Michael S. Collier

Fun coding on Thursday evening. Learning more about setting up an MCP server, Semantic Kernel agents, NET Aspire and Durable Functions. @AzureFunctions @dot.net #AI #AzureFunctions

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I was looking to do something w/ Aspire tonight & couldn’t figure it out. A few related old issues in the GitHub repo, but nothing solid. Decided to have a look at the NEW Aspire Discord, and boom, noticed 9.4 just dropped and seems to have the feature I was looking for! #Aspire

Just finished Happy Gilmore 2. Loved it!

When you strip away humanity

I've got 3 local tech user group sessions lined up for the next month. I'm scheduled to talk about Azure Durable Functions and agentic workflows. Should be fun! Join me!! #AzureFunctions
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I’ve been testing out a Surface Copilot+ PC (Snapdragon X Elite) for development. It’s a smooth ride, mostly.

🛠️ ARM64 + Docker + Azure Functions = Some surprises

Blog post with all the details:
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#Azure #ARM64 #DevExperience #SurfaceLaptop

July Meeting - Lightning Talks!, Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup Lightning talks are very short presentations on a topic of your choice (must be related to .NET). Talks should be 15-20 minutes in length and include minimal slides and qu

Join me at the Central Ohio .NET Developer group this Thursday, July 24th for a lightning talk on getting started with Azure Durable Task Scheduler.
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#Azure #AzureFunctions

Azure Functions Durable Task Scheduler in Durable Functions (preview) Learn how to develop with the Azure Functions Durable Task Scheduler for Durable Functions.

Setting up #AzureFunctions Flex Consumption to play with Durable Task Scheduler. My orchestration is stuck in "Pending". ARRRG . . . DTS doesn't run Flex yet. :( #DurableFunctions
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So good! #Superman

Hey folks! I’m open to contract work, anything #dotnet.
If you need help, feel free to reach out!

Thank you!

How API Gateways and Event Streams work together, Wed, Jul 9, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup Modern apps need to do more than just talk—they need to react, scale, and evolve. In this session, we’ll explore how API Gateways and Event Streams complement each other to

Looking forward to the @coazureug presentation on Wednesday by @shawnewallace.com. Join us! Join me at How API Gateways and Event Streams work together meetu.ps/e/P1RYq/1ND... #Azure

I don’t care how many times I’ve seen Avengers:Endgame. If it’s on TV, I’m watching the final battle scene.

Looking forward to reading this new book by my friend

Great lunch today with a longtime friend talking about #Azure, #AI, and agents.

First day back at work after a weeklong vacation!

Harnessing the Power of Asynchronous Messaging and Eventing for Distributed Syst, Tue, Jul 8, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup In today's era of distributed applications, microservices, and systems at scale, the key to achieving agility, resilience, and scalability lies in mastering the art of asyn

Eric Boyd will be speaking at the next meeting of the Chicago Cloud Computing User Group!
Come to the Aon Center July 8 to hear his presentation: "Harnessing the Power of Asynchronous Messaging and Eventing for Distributed Systems"!
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Friday was a fun day of working with my team to learn more about a customer problem and start ideation on solutions.

I had a great time on Wednesday evening at the Azure Columbus meetup. Great presentation from @MarkTinderholt.com on #Azure OpenAI.

Solving the JFK Mystery with RAG and Azure OpenAI, Wed, Jun 11, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup Speaker: Mark Tinderholt Title: Solving the JFK Mystery with RAG and Azure OpenAI What happens when you give ChatGPT access to the JFK Assassination files? In this sessio

I'm looking forward to attending the Azure Cbus meetup tonight with @marktinderholt.com talking about RAG, JFK, and Azure OpenAI. Join us! #Azure
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Sure generative AI is great. But what I really want is my Windows PC to just work in the morning. No multiple reboots to slap in whatever stupid update “fixed” something. Instead of another AI data center, make Windows reliable.

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As organizations increasingly deploy multi-agent LLM systems to manage complex queries,

Turn your designs directly into code using @figma.com's Dev Mode MCP server in VS Code - now available in open beta!

There were a lot of exciting announcements during Build 2025, spread across several Microsoft offerings! Be sure to check out the top 25 announcements at azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/... #Azure #AI

🚀 C# just leveled up! With .NET 10's file-based apps, dive into C# without the hassle of a project. Hello, seamless prototyping; goodbye, tedious boilerplate. Discover more: www.michaelscollier.com/dotnet10-ru... #dotnet #csharp

Agentic DevOps in action: Reimagining every phase of the developer lifecycle What if your dev tools could take the first pass at a feature, file a bug report, propose a fix—and deploy it? With Agentic DevOps and GitHub Copilot, they can. Here's how agents will reshape every st...

At #MSBuild this month, @mariorod1, @den.dev and I showed how agentic DevOps is remaking how you build and manage software – from ideation to production. In this post, walk you through how we built Octopets, our demo app.

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