Jason Haley

Ramblings from an Independent Consultant

My Session at Boston Code Camp 39

This past Saturday was Boston Code Camp 39 (fall edition). For those of you who don’t know, the Boston Code Camp is the one that started it all (back in 2004) - see wikipedia for more info … at this point it may also be the last remaining one (not sure.). I got to visit with many old friends that I mostly just see at Code Camp these days … many of which I met at a code camp some time in the past 20+ years. I did not get to attend any sessions due to taking the time to catch up with people instead. I presented a “lessons learned” session, which was well attended and very interactive. I had a lot of really good questions regarding RAG, chunking, etc. Lessons Learned from a Year of Building Copilot Agents & RAG Applications The presentation was a split …

Posted by Jason on Thursday, November 27, 2025

Virtual Boston Azure AI - Microsoft Build Recap

Last night Bill, Udai, Veronika and I gave our top picks from Microsoft Build at the Virtual Boston Azure AI meetup. In order to not overlap topics, we each picked areas to cover - mine was Copilot and Copilot Studio. My picks: Copilot Wave 2 Spring release features – this was announced in April but still hasn’t landed for us. You’ll know when this lands due to the look of Copilot changing. The navigation will be on the left side of the screen with the new release (instead of the right where it is now). Publish custom agents to SharePoint sites – This adds SharePoint as a channel to push a Copilot Studio agent to. Additional maker controls for knowledge (Copilot Studio) – This is several things together: Ability to upload related files into a file collection Ability to change settings on …

Posted by Jason on Thursday, May 29, 2025

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Jason is an experienced developer and solutions architect focused on helping companies provide real business value with custom software development using the Microsoft stack of technologies. This includes C#, .NET, Azure and AI services. In 2024, Jason was awarded a Microsoft MVP in AI - highlighting his latest focus on AI and specifically Generative AI technologies in real world business applications. The prior seven years, he was a Microsoft Azure MVP.

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