I had a chance to explore the new Microsoft Copilot harness in Foundry Agent Service. It's a nice middle ground between a prompt agent and a code-first hosted agent. I'm looking forward to using it more. Check out my first impression at www.michaelscollier.com/microsoft-c... #mvpbuzz #foundry

It was great talking with @davidgiard.bsky.social about creating Durable Agents with Microsoft Agent Framework and Durable Task Scheduler. #mvpbuzz #DurableAgents #AgentFramework

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#TechnologyAndFriends, Episode 924: Michael Collier (@michaelscollier.com) on Durable Agents youtu.be/u94ICpZtSLI

I'm looking forward to sharing my experience using #Azure Functions Hosted Skills at the Azure Cleveland meetup on November 11th. You can join online by RSVPing at www.meetup.com/azure-clevel.... #mvpbuzz

"Event-Driven AI with Azure Functions Hosted Skills" By Michael Collier, Wed, Nov 11, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Azure Functions Hosted Skills, now in preview, brings AI reasoning into the serverless, event-driven model you already know. In this demo-driven session, we’ll explore what

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I'll be talking about Microsoft #Foundry Prompt and Hosted Agents tonight at 6pm ET at the #Azure Columbus meetup. Join us - www.meetup.com/central-ohi... #mvpbuzz

From Prompt to Code: AI Agents in Microsoft Foundry, Wed, Oct 21, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Building an AI agent is the easy part. Hosting, extending, and understanding what it’s doing is where things get interesting. In this developer-focused session, we’ll explo

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One heck of a crazy day of college football!🏈 I’m glad my Buckeyes won, but they got lucky at the end. Worried about upcoming schedule without QB1.

Hack the World: Why hackathons are still the best place to learn to build by Ed Summers https://github.blog/developer-skills/career-growth/hack-the-world-why-hackathons-are-still-the-best-place-to-learn-to-build/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

Hack the World: Why hackathons are still the best place to learn to build by Ed Summers

The barriers to building software have collapsed. Today, anyone can build. Hackathons are a great place to start learning.

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I had a great time talking about #Foundry Prompt and Hosted Agents tonight at the Western Michigan #Azure user group. The session will be posted to the group’s YouTube channel soon. #mvpbuzz

I'm looking forward to speaking about #Foundry Prompt and Hosted Agents on Tuesday at the Western Michigan #Azure User Group. Hope to see you there www.meetup.com/grand-rapid... #mvpbuzz

[Oct 2026] From Prompt to Code: AI Agents in Microsoft Foundry, Tue, Oct 13, 2026, 4:30 PM | Meetup

**Location:** In Person @ Bamboo Grand Rapids **Agenda:** * 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM: Welcome and Introductions * 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM: **From Prompt to Code: AI Agents in Microsof

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I really, really want to use #GitHub Copilot App more. It's lack of functionality with WSL repos is the biggest hinderance to further use. I've opened a couple of issues: github.com/github/app/... and github.com/github/app/....

Unable to create a new session from specific branch · Issue #3246 · github/app

Short summary Unable to create a new session from a specific branch for project from WSL host Affected version or release 1.1.14 Installation context No response What happened? I'm unable to cr...

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My coffee machine broke a couple days ago. My attempt at repairing isn’t working. Recommendations on a new one?

I’m looking forward to this #Azure Developers Live session on #Functions Hosted Skills. I’ve been exploring these lately and find it compelling. Looking forward to doing more soon! www.youtube.com/live/sib39v...

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Azure Functions hosted skills let developers build and event-driven...

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I'm looking forward to this week's #Azure Columbus meeting. We'll be talking about #Aspire and IaC. Come join us - www.meetup.com/central-ohi...

Aspire and IaC, Wed, Sep 16, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Talk about some of the new local development tools with Aspire, as well as using it as a tool with IaC, and working with other IaC tools like Terraform, etc. Our dev team

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I'm excited to once again be a Microsoft MVP. More than 11 years after "retiring" from the MVP program, I'm back! I'm so thankful for all those who've helped and supported me along the way. www.michaelscollier.com/microsoft-m... #mvpbuzz

Very excited to be speaking at the Chicago Cloud Computing meetup on Thursday night. I’ll be talking about using Microsoft Agent Framework and Durable Functions to build resilient AI agents and workflows. Join us - meetu.ps/e/PNFGX/1ND... #Azure

Building Resilient Durable Agents with Microsoft Agent Framework, Thu, Sep 3, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

AI agents can reason, collaborate, and act - but what happens when an agent workflow runs for hours, encounters a failure, requires human approval, or must survive an appli

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The GitHub Copilot App recently added support for WSL-hosted repos. Check out my blog post to learn how to enable this feature and a few bugs I've found so far. www.michaelscollier.com/enabling-ws... #GitHub #GitHubCopilot #WSL

Does the GitHub Copilot CLI (v1.0.80) support Agent Plugins 1.0 and Copilot-specific extensions? I've tried putting an "agents", "instructions" and "hooks" folder under the "com.github.copilot" folder, but I never them in the CLI. Skill and MCP server OK. #GitHubCopilot

Spent a few hours today iterating on ideas to improve a demo for an upcoming user group talk, only to come back to a slight variation of where I started. Should have just listened to myself. 🤪

I had the pleasure of attending the Beer City Code last weekend. Check out my recap at www.michaelscollier.com/beer-city-c... #BeerCityCode

I had a great time today leading the AI coding workshop. So much to talk about in this space. Exciting times for sure! #BeerCityCode

I love being able to contribute to the Microsoft docs. I noticed a small error in a page related to Microsoft Foundry’s Claude model support. Opened the PR and it was approved and merged the next day. ✅

I'm looking forward to my first trip to #BeerCityCode this week. I'll be co-leading a GitHub Copilot & Claude Code workshop on Friday and then a session on durable agentic workflows on Saturday morning.

Are Azure Connector Namespaces and related connections only available to work accounts? I’m unable to log into the Connector portal using a personal account. Works if I use my work account. #Azure

Tonight I scored my best 9 holes of golf in probably ever. I’m super thrilled with the round. I hope I can keep it up. I’m very thankful for my coach, Justin K. at The Ridge for helping me with my swing.

If not using Docker Desktop, what Docker CLI compliant tool are you using? I've been using Rancher Desktop, but am looking into alternatives. It must support VS Code dev containers. Preference for support for working in WSL2 and also #Aspire. #docker #rancher #podman

Great time today speaking about #Azure Durable Agents, Agent Framework and Aspire today at #CincyDeliver #AspireDev #AgentFramework #AzureFunctions

I'm looking forward to lightning talks tonight at CONDG. My topic - creating an plugin marketplace for Claude Code and GitHub Copilot. www.meetup.com/central-ohi...

July Meeting - Lightning Talks!, Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 5:30 PM | Meetup

**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you. The build

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I'm looking forward to the combined #Azure and AWS meetup tonight. We'll be discussing approaches for keeping your cloud bill under control. Going to be fun - join us! www.meetup.com/central-ohi...

Bill shock? Cost savings beginner to expert, Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Cloud costs can grow fast... and can you leave you shocked when the bill comes. In this session, Technologist Karinne Bessette shares practical, real‑world techniques for r

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Toy Story 5. Great!

Great time on Wednesday evening at the Michigan .NET User Group speaking about Microsoft Agent Framework and Foundry Hosted Agents. Thanks for having me! #MicrosoftFoundry #AgentFramework

I'm looking forward to heading up to Southfield, MI next week for Michigan .NET Users Group to talk about building agents with Microsoft Agent Framework. Join me - www.meetup.com/midotnet/ev...

MI.NET - Michael Collier - Building AI Agents with the Microsoft Agent Framework, Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 5:30 PM | Meetup

**Agenda** * 5:30 - 6:30pm Networking * 6:30 - 7:30pm Presentation * 7:30 - 7:45pm Closing **Abstract** AI agents are rapidly becoming a powerful architectural pattern fo

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