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Microsoft Build 2026 marks the biggest format shift in nearly a decade - moving out of Seattle to a 2,500-seat Fort Mason venue in San Francisco with a deliberate "no fluff" pivot toward AI developers, technical leaders, and enterprise architects. In this episode, we unpack what to expect across the six confirmed tracks - plus where we think Microsoft will double down on Foundry, GitHub Copilot, and agent governance. Whether you're flying to San Francisco or planning your livestream strategy from the couch, this is the episode for you!
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(04:44) - Show content starts.
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- Build 2026 session catalog
- GitHub Copilot Token-based billing

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The Foundry Toolkit for Visual Studio Code - formerly the AI Toolkit - is Microsoft's answer to fragmented AI development workflows, bringing model selection, prompt iteration, agent building, evaluation, and production tracing into a single VS Code extension. In this episode, we walk through the full feature surface. Whether you're picking your first frontier model or shipping a hosted agent to Microsoft Foundry, this is the episode for you!
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:55) - Show content starts.
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- Foundry Toolkit overview

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In this episode, we unpack nine months of lessons from Pons.io's full rebuild around agentic AI - cutting engineering outsourcing entirely, replacing HubSpot and Salesforce with an internal CRM built in seven days, and shipping dramatically more product on roughly half the staffing cost. We dig into what worked, what bit them along the way, and the practical mechanics of steering an agentic workforce with AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, and Copilot instructions.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:20) - Show content starts.
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- AGENTS.MD
- Claude.md
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In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding our scope beyond Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and related Microsoft platforms and capabilities. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring?
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(06:14) - Show content starts.
Show links
- ALZ for SMB
- GA: Smart Tier for Azure Blob and Data Lake Storage
- Public Preview: Assessment of file shares hosted on servers to Azure Files
- GA: Azure available in Denmark cloud region
- GA: Azure DevOps March 2026 updates
- Copilot Cowork available in Microsoft 365 Copilot

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In this week's episode, we take a look at Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0, which has been generally available since early April. What is it, and why and how can you use it? We reflect on previous SDKs for building agents, how they relate to Copilot Studio-based and Foundry agents, and how to get started with them. Also, we share experiences using this for a real-agent solution.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(05:10) - Show content starts.
Show links
- microsoft/agent-framework (GitHub)
- The agent development journey
- DevUI

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