Best Microsoft Build 2025 sessions for developers

Soooo... it's been a hot minute since I last posted here (sorry! 😑) as I've been busy with my job focused on Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager.

However, Microsoft Build is one of the key events in my annual calendar, so I couldn't miss the chance to share the Build 2025 sessions I think developers won't want to miss.

Build 2025 runs May 19 - 22 in Seattle (May 20 - 23 in AEST) and oline sessions no longer have live times provided, so you'll need to watch them once they're published on the Build website.

Feel free to leave a comment if I've missed any sessions you think would be valuable for developers to be across!

Must-see Build 2025 sessions

A 10x Faster TypeScript with Anders Hejlsberg

Come and learn why the TypeScript team rebuilt their tooling in Go!
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Accelerating AI Startups: Build, Scale, and Go to Market

Azure is often considered to be "the enterprise cloud". Come and find out how Azure's much more than that, and how it can help startups fom day zero.
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Adventures in AI: Deploying and inferencing open source and custom models on Kubernetes

A great session that covers KAITO and other related tech. Presented by Jorge and Kaysie from the AKS team.
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Better Microservices Development using Azure Container Apps

Azure Container Apps (ACA) are a good way to get started with cloud native development and in this session you can see how you can better develop microservices using ACA.
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Building advanced agentic apps with PostgreSQL on Azure

My favourite open source database? Yes please! What's more, see how it plays a role in helping you build agentic apps. 🐘
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Building secure AI Agents with Azure Functions

Serverless is as relavant as ever. See how you can use Functions for AI agents.
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Debug Like a Pro: Improve Your Efficiency with Visual Studio & Copilot

AI isn't about replacing - it's about enhancing. See how to boost your effectiveness in VS with Copilot.
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Developer essentials for agents and apps in Azure AI Foundry

Pickup the foundational knowledge you need to work with Azure AI Foundry to build agents and apps.
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Elevating Development with .NET Aspire: AI, Cloud, and Beyond

Not looked at .NET Aspire yet? Here's the perfect primer for you.
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From code to cloud: new tools for building trustworthy GenAI apps

A good overview session to help you pick up new tools for your toolkit when building generative AI apps.
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GitHub Copilot for Skeptics Who Still Think AI is Overrated

To quote the X-files: I want to believe. Watch and share with your colleagues who you think should believe! 👽
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How Microsoft Developers Use AI in Real-World Coding

One of the most common questions anyone gets when they work at Microsoft - how does Microsoft do it? Here's one way to find out!
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Inside Azure innovations with Mark Russinovich

Mark's sessions are always great to see where Azure is heading - whether it's storage on glass or running DOOM on the CPU monitor on an Azure VM.
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Java App Modernization Simplified with AI

The return of reguar Java updates means older codebases need some TLC to bring them up to date. See how you can use AI to help with this work.
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Maximizing efficiency in cloud-native app design

This wide-randing session with Sean and Kaysie will help you design and deliver efficient cloud native apps with Azure.
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Power your AI apps across cloud and edge with Azure Arc

Azure Arc brings the power of Azure to the edge and other clouds. In this session see how you can use Arc to help with your AI Apps.
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Python Meets .NET: Building AI Solutions with Combined Strengths

It's unusual to find a single language solving all problems in a business. In this session see how you can use the strengths of .NET and Python to build the best AI solutions.
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Running Stateful Workloads on AKS

Stateful workloads on Kubernetes are always an interesting challenge and in this session the AKS team shares best practices for running them on AKS.
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Scott and Mark Learn to...LIVE

Scott Hanselman and Mark Russinovich bring their frequent online chats to Build. Demos, slides, humour, magic! 🪄
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Skip the YAML! Easily deploy apps to AKS with Automated Deployments

Automated deployments is close to my heart, and Quentin and Ahmed from the AKS team will help you see why they should be for you too!
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Streamlining AKS Debugging: Techniques to solve common & complex problems

The AKS team will share techniques you can use to debug issues with your applications when running them on Kubernetes.
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Under the hood and into the magic of GitHub Copilot

Unpack how Copilot functions. Maybe if your skeptical colleageus still don't believe, they can check out this session too!
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Unleash developer potential with AI and Dev Box

Dev Box is a great way to provide developers with secure, standard and on-demand developer environments. Combine Dev Box with AI and you have a powerful combination!
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Yet "Another Highly Technical Talk" with Hanselman and Toub

Engaging, fun and technical. Yes, a session can have it all!
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Why you need MCP before APIs, SDKs, and CLIs

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the new hotness (and an open standard) in building AI solutions, and defintely something to wrap your head around.
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As I said at the top of the post - if I've missed anything you think should be in this list please leave a comment below and I'll look to add it!

Hope you have a great Build!

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