Global Azure 2025 at North Toronto Cloud & DevOps User Group

North Toronto Cloud & DevOps User Group is hosting the Global Azure 2025.

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Presentation: Welcome to Global Azure 2025
Speaker: Jack Lee (Microsoft MVP)

Jack will kick off Global Azure 2025 with a keynote presentation.

Presentation: Lifecycle Management and DevOps in Microsoft Fabric
Speaker: Alexander Turlov

Learn how to implement DevOps best practices when working with Microsoft Fabric. We’ll discuss key lifecycle management concepts, including workspaces, CI/CD, version control, and deployment pipelines. Through a live demo, we’ll showcase how to configure a Fabric project with multiple workspaces, integrate it with an Azure DevOps Git repository, and set up an automated deployment pipeline.

Presentation: Unpacking MCP: Learn How It Changes Cloud and DevOps
Speaker: Kaan Turgut

In this session, we'll break down the Model-Context-Protocol (MCP) — the new standard for how LLMs interact with tools, APIs, and external systems.

As Cloud and DevOps engineers, we know the struggle of brittle integrations and evolving APIs. MCP solves this by decoupling models from tool logic, making automation smarter, more reliable, and easier to maintain.

Through real-world examples and DevOps scenarios, we'll explore:

• How LLMs interacted with APIs before MCP (and why it broke),
• How MCP structures interactions for flexibility,
• Practical Cloud and DevOps use cases,
• Why MCP is key for the future of AI-driven operations.

If you're building intelligent systems or automating workflows, learning MCP will give you a serious advantage.

Presentation: Azure Functions MCP Trigger – Build AI Tools in Minutes
Speaker: Alex Pshul (Microsoft MVP)

Ever tried building AI tools and ended up frustrated by the lack of clear standards? With the industry moving faster than ever, integrations quickly become messy and exhausting.

Good news! MCP (Model Context Protocol) is here to fix that! Everyone jumped onboard, Microsoft included, which means we can now use simple, serverless Azure Functions to build MCP servers. Once deployed, these servers play nicely with pretty much anything that speaks MCP (which is almost everything cool out there).

Join Alex in this live demo session, where we'll go from scratch to having a fully deployed Azure Function with MCP endpoints running in the cloud. And yes, we'll also see it live in action with GitHub Copilot, because seeing is believing!

Host and Speaker Bio

Jack Lee is a Microsoft MVP and a Cloud Solutions Architect with a passion for Azure, AI, software development, and DevOps innovations. He is an active Microsoft tech community contributor and has presented at various user groups and conferences, including the Global Azure Bootcamp at Microsoft Canada. Jack is an experienced mentor and judge at hackathons and is also the president of the North Toronto Cloud & DevOps User Group. He has co-authored many books, including "Azure for Decision Makers", "Azure Integration Guide for Business", and "Azure for Architects". You can follow Jack on Twitter/X at @jlee_consulting and his user group at @NorthTorontoUG.

Alexander Turlov is a senior Centrilogic Consultant. He has over 25 years of extensive hands-on experience in software engineering for various industries in a variety of roles including solution and application architecture, software design, development and support, project and team leadership, DevOps and infrastructure implementation and support, and agile/scrum team and process management. He architects and delivers scalable and reliable cloud first solutions fully aligned with business goals using an agile/scrum methodology and the latest cloud technologies and industry trends, while leading, educating and mentoring teams.

Kaan Turgut is a passionate tech professional who loves turning cutting-edge ideas into reality. As a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, Kaan thrives on designing scalable cloud solutions, building smart AI-driven applications, and streamlining development workflows. His mission? Helping organizations unlock the full potential of the cloud to drive innovation and growth. But Kaan's impact goes beyond code and infrastructure. He's a huge believer in the idea that "you get as much as you give." That's why he's always sharing his knowledge with the tech community—whether it's through mentoring up-and-coming developers, hosting hands-on workshops, or speaking at industry events. He's even on YouTube, sharing tips, tutorials, and insights to help others grow. For Kaan, it's all about making a meaningful impact on the ecosystem and the lives of those around him.

Alex Pshul is a software architect, Microsoft Azure MVP, consultant, speaker and a tech freak. He had worked on more than 35 projects in the past 13 years, using a vast range of Azure services and various .NET and TypeScript technologies. You can follow Alex on Twitter/X at @AlexPshul and visit his blog.