@MichaelCollier

MAKE DEMOCRACY EASIER. Buckeye fan. Azure dev/architect. Bad golfer. Opinions are mine.

 Marysville, OH
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Joined September 2007
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Azure Functions@AzureFunctionsOct 23
Nick Greenfield joins @shanselman on #AzureFriday to show how Azure Functions hosted skills bring AI to event-driven apps. ⚡️ See demos for both existing and new apps. youtu.be/KRWclpZumz8 #AzureFunctions #Serverless #AI #HostedSkills

Add intelligence to your event-driven apps with Azure Functions hosted skills

This session introduces Azure Functions hosted skills and shows how...

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

From Prompt to Code: AI Agents in Microsoft Foundry, Wed, Oct 21, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Building an AI agent is the easy part. Hosting, extending, and understanding what it’s doing is where things get interesting. In this developer-focused session, we’ll explo

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Azure Functions@AzureFunctionsOct 15
See how to build, run, and debug Azure Functions Hosted Skills directly in GitHub Copilot with the Hosted Skills Canvas ⚡️ techcommunity.microsoft.com/… #AzureFunctions #GitHubCopilot

Azure Functions Hosted Skills Canvas in GitHub Copilot

Build, run, and debug event-driven AI apps with the new Azure Functions Hosted Skills canvas in GitHub Copilot. Follow a hands-on GitHub digest walkthrough.

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Looking forward to giving this a try!
Azure Functions@AzureFunctionsOct 14
See how Dynamic Workflows in Azure Functions Hosted Skills turn AI-generated plans into durable execution ⚡️ devblogs.microsoft.com/azure… #AzureFunctions #Serverless #AI

Dynamic Workflows in Azure Functions Hosted Skills: Durable, AI-Led Work for Event-Driven Apps

Azure Functions is the event-driven application platform, and Hosted Skills adds AI reasoning to your app. Dynamic Workflows give the app a durable way to carry out AI-led, multi-step work after the...

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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
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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 meetup.com/grand-rapids-micr… #mvpbuzz

[Oct 2026] From Prompt to Code: AI Agents in Microsoft Foundry, Tue, Oct 13, 2026, 4:30 PM | Meetup

**Location:** In Person @ Bamboo Grand Rapids **Agenda:** * 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM: Welcome and Introductions * 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM: **From Prompt to Code: AI Agents in Microsof

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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/issues… and github.com/github/app/issues…. FYI @pierceboggan @_Evan_Boyle

Unable to create a new session from specific branch · Issue #3246 · github/app

Short summary Unable to create a new session from a specific branch for project from WSL host Affected version or release 1.1.14 Installation context No response What happened? I'm unable to cr...

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Chris Gillum
@cgillumOct 9
By combining LLM-generated plans with Durable Functions, we achieved 93% fewer tokens and 95% lower latency compared to traditional LLM tool-calling loops. And you get durable execution built in! Really enjoyed collaborating with @sandayuu on this. 🙌 devblogs.microsoft.com/azure…

Dynamic Workflows in Azure Functions Hosted Skills: Durable, AI-Led Work for Event-Driven Apps

Azure Functions is the event-driven application platform, and Hosted Skills adds AI reasoning to your app. Dynamic Workflows give the app a durable way to carry out AI-led, multi-step work after the...

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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! youtube.com/live/sib39vhXZCs…

Azure Developers Live: Azure Functions hosted skills

Azure Functions hosted skills let developers build and event-driven...

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Looking forward to hearing from @GreenieMsft soon
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Azure Functions@AzureFunctionsSep 14
TLS/SSL certificates and end-to-end TLS encryption are now generally available on Azure Functions Flex Consumption ⚡️ Docs: learn.microsoft.com/azure/az… Azure update azure.microsoft.com/en-us/up… #AzureFunctions

Create and Manage Function Apps in a Flex Consumption Plan

Learn how to create function apps hosted in the Flex Consumption plan in Azure Functions and how to modify specific settings for an existing function app.

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

Aspire and IaC, Wed, Sep 16, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Talk about some of the new local development tools with Aspire, as well as using it as a tool with IaC, and working with other IaC tools like Terraform, etc. Our dev team

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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. michaelscollier.com/microsof… #mvpbuzz

Microsoft MVP Award 2026

I’m excited to share that I’ve been accepted to the Microsoft MVP program! My award category is Azure Application PaaS. I was in the inaugural Azure MVP group nearly 16 years ago …

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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/1NDjQ/i #Azure

Building Resilient Durable Agents with Microsoft Agent Framework, Thu, Sep 3, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

AI agents can reason, collaborate, and act - but what happens when an agent workflow runs for hours, encounters a failure, requires human approval, or must survive an appli

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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. michaelscollier.com/enabling… #GitHub #GitHubCopilot #WSL

Enabling WSL Support for the GitHub Copilot App

I’ve been intrigued by the GitHub Copilot App ever since it first shipped at Build a few months ago. It offers a different way of working for me, and I’m getting more comfortable with it …

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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
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Doc at github.com/github/copilot-cl…, code.visualstudio.com/update…, and github.blog/changelog/2026-0… all indicate using com.github.copilot. Can't get it to work though.

Release 1.0.79 · github/copilot-cli

2026-08-10 The /sandbox configuration dialog shows where sandbox settings are stored in settings.json Add support for enterprise allow-auto-only policy so /allow-all auto works while full allow-al...

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

Beer City Code 2026 Recap

I had the pleasure of attending Beer City Code for the first time last weekend, August 14-15, 2026. Held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the conference brings together software developers and technology …

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