Lawrance Reddy — AI for good work — built on Microsoft Foundry.A Microsoft MVP's notes on building AI products that do real good — impact verification, bilingual government-services agents, and the Azure Foundry patterns behind them. Written from pilot sites in KwaZulu-Natal.https://www.foundryfield.neten-za© 2026 Lawrance ReddyFrom pilot to programme — an MVP's playbook for scaling a social-good AI project on Azurehttps://www.foundryfield.net/articles/mvp-playbook-social-good-pilothttps://www.foundryfield.net/articles/mvp-playbook-social-good-pilotMost impact pilots never graduate. Here's how I think about Azure credits, managed identity, Foundry, and the un-sexy operational scaffolding that lets a good idea survive contact with the real world.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTMVPAzure AI FoundryOperationsSocial goodScalingbytezn@gmail.com (Lawrance Reddy)ConservAxion — verifying clean-energy and biodiversity impact with Azure AI Foundryhttps://www.foundryfield.net/articles/conservaxion-verifying-impact-with-foundryhttps://www.foundryfield.net/articles/conservaxion-verifying-impact-with-foundryAn Azure Foundry pilot for impact verification. Clean-energy and biodiversity outcomes, validated by AI, anchored in a tamper-evident audit trail, deployed in pilot households in KwaZulu-Natal.Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTAzure AI FoundryConfidential LedgerIoT HubSocial goodImpact verificationbytezn@gmail.com (Lawrance Reddy)Grounding agents in government policy — lessons from building Pfulahttps://www.foundryfield.net/articles/grounding-agents-in-government-policyhttps://www.foundryfield.net/articles/grounding-agents-in-government-policyWhen your knowledge base is messy government documentation translated across languages, grounding is the whole product. A practical look at Foundry Agent Service tools, MCP, and the guardrails that keep a bilingual assistant honest.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTAzure AI FoundryFoundry Agent ServiceMCPGroundingMultilingualSocial goodbytezn@gmail.com (Lawrance Reddy)AI for the offline last mile — IoT Hub, edge validation, and Foundry grounding for rural pilotshttps://www.foundryfield.net/articles/ai-for-the-offline-last-milehttps://www.foundryfield.net/articles/ai-for-the-offline-last-mileBandwidth is expensive, connectivity is intermittent, and the device is probably a cheap phone. Here's the Azure pattern we use to run impact-verification agents on the edges of the network.Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTAzure IoT HubAzure AI FoundryEdgeRural deploymentSocial goodbytezn@gmail.com (Lawrance Reddy)Pfula — an isiZulu AI assistant for South African government services on Azure AI Foundryhttps://www.foundryfield.net/articles/pfula-isizulu-assistant-on-foundryhttps://www.foundryfield.net/articles/pfula-isizulu-assistant-on-foundryA bilingual (isiZulu / English) government-services assistant built on Azure OpenAI and Foundry Agent Service — where the knowledge base is the tool-set and citizen-facing streaming is first-class.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTAzure AI FoundryFoundry Agent ServiceAzure OpenAIisiZuluSocial goodGovernment servicesbytezn@gmail.com (Lawrance Reddy)Verifiable impact — making green claims auditable with Azure Confidential Ledgerhttps://www.foundryfield.net/articles/verifiable-impact-with-confidential-ledgerhttps://www.foundryfield.net/articles/verifiable-impact-with-confidential-ledgerCarbon credits and biodiversity offsets only work if someone else can check the evidence later. A pattern for anchoring AI-generated verifications in a tamper-evident ledger.Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTAzure Confidential LedgerAzure AI FoundryImpact verificationTamper evidenceSocial goodbytezn@gmail.com (Lawrance Reddy)