April 2025 Events, Training, and Workshops

Hello friends! We’re experiencing April snow showers where I’m at, so I’m imagining a warm spring day and hoping you’re enjoying the real thing.

We’re back with another month of learning opportunities from Microsoft, so take a look below!

And as a bonus, here’s my collection of the best announcements from the Fabric Community Conference, taking place in Las Vegas as I write this: Announcements from FabCon 2025

Azure Technical Events

April 4th

• Lunch & Learn - Building and Evaluating Prompt Flows with Azure AI Foundry (EDT | CDT | PDT)

April 7th

• Build Intelligent Apps with Microsoft's Copilot Stack & Azure OpenAI

• Azure Virtual Machine and Compute

April 9th

• Implement CI/CD with GitHub Actions

• GitHub Copilot Innovation Workshop

April 11th

• Developing AI Applications with Azure AI Studio

• Mitigating Vulnerabilities with GitHub Advanced Security and Azure DevOps

• Lunch & Learn - Build Custom Copilot Application using Azure AI Foundry (EDT | CDT | PDT)

April 14th

• Securing Repositories with GitHub Advanced Security

• Microsoft Azure AI Agents: Hands-on Lab

April 16th

• Azure Red Hat OpenShift Workshop

• Implement CI/CD with GitHub Actions

April 18th

• Building a resilient laaS architecture

• Developing AI Applications with Azure AI Studio

• Lunch and Learn - Developing a Multimodal RAG Solution (EDT | CDT | PDT)

April 21st

• Azure API Management

• Securing Repositories with GitHub Advanced Security

April 23rd

• GitHub Copilot Innovation Workshop

• Build Intelligent Apps with Microsoft's Copilot Stack & Azure OpenAI

April 25th

• Mitigating Vulnerabilities with GitHub Advanced Security and Azure DevOps

• Lunch & Learn - Get started with Azure OpenAI Service (EDT | CDT | PDT)

• Implement CI/CD with GitHub Actions

Azure Virtual Training Days

April 3rd

• Mastering Reliability, Security, and Performance on Azure

• Implement a Lakehouse with Microsoft Fabric

April 7th

• AI Fundamentals

April 9th

• Azure Fundamentals

• Develop Your Own Custom Copilots with Azure AI

April 11th

• Migrate Linux and PostgreSQL to Azure

April 14th

• Migrate and Modernize your Apps for AI-powered Solutions

• Data Fundamentals

April 17th

• AI Fundamentals

April 22nd

• Accelerate Development with GitHub Copilot

April 28th

• Build an AI App with Azure using RAG

• AI Fundamentals

April 29th

• Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft Discovery Hour

April 8th

• Accelerate Business Growth with an AI Application Platform

April 9th

• Unify Your intelligent Data and Analytics Platform

April 17th

• Accelerate Developer Productivity with AI

Microsoft Virtual Briefings

April 1st

• Maximize the power of XDR and Sentinel with a Managed SOC

April 2nd

• Building Resilience in the Americas: Compliance Frameworks for Navigating Evolving Regulations

April 3rd

• Azure Copilot: Understanding Security & Privacy in Action

• A Day in the Life of a Developer in the Era of AI

• Proactive resiliency with Azure

April 7th

• Getting AI Ready

April 8th

• Transforming Cybersecurity: Leveraging Change for Strategic Investments

• Migrate to Innovate - Be Secure and AI Ready

April 16th

• Data Classification and Access Control Mechanisms

April 22nd

• Protecting Against Phishing and Social Engineering Attacks

• Defender for Cloud: Enhancing Server & AI Security

• Azure VMware Solution - Simplify your cloud migration and licensing

April 23rd

• Unlocking the Power of Copilot Studio: Custom Connectors and Plugins for Microsoft 365

April 24th

• Transform and Innovate: Getting Your Infrastructure AI-Ready

April 30th

• Understanding M365 Copilot Agents & Copilot Studio

• Microsoft Datacenter Tour: Virtual Experience

• OpenAI on Azure - 2-hours hands on workshop

Microsoft Tech Brief

April 3rd

• Migrate and Secure Linux, PostgreSQL, and MySQL

April 8th

• Innovate with the Azure AI Platform​

April 9th

• Transform your Development Experience and Ship Apps Faster with AI

April 16th

• The Full Potential of Copilot Studio and Azure AI

April 22nd

• Modernize & Enhance Existing Applications with AI​

April 23rd

• Migrate and Secure Windows Server and SQL Server

April 29th

• Microsoft Azure Integration and API Days

• Bring your data into the era of AI​ with Microsoft Fabric

Microsoft Reactor

Note that all of these Reactor sessions are livestreamed on YouTube and recorded for later viewing.

April 1st

• Data Factory Connector Lifecycle and Upgrade

• Building AI Agents using Azure AI Agent Service

• Join the Microsoft Global Community Initiative (MGCI) - let's grow together!

• Learn Live: AI security fundamentals

April 2nd

• Art of Prompting 101

• Data Exploration with PySpark in Microsoft Fabric

• A Live Demo of Microsoft 365 Copilot in Action

• Learn Live: SecOps and AppSec fundamentals

April 3rd

• Service Now Action with Copilot Agent Natural Language

• WhatsApp Messaging and Azure Communication Services

• A Day in the Life of a Developer in the Era of AI

• Mastering Semantic Classification with Embeddings and Vector Similarity in .NET/C#

• Copilot Learning Hub: Azure AI Agent Service

April 4th

• Get ready for your next journey with Microsoft Copilot Studio

April 7th

• Build a Production-Scale Conversational AI Assistant with RAG

• Model Mondays - Hands-on with Fine-Tuning Models

April 8th

• AI102 - Building Custom Named Entity Recognition Models with Azure AI Language

• Register for the AI Agents Hackathon!

• Agents 101 / AI Agents Hackathon Kickoff! Agents 101 / AI Agents Hackathon Kickoff!

• GitHub Copilot: The agent awakens: Build applications with GitHub Copilot agent mode

• Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric – What’s New and Roadmap

• Design a Dream Destination with AI

April 9th

• AI in CMS: How to Get Started Today?

• AI-Driven Agent Development with Microsoft Copilot Studio

• Agents, Agents, Agents! What AI agents are, and when (not) to build one

• Microsoft JDConf 2025 (Americas)

• Build your code-first app with Azure AI Agent Service (EMEA/US offering)

• AI Agents for Java using Azure AI Foundry and GitHub Copilot

April 10th

• Evaluations – How to choose the best model for your applications needs

• Exploring SMS Capabilities with Azure Communication Services

• Sematic Kernel with NEON DB: A powerful duo for your AI Solutions

• Build and extend agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot

• Transforming Business Processes with Multi-Agent AI using Semantic Kernel

• Build your code-first app with Azure AI Agent Service (.NET)

April 14th

• Building custom engine agents with Azure AI Foundry and Visual Studio Code

• Model Mondays - Hands-on with Synthetic Data Generation

• Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric – What’s New and Roadmap

April 15th

• Your First AI Agent in JS with Azure AI Agent Service

• Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2025

• Building Agentic Applications with AutoGen v0.4

• Learn Live: Plan and Prepare to Develop AI Solutions on Azure

• What’s New with Database Mirroring

• Learn Live: Manage AI Data Security Challenges with Microsoft Purview

• AI Agents + .NET Aspire

• Prototyping AI Agents with GitHub Models

April 16th

• Untangling Copilot Chat

• Practical Applications with AI Agents: Building the Future, One Idea at a Time

• Semantic Kernel with C# to build multi-agent AI applications powered by Azure Cosmos

• Building Declarative Agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio & Teams Toolkit

• Prompting is the New Scripting: Meet GenAIScript

• VS Code Live: The latest updates

• Building agents with an army of models from the Azure AI model catalog

• Multi-Agent API with LangGraph and Azure Cosmos DB

• Mastering Agentic RAG

April 17th

• Build your own agent with OpenAI, .NET, and Copilot Studio

• Maximizing Email Insights with Logs and Events on Azure Communication Services

• Building smarter Python AI agents with code interpreters

• Building Java AI Agents using LangChain4j and Dynamic Sessions

• Agentic Voice Mode Unplugged

April 21st

• Model Mondays - Hands-on with Open Source and AI Models

• Knowledge-augmented agents with LlamaIndex.TS

April 22nd

• What’s New with Database Mirroring

• Building a Personalized Agent with Azure AI Agent Service & Local SLMs

• Real-Time Analytics Made Easy with Microsoft Fabric

• Building a AI Agent with Prompty and Azure AI Foundry

• .NET Conf: Focus on Modernization (Day 1)

• Multi-Agent solutions with SignalR, gRPC, and HTTP using Semantic Kernel

• Learn Live: Fundamentals of AI agents on Azure

• Deep Dive on OPDG and VNET

• Learn Live: Manage compliance with Microsoft Purview with Microsoft 365 Copilot

• Demystifying Agents: Build an AI Agent from Scratch on Your Own Data using Azure SQL

• VoiceRAG: talk to your data

April 23rd

• Effortless Automation: Creating Power Automate Flows with Copilot

• Build custom agent with vectorize text in Azure AI Search

• .NET Conf: Focus on Modernization (Day 2)

• Building Multi-Agent Apps on top of Azure PostgreSQL

• Financial Sector Best Practices with Terraform & Azure Verified Modules

• Agentic RAG with reflection

• Multi-source data patterns for modern RAG apps

April 24th

• Agents and Agentic Frameworks

• Add Audio Video Calling Into Your Apps

• Engineering agents that Think, Act, and Govern themselves

• Build AI Agents using Semantic Kernel

• Extending AI Agents with Azure Functions

• Build real time voice agents with Azure Communication Services

• Bringing Robots to Life: Real-Time Interactive Experiences with Azure OpenAI GPT-4o

April 28th

• Building Maintainable Agent Workflows with Semantic Kernel and Prompty

• Model Mondays - Hands-on with Forecasting Models

• Deep Dive on OPDG and VNET

• Irresponsible AI Agents

• Securing AI agents on Azure

• Learn Live: Develop an agent with Azure AI Agent Service

• Learn Live: Identify and Mitigate AI Data Security Risks

• Evaluating Agents

April 30th

• Mastering Copilot in Microsoft Teams

• Lessons learned on Applied Advanced Agentic AI

• Exploring Authentication in ASP.NET Core

• Democratizing Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric

• Building a RAG AI Copilot using Azure Redis and .NET Aspire