GitHub Copilot Dev Days - Nieuwegein | DotnetFriday

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Kom naar de meetup op vrijdag 10 april 2026 te Nieuwegein.

Agenda:

16.30 | Inloop

17.00 | MCP or not to MCP - that is THE question | Daniel Laskewitz

18.00 | Pauze met avondeten

19.00 | Github Copilot 101 | Anjuli Jhakry

19.30 | Stop Watching AI Demos. Start Using It. | Gerald Versluis

20.30 | Borrel: Drinks & Bites & Gezelligheid

Talks:

MCP or not to MCP - that is THE question | Daniel Laskewitz

So, the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is everywhere these days, and now that Copilot Studio jumped on board in March 2025, everyone’s wondering: what’s the big deal? And more importantly, what happens to all those connectors we’ve been using?

Daniel’s going to break it all down for you in this session. We’ll dive into what MCP servers actually are, how you can start using them in Copilot Studio, and why you might want to try them out in other AI tools too. Fair warning: this is going to be demo-heavy, so get ready to see MCP in action across a bunch of different scenarios.

What you’ll walk away with:

✅ A solid grasp of what MCP servers are and why they’re worth your time

✅ Practical know-how for getting MCP servers up and running in Copilot Studio

✅ Real examples of using both Microsoft’s own MCP servers (like the Dataverse MCP server) and third-party ones in different AI tools

Come ready to see lots of demos and leave with a clear understanding of whether MCP is right for your projects.

Github Copilot 101 | Anjuli Jhakry

Everyone knows Copilot, but do you already know how to get the most out of it? In this GitHub Copilot 101 session, I will show you how to use many of Copilot’s best features, including slash commands and leveraging MCP servers.

Stop Watching AI Demos. Start Using It. | Gerald Versluis

AI is everywhere: demos, tweets, keynotes. But far fewer people show what it actually looks like to work with it every day.

In this hands-on session, I’ll walk through how I use AI as part of my daily development workflow at Microsoft. No hype, no theory, just real tasks: triaging issues, reviewing pull requests, writing code, exploring unfamiliar APIs, refactoring, debugging, learning faster, and thinking through problems.

You’ll see what works, what doesn’t, how I prompt, how I iterate, and how I decide when AI helps… And when it doesn’t. The goal isn’t to overwhelm you with tools, but to show practical patterns you can start using immediately. All of this is available to you, today and you need to start using it.

If you’re struggling to keep up with the pace of AI and wondering how to stay relevant as a developer, this session is for you.

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