Brian Benz

@bbenz
410 Followers
183 Following
90 Posts
Microsoft AI Advocate, Java Champion.
Cut AI platform drift with Azure Container Linux, Kubernetes Center insights, AKS Automatic, and Fleet Manager for Arc clusters.
https://aka.ms/azurecontainerlinux-blog
Introducing Azure Container Linux (ACL) | Microsoft Community Hub

Today at Microsoft Build 2026, we’re announcing the general availability of Azure Container Linux (ACL): a secure, immutable container host designed to help...

TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM
Scale Python AI with Ray on AKS for training, batch inference, RL, and data processing.
https://azure.microsoft.com/products/kubernetes-service/
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) | Microsoft Azure

Discover Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for secure, scalable containerized app deployment and management with fast delivery on managed Kubernetes clusters.

AKS on bare metal is in preview for GPU-heavy AI: RDMA, GPU interconnects, and low-latency networking.
https://blog.aks.azure.com/2026/06/02/aks-baremetal-public-preview
Announcing the public preview of AKS on bare metal | AKS Engineering Blog

AKS on bare metal is now available in public preview!

Run AI on AKS and keep GPUs, secrets, rollouts, telemetry, and policy together around the model.
https://azure.microsoft.com/products/kubernetes-service/
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) | Microsoft Azure

Discover Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for secure, scalable containerized app deployment and management with fast delivery on managed Kubernetes clusters.

Start with the Build 2026 AKS roundup, then this thread focuses on what's new for AI workloads on AKS.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsonazureblog/whats-new-in-azure-kubernetes-service-at-microsoft-build-2026/4524862
What's new in Azure Kubernetes Service at Microsoft Build 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub

A year ago, teams were still asking whether Kubernetes belonged anywhere near their AI workloads. That question has mostly been answered as the community...

TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM

Tue June 2, 3:00 PM PT — LAB512: Hands-on with the latest Cobalt VMs, code to cloud deployment
Tue & Wed, 11:30 AM–3:00 PM PT — Expert Meet-Up - #Azure Governance and Compliance, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason
Wed June 3, 10:15 AM PT — Table Talk: The Legacy Java Problem No One Wants to Inherit
Wed June 3, 3:15 PM PT — Table Talk: Adding AI to Real Apps, the Agentic Way

Join in person or sign up free: https://build.microsoft.com
#MSBuild #OpenSource #DevTools

Microsoft Build

Go deep on real code and real systems with the teams building and scaling AI at Microsoft Build, June 2–3, 2026, in San Francisco and online.

Stop by and say hello at Microsoft Build 2026 this week! My sessions:

Good to see Inspektor Gadget complete its first independent security audit, coordinated by OSTIF and performed by Shielder with CNCF support. The public write-ups cover the findings, fixes, and hardening follow-up — exactly the kind of transparency you want around privileged observability tooling.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/LinuxandOpenSourceBlog/inspektor-gadget-completes-its-first-independent-security-audit/4517895

#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 walk through a Java-based stack using Spring, LangChain4j, ONNX Runtime, CUDA, and SD4J to build a cloud-ready image generation service with monitoring and a real-time UI.
RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/bangalorejug/events/314000765/

#Java #AI #LangChain4j #OpenSource #GPU

[In-Person - April] Expert Talk - JAVA Meetup, Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 10:00 AM | Meetup

## 🚀 **Bangalore JUG Special Talk**. ## Learn from globally recognized Tech Experts, Industry Leaders shaping Modern Software! ## Event Details **Location:** **Infosys

Meetup

If you’re joining DevRelJam Bengaluru tonight, come by my session on vibe coding for DevRel. I’ll share practical ways to build AI demos quickly using GitHub Models, VS Code, Copilot, and Claude.
🕢 7:30 PM • Vajram ONYX
Registration is closed, but event info is here: https://lu.ma/devreljam-bengaluru

#DevRel #AI #GitHubCopilot #VSCode #DeveloperAdvocacy