344 - Insights on using applied AI with Rick Van Rousselt
This week, we sit down with Rick Van Rousselt, Microsoft 365 MVP and managing partner at Advantive Belgium, for an honest look at what's actually working with applied AI in customer environments and w...
27 Touko 43min
343 - Essential MCP servers for working with Azure
In this episode, we explore MCP servers - the open Model Context Protocol that allows AI assistants like GitHub Copilot, Claude, and ChatGPT to connect to live tools and data instead of relying on out...
20 Touko 39min
342 - Expectations on Microsoft Build 2026
Microsoft Build 2026 marks the biggest format shift in nearly a decade - moving out of Seattle to a 2,500-seat Fort Mason venue in San Francisco with a deliberate "no fluff" pivot toward AI developers...
13 Touko 33min
341 - Foundry Toolkit goes GA: Building agents with code
The Foundry Toolkit for Visual Studio Code - formerly the AI Toolkit - is Microsoft's answer to fragmented AI development workflows, bringing model selection, prompt iteration, agent building, evaluat...
6 Touko 30min
340 - From outsourcing to AI-first: the rebuild that 8x'd our delivery
In this episode, we unpack nine months of lessons from Pons.io's full rebuild around agentic AI - cutting engineering outsourcing entirely, replacing HubSpot and Salesforce with an internal CRM built ...
29 Huhti 38min
339 - Microsoft Tech Updates
In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding our scope beyond Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and related Microsoft platforms a...
22 Huhti 34min
338 - Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0 is GA – why does it matter?
In this week's episode, we take a look at Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0, which has been generally available since early April. What is it, and why and how can you use it? We reflect on previous SDKs f...
15 Huhti 40min
337 - Microsoft's certification refresh: what you need to know
In this episode, we reflect on Microsoft certifications and what value they provide. It's been a while since we last looked at these, and plenty has happened - what's new, what's retired, and what's u...
8 Huhti 34min
