Cloud Collaboration https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/ a cloud blog. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:23:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 127253763 Tracking AI Quota/Budget for Command Code https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/tracking-ai-quota-budget-for-command-code/ https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/tracking-ai-quota-budget-for-command-code/#respond Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:23:17 +0000 https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/?p=1695 I’m primarily using Command Code with my Hermes Agent to access a variety of models like Fable, Grok, GLM, DeepSeek and recently Tencent Hy3 (was free for a couple of weeks). Just like a Claude subscription, it has a 5-hour budget and a weekly budget. However, these budgets are *extremely* generous. I was running out […]

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]]> https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/tracking-ai-quota-budget-for-command-code/feed/ 0 1695 AI doesn’t need to cost a fortune https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/ai-doesnt-need-to-cost-a-fortune/ https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/ai-doesnt-need-to-cost-a-fortune/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:26:50 +0000 https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/?p=1684 Note: This is a re-post of my LinkedIn article. I didn’t know it would cost this much! I had a recent conversation with one IT Director who had an intern burn their entire monthly quota of ChatGPT credits in 2 days. An angry, C-suite executive called him complaining that ChatGPT wasn’t working anymore. He had […]

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]]> https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/ai-doesnt-need-to-cost-a-fortune/feed/ 0 1684 A Better Autonomous Agent Setup https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/a-better-autonomous-agent-setup/ https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/a-better-autonomous-agent-setup/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:17:39 +0000 https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/?p=1675 Note: This is a re-post of my LinkedIn article. Overview I’ve written about using OpenClaw, Hermes, and experimenting with other autonomous agent harnesses (like Claude Desktop). There is no “best architecture” because these things should be purpose-built for your way of working. In this article, I’m sharing how my setup has evolved using a few […]

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]]> https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/a-better-autonomous-agent-setup/feed/ 0 1675 Hermes is the better OpenClaw https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/hermes-is-the-better-openclaw/ https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/hermes-is-the-better-openclaw/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:11:20 +0000 https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/?p=1673 Note: This is a re-post of an article I published on my LinkedIn. Innovation doesn’t wait for you Every day, my feed filled with new OpenClaw clone, new frameworks, so many “this changes everything” posts. But, I was already OpenClaw on a VM and it was working fine. It was powerful and I made my […]

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]]> https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/hermes-is-the-better-openclaw/feed/ 0 1673 OpenClaw is what AI should have been https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/openclaw-is-what-ai-should-have-been/ https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/openclaw-is-what-ai-should-have-been/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:42:13 +0000 https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/?p=1667 This is a re-post, with edits, from my original post on LinkedIn. Democratizing AI I’ve been using OpenClaw for several months now, since it first was released as Clawdbot. And, honestly, this is what AI should have been all along. The sad part is that it took a developer tinkering as a hobby, then coming […]

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]]> https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2026/07/openclaw-is-what-ai-should-have-been/feed/ 0 1667 Azure Batch – Unusable nodes after Starting for a long time when using certificates with Azure Key Vault https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2023/11/azure-batch-unusable-nodes-after-starting-for-a-long-time-when-using-certificates-with-azure-key-vault/ https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2023/11/azure-batch-unusable-nodes-after-starting-for-a-long-time-when-using-certificates-with-azure-key-vault/#respond Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:29:35 +0000 https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/?p=1528 Azure Batch account certificates retirement The Migrate Batch account certificates to Azure Key Vault – Azure Batch | Microsoft Learn states that the Azure Batch account certificates feature will be retired on February 29, 2024. It provides links to an alternative an FAQ. However, the alternative doesn’t quite work. In Enable automatic certificate rotation in […]

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]]> https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2023/11/azure-batch-unusable-nodes-after-starting-for-a-long-time-when-using-certificates-with-azure-key-vault/feed/ 0 1528 Windows Virtual Desktop: Bypass sign-in prompt https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2021/05/windows-virtual-desktop-bypass-sign-in-prompt/ https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2021/05/windows-virtual-desktop-bypass-sign-in-prompt/#respond Fri, 21 May 2021 18:35:32 +0000 https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/?p=1433 In this post, I'm going to show you how we can bypass the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) sign-in prompt for Windows Virtual Desktop.

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]]> https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2021/05/windows-virtual-desktop-bypass-sign-in-prompt/feed/ 0 1433 Comparing WVD Auto-scaling solutions https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2021/01/comparing-wvd-auto-scaling-solutions/ https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2021/01/comparing-wvd-auto-scaling-solutions/#respond Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:55:45 +0000 https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/?p=1396 Introduction In this post, I’ll discuss a few solutions for auto-scaling Windows Virtual Desktop session hosts and how they compare. I won’t be looking at personal desktops. We’ll explore five solutions: Windows Virtual Desktop Scaling Tool (Microsoft) Ciraltos Scale Host Pool (Ciraltos) Jason Parker’s Scale Optimizer Nerdio Manager for WVD (Nerdio) Project MySmartScale (Sepago) Before […]

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]]> https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2021/01/comparing-wvd-auto-scaling-solutions/feed/ 0 1396 Get a free domain for you Azure labs https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2020/01/get-a-free-domain-for-you-azure-labs/ https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2020/01/get-a-free-domain-for-you-azure-labs/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/?p=1348 Introduction I’m conducting some training for Azure and need a way for students to get a domain name. In this post, I’ll show you how to get one for free and use Azure DNS to manage it. Get the domain Here are the steps: Head over to https://www.freenom.com Enter your desired domain name in the […]

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]]> https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2020/01/get-a-free-domain-for-you-azure-labs/feed/ 0 1348 Automating Azure DevOps Service Connections https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2019/07/automating-azure-devops-service-connections/ https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/2019/07/automating-azure-devops-service-connections/#comments Wed, 24 Jul 2019 15:30:44 +0000 https://www.wahidsaleemi.com/?p=1311 Automate creation of Service Connections in Azure DevOps

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