Post-MVP Renewal & Community Updates

Episode 9

Author

Nicholas Chang
July 23, 2025

MVP Renewal

We had our MVP Renewal on July 10th, 2025, and I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been selected for my second year in this incredible program! I’ve also been awarded DevOps as a second category. 🙌

A huge congratulations to everyone who was renewed! And to those who weren’t selected this time—as I always say, once an MVP, always an MVP. Thank you for your continued contributions and hard work.

2nd year as Microsoft MVP

AgentCon: AI Together

This is happening from September to December again. To view your upcoming event view here AgentCon 2025

AgentCon 2025

Join us for the AI Agents World Tour, a global series of one-day conferences designed exclusively for developers building the future with autonomous AI agents. From San Francisco to Singapore, we're bringing together leading engineers, researchers, and cr

globalai.community/events/agentcon-2025

News and Recommendations

Important Changes to App Service Managed Certificates: Is Your Certificate Affected? Click here

Microsoft Application Gateway for Containers is currently in Public Preview. It is recommended to migrate away from the legacy Application Gateway Ingress Controller.

Migration Overview - Move Application Gateway Ingress Controller (AGIC) services to Application Gateway for Containers

Learn how to migrate services from AGIC to Application Gateway for Containers.

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/migrate-from-agic-to-agc

Azure SRE Agent Preview

The SRE Agent helps teams respond to incidents quickly and effectively, reducing the toil of managing production environments. It’s currently available in private preview, so you'll need to sign up to join the waitlist

https://microsoft.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cw3LUvdoaJ0SdcW

Want to learn more? The SRE Agent was first announced at Microsoft Build in May
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurepaasblog/introducing-azure-sre-agent/4414569

Azure DevOps MCP is now available for Azure DevOps!

GitHub - microsoft/azure-devops-mcp: The MCP server for Azure DevOps, bringing the power of Azure DevOps directly to your agents.

The MCP server for Azure DevOps, bringing the power of Azure DevOps directly to your agents. - microsoft/azure-devops-mcp

github.com/microsoft/azure-devops-mcp

Model Mondays Power up your AI model knowledge every Monday live stream to help you learn about model from Microsoft.

Microsoft Ignite 2025 

Registration is open for this year’s Ignite, taking place November 18–21 in San Francisco. I cannot wait to hear more about this in the upcoming months.

Your home for Microsoft Ignite

Expand your skills and get the edge you need to drive impact in the era of AI at Microsoft Ignite, November 18–21, 2025. ​Register now.

ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/home

Call for Speakers 

WedoAI 2025

I’ll be speaking at WedoAI again this year on August 28th, 2025. It's an online event and the call for speakers is open until the end of July. https://sessionize.com/wedoai-2025

Experts Live Denmark 2026

The call for speakers is officially open for Experts Live Denmark 2026, which will take place in February. https://sessionize.com/experts-live-denmark-2026/

Workplace Ninjas User Group UK - This is happening in Newcastle and it is an event for windows, office 365 and security. https://sessionize.com/workplace-ninjas-user-group-uk

Azure Cloud Commanders - Learning room is a space for sharing knowledge, hosting sessions, and exploring Microsoft Azure—from architecture to administration. More information is available https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/group/eec4a25f-7f05-4073-9725-4168fe70ef3c. Currently, looking for speakers submit https://sessionize.com/azure-cloud-commanders/

Community Highlights

Microsoft Azure Community User Group - The previous event of Microsoft Azure Community was on Development Stack and Azure Update Manager. it was an amazing session and recommend watching it online.

You can also watch other episode here: Click to watch it remotely.

Microsoft Community Insights Podcasts

If you're an Azure professional with a story to share, someone with a unique use case, or just embarking on your cloud journey, we want to hear from you. https://sessionize.com/microsoft-community-insights/

Episode 32: "Power naps, self care and mental health with Daniel Paulus"
Featuring  Daniel Paulus, this episode highlights the importance of Mental Health

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Course

GitHub - microsoft/mcp-for-beginners: This open-source curriculum is designed to teach the concepts and fundamentals of the Model Context Protocol (MCP), with practical examples in .NET, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript and Python.

This open-source curriculum is designed to teach the concepts and fundamentals of the Model Context Protocol (MCP), with practical examples in .NET, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript and Python. - micro...

github.com/microsoft/mcp-for-beginners

Other Resources

Github Copilot for Azure- Here is a list of helpful tips on how fully use it https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlrxD0HtieHgdwrN6ooxApdfBKTJK7465

Using GitHub Copilot From Inside GitHub Actions · Den Delimarsky

A little experiment in using GitHub Copilot REST APIs inside GitHub Actions to avoid manually parsing text bodies.

den.dev/blog/github-copilot-inside-github-actions

Overview for the AI Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

The AI Toolkit for Visual Studio Code provides tools and access to a model catalog to help jump-start local AI development and deployment.

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ai/toolkit

What models can I use for free while prototyping?

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuredevcommunityblog/what-models-can-i-use-for-free-while-prototyping/4435198

Blog 

Using Azure Verified Modules with Terraform
 
https://nicholaschangblog.com/azure/avm-using-terraform/

Career Tips and Advice

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