Using NotebookLM

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:34:24 -0400

Learning a cloud platform is difficult partly because the documentation is so good.

That sounds backwards, but Azure is a useful example. Microsoft has documentation for almost every service, feature, edge case, and architectural decision an admin could encounter. The problem is not a lack of information, it’s that the information is contained in a vast reference library, organized more for retrieval than for actually learning.

When I need to understand something in Azure, particularly identity and access management, I have started using NotebookLM as a study tool. I feed it selected Microsoft documentation and use it to ask questions, generate outlines, and create audio discussions that make the material easier to revisit. The important part is not treating it as an authority. Microsoft’s documentation is the authority. NotebookLM is useful because it gives me another way to work through the otherwise overwhelming source material.

Gemini on katzir.xyz

Using NotebookLM