Northern Azure user group September 2026 Meetup

The NAUG returns for our September meetup, refreshed after an extended summer break with two new sessions

This month we are pleased to welcome Sergio and Donny.

Session 1
Sergio Sisternes - Scaling SWE Agents: Manage Agent Primitives Like NPM Packages with Agent Package Manager (APM)

Description
Managing SWE agents at scale is painful: teams copy-paste markdown files (prompts, instructions, skills) across repos, leading to chaos, inconsistencies, and zero reusability.

Enter Agent Package Manager (APM) — the open-source tool from Microsoft that brings real package management to AI agent primitives.
Declare dependencies in a simple apm.yml file → apm install resolves direct + transitive deps → agents auto-configure for GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, Codex, Gemini and more.

In this session, discover how to treat agent primitives (Instructions, Skills, Prompts, Agents, MCP Servers) as shareable, versioned packages — unlocking enterprise-grade collaboration, consistency, and an internal agent library that actually scales.

Session 2
Donny Walsh - Optimising and securing AVD aligned to to the Well Architected Framework (loosely!)

Description
Using the Microsoft WAF to help optimise and secure your AVD environments to help ensure longevity

Meetup location what3words:///daisy.coffee.awards

Agenda:
6:00 - 6:30 - Welcome & networking
6:30 - 7:15 - Scaling SWE Agents: Manage Agent Primitives Like NPM Packages with Agent Package Manager (APM)
7:15 - 7:45 - Food, drinks and general chatter
7:45 - 8:30 - Optimising and securing AVD aligned to to the Well Architected Framework (loosely!)

Location Details
what3words:///daisy.coffee.awards
Address:18 Lower Byrom St, Manchester M3 4AP.

Morson Edge are based in a renovated space called the Bonded Warehouse which sits on the same site as the Old-Granada studio tour.

The entrance to the bonded warehouse can be reached from Lower Byrom street just next to the Museum of Science and Industry, the building entrance is on the right hand side across from the crystal maze. Google and apple maps may attempt to direct you to the rear of the building, if in doubt use the what3words location and look for the Crystal Maze too.

what3words:///daisy.coffee.awards