<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <id>https://johnturek.github.io/</id><title>John Turek</title><subtitle>Writing about AI adoption, Microsoft technology, automation, and building things that actually work.</subtitle> <updated>2026-04-15T22:43:34-04:00</updated> <author> <name>John Turek</name> <uri>https://johnturek.github.io/</uri> </author><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://johnturek.github.io/feed.xml"/><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" hreflang="en" href="https://johnturek.github.io/"/> <generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator> <rights> © 2026 John Turek </rights> <icon>/assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico</icon> <logo>/assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png</logo> <entry><title>How We Built a Custom AI Workshop That Actually Worked</title><link href="https://johnturek.github.io/posts/building-a-custom-ai-workshop-that-actually-worked/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="How We Built a Custom AI Workshop That Actually Worked" /><published>2026-04-15T00:00:00-04:00</published> <updated>2026-04-15T22:42:59-04:00</updated> <id>https://johnturek.github.io/posts/building-a-custom-ai-workshop-that-actually-worked/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://johnturek.github.io/posts/building-a-custom-ai-workshop-that-actually-worked/" /> <author> <name>John Turek</name> </author> <category term="AI" /> <category term="Workshops" /> <summary>Lessons from building and delivering a hands-on Copilot Studio + Azure AI Foundry workshop for a large federal customer — from repo to room in 10 days.</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Microsoft's AI Stack Decoded, Part 5: Multi-Agent Workflows</title><link href="https://johnturek.github.io/posts/microsoft-ai-stack-part-5-multi-agent-workflows/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Microsoft&amp;apos;s AI Stack Decoded, Part 5: Multi-Agent Workflows" /><published>2026-04-13T00:00:00-04:00</published> <updated>2026-04-13T00:00:00-04:00</updated> <id>https://johnturek.github.io/posts/microsoft-ai-stack-part-5-multi-agent-workflows/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://johnturek.github.io/posts/microsoft-ai-stack-part-5-multi-agent-workflows/" /> <author> <name>John Turek</name> </author> <category term="AI" /> <category term="Microsoft" /> <category term="Architecture" /> <summary>Orchestrating multiple AI agents for complex processes. Graph-based workflows, checkpointing, human approval gates, and production patterns.</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Microsoft's AI Stack Decoded, Part 4: The Governance Layer</title><link href="https://johnturek.github.io/posts/microsoft-ai-stack-part-4-governance/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Microsoft&amp;apos;s AI Stack Decoded, Part 4: The Governance Layer" /><published>2026-04-13T00:00:00-04:00</published> <updated>2026-04-13T00:00:00-04:00</updated> <id>https://johnturek.github.io/posts/microsoft-ai-stack-part-4-governance/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://johnturek.github.io/posts/microsoft-ai-stack-part-4-governance/" /> <author> <name>John Turek</name> </author> <category term="AI" /> <category term="Microsoft" /> <category term="Security" /> <summary>Why enterprise AI fails without governance. Deep dive into Content Safety, Purview, Defender, and Entra — the layer that unlocks adoption.</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Microsoft's AI Stack Decoded, Part 3: Copilot Studio</title><link href="https://johnturek.github.io/posts/microsoft-ai-stack-part-3-copilot-studio/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Microsoft&amp;apos;s AI Stack Decoded, Part 3: Copilot Studio" /><published>2026-04-13T00:00:00-04:00</published> <updated>2026-04-13T00:00:00-04:00</updated> <id>https://johnturek.github.io/posts/microsoft-ai-stack-part-3-copilot-studio/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://johnturek.github.io/posts/microsoft-ai-stack-part-3-copilot-studio/" /> <author> <name>John Turek</name> </author> <category term="AI" /> <category term="Microsoft" /> <category term="No-Code" /> <summary>Building production AI agents without code. When to use Copilot Studio vs Agent Framework, and how to build agents that actually work.</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Microsoft's AI Stack Decoded, Part 2: The Agent Framework</title><link href="https://johnturek.github.io/posts/microsoft-ai-stack-part-2-agent-framework/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Microsoft&amp;apos;s AI Stack Decoded, Part 2: The Agent Framework" /><published>2026-04-13T00:00:00-04:00</published> <updated>2026-04-13T00:00:00-04:00</updated> <id>https://johnturek.github.io/posts/microsoft-ai-stack-part-2-agent-framework/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://johnturek.github.io/posts/microsoft-ai-stack-part-2-agent-framework/" /> <author> <name>John Turek</name> </author> <category term="AI" /> <category term="Microsoft" /> <category term="Development" /> <summary>A deep dive into Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0 — the production-ready merger of Semantic Kernel and AutoGen. Real code, real patterns.</summary> </entry> </feed>
