Ship Faster, Stress Less - Idea to Ops with Azure and GitHub Copilot

Discover how to accelerate Azure application development from concept to production using GitHub Copilot and intelligent AI agents in this advanced conference session from Microsoft Ignite 2025. Learn to leverage the Coding Agent, App Modernization agent, and cloud architecture agent to streamline planning and development workflows, while utilizing GitHub Copilot for Azure and the Azure MCP Server to simplify deployment processes and diagnostic tasks. Explore how the SRE Agent and testing agent extend automation capabilities into production environments and quality assurance workflows, enabling comprehensive end-to-end DevOps with AI-powered automation. Master the integration of PagerDuty, Azure Container Apps, and Datadog for automated incident remediation, and understand how to set up controlled incident response systems using PagerDuty SRE sub agents. Gain practical insights into creating constitutions in VS Code, implementing AI-driven SRE automation, and shifting from omnipotent agent approaches to human-assisting agent methodologies that enhance developer productivity while maintaining operational control.

Syllabus

0:00 - Introductions and Overview of Azure Dev Tools Team
00:09:21 - Introduction to Spec Kit Constitution Command
00:10:14 - Creating a Constitution in VS Code
00:16:25 - Introducing the Build and Maintain Phase with Coding Agent
00:18:46 - Decision to automate with AI-driven SRE agents
00:19:41 - Shift in goal: from omnipotent agent to human-assisting agent
00:29:26 - Integrating PagerDuty, Azure Container Apps, and Datadog for automated remediation
00:30:29 - Setting up PagerDuty SRE sub agent for controlled incident responses
00:36:16 - GitHub Copilot integration for automated issue resolution and code updates