after they're partially implemented because we discover unexpected security vulnerabilities or performance bottlenecks, especially when dealing with external systems. It costs us a lot in rework and delays. What's a better habit for my initial design phase to proactively identify and mitigate these common integration pitfalls before we start building?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from Microsoft Azure's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.