Cape Town MS Developer User Group

Connecting developers, sharing knowledge, and building the future with Microsoft technologies in the Mother City

🎉 .NET Conf 2025 Milestones

  • 🏖️ First .NET Conf SA in Durban!
    Thank you to everyone who attended and made it special!
  • 🌊 Record-Breaking Cape Town Event!
    CPT had the biggest attendance of any .NET Conf event in South Africa (in any city) ever! Thank you SO MUCH for showing up in full force! The community is absolutely amazing!

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Dev Days Cape Town
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Dev Days - Cape Town

Saturday, October 3, 2026 — 9:00 AM SAST

A full day of hands-on GitHub Copilot workshops, part of the global Dev Days community initiative. Bring your laptop and be ready to build.

BBD, No. 1 North Bank Lane, Cape Town

Registration Open

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Dev Days - Cape Town
Dev Days Cape Town

Saturday, October 3, 2026 - 9:00 AM SAST

A full day of hands-on GitHub Copilot workshops, part of the global Dev Days community initiative.

BBD, No. 1 North Bank Lane, Cape Town

Registration Open

Monthly October Meetup TBA
CPTMSDUG Monthly Meetup

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 - 5:30 PM SAST

Monthly October meetup details to be announced. Save the date and keep an eye on Meetup for speaker and session updates.

Location TBA

13 Meetup RSVPs

.NET Conf South Africa - Cape Town

Saturday, November 28, 2026 - 9:00 AM SAST

Celebrate the latest in .NET with the local developer community. Speakers, sessions, and networking for .NET enthusiasts.

Location TBA

3 Meetup RSVPs RSVPs open 1 November

Showcase Event

.NET Conf 2025 Community Edition South Africa + Season of AI MCP

.NET Conf 2025

.NET Conf 2025 Community Edition South Africa + Season of AI MCP

Join us for the annual .NET Conf celebration across three major South African cities! Experience the latest in .NET 10 development, connect with fellow developers, and celebrate the .NET community. This year features Season of AI with a special focus on Model Context Protocols (MCP) and how they're revolutionizing AI agent development with .NET.

Three Cities, Three Amazing Days
Durban

November 15, 2025

Richfield Graduate Institute

SOLD OUT

Cape Town

November 22, 2025

BBD, Century City

SOLD OUT

Johannesburg

November 29, 2025

BBD, Woodmead

Registration Open

What to Expect:
  • Latest .NET 10 features & updates
  • AI Agents & Model Context Protocol
  • Hands-on workshops & demos
  • Network with the community
  • Expert speakers & MVPs
  • Prizes, swag, and surprises
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Free event • All skill levels welcome • Food & refreshments provided

About Our Community

We are a vibrant community of developers, architects, and technology enthusiasts passionate about Microsoft technologies and modern development practices.

Our group focuses on .NET, Azure, C#, Mobile Development, DevOps, Artificial Intelligence, and more. We meet regularly to share knowledge, network, and learn from industry experts.

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Recent Events

Check out our latest meetups and sessions

Games Evening 2026
Games Evening 2026

August 19, 2026 - 5:30 PM SAST

A mid-year breather with trivia, prizes, cake pops and pizza. Hosted by Lou van der Bijl and Mogamad Tayieb Kamaldien, played on Kahoot.

94 attendees COMPLETED

Teaching AI Agents & ASP.NET Core
Teaching AI Agents to Be Experts & Building Passion Projects with ASP.NET Core

July 22, 2026 - 5:30 PM SAST

Agent Skills with Brett Miller and Passion Projects with ASP.NET Core with Malakai (Kai) Mathins, including a live demo of CrimeSpot.

95 attendees COMPLETED

Microsoft BUILD //localhost - Cape Town
Microsoft BUILD //localhost - Cape Town

June 13, 2026 - 10:00 AM SAST

Official Microsoft event for developers and cloud engineers to design, build, and deploy real-world AI solutions on Azure using Microsoft Foundry and GitHub Copilot, with live demos, guided labs and practical workflows.

92 attendees COMPLETED

Unifying Local + Cloud AI & Breaking the 100% Coverage Illusion
Unifying Local + Cloud AI and Breaking the 100% Code Coverage Illusion

May 27, 2026 - 5:30 PM SAST

Matthew Leibowitz showed how to combine on-device intelligence with cloud-scale models using the Microsoft Agent Framework, and Davide Bellone debunked the 100% code coverage myth.

75 attendees COMPLETED

Snowflake & Build First, Scale Later
Snowflake and Build First, Scale Later: Uthutho Public Transport

April 22, 2026 - 5:30 PM SAST

De Wet Conradie introduced Snowflake in a Microsoft-first environment, and Shaqeel Less & Makhi Mangxola shared how they built and scaled Uthutho, a public transport information app.

57 attendees COMPLETED

GitHub Copilot Dev Days - Cape Town
GitHub Copilot Dev Days - Cape Town

April 18, 2026 - 9:30 AM SAST

A global Microsoft initiative with hands-on GitHub Copilot learning. Featured a keynote, agentic coding sessions, GitHub Copilot CLI, pizza lunch and a hands-on workshop.

110 attendees COMPLETED

Healthy Teams in the AI Era & Local AI
Building healthy teams in the AI era and also running Local AI models

February 25, 2026 - 5:30 PM SAST

The first CPTMSDUG event of 2026! Jason Tame explored AI engineering roles for healthy teams, and Allan Pead showed how to run AI models locally with LM Studio, Ollama and Microsoft.Extensions.AI.

61 attendees COMPLETED

COOKIES & CHAOS 2025 - Games Night
COOKIES & CHAOS 2025 - Games Night

November 19, 2025 - 5:30 PM SAST

An amazing year-end celebration with games, prizes, and community fun! Featured WHO IS THAT?, BINGO, and NERD OF THE YEAR 2025. A special farewell event as Lou prepares for his move to America.

90 attendees COMPLETED

Programming with Agents
Programming with Agents

October 22, 2024 - 5:30 PM SAST

An exciting exploration into programming with AI agents! This session covered practical approaches to building intelligent agents, agentic workflows, and hands-on demonstrations of agent development.

100 attendees COMPLETED

RAG + Building a WordPress Site From Scratch
RAG + WordPress Workshop

September 17, 2025 - 5:30 PM SAST

Two dynamic sessions combining cutting-edge AI technology with practical web development. Featured practical RAG implementation for AI-powered data retrieval and an entertaining 60-minute WordPress site building challenge.

76 attendees COMPLETED

VS Code Dev Days - Cape Town
VS Code Dev Days Cape Town

September 13, 2025 - 9:00 AM SAST

Special collaboration with Microsoft & Investec Developer Community! Global initiative focused on AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot, featuring hands-on labs and workshops with industry experts.

97 attendees SOLD OUT

Cross-Platform .NET Apps with Uno Platform and Azure IoT
Uno Platform and Azure IoT Event

August 27, 2025 - 5:30 PM SAST

An evening exploring cross-platform .NET development with Uno Platform and Azure IoT. Covered building native applications from a single codebase and Azure's IoT offerings including IoT Hub, IoT Edge, and IoT Operations.

87 attendees

Monkeys in Production and Building an AI Agent with LangChain
Monkeys in Production Event

July 23, 2025 - 5:30 PM SAST

An exploration into AI agent development with LangChain and discussing real-world production challenges. Featured practical approaches to building intelligent agents and lessons learned from production deployments.

107 attendees

Season of AI Season 4
Season of AI Event

July 2, 2025 - 5:30 PM SAST

An incredible session focusing on AI agents and their practical applications. The event featured presentations on the latest developments in artificial intelligence and hands-on demonstrations of agent development.

97 attendees

GitHub Copilot Global Bootcamp
GitHub Copilot Global Bootcamp

June 21, 2025 - 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM

Hands-on bootcamp for developers at all levels focusing on AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot and Codespaces.

98 attendees

Richard Campbell Special Event
Richard Campbell Special Event

May 31, 2025 - 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Exclusive in-person event with .NET Rocks host Richard Campbell covering .NET History and AI Perils and Promise.

57 attendees

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