Microsoft Community Monthly — Github Copilot Dev Days & Easter Highlights

I’m excited to share another round of updates from across the community. Last month’s MVP Summit was incredible. Thanks for reading — hope you enjoy it.

News and Recommendations

Global Azure took place across the world recently, and it was amazing to host a session at the Microsoft London office.

GitHub Copilot Dev Days

This global series is helping developers learn more about GitHub Copilot through practical workflows, real‑world use cases, and hands‑on labs.

Find an event near you: https://luma.com/githubcopilotdevdays

I’ll be running the workshop/lab for the London series on 11 May, and hosting an identical community event in Birmingham — GitHub Copilot Developer Day on 20th May. Register here: https://luma.com/9qq10yji

Microsoft Azure Infra Summit 2026

The Microsoft Azure Infra Summit is a free, three‑day virtual event focused on Azure infrastructure, operations, and platform engineering. It brings together product teams, engineers, and practitioners for deep‑dive sessions, demos, and real‑world guidance.

Event details: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/itopstalkblog/the-microsoft-azure-infra-summit-2026-schedule-is-live-/4513538 

Learn more: https://www.azureinfrasummit.com

Azure Skills

Azure Skills is the official agent plugin from Microsoft that gives AI agents real Azure expertise, workflows, and MCP‑backed execution tools.

Announcing the Azure Skills Plugin | All Things Azure 
Part 1 of the Azure Skills Plugin series explores how coding agents like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code excel at writing code.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/all-things-azure/announcing-the-azure-skills-plugin/

APM

APM is an open‑source, community‑driven dependency manager for AI agents — think npm/pip/Cargo, but for agent skills, prompts, plugins, MCP servers, and agent instructions. Check it out: https://github.com/microsoft/apm

Azure Migrate Agent

Jack Tracey from Microsoft has invited a member of the product team to discuss the Azure Migrate Agent and its role in the Agentic Platform Landing Zone, now in preview.

Upcoming Events

CosmosDB Conf

The biggest Azure Cosmos DB event of the year — a virtual event co‑hosted by Microsoft and the Cosmos DB community.
More info: https://developer.azurecosmosdb.com/conf

European Collaboration Summit 2026

Taking place 05–07 May 2026 in Cologne, Germany — one of Europe’s largest community conferences.
https://collabsummit.eu

Microsoft AI Tour (Global)

Learn from experts, explore real‑world strategies, and get insights to lead with AI.
Find a tour stop near you: https://aitour.microsoft.com/flow/microsoft/aitour/landing/page/home

AgentCamp

A free community event focused on AI agents (formerly Global AI Bootcamp).
https://globalai.community/agentcamp/

Call for Speakers 

Shift+Enter Summit 2026

A Microsoft‑focused community conference in Budapest on 4 September 2026. Speaker submissions open https://sessionize.com/shiftenter-summit-2026

Azure Community Day

Taking place in Cologne on 4 September 2026, organised by the community. Submit your session: https://sessionize.com/azure-community-day-2026

AgentCon

AgentCon speaker calls are happening worldwide—I highly recommend getting involved! https://globalai.community/events/agentcon-2025/ 

Experts Live Sweden 2026

Experts Live Sweden is one of the largest community-driven IT conferences in the Nordics, bringing together experts in Azure, Microsoft 365, AI, DevOps, and Security. https://sessionize.com/experts-live-sweden-2026

Scottish Summit 2026

Returning in October 2026 in Edinburgh with multi‑track sessions across Azure, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, AI, and more. https://sessionize.com/scottish-summit-2026

Community Highlights

AKS Docs Tracker - Pixel Robots

Richard Hooper, a fellow Azure MCP has created an AI‑powered tool that tracks CNCF and open‑source releases and gives you clear, noise‑free summaries. It highlights breaking changes, security fixes and CVEs, and delivers updates via email, Slack, Teams or webhooks. Check it out https://radar.kubebuddy.io.

Sentinel Cost Calculator

Charlie Gough, a Security MVP has created a tool that provides a detailed, interactive way to model Sentinel costs by combining ingestion estimates, pricing tiers, retention, and licensing benefits. check it out https://github.com/getofmeland/Sentinel-cost-calculator-public

Women in AI - #CodeWithEve

Eve, a Microsoft AI MVP, has launched a video series highlighting stories, news, and risks in AI.

Watch episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOxVJcnOJpqueRIUBmcnJr5GC2L7Iipkz 

To take part, email: [email protected]

The Network That Outlived Him: How MVP Min-gyu Ju's Community Keeps His Legacy Alive

A powerful story about how the community continues Min‑gyu Ju’s legacy through an annual tech seminar in his hometown and a scholarship for his son.

 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/mvp-blog/the-network-that-outlived-him-how-mvp-min-gyu-jus-community-keeps-his-legacy-ali/4513525

Microsoft Azure Community User Group - Our next episode covers AI Readiness Blueprint and Defender for Cloud on 4 May at 7 PM UK time. www.meetup.com/microsoft-azure-community/events/31264254

Watch previous episodes remotely. Click to watch it remotely.

Microsoft Community Insights Podcasts

Episode 52 featuring Christian Glessner talking about GraphRAG in Action using Microsoft Agent Framework

If you would like to come on my podcast, please remember to subscribe to my channel so you can get a reminder.

 Courses and Resources

Complete Guide to Deploying OpenClaw on Azure Windows 11 Virtual Machine

If you’ve always wondered how to deploy OpenClaw on Azure Windows 11 Virtual Machine. Check out this blog here https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuredevcommunityblog/complete-guide-to-deploying-openclaw-on-azure-windows-11-virtual-machine/4492001

MCP Demos

Lee Stott has created a fantastic collection of Model Context Protocol (MCP) demos to help developers understand and experiment with MCP capabilities. Explore the demos: https://github.com/leestott/mcpdemos

The IQ Series: Foundry IQ digital badge is now live

The IQ Series is Microsoft’s hands‑on learning track for the Microsoft IQ stack — covering Foundry IQ, Work IQ, and Fabric IQ. Foundry IQ is the first badge available, and developers can now earn recognition for real, shipped work with the platform.

If you want to dive in, the blog below walks through how to earn the badge and what to expect from the series:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AzureDevCommunityBlog/claim-your-iq-series-foundry-iq-badge/4513036

Explore the series:
https://github.com/microsoft/iq-series

Career Tips and Advice

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