🛝 Playground¶
Welcome to the Playground — your toolbox for setup procedures, to-dos, ideas, and reference docs that don't fit into a learning topic.
🛠️ Free Tools — Implementation Docs¶
Documentation for every tool built on aguidetocloud.com — architecture, pipeline scripts, frontend implementation, data flow, and maintenance guides.
| Tool | What it is | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|
| 📰 AI News Pipeline | Automated AI news aggregation — 34 feeds, 20 categories, 3-tier TLDR, 4x daily | GitHub Actions + GPT-4o mini |
| 🗺️ M365 Roadmap Tracker | Microsoft 365 roadmap monitor — ~1,900 items, change detection, delay flagging | GitHub Actions + GPT-4o mini |
| 💬 AI Prompt Library | Universal prompt library — 76 prompts, 8 platforms, 11 categories | Static content (Hugo) |
| ✨ Prompt Polisher | CRAFTS-based prompt scorer + rewriter — 100% client-side, zero API calls | None (browser JS) |
| 📊 Licensing Simplifier | Interactive M365 licensing tool — 72 plans, 5 tabs, 49 detail pages | Static content (Hugo) |
| 🏥 Service Health Dashboard | M365 + Azure service health monitor — Graph API + Azure Status scrape, every 2 hours | GitHub Actions + Graph API |
| 📜 Cert Study Guides | Microsoft certification tracker — 52 exams, study progress, change detection | GitHub Actions (weekly) |
| 🗺️ AI Service Mapper | Interactive AI services comparison — 50+ services, quiz, side-by-side compare | None (browser JS) |
| 🥊 AI SaaS Showdown | Interactive AI subscription comparison — 10 providers, 30+ plans, quiz, enterprise compliance | None (browser JS) |
| ⏰ M365 Deprecation Timeline | Interactive deprecation/retirement tracker — 52 items, urgency scoring, timeline view, migration guides | GitHub Actions (daily) — ✅ Live |
| 💰 Copilot ROI Calculator | Interactive ROI calculator for M365 Copilot — role-based savings, adoption curves, 5-tab business case builder | None (browser JS) |
| 🎯 Copilot Readiness Checker | Interactive 30-question scored assessment — 7 pillars, 0-100 score, recommendations | None (browser JS) |
| 📊 Copilot Feature Matrix | Compare Copilot features across apps and licence tiers — Consumer vs Enterprise | None (browser JS) |
| 🛡️ CA Policy Builder | Conditional Access policy design tool — templates, wizard, export, linting | None (browser JS) |
| ⚡ PowerShell Builder | Task-first PowerShell command builder — 68 recipes, 65 cmdlets, 8 modules | None (browser JS) |
| 🔄 Migration Planner | M365 migration planning tool — 12-question wizard, timeline, risk scoring | None (browser JS) |
| 🎓 Prompt Engineering Guide | Interactive 8-technique teaching tool — sandbox, quiz, challenges, certificate | None (browser JS) |
| 📊 Site Analytics Dashboard | Transparent public analytics — GA4 + GSC + custom tracking, Chart.js charts | Azure Functions + GA4 API |
| 🎨 Bites Thumbnail Pipeline | YouTube thumbnail rebrand — 715 branded thumbnails for 733 Bites channel videos, F2 split-glass dark template | Playwright + YouTube API |
| 🍅 Pomodoro Focus Timer | Productivity timer with ambient sounds, task tracking, stats heatmap | None (browser JS) |
| 🔐 Password Generator | Password/passphrase/PIN generator — 5 modes, strength checker, HIBP breach check, recipe templates | None (browser JS) |
| 🔍 Pagefind Search | Full-text static search — 895 pages indexed, fuzzy matching, dark theme | Build-time (Pagefind CLI) |
| 📐 SLA Calculator | SLA uptime/downtime budget calculator — forward, reverse, incident impact, M365 SLAs | None (browser JS) |
| 🏅 IT Admin Badges | 45 achievement badges across 6 categories — badge wall, daily challenge, PNG download | None (browser JS) |
| 🔑 Password Policy Tester | Score password policy vs NIST/CIS/Microsoft/E8 — SVG ring, comparison table, recommendations | None (browser JS) |
| 📢 Incident Comms Generator | Professional incident status updates — 6 types, pro + creative mode, copy + mailto | None (browser JS) |
| 💻 CLI Command Quiz | Guess the PowerShell command — 30 commands, timed quiz, hard mode, mastery tracking | None (browser JS) |
| 🎮 My IT Day Simulator | Choose-your-adventure branching story — 17 scenarios, 4 tiers, daily challenge | None (browser JS) |
| 🏗️ M365 Agent Builder Helper | Decision engine for Agent Builder — wizard, simulator, health checker, 15 scenarios, gallery, instruction gen | None (browser JS) |
| 🎬 Demo Script Builder | Generate complete Copilot demo scripts — 15 scenarios, wizard, practice mode, Q&A prep, before/after timing | None (browser JS) |
🔧 Tools & Procedures¶
| Guide | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Backup Procedure | Automated dual-backup (Corp OneDrive + Google Drive) |
| Disaster Recovery | How to rebuild the full environment from scratch |
| Custom Instructions Memory | The two-file instruction system and auto-consolidation |
| Study Guide System | How to create study guides with PDF export |
| Lab Data Seeder | Generate M365 usage data in lab tenant for demo-ready reports |
| Ecosystem Changelog | Version history of the full ecosystem |
📌 To-Do List¶
All active tasks organised by category and priority.
💡 Ideas & Projects¶
Ideas captured, fleshed out, and turned into projects. Completed ideas include full project documentation.