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kurtsh

@kurtsh.bsky.social

Watch Microsoft Technical Fellow Krysta Svore explain Microsoft's breakthrough new Quantum Computing processor, "Majorana 1" - announced today!
▶️ Majorana 1 Explained: The Path to a Million Qubits
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSHm...
#quantum #quantumcomputing #microsoft #msftadvocate #majorana1

Majorana 1 Explained: The Path to a Million Qubits

YouTube video by Microsoft

www.youtube.com

February 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM

msazureacademy.com

@msazureacademy.com

📢 Breaking #Azure News! “The Biggest Change To Azure No One Is Talking About!” is live on #TheAzureAcademy 🎓
Discover the future of the #Cloud before it’s too late!

👉 youtu.be/SbIeszPXoWo 👈

#Azure #NatGateway #Firewall #AzureFamily #CloudFamily #MSFTAdvocate

December 4, 2024 at 8:51 PM

kurtsh

@kurtsh.bsky.social

If you missed Microsoft Ignite 2024's first day:

✅ Read the Book of News (https://aka.ms/Ignite24/BON) for the full set of announcements, and the Official Microsoft Blog (https://aka.ms/Ignite24/OMB) to learn more about our key announcements.

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#Microsoft #MSIgnite #bookofnews #msftadvocate

November 20, 2024 at 1:56 AM

msazureacademy.com

@msazureacademy.com

🔍 10 years as a #CloudEngineer taught me 1 thing - Technical SKILL isn't everything! 🎯
Learn All the non-technical skills YOU Need To succeed in #TheCloud 👨‍💼📈

👉 youtu.be/2-1V6PPNC9s 👈

#TheAzureAcademy #Upskilling #AVDCommunity #AzureFamily #CloudFamily #MSFTAdvocate

March 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM

Marco Dal Pino

@marcodalpino.bsky.social

Ready to start #TSTech #AI #MSFTAdvocate #LoveMyJob

July 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM

kurtsh

@kurtsh.bsky.social

I'll be at the "2024 Microsoft Excel World Championships" Las Vegas Finals Dec 2-4, 2024 featuring the 24 best Excel spreadsheet jockeys in the world.

If you're attending, let me know!
https://fmworldcup.com/microsoft-excel-world-championship/

#ballmercon2024 #mewc #excel #Microsoft #msftadvocate

November 25, 2024 at 5:54 AM

kurtsh

@kurtsh.bsky.social

Microsoft & GitHub are excited to launch 9-lesson, open-source course on "Mastering GitHub Copilot for AI-Paired Programming".

https://github.com/microsoft/Mastering-GitHub-Copilot-for-Paired-Programming

#javascript #python #msftadvocate #GitHub #copilot #ai #Microsoft

GitHub - microsoft/Mastering-GitHub-Copilot-for-Paired-Programming: A 9-Lesson course teaching everything you need to know about harnessing GitHub Copilot as an AI Paired Programing resource.

A 9-Lesson course teaching everything you need to know about harnessing GitHub Copilot as an AI Paired Programing resource. - microsoft/Mastering-GitHub-Copilot-for-Paired-Programming

github.com

December 21, 2024 at 7:54 PM

msazureacademy.com

@msazureacademy.com

🚨 STOP using #AzureVirtualDesktop #MSIXAppAttach It’s being deprecated!!! 😱 Instead watch #TheAzureAcademy video to #Migrate in 3 easy steps to NEW #AppAttach 🔄

👉https://youtu.be/pm_SdcymGho 👈

#AVD #AVDCommunity #Windows365 #AzureFamily #CloudFamily #MSFTAdvocate #MSIX

April 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM

msazureacademy.com

@msazureacademy.com

💻 Start your #AzureVirtualDesktop journey ✈️ ☁️ with #TheAzureAcademy #NEW #AVD fundamentals video!
Perfect for #AzureAdmins & #Beginners alike. 🎥✨

👉 https://youtu.be/g4gxvCOqHtk 👈

#AVDCommunity #Win365 #Windows365 #Azure #Microsoft #AzureFamily #CloudFamily #MSFTAdvocate

January 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM

Nitya Narasimhan, PhD 🗽

@nitya.dev

Want to catch up on #MSIgnite? The Book of News is the way to go! But if you’re like me, the large text document is overwhelming.

I like to see the big picture - it starts with a mark map. Learn more: 👇🏼👇🏼

www.linkedin.com/posts/nityan...

Nitya Narasimhan, PhD on LinkedIn: #msignite #msignite #msftadvocate #sketchthedocs #visualizeit #markmaps…

Finally getting around to actually checking out the #MSIgnite Book Of News 2024. And there's a lot. You can read the document…

www.linkedin.com

November 24, 2024 at 2:21 PM

msazureacademy.com

@msazureacademy.com

🌩️ Ready to become a Cloud Engineer? 🔧
✨Discover The Secrets of #Azure @BicepLang that will set you apart at #TheAzureAcademy 👀
👉 https://youtu.be/NZ004spbMUE 👈

#AVD #AVDSecrets #TechTips #Windows365 #IaC #AVDCommunity #AzureFamily #CloudFamily #MSFTAdvocate

February 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM

msazureacademy.com

@msazureacademy.com

🎥 Learn how to effortlessly set up #AzureVirtualDesktop with QuickStart 2.0! 💻
Watch #TheAzureAcademy Every Week For The Latest In The #Cloud

👉 https://youtu.be/YRw9y7pjcOs 👈

#AVD #AVDCommunity #Azure #Microsoft #Microsoft365 #Windows365 #AzureFamily #CloudFamily #MSFTAdvocate

February 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Steve Weiner

@getrubix.bsky.social

Many of you have requested I look at this tool, so today I'll show you how Winget-AutoUpdate works with Intune.

youtu.be/AR_V6d_aEyQ

#intune #autopilot #microsoftgraph #windows11 #azure #entraid #surfaceforbusiness #migration #microsoft365 #msftadvocate #windows365

How to use Winget-AutoUpdate for Intune

YouTube video by Get Rubix

youtu.be

March 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM

kurtsh

@kurtsh.bsky.social

New research on detecting AI use in media.

✅ Media Integrity and Authentication: Status, Directions, and Futures - Microsoft Research
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
#AI #Microsoft #msftadvocate

Media Integrity and Authentication: Status, Directions, and Futures - Microsoft Research

We provide background on emerging challenges and future directions with media integrity and authentication methods, focusing on distinguishing AI-generated media from authentic content captured by cam...

www.microsoft.com

February 20, 2026 at 9:55 AM

kurtsh

@kurtsh.bsky.social

Microsoft just unveiled new agents, tools, and features to help developers work more efficiently and build capable and secure AI agents. Meet four developers who are already leading the way: news.microsoft.com/source/featu...
#msftadvocate #microsoft #agents #ai #build2025 #developers

4 developers leading the way with AI agents

AI agents are helping developers code faster to help solve business problems.

news.microsoft.com

May 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM

kurtsh

@kurtsh.bsky.social

"Pineapple & anchovies on the same slice? What in tarnation is going on around here? I'm going to ReportItNow."
Okay, that one made me laugh. 😂
#microsoft #securityfoundations #msftadvocate #overduetraining

January 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Marco Dal Pino

@marcodalpino.bsky.social

Announcing the Microsoft AI Skills Fest: Save the date! #MSFTAdvocate #AI #Learning #Skill
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...

Announcing the Microsoft AI Skills Fest: Save the date! | Microsoft Community Hub

The best way to learn something new is by taking it one step at a time. We know all this talk of AI can be overwhelming, so how about we take it one skill at...

techcommunity.microsoft.com

March 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM

kurtsh

@kurtsh.bsky.social

Microsoft has posted 25 recordings from the Microsoft 365 Community Conference 2025, oncluding the keynotes, in case you missed it.

▶️ Microsoft 365 Community Conference 2025
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#Microsoft #Microsoft365 #m365conf #msftadvocate

June 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM

kurtsh

@kurtsh.bsky.social

Reminder to everyone that we just announced that GitHub Copilot is now available for FREE in Visual Studio Code!
bsky.app/profile/kurt...

#javascript #python #msftadvocate #GitHub #copilot #ai #Microsoft

kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · Dec 21

GitHub Copilot is now available for FREE in Visual Studio Code!
✅ Get 2000 code completions/month
✅ Get 50 chat requests/month
✅ Access both GPT-4o & Claude 3.5 Sonnet models... with Gemini coming!
code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/1...

#Copilot #VSCode #GitHub