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Apologies — hope you’re enjoying your summer. Here are some of the latest highlights from across the community. Thanks for reading.
News and Recommendations
GitHub has announced Stacked Pull Requests, a new way to break large changes into small, reviewable PRs. Check out the public preview on the GitHub Changelog.
Want to track your agent session costs using Copilot? You can now do this using the CLI chronicle feature.
Record yourself performing a task once, then turn it into a reusable skill your AI agent can execute.
Microsoft Agent Framework Harness
The Agent Framework Harness is now released, providing a stable, batteries‑included foundation for building agents in both Python and .NET.
Azure Monitor Health Model (Preview) – Summary (What’s New) A more flexible, workload‑centric way to model and track cloud application health, with major upgrades in discovery, signals, and operational insights.https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azureobservabilityblog/azure-monitor-health-model-preview-whats-new/4525707
OpenAI cuts prices for two of its GPT-5.6 AI models as companies grow sensitive to costs
OpenAI reduced the price of GPT‑5.6 Luna by 80% and GPT‑5.6 Terra by 20%.
Upcoming Events
AgentCon London
Happening 8 September in London. Registration is open. globalai.community/e/x79ncrl7
AgentCamp
A free community event focused on AI agents (formerly Global AI Bootcamp).
https://globalai.community/agentcamp/
Microsoft Ignite 2026
This year Microsoft Ignite is held at San Francisco and the registration is currently open.
Call for Speakers
Global AI Construct
A hands‑on workshop format where participants build AI agents from scratch. globalai.community/events/construct
Azure and Github Community DayI
’m hosting an Azure & GitHub Community Day in Dublin on 10 November. Call for speakers is open — we’re looking for sessions on Azure, Microsoft Foundry, and GitHub Copilot.
Midlands Microsoft Meet
A Microsoft‑focused event in the Midlands. Call for speakers is open for Friday, 2 October 2026, in Central Birmingham. https://sessionize.com/midlands-microsoft-meet
Cloud Tech Tallinn 2027
The 5th edition of the Baltics’ leading Microsoft Cloud community conference, taking place 4–5 February 2027 in Tallinn, Estonia. https://sessionize.com/cloud-tech-tallinn-2027
Community Highlights
The Mentoring hub
Microsoft Azure Community User Group - Our next episode covers AI Enterprise and Cloud Adoption on 15th June at 7:30pm UK time. https://www.meetup.com/microsoft-azure-community/events/314251168/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events
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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/
This episode feature Chris Carter talking about ERP solution using Microsoft AI and Azure
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Courses and Resources
Smoke Test CICD using Microsoft Foundry agent and Github Action
You can now add a CI/CD validation gate for Foundry Hosted Agents using smoke tests, the Responses API, and GitHub Actions. Check out this blog post here https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuredevcommunityblog/smoke-test-microsoft-foundry-agents-with-github-actions/4531912
Career Tips and Advice
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