Building Sustainable Software with Agentic DevOps on GitHub

Explore how to modernize software development practices through the lens of environmental sustainability and AI-powered DevOps in this 40-minute conference session from Microsoft Ignite 2025. Discover strategies for creating sustainable software where AI-powered tools like GitHub Copilot empower development teams in the emerging era of Agentic DevOps. Learn to acknowledge and address the environmental impact of software development, including personal carbon footprints and the importance of incremental improvements in sustainability practices. Examine Microsoft's public sustainability reports and understand how to integrate environmental consciousness into daily developer workflows and agile methodologies. Gain insights into AI misuse awareness and its environmental implications while exploring techniques for monitoring action usage and optimizing enterprise build performance. Delve into agentic AI tooling from GitHub Next and its practical applications for identifying usability issues and feature difficulty through AI agents. Master environmentally conscious development practices that balance innovation with sustainability, connecting developer mindset shifts to broader climate action initiatives. Access comprehensive resources including GitHub's climate action plan for developers, the Green Software Directory, and cutting-edge projects in continuous AI and agentic workflows to support your journey toward sustainable software development.