Brian Benz

The production-minded take on AI on AKS. Start with the Build 2026 AKS roundup; the rest of this thread digs into the AI parts: GPUs, Ray, Linux, and fleet ops. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsona...

Thanks to everyone who joined me for TEC-4881 at #JCON at #IBMTechXchange. Document search and a guarded assistant, added to an existing Java app with tests, traces, and a fallback when the model fails. Resources: aka.ms/CRUDToCognit...

Looking forward to our workshop with @pamelafox.bsky.social at @aaif.io's #AGNTCon + #MCPCon this Friday, Oct. 23! Please download the prerequisites before you arrive. The original post has the instructions. See you there!

My new quickstart shows how to create an #Azure #Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster with a managed GPU node pool (preview) using Azure CLI. AKS installs and manages the #NVIDIA driver and GPU tools - Try it here: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...

Hello #LasVegas!: Join me Wed., Sept. 16, from 5:30-8:00 PM at the inaugural #Claude Community Meetup. I'll present "Claude in Practice", showing how I use Claude in my daily workflow as an AI advocate at Microsoft. All demos, no slides. AMA! Register: luma.com/claude-hwwk

Had a great time with @rabauer.dev ! We went over time, and eventually got the app working, it's a pretty complicated app that would have probably taken weeks before AI! Check out the repo at github.com/bbenz/202608...

Java plus a real AI model, built with @langchain4j.dev, plus deploying to @azure.microsoft.com. Sounds like a whole day gone before lunch. Today @bbenz.bsky.social and I find out live, no prep hidden off-screen. youtube.com/live/TI7_Wz5... #Java #AI #AzureAIFoundry

Starting soon! See everyone there. I'll be showing everyone how I work in my daily life at Microsoft as an AI advocate. I'll build and deploy a Java app live in this session, based on attendee input. See you today at 11AM PST, 8 PM CET. www.meetup.com/jug-oberpfal...

Big news! I took a new role in Microsoft back in February. Please see github.blog/engineering/... to see one of the things I've been up to. Thanks also to @brunoborges.bsky.social for the work he did on Copilot SDK for Java before I was blessed with being the DRI for this important effort.

Building with MCP in the bay area? Join us for MCP Community Connect SF on Sept 14 at GitHub HQ! We'll be talking auth, security, interoperability, evaluation, and what we're learning from real-world MCP implementations. Registration open now: globalai.community/e/bay9vh24

Introducing Microsoft IQ Live, our new biweekly livestream series on Microsoft Reactor for exploring multi-IQ architectures and new features across Foundry IQ, Fabric IQ, Work IQ and Web IQ. Every other week starting Aug 6 through Ignite. Register 👉 aka.ms/MicrosoftIQL...

Just a week til our next free livestream series, a collab with @aycabas.bsky.social: "Microsoft IQ Deep Dive with Python" Learn how to use Foundry IQ, Work IQ, and Fabric IQ to ground AI systems, all with open-source Python code. 🗓️ July 28–30, 10AM PT 🔗 Register: aka.ms/IQDeepDivePy...

Hi @brianarbenz.bsky.social - hope this gets to you. Apparently I'm getting OPM email for you - please update your email with them. DM me for details if needed (and I can forward what they've sent so far if you'd like).

Good milestone for Inspektor Gadget: its first independent security audit is complete. Thanks to @ostifofficial.bsky.social , @cncf.io , and @inspektor-gadget.io for the transparency around the process and fixes. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Linuxan... #Kubernetes #eBPF #OpenSource #Security

Tomorrow I’m speaking at the Bangalore JUG Special Talk on Open-Source GPU-Powered Image Generation with LangChain4j. We’ll cover Java/Spring/LangChain4j + ONNX Runtime + SD4J for real GPU image generation. RSVP: www.meetup.com/bangalorejug... #Java #AI #LangChain4j #OpenSource #GPU

If you’re joining DevRelJam Bengaluru tonight, I’ll be sharing how I build AI demos quickly for DevRel using GitHub Models, VS Code, Copilot, and Claude. 🕢 7:30 PM • Vajram ONYX lu.ma/devreljam-be... #DevRel #AI #GitHubCopilot #VSCode #DeveloperAdvocacy

Looking forward to my #GIDS session in about an hour on creating reliable AI agents. It’s in Hall C, see you there! developersummit.com/session/agen...

Looking forward to my #arcofai session at 2:15 today in the Williamson room - see you there! #Ai #java

Java is entering its agentic era. Watch a Java app evolve from legacy to modern, intelligent, and agentic systems with IntelliJ, GitHub Copilot, Spring AI, LangChain4j, and Microsoft Foundry at JDConf TOMORROW, April 8–9. Register and tune in: jdconf.com

Join me for @microsoft.com JDConf Asia-Pacific on Apr 9, 10 AM–2 PM SGT. We’ve got a strong #Java + AI lineup, and you can earn 1,000 Microsoft Rewards points for registering plus 5,000 for attending live (first 300). Go to jdconf.com and click Register now. #JDConf #Java #AI #OpenSource

I chatted with my Microsoft colleagues from Foundry IQ in this new podcast: "Is context engineering the new RAG?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGpJ...

I’m looking forward to JavaOne and to joining @chanezon.bsky.social in Microsoft’s keynote story around Java, AI, and practical modernization. The blog also rounds up our sessions, booth talks, and demo code. devblogs.microsoft.com/java/microso... #Java #AI #Azure #OpenSource

Who’s here at #CES this week?

Check out my Theater session today at #MSIgnite #equinix booth 1234 - I'll be #vibecoding Infrastructure as code that connects #azure #ExpressRoute + #Equinix Fabric, powered by #Terraform & @github #Copilot. Nov 18 | 5:00 PM | Booth #1234

Thanks for joining the #MSIgnite pre-day lab - #AI-Ready Apps: Containerize and Modernize with #Azure !  Try it at home!  you can find the repo here  - aka.ms/ignite25-PRE...

Just arrived in #SanFrancisco for #MSIgnite! Any #java nerds here this week? Let’s meet up!