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Luke Murray
@luke.geek.nz
Microsoft Azure MVP 🌐 | MS Learn & Startup Advocate 📘 | Patterns & Practices & Cloud Native 🤖 | ISM Service Delivery Lead, HSO | Coffee-Driven ☕️

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So few followers, it seems developers did not realize Aspire is on Bluesky. Developers make this number up. I'm sure we can reach 1000 followers by the end of the week.

Share for more reach!
@aspire.dev #dotnet #aspire #developer
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
☁️ AzureFeeds - Newsletter for this week is out!

📅 Weekly Update: Saturday, November 01 2025 to Saturday November 08 2025

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November 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The recording for Bicep Community Call - October '25 is out!

Some great demos by MVPs Dan Rios and John Lokerse on Local deploy extensions. Opens up ALOT of functionality - great watch!
Bicep Community Call - October '25
Note: unfortunately the first 15-20 seconds got cut off :( 0:00 v0.39 3:01 Bicep Console 7:32 Local Deploy Recap 9:22 Azure DevOps Extension - John Lokerse 10:06 CloudFlare Extension 25:44 Stacks Pattern 36:13 Requested Updates
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November 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Automate Azure Access for GitHub Copilot with AZD

azure.coding-agent extension automates the deployment and configuration to allow the GitHub Copilot Coding Agent access to Azure resources directly through the use of the Azure MCP Server .
Automate Azure Access for GitHub Copilot with AZD
Learn how to use Azure Developer CLI's azure.coding-agent extension to enable GitHub Copilot Coding Agent to securely access and manage Azure resources using Azure MCP Server with federated credentials.
luke.geek.nz
November 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Reposted by Luke Murray
The AI-assisted dev world is really sleeping on github next IMO. All for the better, they're off doing research on genuinely beneficial uses of this tech now that others have taken the hype away from them: github.com/githubnext/a...
GitHub - githubnext/agentics: A sample pack of GitHub Agentic Workflows!
A sample pack of GitHub Agentic Workflows! Contribute to githubnext/agentics development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Building learning communities: Microsoft MVPs making a difference with Microsoft Learn.

MVPs build and sustain communities of learning by creating resources, organizing inclusive events, mentoring , connecting learners with the right content, and sharing feedback on Learn.
November 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Reposted by Luke Murray
Again, HugOps to those a little closer to home. Outages are rough.
October 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Azure.Mcp.Server just made it to 1.0.0 stable release!
Release Azure.Mcp.Server 1.0.0 · microsoft/mcp · GitHub
Catalog of official Microsoft MCP (Model Context Protocol) server implementations for AI-powered data access and tool integration - Release Azure.Mcp.Server 1.0.0 · microsoft/mcp
github.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
AzureFeeds - Newsletter for this week is out!

📅 Weekly Update: Saturday, October 18 2025 to Saturday, October 25 2025

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October 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Native Service Bus Publishing from API Management
October 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
[Share] Microsoft Ignite labs

Microsoft Ignite lab code for the workshops delivered at Ignite 2025 is starting to become public, keep on eye on some of these great resources:

github.com/orgs/micr... #msignite #msignite25
Microsoft
Open source projects and samples from Microsoft. Microsoft has 7222 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
github.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
APAC AKS Community call is on this afternoon!

4th Wednesday of every month

http://aka.ms/aks/Co...
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Azure Cloud Commanders - Santosh is presenting on Security Best Practices for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)
now!
Security Best Practices for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) | Microsoft Community Hub
Learn about the best practices for securing your AKS cluster using Microsoft Defender for Cloud and other strategies in the Azure cloud. In this session,...
techcommunity.microsoft.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you can't go to Melbourne, you bring Melbourne coffee to you. Sold at Costco.
October 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Spec-Driven Azure Platform Landing Zone with Bicep

Today, we will explore some of the aspects of Spec Kit t to create a Platform Landing Zone aligned with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, leveraging Bicep as the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool.
Spec-Driven Azure Platform Landing Zone with Bicep
Learn how to use GitHub Spec Kit and Bicep to build an Azure Platform Landing Zone aligned with Cloud Adoption Framework best practices.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
☁️ AzureFeeds - Newsletter for this week is out!

📅 Weekly Update: Saturday, September 27 2025 to Saturda,y October 04 2025

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October 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Reposted by Luke Murray
With the Advanced Must Learn KQL book released, the Must Learn series is now sitting at three books: amzn.to/3VMKqKs
Must Learn
Visit Amazon's Must Learn Page and shop for all Must Learn books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Must Learn
amzn.to
October 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Microsoft Agent Framework

The Microsoft Agent Framework is an open-source development kit for building AI agents and multi-agent workflows for .NET and Python.

Leveraging the best of Semantic Kernel, Autogen!
Introduction to Microsoft Agent Framework
Learn about Microsoft Agent Framework
learn.microsoft.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Happy International Coffee Day! May your coffee be strong and the temperature hot!
October 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Integrating Microsoft Learn MCP Server with Semantic Kernel

I was recently working on a content discovery app and needed access to current Microsoft documentation, so I used Learn MCP!
Integrating Microsoft Learn MCP Server with Semantic Kernel
Learn how to integrate Microsoft Learn MCP Server with the Semantic Kernel for enhanced documentation and AI capabilities.
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September 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Spent today, trawling through Dapr Agents - pretty neat.

.NET and streaming LLM output would be handy - but on the roadmap for this year, so definitely keeping an eye on it! In the meantime, a few examples to play around with!

github.com/dapr/dapr-ag...
GitHub - dapr/dapr-agents: Build autonomous, resilient and observable AI agents with built-in workflow orchestration, security, statefulness and telemetry.
Build autonomous, resilient and observable AI agents with built-in workflow orchestration, security, statefulness and telemetry. - dapr/dapr-agents
github.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
AzureFeeds - Newsletter for this week is out!

📅 Weekly Update: Saturday September 20 2025 to Saturday September 27 2025

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September 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Reposted by Luke Murray
For the first time ever, I hit the limits of my plan on @github.com because apparently, I used more than 2 gigs of build artifacts. I can't see any way to aggregate all my used storage across 100+ repos so I made a tool to do it for me github.com/shanselman/g...
September 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Reposted by Luke Murray
I demoed this at Ignite last year—now it's real. Every server gets a dedicated Hardware Security Module. This fundamentally changes how we secure connected systems. End-to-end hardware-protected keys is now the baseline, not the exception: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AzureCo...
Microsoft Azure Introduces Azure Integrated HSM: A Key Cache for Virtual Machines | Microsoft Community Hub
Today we are excited to release the public preview support for Azure Integrated HSM for AMD v7 Virtual Machines. As announced last year at Ignite, Azure...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM