Brian Benz

@bbenz
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Microsoft AI Advocate, Java Champion.

☕️🤖 I’m excited for JavaOne and for Microsoft’s keynote presence with @chanezon, focused on what AI looks like for real Java teams: grounded models, trustworthy agents, modernization, and production discipline. The blog has the session list, booth details, and demo links:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/java/microsoft-at-javaone-empowering-java-developers-to-lead-the-next-era-of-ai/

#Java #AI #Azure #OpenSource #JavaOne

Microsoft at JavaOne: Empowering Java developers to lead the next era of AI - Microsoft for Java Developers

Java has powered some of the world’s most mission‑critical systems for decades and that’s a big part of why we’re excited to be back with the community at JavaOne 2026 (March 17–19 in Redwood City). At Microsoft, we get to work with Java teams every day: folks shipping at massive scale, running on tight SLAs, […]

Microsoft for Java Developers

Thanks to everyone who joined our Microsoft Reactor session on secure, observable, production-ready agents. Repo + slides for the demo are here:
https://aka.ms/microsoftnvidiademo

#Azure #NVIDIA #Agents #AIInfra #OpenSource

GitHub - bbenz/microsoft-nvidia-multi-agent

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Production-ready agents need more than a prompt loop. Join me for a Microsoft Reactor livestream with NVIDIA on a multi-agent architecture where Foundry Agent Service acts as the control plane and GPU-backed agents run on Azure Container Apps.
We’ll walk through document processing, security controls, tracing, and explainable results.
🗓 Mar 11, 2026 • 9 AM PT / 6 PM PT
👉 https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reactor/events/26660/

#Azure #NVIDIA #Agents #AIInfra #OpenSource

Build Secure, Observable, Production-ready Agents with a Control Plane | Microsoft Reactor

Learn new skills, meet new peers, and find career mentorship. Virtual events are running around the clock so join us anytime, anywhere!

Microsoft Reactor

RE: https://mastodon.social/@bbenz/115850064852285113

Thanks to all the attendees for joining! Here's the demo code I generated live in our session using #github #Copilot - https://github.com/bbenz/javaofficehours20260107

Join Java Office Hours (Microsoft Foundry Discord):
📅 Jan 7, 2026 • 9:00 AM PST
I'll cover the newest GitHub Copilot code-gen and how to use 12k models on Microsoft Foundry.

Plus live Q&A on LangChain4j, Azure OpenAI, Copilot, AKS, and practical dev patterns.

🔗 https://discord.com/events/1113626258182504448/1418647508489474078/1458505462579200000

#Java #AI #Azure #LangChain4j #DevTools

Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.

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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  - https://aka.ms/ignite25-PREL15
GitHub - microsoft/ignite25-PREL15-ai-ready-apps-containerize-and-modernize-with-azure

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

Agentic AI + MCP Server
🧠⚙️🔗 Agentic AI + MCP Server for secure, context-aware automation across enterprise systems—use cases from DevOps agents to incident analysis. With Moonis Tahir.
📍 Galileo 906 | ⏰ Tue Nov 11 • 10:00–11:00 AM (PST)

#TrimbleDimensions #AgenticAI #MCP #DevOps