.NET AI Community Standup: What’s New: Agents, Local AI, and More!

Bruno Capuano and Pablo Nunes Lopes host a .NET + AI Community Standup focused on practical updates across .NET and AI, including agent frameworks, local AI options, and Copilot-assisted modernization.

Overview

What the standup covers

• What’s new across .NET + AI development.
• Building and evolving agent-based applications with Microsoft tooling.
• Options for Local AI (running models locally) for .NET developers.
• GitHub Copilot-powered application modernization scenarios.

Technologies and topics mentioned

• Microsoft Agent Framework
• Agent Skills for .NET
• Local AI (including local model runtimes such as Foundry Local)
• Azure AI / Azure AI Foundry
• GitHub Copilot for developer workflows and modernization

Links

• Microsoft Learn collection: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/collections/8xymaztoogqjd?source=docs

Presenters

• Bruno Capuano: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elbruno/
• Pablo Nunes Lopes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablonuneslopes/