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John Kilmister

@johnkilmister.bsky.social
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Azure MVP, software engineer, software architect, blogger and speaker loving all things serverless C# and Azure. Certified Azure Solutions Architect.

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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
It has been a little while since I last wrote a blog post, and today's is on a slightly different topic; however, hopefully others will find it useful. This post covers how to set up an Android work profile yourself without Intune configured. www.blueboxes.co.uk/setting-up-y...
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Setting Up Your Own Android Work Profile
Discover how to create a separate, easily managed work environment on your Android device—even if you're self-employed or outside a corporate setup—with
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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I have a new blog post out today as part of Azure Back to School looking at my 10 Azure Mistakes and Pitfalls to Avoid. www.blueboxes.co.uk/top-10-azure... #AzureBacktoSchool2025 #Azure
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Top 10 Azure Mistakes and Pitfalls to Avoid
Avoid these common pitfalls when working with Azure to ensure a smoother experience and better outcomes for your projects.
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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I have a new blog post out today. After SendGrid removed its free tier, I explored replacing SendGrid with Azure Communication Services, particularly in cases where I wanted to send Emails via SMTP. www.blueboxes.co.uk/replacing-se...
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Replacing SendGrid Free Tier with Azure Communication Services for Emails via SMTP
We look at how to replace SendGrid's free tier with Azure Communication Services.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/07/2025
Dehumidifier xkcd.com/3109/
Comic. SALESMAN [pointing at dehumidifier on sale]: This dehumidifier model features built-in WiFi for remote updates. PERSON 2: Great! That will be really useful if they discover a new kind of water.
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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I am pleased to share that I passed the Azure AI Fundamentals exam yesterday. I was surprised that learning for this exam brought back skills I have occasionally used over my 20+ years of coding, along with a set of more recent skills.
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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 19/06/2025
We should probably start to consider what the impact of using AI coding tools *all the time* will result in for: - Very experienced software engineers - Somewhat experienced folks (e.g. "mid-level") - Entry-level folks What is the good? The bad? The ugly of all of this?
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Azure Weekly @azureweekly.info · 25/05/2025
Free SQL Managed Instance offer is now generally available by Strahinja Rodic techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql...
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Free SQL Managed Instance offer is now generally available
Try Azure SQL Managed Instance for FREE now! Get a SQL Managed Instance free for up to 12 months, supporting up to 100 databases.
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Howard van Rooijen @hvr.endj.in · 25/05/2025
The @azureweekly.endj.in #MSBuild special is finished. What a whopper! Over 250 links in this week's newsletter! Sign up at azureweekly.info before 6pm BST tonight if you want your copy!
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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I have a new blog post today, writing up a presentation I have done several times. In this post, we go through 8 ways to run a container on Azure. www.blueboxes.co.uk/navigating-r... #Azure
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Navigating Running Containers in Azure
There are so many ways to run containers in Azure. In this post we will look at the options and how to choose the right one for your needs.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/05/2025
Elizabeth Holmes is in prison for defrauding investors through her blood-testing company, Theranos. Her partner, Billy Evans, is now trying to raise money for a company that describes itself as “the future of diagnostics.” nyti.ms/3FbtZm9
Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans, sitting closely on a couch. A headline reads: "Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up" Photo by Philip Cheung for The New York Times
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Visual Studio @visualstudio.com · 13/05/2025
Visual Studio 2022 v17.14 is now generally available! ✨ Dive into AI-assisted development with GitHub Copilot's new agent mode, enhanced debugging tools, and more. Update today and experience the future of coding! Check it out. msft.it/6186SZGgq #VisualStudioNews #GitHubCopilot #AI #DevTools
spot art.
text reads: 🎉 Visual Studio 2022 v17.14 is now generally available!
See what's new, and don't forget to download it.
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Sketchplanations @sketchplanations.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Goodhart's Law - when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. sketchplanations.com/goodharts-law
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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Many people asked me how I highlighted lines in VS code and the "flashy slides" as @dddsouthwest.com yesterday. I am very grateful to @eliostruyf.com for the DemoTime VS Code extension. It's a great tool, and you can read more and try it yourself here: demotime.elio.dev
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Demo Time
Script your coding demos to perfection with this VS Code extension - no typos, no missteps, just flawless, stress-free presentations every time.
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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Had a great day yesterday at @dddsouthwest.com and watched many great talks. Thank you to all the speakers and organisers. Thank you also to everyone who attended my talk. The extra resources for the talk can be found here: gist.github.com/blueboxes/c6... #DDDSW2025
What a Day slide at the end of DDDSW
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Sarah Young @sarahyo.com · 26/04/2025
MCP just got a huge update so you can delegate the authorisation server to a third party like Entra, a massive security improvement. What a fab community effort @anthropic.com ! 👏 modelcontextprotocol.io/specificatio...
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Authorization - Model Context Protocol
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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Just starting @dddsouthwest.com with @kevsoft.net talk on Fixing a broken Messaging
Presentation room at ddd southwest
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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I have a new blog post, Exploring Container Sidecars on App Service Plans on Azure. www.blueboxes.co.uk/exploring-co... #Azure #Cloud
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Exploring Container Sidecars on App Service Plans
In this post we take a look at the sidecar pattern and how it can be used with Azure App Service Plans. We will look at the history of sidecars on app
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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
It will not be long until DDD South West, and I am looking forward to it. I hope to see many of you there!
A Developers Guide to getting the most out of continers
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Luke Murray @luke.geek.nz · 19/04/2025
🚀 Introducing the Azure MCP Server! Now AI agents can interact with Azure services like Cosmos DB, Storage, and Log Analytics using natural language—context-aware and powerful. Learn more 👉 devblogs.microsoft.c...
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Introducing the Azure MCP Server
Announcing the Public Preview of the Azure MCP Server, bringing the power of Azure to your AI agents. The Azure MCP Server allows AI agents to take advantage of Azure resources for key workflows such as file storage, database and logs querying, and CLI commands. The Azure MCP Server is open-source on GitHub.
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DDD South West @dddsouthwest.com · 10/04/2025
New batch of tickets released! We've just released another round of 50 tickets, so go check out the page on Ticket Tailor below to join us at #DDDSouthWest www.tickettailor.com/events/dddso... ❤️ DDDSW
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Elio Struyf @eliostruyf.com · 09/04/2025
🚀 Demo Time v1.1.0 is live! 🎬 New slide animations: - fade-in - typewriter - highlight 📊 Mermaid diagram support is here too! Make your live demos shine ✨ 👉 demotime.elio.dev #VSCode #DemoTime #DevTools #MermaidJS #LiveCoding
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Luke Murray @luke.geek.nz · 07/04/2025
Sending Emails with MCP and Azure Communication Services Today, we will use the MCP protocol to connect to Azure Communication Services and send an email from an MCP client and server running on a GitHub Codespace from GitHub Copilot. #mvpbuzz #azure luke.geek.nz/azure/m...
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Sending Emails with MCP and Azure Communication Services | luke.geek.nz
Learn how to use the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect GitHub Copilot to Azure Communication Services for sending emails directly from AI interactions.
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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 07/04/2025
Build Remote MCP servers using Azure Functions in C# & .NET | with Matt Soucoup. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... #dotnet #mcp #csharp #azure #cloud #azurefunctions #ai #aimodels
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Build Remote MCP servers using Azure Functions in C# & .NET
In this video Matt Soucoup shows us how to build Remote MCP Servers with this new experimental preview feature in Azure Functions!Get Started: https://aka.ms...
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Elio Struyf @eliostruyf.com · 03/04/2025
Slides? ✅ Code? ✅ Commands? ✅ Automation? ✅ All in one place: #VSCode With Demo Time, your next presentation won’t need PowerPoint or Keynote. It’s the PowerPoint killer for developers. 👉 demotime.elio.dev #VSCode #PublicSpeaking #DeveloperExperience
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Demo Time
Script your coding demos to perfection with this VS Code extension - no typos, no missteps, just flawless, stress-free presentations every time.
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Visual Studio Code @vscode.dev · 01/04/2025
Nothing beats a second set of eyes. Get a code review from Copilot so your teammates never see the silly mistakes. Copilot does not judge.
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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Export as Bicep is fully available today! 💪 Test it out yourself in the portal, instructions can be found here: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
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Juan Carlos Gonzalez @jcgm1978.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Announcing the Microsoft AI Skills Fest: Save the date! techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso... #AI #MicrosoftLearn #MVPBuzz
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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...
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Joe Carlyle @wedoazure.ie · 07/03/2025
The final day of #AzureSpringClean is live! You now have a whopping five days of content to check out with over 50 sessions. We're blown away by the work this year, what an amazing set of contributors. azurespringclean.com #MVPBuzz
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Joe Carlyle @wedoazure.ie · 05/03/2025
An impressive set of content is live for day three of #AzureSpringClean! You also can check out the previous two days and there is only more to come tomorrow and Friday! azurespringclean.com #MVPBuzz
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Azure Spring Clean
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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I am spending the day at the Microsoft AI tour in London today. It's been great so far but still so much to hear about. If you see me around say hi
Photo of me In front of the Microsoft logoConference floor photoPhoto of the Keynote stage
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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Today is my turn for #AzureSpringClean! I have a new blog post covering some details on updating your app to run on Azure Linux App Service Plans instead of Windows. www.blueboxes.co.uk/migrating-as... #AzureSpringClean #Microsoft #Azure #MVPBuzz
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Migrating ASP.NET Apps on Azure App Service Plans from Windows to Linux
Migrating Apps on Azure App Service Plans from Windows to Linux can save money and is generally straight forward with minimal code changes needed. In this
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Joe Carlyle @wedoazure.ie · 04/03/2025
Day two of #AzureSpringClean is live! You now have two days of content to check out. Some amazing work from our contributors so far and more to come throughout the week azurespringclean.com #MVPBuzz
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 03/03/2025
It’s not wrong
A diagram labelled pride versioning

A version number of 2.7.123 is shown

A line pointing to the 2 describes it as “proud version, bump when you are proud of the release”

A line pointing to the 7 calls it “default version. Just normal/okay releases”

A line pointing to the 123 calls it the “shame versions. bump when fixing things too embarrassing to admit”
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Mark Wragg @wragg.io · 03/03/2025
Add my Azure Spring Clean 2025 starter pack to follow this year's contributors. If you are a contributor I've missed please let me know and I will add you. #AzureSpringClean #AzureFamily #AzOps go.bsky.app/KNZv2Dn
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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Picard management tip: Give your crew the best technology available and you'll be amazed what they can do for your enterprise.
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Michael Durkan - Microsoft Azure MVP @durkanm.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Azure Spring Clean 2025 starts tomorrow! Get ready for a week of great content from our awesome community! My session on Azure FinOps is live at 10am GMT on Monday. The link to that plus the full schedule is at azurespringclean.com #AzureSpringClean #Azure #MVPBuzz
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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Finally feels like spring here in the UK today 🌱
A path alongside a river on a clear spring day
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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I have a new blog post out today exploring updating docker images automatically with ACR. www.blueboxes.co.uk/keeping-net-... #Azure #devops
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Keeping .NET Base Docker Images Updated with Azure Container Registry
Keeping base images up to date is important to ensure that your applications are secure. In this post we cover how to keep your .NET base images up to
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John Kilmister @johnkilmister.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Just finished the story mode on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Such an amazing game, strong story and really immersive like an interactive movie more than a game. Highly recommend.
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Brett Miller @millerb.co.uk · 22/02/2025
I started this list to capture the official Microsoft PG accounts. Any I've missed? #MVPBuzz
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Maira Wenzel @mairaw.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Hey .NET devs! Are you following @dot.net here on Bluesky already? If not, what are you waiting for?
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Sonia Cuff @soniacuff.com · 19/02/2025
If you want to geek out for 12 mins: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSHm...
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Majorana 1 Explained: The Path to a Million Qubits
YouTube video by Microsoft
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Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · 18/02/2025
New article alert! Have you heard? Dev Home is going away before it even arrived! Check it out here: buff.ly/4i41GUu #Developmentenvironment #Tech #DevHome #MicrosoftStore
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Have you heard? Dev Home is going away before it even arrived!
Microsoft has just retired the Windows Dev Home experience before it ever came out of Preview -status. And before it ever became that useful. Or even functional, if you ask me. It was a good idea (or...
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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 10/02/2025
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – February 2025 release. devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sdk/az… #cloud #azure #cli #webdev #azd
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Azure Developer CLI (azd) - February 2025
Announcing February 2025 release (version 1.12.0) of the Azure Developer CLI (azd). What's new with azd - Improve Maven project detection using effective POM. New azd env set-secret command and hooks…
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Joe Carlyle @wedoazure.ie · 08/02/2025
Tomorrow is your last day to submit your session for #AzureSpringClean an amazing set of submissions already, make sure to submit yours to be part of it! azurespringclean.com #MVPBuzz #CloudFamily
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Joe Carlyle @wedoazure.ie · 04/02/2025
The CfS for #AzureSpringClean closes this Sunday 9th Feb, have you submitted yet? We've over 50 unique speakers already in! sessionize.com/azure-spring...
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Azure Spring Clean 2025: Call for Speakers
Welcome all to Azure Spring Clean 2025. We're back for another year! Similar to previous years, the idea of this event is to promote well managed A...
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Geoffrey Crofte @geoffreycrofte.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Dear accessibility community, I need help. I'm gathering examples of WCAG compliant or "with good accessibility" websites to illustrate a future article. I want to showcase those websites to motivate others to do so. Would you share these with me? Thank you so much, I'll start 👇🏼
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Michelle @Microsoft @codess-aus.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Do not buy where you would not be hired. Some companies shore up on toxic workplaces whilst others continue to seek to build safe and inclusive spaces with a diversity of ideas from people of different backgrounds.
Do not buy where you would not be hired - list of companies that ended DEI and companies that continue to try to build safe and inclusive environments with a diversity of ideas.
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Karl_ITNerd @karl-itnerd.engineeringclouds.io · 30/01/2025
The #CloudNativeWeekly team are back to wrap up the first month of 2025! Join us as we chat through the latest and greatest in the Cloud Native world. Streamed live on YouTube at: www.youtube.com/live/k6Wd6Z2... #CloudNative #Azure #AWS #GCP #MVPBuzz #Kubernetes
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Cloud Native Weekly
YouTube video by CloudNativeWeekly
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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 29/01/2025
Microsoft is making DeepSeek’s R1 model available on Azure AI and GitHub today. Microsoft has moved surprisingly quickly to bring R1 to its Azure customers, and it's planning to bring a smaller distilled version to Copilot+ PCs too. Details below 👇 www.theverge.com/news/602162/...
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Microsoft makes DeepSeek’s R1 model available on Azure AI and GitHub
Microsoft moves quick to make R1 available broadly.
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