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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · 1d

Mary is getting set up to present at tonight's Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup. I'm looking forward to her presentation.

Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · 3d

We’ve got a great meetup coming up on Wednesday, Nov 5, 6-8 PM at the Microsoft Chicago office. @mgrygles.bsky.social will talk about how event-streaming underpins cloud-native multi-agent AI architectures.

More information and Meetup RSVP links can be found here.
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Event Streaming and Multi-Agent AI for Cloud-Native Architectures

Explore how event streaming underpins autonomous, cloud-native multi-agent AI applications with real-time, elastic scalability.

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks for this docs link. That's helpful in understanding the versioning strategy.

Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · 27d

I used the RC as an example, but I'm curious why they have been different.

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · 27d

Why do the SDK and packages have different version numbers for the .NET 10 RC? They are similar, but different.

10.0.100-rc.1.25451.107 (sdk)
10.0.0-rc.1.25451.107 (packages like Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi)

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Oct 7

Who's joining me at the Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup tonight?

Three things I enjoy working with (GitHub Copilot & IaC with Bicep, ARM, PS & Azure) in one session from Pete Rodriguez.

ericboyd.com/events/chica...

Accelerate Your Azure Journey with GitHub Copilot

AI-assisted infrastructure as code (IaC) development. GitHub Copilot, Bicep, ARM, and Azure.

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Sep 25

I'm missing the #Chicago #AITour today, but I don’t want you to miss our next Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup on Tuesday, Oct 7.

Pete Rodriguez will show us how GitHub Copilot helps with Bicep & ARM IaC to deploy in Azure.

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#Azure #GitHubCopilot #IaC

Accelerate Your Azure Journey with GitHub Copilot

AI-assisted infrastructure as code (IaC) development. GitHub Copilot, Bicep, ARM, and Azure.

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Sep 18

As a Mount Pleasant resident, I've watched the new Microsoft AI data center take shape.

It's exciting to see @scottgu's announcement and post, which provide a clearer picture of the data center's design, purpose, and components.

blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...

Inside the world’s most powerful AI datacenter - The Official Microsoft Blog

This week we have introduced a wave of purpose-built datacenters and infrastructure investments we are making around the world to support the global adoption of cutting-edge AI workloads and cloud ser...

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Sep 10

I delivered today's keynote at #VSLive where I shared my views and perspective on how to have a successful career in software development in the age of AI coding agents. And now me and the responsiveX team are enjoying the ocean and beaches in La Jolla.

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Wisconsin part of the crew has arrived in San Diego for #vslive. We're enjoying the game in a high energy Packers bar.

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Leveraging GitHub Copilot to accelerate your cloud journey, Tue, Oct 7, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

**Title**: Leveraging GitHub Copilot to accelerate your cloud journey **Abstract**: Whether you're a seasoned engineer or curious about AI-assisted development, this sessio

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Sep 5

Tonight's Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup with @jaysonstreet.bsky.social is starting strong.

Next month's topic is with Microsoft's Pete Rodriguez on how GitHub Copilot can help you accelerate your cloud journey.

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Sep 4

Jaxon is joining me tonight for the cyber security talk with @jaysonstreet.bsky.social at the Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup.

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Sep 2

It's the last chance to register for this Thursday's Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup with the "notorious hacker"
@jaysonstreet.bsky.social.

For more details and registration links, check out my post.
ericboyd.com/events/chica...

Recon and Social Engineering with AI

A practical, entertaining session on how AI is changing phishing and vishing attacks — and what organizations should do about it.

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Aug 28

Join me at Visual Studio Live! San Diego in September.

Speakers include @jasonbock.net, @andrewbrust.info, @allenconway.bsky.social, @jongalloway.bsky.social, @rocky.lhotka.net, @brianrandell.com, @linotadros.bsky.social, and more.

Links to my sessions and discounts:
ericboyd.com/events/visua...

Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2025

An action-packed week of hands-on workshops, a keynote on future-proofing your dev career with AI, and practical sessions from industry experts on the latest in the Microsoft stack, AI, Python and mor...

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Aug 27

Excited for @jaysonstreet.bsky.social's presentation on Thursday, September 4, at the Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup. Jayson will demonstrate the impact of AI on social engineering, including phishing and vishing attacks.

For more details and registration links:
ericboyd.com/events/chica...

Recon and Social Engineering with AI

A practical, entertaining session on how AI is changing phishing and vishing attacks — and what organizations should do about it.

ericboyd.com

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Aug 11

Learn about Microsoft Fabric from Mike Shelton with other cloud, data, and AI professionals at tomorrow's Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup.

Unlocking the Power of Unified Data with Microsoft Fabric

Eric Boyd is a Microsoft MVP in Azure and AI, a Microsoft Regional Director, and the founder and CEO of responsiveX.

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Jul 9

I had a great time tonight presenting about scalability, distributed systems, messaging, and eventing in Azure at the Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup. I also really enjoyed the collaboration throughout and the Q&A at the end. And now, I'm on the train headed home.

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Jul 7

Curious how to build distributed systems at scale with messaging and eventing patterns using #Azure services?

Meet, mingle, and connect with other cloud computing practitioners and enthusiasts tomorrow evening at the Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup.

ericboyd.com/events/chica...

Async Messaging & Eventing @ Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup

Dive into the world of asynchronous messaging and event-driven architectures with Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Hubs, and Azure Event Grid

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Jun 24

Eric Siegel is kicking off #SummerfestTech 2025 with his keynote "The AI Playbook: How to Capitalize on Machine Learning".

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Jun 7

It was great to get people together in-person again. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for presenting and helping organize.

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Jun 2

What are you doing this Thursday evening?

Eating pizza with me and David Giard while learning about and discussing #Azure AI Search?

If you are, since I'm ordering the pizza, what do you want? Domino's, Chicago Deep Dish, or Chicago Tavern Style?

David Giard @davidgiard.bsky.social · Jun 2

Do you want to learn more about Azure AI Search?
This Thursday (June 5) at 6PM, I will present "Mastering Intelligent Search with Azure AI Search" at the Chicago Cloud Computing User Group at the downtown Chicago Microsoft office
Find more information and register at
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Mastering Intelligent Search with Azure AI Search, Thu, Jun 5, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Azure AI Search is a cloud service from Microsoft that allows you to search structured and unstructured data and documents by content, metadata, keywords, image information

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · Jun 1

Great to meet you and thanks for the message. Good luck with the certifications. I hope the Getting Started videos help you on your #Azure journey.

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · May 27

Yeah, the Release Preview channel, but not the early adopters like Beta, Dev, or Canary.

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Eric D. Boyd @ericdboyd.bsky.social · May 27

I have no idea, it's just what's displayed in my Windows version information in Settings > About

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