Azure Thursday
This is a group for all developers, consultants, architects and IT professionals who want to dive into for them unknown topics related to Azure. Azure Thursday are happening every first Thursday of the month and the format will be different every evening. From hand-on workshops to technical talks.
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Sessions
18:45
11 September 2025
UTC+01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
You’ve got the Power (Platform)! Controlling developers in Azure DevOps
Meetup September 2025
Developers have it all figured out with their code flows, everything is quickly pushed to production and it’s up to the processes to make sure nothing breaks down. But does this always work?<br/>During this talk I will show you how to create extra controls on Pull Requests in Azure DevOps, which need to be passed before a piece of code is accepted. This is achieved by connecting to the Power Platform with Logic Apps and Power Apps. To make sure this process stays very user friendly, Power Apps are used to create a front-end to manage these extra steps.<br/>Do you want to make sure your developers follow your processes without giving them extra work or more tools to learn? I bet you do! So join this talk and learn how to do this.
 
Leo Visser
Leo Visser
Consultant & Product Lead Automation @ OGD
 
19:45
11 September 2025
UTC+01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Azure vs. local AI: A developer's playbook for privacy, performance & models
Meetup September 2025
For many developers, the cloud is the default for AI, but for rapid prototyping, offline work, data privacy, and using open-source models, running things locally offers a huge advantage. This session is a technical comparison of Azure AI Foundry and Foundry Local, focusing on the real-world trade-offs in cost, privacy, performance, and model selection. Through live demos showing environment switching and the use of AI agents, you'll learn how to structure your code to move between cloud and local, helping you make better-informed decisions for your Azure projects.
 
Paul Stolk
Paul Stolk
Microsoft (Azure) Senior Software Developer | Microsoft Certified Trainer | AI Enthusiast
 
Organizers
Azure Thursday is a non-profit organization based in The Netherlands that organizes and empowers community events to share knowledge around the world. Striving to include everyone, by making our events inclusive and accessible.
Luuk Mager
Luuk Mager
Cloud Solution Architect @ Heroes
Jorrit Meijer
Jorrit Meijer
Cloud Solution Architect
Roelant Dieben
Roelant Dieben
Cloud & AI architect @ Sopra Steria
Esther Barthel
Esther Barthel
Solutions Architect @ Cognition IT
Stuart van der Lee
Stuart van der Lee
Cloud & DevOps Expert
André van den Berg
André van den Berg
Consultant @ Rubicon Cloud Advisor