43 posts tagged with "microsoft"

Had the pleasure of meeting Microsoft MVP Xiaodi Yan here in Wellington — what an inspiring and insightful catch-up!

Huge thanks for the delicious food and even bigger congratulations on your recently published book, Web API Development with ASP.NET Core 8! 🎉📚

Incredible to hear it's now part of the Microsoft Redmond campus library — a truly well-deserved recognition!

Always energizing to connect with folks who are passionate about tech and generous in sharing their knowledge. Looking forward to more conversations ahead!

🌧️💨❄️ It was rainy, windy, and cold … but the passion for learning GitHub Copilot @ Microsoft Wellington office could not be stopped ! 💙🚀 (the pigeons were shivering🐦🥶 that day - last photo)

Rakesh, Kotomi and I went all in with a full-on 7-hour GitHub Copilot workshop, covering presentations, live demos, video tutorials, keynotes, and hands-on 3x persona-based labs. From front-end and back-end development to full-stack, data science, data engineering, DevOps, and more, we explored how GitHubCopilot is revolutionizing the way we code.

🔥 The highlight of the day? The power of CopilotEdits' Agent mode - taking AI-assisted development to a whole new level! It's not just about suggestions; it's about transforming how we build, optimize, and innovate.

Huge thanks to everyone who joined and made this an incredible learning experience! Who else is excited about the future of AI-powered development? Let's keep the momentum going! 💡💻

🚀 AI App in a Day is back in Wellington! 🌿 During today's session, Rakesh and I explored AzureAI services, ContentSafety, AISearch, CosmosDB, LangChain, and various techniques to enhance LLM responses, ensuring more accurate, efficient, and context-aware AI solutions. 🚀🔍

This time, we added a Jupyter Notebook for Graph RAG (from Microsoft Research) as new lab exercise, and it was amazing to see one of the participants had already implemented GraphRAG in a past project! 🔥 Seeing real-world applications of AI in action is always inspiring.

Of course, no event is complete without tasty food and awesome swag! 🍕👕 Speaking of swag… quick question: does anyone know what number 42 stands for in the "Build on Azure - Code is Life" T-shirt? 🤔 (3rd photo) We could not figure it out !

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us, it was an incredible day, especially with that stunning afternoon weather! ☀️

Keep building, keep innovating on Azure ! 💡✨

Global AI Bootcamp Sydney 2025 🌍: Full House of Innovation and Learning today! Sydney's AI community came together at Microsoft Reactor Sydney. With 120+ enthusiastic participants, the event was packed with insightful sessions, engaging discussions and pizza🍕 & stickers !

🚀 From enterprise AI architecture to creative applications of generative AI, the day was filled with exciting knowledge-sharing opportunities. A Stellar Lineup of AI sessions: 🔥

• Architecting Enterprise RAG Solutions with Azure CosmosDB DiskANN and Fabric by Michael
• LEGO + Python + GPT = The Journey from Dad to Superdad with Azure AI Services by Daniel (like my robotics cap? :p)
• AI Alchemy: Crafting Success with the Right Mix of Services by Haritha
• Model Agnostic AI Implementation by Anupam
• Unlocking Document Insights with Azure AI by Akanksha
• Get Creative with AI: Accelerate Solutions with Generative AI Models by Asish

📢 Missed the event? Stay tuned for future AI meetups, workshops, and conferences. The AI journey never stops, and we can't wait to see what's next!

🚀 Kicking off AI Journeys with SYNCS at University of Sydney! 🎓✨ What an incredible night with 60+ keen students from the Sydney Computing Society (SYNCS) joining me for the 'Kickstart Your AI Journey on Azure' workshop! 💡💻

The energy in the room was amazing 🔥, the entire boardroom was packed, and I couldn't be more impressed by the enthusiasm and curiosity of everyone who attended. 🙌

Huge shoutout to SYNCS's marketing and events team for your dedication in organizing and planning this for the past six months 👏, so glad we made the first session happen, and excited for round two in April! 🎉 Join SYNCS here: https://syncs.org.au/

And yes, rocking my Azure cap and t-shirt, I totally blended in and felt 20 years old again 😆. Looking forward to seeing how everyone shapes the future of AI! The pizza was delicious! 🍕

🚀 Wrapped up 2x GitHub Copilot Training day at Auto & General Australia in Brisbane, just before the incoming CycloneAlfred! 🌪️

👥 Engaging over 200+ participants across the organization to explore how GitHubCopilot enhances developer productivity and the coding experience, with an emphasis on SecureCoding and ResponsibleAI.

Together with my Insight teammates, Ahmed & Tay, we covered: ✅ How to draft effective prompts for Copilot ✅ Key features like code completion & Copilot Chat ✅ Best practices for getting the most out of Copilot

Hands-on learning includes:👨‍💻 🔹 Interactive presentations and discussions 🔹 Persona-based labs tailored to different roles 🔹 Practical exercises to seamlessly integrate Copilot into daily development workflows

Looking forward to our 3rd session next week and continuing to supercharge development workflows with GitHub Copilot.

🤞 Fingers crossed for Queensland — stay safe, everyone!

Join us at Global AI Bootcamp Sydney this Saturday! 🎤🤖 If you're passionate about AI, LEGO, and Robotics, you won't want to miss talk. I'll be sharing my story: 'LEGO + Python + GPT = The Journey from Dad to Superdad with Azure AI Services' 🌟

🔥Global AI Bootcamp Sydney: https://globalai.community/bootcamp/australia-sydney/ 📅 When? This Saturday - 15th March 2025 📍 Where? Microsoft Reactor Sydney

🎫 Free tickets are running out fast, so grab yours now before it's too late! Grab your ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/global-ai-bootcamp-2025-tickets-1260986778399?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Global AI Bootcamp is an annual event that occurs worldwide, where developers and AI enthusiasts can learn about AI through workshops, sessions, and discussions. Local chapters of the Global AI Community host the events in various locations across the globe.

Unlock the power of GenAI and accelerate AI apps from development to production using familiar tools. This session explores how Azure AI Foundry and related dev toolchain streamline the development and operationalization of AI apps.

You'll be guided through AI app development lifecycle (from ideation to production) covering key techniques in prompt engineering, coding, evaluation, monitoring, and deployment. Discover how tools like Azure AI Foundry, AZD CLI, AI Toolkit for VS Code, and Prompty enable seamless development, deployment and management.

Whether you're a developer, AI engineer, or IT leader, you'll gain practical knowledge to build and scale AI applications efficiently. Get ready to build your AI projects with ease on Azure!

AI App in a Day @ Microsoft Sydney Office ! 🤖 Fantastic day at Room Gaba and Magari on Level 27, exploring AI on Microsoft Azure with an incredible group of engaged participants alongside my Insight colleague, Sadat on Monday!

We dove deep into PromptEngineering, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and exploring powerful services on Azure to build AIApp like: ✅ Azure OpenAI Service ✅ CosmosDB for MongoDB ✅ GPT and Embedding Models ✅ LangChain ✅ AzureAIFoundry ✅ Azure AISearch ✅ Azure ContentSafety ✅ DocumentIntelligence Service

✨The discussions were insightful, the hands-on experience was valuable, and the views from Level 27? Simply stunning! 🌆

💡A big thank you to everyone who joined and contributed to the learning experience. AI is evolving fast, and it's exciting to see the energy around building real-world AI solutions! 🚀

👏 Huge thanks for your support and organizing the event, Jeanne, Peachy, Michelle & Ross!

🚀 Wrapped up 2x GitHub Copilot Training day at Auto & General Australia in Brisbane, just before the incoming CycloneAlfred! 🌪️

👥 Engaging over 200+ participants across the organization to explore how GitHubCopilot enhances developer productivity and the coding experience, with an emphasis on SecureCoding and ResponsibleAI.

Together with my Insight teammates, Ahmed & Tay, we covered: ✅ How to draft effective prompts for Copilot ✅ Key features like code completion & Copilot Chat ✅ Best practices for getting the most out of Copilot

Hands-on learning includes:👨‍💻 🔹 Interactive presentations and discussions 🔹 Persona-based labs tailored to different roles 🔹 Practical exercises to seamlessly integrate Copilot into daily development workflows

Looking forward to our 3rd session next week and continuing to supercharge development workflows with GitHub Copilot.

🤞 Fingers crossed for Queensland — stay safe, everyone!