MS Build, our favorite developer conference, just started today and we're attending to get the latest scoop and give you real time updates on what Microsoft is announcing. (Spoiler alert: It's a lot of AI, but really cool AI).
You may have heard of Azure AI Foundry and thinking to yourself what it is. Microsoft calls it their "Agent Factory" but it is essentially Microsoft's answer to building AI applications in the enterprise, without the complexity involved in security and regulation controls around using AI. Microsoft is investing heavily into Azure AI foundry and they are integrating all of your favorite LLM models to use (Llama, GPT4o, DeepSeek V3).
We just watched copilot create a solution for a user story in Github and all within the span of an hour. And all they had to do was assign the issue to their copilot agent in Github and everything was done. You can create filters so that it doesn't merge without human PR approval and safety measures that fit your needs.
In addition, for those using VS Code, Microsoft is now open sourcing the Github Copilot Extension and moving key AI features from the extension into the core product of VS Code. This gives more transparency into how AI works and build on top of AI tools in VS Code.
MS Build is Agent, Agent, Agent all the time now. If you haven't read it yet, we have a great blog post explaining Agentic AI and how to get started. Microsoft is going all in with Agents. They shared the concept of the open agentic web, where the goal is to have every website embedded with an AI agent to complete complex tasks.
NLWeb is one great example, making it easy to effectively turn any website into an AI app to enhance your websites functionality and interactivity.
Here’s some more stuff that jumped out for me so far:Me & Cheyenne fan-girling with Anders Hejlsberg and Mads Kristensen (the "Fathers" of C# and Typescript)