New Year, New Challenge

Episode 5

Author

Nicholas Chang
January 22, 2025

I would like to start this year by wishing everyone a Happy New Year. I hope everyone had a good year in 2024 and is looking forward to making 2025 even more awesome

Empowering Technical Community Leadership: Insights and Opportunities

This month, there will be an online event on February 12, 2025, where you can gain insights into technical community leadership and learn how you can contribute.

Hear from Microsoft MVPs as they share experiences and practical tips for success as bloggers, speakers, and mentors. We'll also cover the Microsoft MVP program structure and nomination process. Sign up 

Github Copilot Global Bootcamp

There will be an Github Copilot Bootcamp from February 4th to 13th to help you enchance your skill in AI with Github.

Events 

Global AI Community

The Global AI Community is a worldwide community of AI enthusiasts, developers, and professionals passionate about AI and machine learning. The community aims to share knowledge, collaborate on projects, and promote the use of AI technologies.

I am happy to announce I will be speaking online for the Global AI Bootcamp 2025 in March.

Global AI Bootcamp 2025

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. This year, the bootcamp will take place in the full month of March 2025.

globalai.community/bootcamp

The Global AI Community is a worldwide network of AI enthusiasts, developers, and professionals who are passionate about artificial intelligence and machine learning. The community aims to share knowledge, collaborate on projects, and promote the use of AI technologies. .

MVP Summit 2025

The registration for in-person attendance is currently closed for MVP Summit 2025, but you can also register virtually instead.

Microsoft Azure Community User Group - The group will be hosting another in-person event next month. Keep an eye out as the event is not published yet. Join here: https://www.meetup.com/microsoft-azure-community/events/300811993/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events.

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

Call for Speakers 

Azure Spring Clean

This year, the Azure Spring Clean Community event is back, and the call for speakers is currently open for March. I have submitted a session. https://sessionize.com/azure-spring-clean-2025

https://sessionize.com/azure-spring-clean-2025

Global AI Community

Lots of Global AI Community Calls for speakers are open, including the one I am helping with in London https://sessionize.com/global-ai-bootcamp-london-2025

There are more community to join here https://globalai.community/communities

Global Azure

There are a few Global Azure events happening around the world this year, and a few calls for speakers are still currently open. Sign up now

Techorama Belgium

Techorama Belgium is one of the biggest IT conferences targeting a broad audience that will take place on May 26-28, 2025. I heard from a few others that this is a great conference and event. https://sessionize.com/techorama-2025-belgium/

Go Azure meetup - Go Azure Group is a thriving community of Azure enthusiasts who gather virtually every second week of the month to explore the entire Azure ecosystem. Daniel Paulus is organizing this online Azure event. https://sessionize.com/go-azure-meetup/

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 25 of Microsoft Community Insights Podcast has been released, and the theme is Exploting Microsoft Fabric with guest Javier Villegas. You can watch it here:  https://www.youtube.com/live/9gNw_Mf9pdY?si=WvEZX6ctSxL9C6Nq

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

Course

Microsoft Ignite Cloud Skills Challenge.

GitHub - microsoft/AI-For-Beginners: 12 Weeks, 24 Lessons, AI for All!

12 Weeks, 24 Lessons, AI for All! Contribute to microsoft/AI-For-Beginners development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com/microsoft/AI-For-Beginners

3 takeaways from red teaming 100 generative AI products | Microsoft Security Blog

The growing sophistication of AI systems and Microsoft’s increasing investment in AI have made red teaming more important than ever. Learn more.

www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/13/3-takeaways-from-red-teaming-100-generative-ai-products

Other Resources

GitHub - Azure/azqr: Azure Quick Review

Azure Quick Review. Contribute to Azure/azqr development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com/Azure/azqr

Blog 

Secure Azure DevOps Pipeline with Workload identity federation

Career Tips and Advice

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