Michael S. Collier

It was great talking with @davidgiard.bsky.social about creating Durable Agents with Microsoft Agent Framework and Durable Task Scheduler. #mvpbuzz #DurableAgents #AgentFramework

I'm looking forward to sharing my experience using #Azure Functions Hosted Skills at the Azure Cleveland meetup on November 11th. You can join online by RSVPing at www.meetup.com/azure-clevel.... #mvpbuzz

I'll be talking about Microsoft #Foundry Prompt and Hosted Agents tonight at 6pm ET at the #Azure Columbus meetup. Join us - www.meetup.com/central-ohi... #mvpbuzz

One heck of a crazy day of college football!🏈 I’m glad my Buckeyes won, but they got lucky at the end. Worried about upcoming schedule without QB1.

Hack the World: Why hackathons are still the best place to learn to build by Ed Summers https://github.blog/developer-skills/career-growth/hack-the-world-why-hackathons-are-still-the-best-place-to-learn-to-build/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

I had a great time talking about #Foundry Prompt and Hosted Agents tonight at the Western Michigan #Azure user group. The session will be posted to the group’s YouTube channel soon. #mvpbuzz

I'm looking forward to speaking about #Foundry Prompt and Hosted Agents on Tuesday at the Western Michigan #Azure User Group. Hope to see you there www.meetup.com/grand-rapid... #mvpbuzz

I really, really want to use #GitHub Copilot App more. It's lack of functionality with WSL repos is the biggest hinderance to further use. I've opened a couple of issues: github.com/github/app/... and github.com/github/app/....

My coffee machine broke a couple days ago. My attempt at repairing isn’t working. Recommendations on a new one?

I’m looking forward to this #Azure Developers Live session on #Functions Hosted Skills. I’ve been exploring these lately and find it compelling. Looking forward to doing more soon! www.youtube.com/live/sib39v...

I'm looking forward to this week's #Azure Columbus meeting. We'll be talking about #Aspire and IaC. Come join us - www.meetup.com/central-ohi...

I'm excited to once again be a Microsoft MVP. More than 11 years after "retiring" from the MVP program, I'm back! I'm so thankful for all those who've helped and supported me along the way. www.michaelscollier.com/microsoft-m... #mvpbuzz

Very excited to be speaking at the Chicago Cloud Computing meetup on Thursday night. I’ll be talking about using Microsoft Agent Framework and Durable Functions to build resilient AI agents and workflows. Join us - meetu.ps/e/PNFGX/1ND... #Azure

The GitHub Copilot App recently added support for WSL-hosted repos. Check out my blog post to learn how to enable this feature and a few bugs I've found so far. www.michaelscollier.com/enabling-ws... #GitHub #GitHubCopilot #WSL

Does the GitHub Copilot CLI (v1.0.80) support Agent Plugins 1.0 and Copilot-specific extensions? I've tried putting an "agents", "instructions" and "hooks" folder under the "com.github.copilot" folder, but I never them in the CLI. Skill and MCP server OK. #GitHubCopilot

Spent a few hours today iterating on ideas to improve a demo for an upcoming user group talk, only to come back to a slight variation of where I started. Should have just listened to myself. 🤪

I had the pleasure of attending the Beer City Code last weekend. Check out my recap at www.michaelscollier.com/beer-city-c... #BeerCityCode

I had a great time today leading the AI coding workshop. So much to talk about in this space. Exciting times for sure! #BeerCityCode

I love being able to contribute to the Microsoft docs. I noticed a small error in a page related to Microsoft Foundry’s Claude model support. Opened the PR and it was approved and merged the next day. ✅

I'm looking forward to my first trip to #BeerCityCode this week. I'll be co-leading a GitHub Copilot & Claude Code workshop on Friday and then a session on durable agentic workflows on Saturday morning.

Tonight I scored my best 9 holes of golf in probably ever. I’m super thrilled with the round. I hope I can keep it up. I’m very thankful for my coach, Justin K. at The Ridge for helping me with my swing.

If not using Docker Desktop, what Docker CLI compliant tool are you using? I've been using Rancher Desktop, but am looking into alternatives. It must support VS Code dev containers. Preference for support for working in WSL2 and also #Aspire. #docker #rancher #podman

Great time today speaking about #Azure Durable Agents, Agent Framework and Aspire today at #CincyDeliver #AspireDev #AgentFramework #AzureFunctions

I'm looking forward to lightning talks tonight at CONDG. My topic - creating an plugin marketplace for Claude Code and GitHub Copilot. www.meetup.com/central-ohi...

I'm looking forward to the combined #Azure and AWS meetup tonight. We'll be discussing approaches for keeping your cloud bill under control. Going to be fun - join us! www.meetup.com/central-ohi...

Toy Story 5. Great!

Great time on Wednesday evening at the Michigan .NET User Group speaking about Microsoft Agent Framework and Foundry Hosted Agents. Thanks for having me! #MicrosoftFoundry #AgentFramework

I'm looking forward to heading up to Southfield, MI next week for Michigan .NET Users Group to talk about building agents with Microsoft Agent Framework. Join me - www.meetup.com/midotnet/ev...

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of helping coordinate a #MicrosoftBuild \\localhost event - bringing together others in Columbus to share a few Build sessions with a little local flare. My full summary at www.michaelscollier.com/bringing-bu...

I'm looking forward to speaking at #CincyDeliver next month. I'll be talking about AI agentic workflows AzureFunctions and Durable Workflows. Going to be fun! Join me - www.cincydeliver.org/

I'm excited to welcome @scott.hanselman.com to tonight's meetup. We still have about 20 spots left if you're free, and hearing from Scott about AI and its impacts on software development sounds interesting. And a big thank you to Progress Software for sponsoring. ericboyd.com/events/chica...

Thank you to all the speakers and attendees at today’s Microsoft Build //localhost:columbus event. Lots of great learning and discussion! #buildlocalhost

Looking forward to Microsoft Build //localhost:columbus this Saturday, June 20th. Join us - register at developer.microsoft.com/en-us/react... #buildlocalhost #MSBuild

Just published a new blog post on using the Durable Task Scheduler functionality for Azure Functions with @aspire.dev www.michaelscollier.com/using-durab... #AzureFunctions #Aspire

I really want to love the new @github.com app. I do nearly all my work in WSL, and there is currently no WSL support. Issue at github.com/github/app/.... Upvoted!

One of the biggest themes from Microsoft Build 2026: we're moving from "How do I use AI?" to "How do I effectively supervise AI agents?" That idea surfaced in sessions, labs, and conversations throughout the event. My Day 2 recap: www.michaelscollier.com/microsoft-b... #MicrosoftBuild

Put down 60 bags of mulch today. Oh yeah….good times! 🤣

I recently updated to Docker Desktop 4.75.0 - it broke my WSL integration! There is a solution - www.michaelscollier.com/docker-desk... #docker #wsl

Completed my first Waymo ride today. Very cool!

Day 1 at #MicrosoftBuild delivered strong technical content despite venue challenges. My recap covers keynote highlights, breakout takeaways, and what I’m trying next. Take a look: www.michaelscollier.com/microsoft-b...

Looking forward to the Azure Columbus meetup on Wednesday with Chad Thomas talking about building with Microsoft Agent Framework. Join us - www.meetup.com/central-ohio...

Just received my #StirTrek box. Nicely done! Looking forward to attending next week!

Is there a way to get MS SQL running on a ARM64 machine such as the Surface Laptop? I'm trying to get Aspire to use the Service Bus emulator, but seemingly running into a problem with SB emulator needing SQL, and SQL being x86_64 only. #Aspire

Contemplating breaking out an old Azure shirt for Global Azure on Saturday #GlobalAzure

Final run through before my Azure Durable Agent & Workflows presentation at Global Azure Columbus on Saturday! coazure.github.io/cbus-global-...

Looks like the Azure Durable Task Scheduler got a fancy new UI. Nice! #Azure