Hello Sydney.

Another early morning at Auckland Airport, flying to Sydney for the week for work, and will be attending the AI Tour in Sydney this week, flying has almost become routine now, know the drill!

Still 1:1 half time between city and Arsenal. Win probabity is brutal!

Global Azure Melbourne!

As we finish up the Global Azure ANZ, the Melbourne peeps are now underway to continue the learning!

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#globalazure #melbourne #mvpbuzz

Global Azure ANZ 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub Global Azure ANZ 2026 Join us for online sessions where we'll dive into Azure and explore topics like AI, security, identity, developer technologies,...

Global Azure ANZ 2026 is underway!

Join us for online sessions where we'll dive into Azure and explore topics like AI, security, identity, developer technologies, DevOps, and more.

#mvpbuzz #globalazure #globalazure26

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Zapdos feeling left out.

Lawls

Deploy Drasi Faster with the Azure Developer CLI Extension A practical walkthrough of the azure.drasi extension for Azure Developer CLI to scaffold, validate, provision, deploy, and operate Drasi workloads with repeatable workflows.

Deploy Drasi Faster with the Azure Developer CLI Extension

Deploy and scaffold Drasi projects - get going faster with the unofficial Azure Developer CLI extension.

http://luke.geek.nz/

GitHub - kaito-project/airunway: ✈️ Kubernetes-native platform for deploying and managing AI inference across multiple providers. ✈️ Kubernetes-native platform for deploying and managing AI inference across multiple providers. - kaito-project/airunway

http://github.com/ka

[Share] AI Runway

Deploy and manage large language models on Kubernetes — no YAML required! AI Runway gives you a web UI and a unified Kubernetes CRD (ModelDeployment) to deploy models across multiple inference providers. Browse HuggingFace, pick a model, and click deploy.

Microsoft AI Tour in Sydney  Take the inside track to the AI frontier at the Microsoft AI Tour. Learn from experts, explore real-world strategies, and gain the insight to lead with AI. Request to attend now.

Microsoft AI Tour is next week! Auckland and Sydney! I will be attending Sydney, say Hi if your around!

GitHub - lukemurraynz/azd.extensions.drasi: An Azure Developer CLI extension for Drasi that lets you scaffold, provision (AKS) and supporting services, deploy, and operate Drasi workloads using native azd workflows. An Azure Developer CLI extension for Drasi that lets you scaffold, provision (AKS) and supporting services, deploy, and operate Drasi workloads using native azd workflows. - lukemurraynz/azd.extens...

This extension wraps that complexity in familiar azd commands so you can treat a Drasi application the same way you treat any other azd project.

Drasi AZD Extension

Drasi requires coordinating several Azure resources (AKS, Key Vault, managed identity, Workload Identity federation) and a specific component deployment order (sources, queries, reactions).

Microsoft Azure Infra Summit 2026 | Microsoft Reactor Learn new skills, meet new peers, and find career mentorship. Virtual events are running around the clock so join us anytime, anywhere!

Register here:

Microsoft Azure Infra Summit 2026

Who is this for: IT professionals, platform engineers, SREs, and infrastructure teams
When: May 19-21, 2026 - 8:00 AM–1:00 PM Pacific Time, all 3 days
Where: Online Virtual
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Level: Most sessions are advanced (L300-400).

Building a Multi-Agent System in .NET using the Microsoft Agent Framework, GitHub Copilot SDK, and Entra Agent ID Two agents, two frameworks, one identity layer: how MAF, GitHub Copilot SDK, and Entra Agent ID work together in .NET 10.

New blog post! I've built a multi-agent system into my personal health platform: A conversational Q&A agent over my health data using the Microsoft Agent Framework, and a report generator using GitHub Copilot SDK, with Entra Agent ID handling auth: open.substack.com/pub/willveli...

Kill Your Build-Time Environment Variables: Azure App Configuration with Front Door for SPAs How Azure App Configuration with Azure Front Door eliminates build-time environment variable injection for SPAs, enabling a single build artifact deployed across all environments.

Today, we are going to look at a preview feature that solves one of the most common pain points in SPA deployments - build-time environment variable injection - using Azure App Configuration with Azure Front Door.

#mvpbuzz

Remove Build-Time Variables with Azure App Configuration with Front Door for Static Web Apps.

Easter!! Lemon meringue donut.

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Friendly match but yeah...

Fyi: Spurs are coming to Auckland for Auckland FC - aucklandfc.co.nz/news/aucklan...

Release dotnet-1.0.0 · microsoft/agent-framework Changes: c798cb7 release: Mark Handoff Orchestrations Experimental (#5065) 524c021 .NET: Update release versions (#5059) 281661e .NET: Remove timeout from InputWait in OffThread execution (#4996) ...

Way to go, Microsoft Agent Framework, team!!!

Dotnet is now 1.0.0!!! #agentframework #mvpbuzz

GitHub - rhysd/actionlint: :octocat: Static checker for GitHub Actions workflow files :octocat: Static checker for GitHub Actions workflow files - rhysd/actionlint

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actionlint is a static checker for GitHub Actions workflow files

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Mortgage payment comes out today, arh I wish that was an April fools joke but alas!

Bittersweet being back, but I did miss my coffee machine! Arhhh coffeee - so goood!!

Guided Technical Labs Explore guided Microsoft Learn Labs—real-world labs that help developers and IT professionals build practical skills with Azure, AI, and cloud technologies.

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Explore a growing library of guided technical labs, curated from Microsoft advocates and community experts. Build real projects in your own environment—apply modern workflows, explore AI tools, and develop job-ready skills.

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Launch AI products faster with enterprise-grade, customizable solutions built on trusted architectures—kept up to date, easy to configure, and supported with guided setup and sample data.

Just missing a drink to wash it all down!

Good bye Seattle, just arrived to San Fran, then on the long haul back to NZ! What a blast of a week!

Do you travel as often as you use to? How often do you get to the mothership these days, or is it more for your team?